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Pressure has begun mounting on the newly constituted board of the Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) on what it should prioritise within its mandate. The 11-member board inaugurated by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo this week with a task on the members to find practical solutions to Ghana’s energy crisis. It is also to advise the government on the way forward on the implementation of the Compact two of the millennium challenge account which is geared towards improving the country’s power sector. Even before the board begins its work, the Senior Staff Association of the Electricity Company of Ghana is urging…

Two financial analysts have predicted the Ghanaian cedi, which has been depreciating against major trading currencies, will stabilise by the end of the first quarter of the year. The cedi has in the last few days seen a marginal appreciation against the US dollar and currently sells at GHC4.30 dollars to a dollar. Fiscal slippages occasioned by over spending during the 2016 elections, imports during the last Christmas festivities and repatriation of profit by multinationals have been blamed for the cedis’ fall in value. Economist courage Kinsley Martey says the seeming stability will continue to the end of the year…

Investigation by the Ghana Education Service in the Upper West Region has revealed that senior high school girls in the region are being lured into relationships with men, including married men. According the Regional Education Directorate, its survey has showed an alarming rate at which the school girls are being lured with mobile phones by the men, and has warned against the practice. The regional director, Madam Patricia Ayeko, who made the revelation to TV3 said the men buy mobile phones for the girls who later in the night sneak out of their school dormitories to meet with these men.…

Ghanaian actress Regina Adu Safowaah has described Asamoah Gyan and Dede Ayew as very important players for the Black Stars but believes Gyan is the most passionate between the two when it comes to the senior national team. Both players, who are key for the senior national team, have been in the news in recent times over captaincy issues as reported by a section of the media. Dede Ayew is deputy to Asamoah Gyan but there have been rumours that the two have not seen eye to eye, raising speculations about their commitment to the senior national team. The latest…

A one-sided Parliament Wednesday approved the 2017 budget and financial policy of government that was presented to it by Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta without the support of the Minority. The Minority in Parliament walked out of the chamber prior to the approval of the budget. Early on, the Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu made it clear to the house that his side “will not allow oil revenue to be used for consumption”. The Minority had also argued that the District Assembly Common Fund should not be cut as proposed by the budget. They also said the budget failed to show how…

An electrician who inserted his finger into the vagina of a four-year-old girl whilst carrying her at his back has been sentenced to six-month imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court. This was after the court had found Kofi Mensah aged 47, guilty on the charge of indecent assault. Prosecuting Detective Inspector Kofi Atimbire told the court presided over by Mrs Abena Oppong Adjin-Doku that the complainant was a trader living at Akraman near Amasaman. Prosecution said in the month of May last year, the victim told the complainant that accused had inserted his fingers in into her vagina. According to…

The Association of Oil Marketing Companies (AOMCs) has pledged its support for the newly appointed Chief Executive of the National Petroleum Authority, Alhassan S. Tampuli, to ensure a successful tenure. The Association underscored the need for more consultative meetings with the various committees working under the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) and the oil marketing companies. “There should be collaboration between the Association and the NPA to educate the public on siting of fuel stations/outlets as well as the general education on safety,” it said. Members of the AOMCs said these when officials of the NPA paid a visit to the…

Information available to Onua FM from Banda Ahenkro suggests that all the schools in the area have been closed down on the orders of the Ghana Education Service. The decision comes on the heels of a threatening statement being circulated by some unknown faces planning attacks on government workers who are not indigenes of the area. The Headteacher of Roman Catholic JHS, Jones Agyeman, told Onua FM’s morning show ‘Yen Nsem Pa’ that “the schools have been shutdown indefinitely until our superiors ask us to go back”. It would be recalled that some faceless indigenes of Banda Ahenkro warned they…

A man believed to be in his 50s has allegedly committed suicide at Saaka, a farming community at Zebilla in the Bawku West District of the Upper East Region. Ayaaba Dawuda, who is said to be mentally deranged was found hanging on a tree Tuesday dawn behind the house where he lived. His body was discovered by some residents who were on their way to attending to nature’s call in a nearby bush. The Zebilla District Crime Officer, Insp. D.O Boakye who confirmed the news to 3News Wednesday said the Police was informed of the incident by the residents and…

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has submitted the names of 54 persons to Parliament for approval as Ministers of State and Deputy Ministers. Deputy Majority Leader of Parliament Sarah Adwoa Safo has been named as Minister of State in charge of Public Procurement. The Ministries of Finance, Information, Energy, Agriculture and Local Government will have three deputies each. This brings the number of persons appointed by the president to the various ministries and at the presidency to 110. The names of the nominees for Ministers of State are as follows: Minister of State at the Office of the President…