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Some irate youth in the Sagnarigu district in the Northern region are on rampage, protesting the appointment of Mariama Iddrisu as the District Chief Executive. There have been pockets of violent protest against some names nominated for metropolitan, municipal and district chief executives in some parts of the country. The president today released a list of 212 persons for the various assemblies across the country. Click for the full list Even before the names were released, there were signs and silent agitations over certain names. On Tuesday for instance, some youth in Zebilla vandalised the New Patriotic Party constituency office…

A South African court has annulled initial agreements the government reached with three countries to help it build nuclear power stations. The deals with Russia, the US and South Korea were unlawful, the court ruled. The government failed to hold public hearings and a parliamentary debate over its plans, it added. Environmental groups said they welcomed the ruling, pointing out it came on the eve of the anniversary of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster. The government has not yet commented on the ruling, in a case brought by the Earthlife Africa and the Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute (SAFCEI).…

Ghana’s target of becoming the preferred tourist destination in Africa may hit a snag. This is because some members of the Ghana Hotels Association have revealed that the numerous fees  charged by the various regulatory bodies are gradually kicking them out of business. They also alleged that some officers within the regulatory bodies are arbitrarily charging higher fees, which is making business unprofitable. According to the Ghana Tourism Authority, the country attracted about nine hundred and thirty thousand(930,000) visitors in 2014. Placing 120th, 12th and 6th in the World, Africa and West Africa respectively by the recent Global Travel and…

Host of Late Edition on 3FM 92.7, Alfred Ocansey, has asked the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) to publish a list of its annual and periodic fire audits on public buildings for the public to know those that are safe. He made the call when he hosted Mr Prince Billy Anaglate, Divisional Fire Officer of the GNFS on 3FM 92.7 in the aftermath of the fire that ravaged GN Groupe offices on the premises of Regency Hotel in Accra. Mr Anaglate had in an answer to a question said the Service does not publish findings of audits it conducts on…

An angry youth of the New Patriotic Party in the Bawku West  District of the Upper East region have vandalised the party’s office in protest of the appointment of Victoria Ayamba as the district chief executive for the area. The youth destroyed things such as chairs, tables and posters of the president and the Member of Parliament of the area. The irate NPP supporters also invaded the Bawku West District Assembly, ransacked and vandalised items in some of the offices. The angry youth went further to block the road leading to Bolgatanga and Bawku with lorry tyres and set fire…

The Australian High Commission in Ghana is delighted to welcome award-winning Australian filmmaker Rachel Perkins to Accra from 25-27 April 2017. Following in the footsteps of her activist father, Charles Perkins, Rachel Perkins’ filmmaking over more than 25 years has been concerned with the history and stories of her people, the Aboriginal people of Australia. In 1992 Rachel established Australia’s first independent Aboriginal film and television production company, Blackfella Films, which she continues to lead as a successful business. Radiance (2008), Bran Nue Dae (2010) and the biopic of historic lands right activist Mabo (2012) are among her top Australian…

A 31-year-old farmer Abdul Salam has been arrested by the police in Asankragua for murdering his 6-year-old son for rituals. The suspect allegedly cut off the son’s  head and severed the legs at Adidaase near Amanso Amenfi in the Western region. The boy has reportedly been missing since Monday, only for the Unit Committee to discover his remains in a nearby bush. Abdul Salam who has confessed to the crime is currently in the custody of the police at Asankragua. More soon Source: 3news.com | Ghana

Ghana Gas Company has installed a second overhead compressor to serve as a backup anytime the Atuabo processing plant is shut down for mandatory maintenance work. The Ghana Gas company has been experiencing intermittent shut down in operations due to mandated maintenance after every 4,000 hours of operation. In early January of 2016, the Ghana National Gas Company started the construction of a second standard overhead compressor unit. This was to prevent a shutdown of the plant during routine maintenance. The installation of the second compressor has ensured uninterrupted operations. The nine million dollar project is funded from the company’s…

The former president of Tanzania, Benjamin Mkapa, has congratulated Ghana’s president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on his election to the highest office of the land, and has urged him and the country to continue on the path of democracy, and continue being the ‘star of Africa’. Benjamin Mkapa made this known on Tuesday, April 25, 2017, when he paid a courtesy call on President Akufo-Addo at the Presidency, on his way to deliver a lecture at the University of Development Studies, in Tamale. “The last time we met, you were a prospective candidate, but you have finally made it. More…

The  Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has lashed out at the Central Bank, over what it describes  as lack of due diligence in the projections of the bank on  figures provided for foreign exchange cash flows in 2015. The 2015 report from the Auditor General’s Department showed that though the central bank projected 50 million dollars as cash flows from exported bauxite, the country only made 9 million creating a variance of 41 million dollars. But answering questions on these projections, at the public accounts committee sitting, First Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr.  Johnson Asiamah said the central…