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The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has indicated to investors that Ghana is open for business, assuring of the creation of a conducive business environment which will ensure that businesses flourish, thereby creating prosperity for the Ghanaian people. The President made this known on Friday, February 10, 2017,when the Chairman of the Al Serkal Group, Mr. Eisa Bin Nasser Alserkal, together with a delegation of investors from the United Arab Emirates, paid a courtesy call on him at the presidency. In the presence of the Minister for Trade and Industry, Alan Kyerematen, President Akufo-Addo noted that the…

The Minister of Tourism, Catherine Afeku has urged Members of Parliament and Civil Society to support the training of motorbike riders to enable them acquire knowledge in order to be efficient and effective. She wants them registered since it serves as another means transport as well as job creation. She therefore called on the National Road Safety Commission to beef up its sensitization drive, not limiting it to just talkshops, but the use of traditional media, social media, platforms like community engagements to support the training of okada riders. The Minister who is also the MP for Evalue Ajomoro Gwira indicated that…

Yung L[/caption] Nigerian Afro-Dancehall musician Yung L, born Christopher Omenye, seems to agree with Mr Eazi’s assertion that Ghanaian music has influenced Nigerian music. The musician, who is currently in Ghana to record songs with some Ghanaian artistes was on the Hitz Gallery with Dr. Pounds where he also reiterated that Nigerian sounds are indeed influenced by Ghanaian music. INFLUENCE Mr Eazi in January stoked a controversy when he tweeted that “Ghana’s influence on present day “Naija Sound” cannot be over emphasized!!!”. That tweet did not go down well with some Nigerians. Yung L, who is currently recording a song with…

Donald Trump is considering a new executive order to ban citizens of certain countries from travelling to the US after his initial attempt was overturned in the courts. Mr Trump told reporters on Air Force One that a “brand new order” could be issued as early as Monday or Tuesday. It comes after an appeals court in San Francisco upheld a court ruling to suspend his original order. It barred entry from citizens from seven mainly Muslim countries. It is unclear what a new US immigration order might look like. Mr Trump said that it would change “very little”, but…

Sheikh I.C. Quaye[/caption] Former Greater Accra Regional Minister, Sheikh I.C. Quaye has been appointed as the new chairman of the national Hajj Board. The 11-member board was composed by the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, a statement from the presidency said on Friday. Persons that have been appointed to serve on the Hajj Board are: Sheikh I.C. Quaye – Chairman Abdul Malik Adams Gariba – Member Mr. Farouk Hamza – Member Sheikh Amin Bonsu –  Member Alhaji Inusa Amadu –  Member Mr. Kamal-Deen Abdulai – Member Ismaela Ibrahim – Member Mohammadu Osmanu Alidu –  Member Mohammed Osumanu Yunusah –  Member…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Friday said government was determined in to support local pharmaceutical companies to manufacture anti-retroviral drugs for persons living with HIV and AIDS. He said the development of the country’s pharmaceutical industry, the production of drugs, particularly anti-retrovirals, was a key commitment of his government, and a part of a wider programme for the industrial growth of the country. “We are going to make a determined effort to try and reverse the structure of the economy and we have chosen the pharmaceutical industry as a key point of that programme,”, President Akufuo-Addo disclosed when the…

George Smith-Graham[/caption] The Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) is expressing worry over the sudden resignation of CEO for Fair Wages and Salaries Commission, George Smith-Graham. The union describes his exit as a shock and an irreparable loss to the labour front. George Smith Graham who resigned on Wednesday February 8 said he was going to pursue personal interests. General Secretary for the ICU, Solomon Kotei says sustaining the single spine pay policy is under threat with the exit of the CEO. Solomon Kotei further explained that when heads of public institutions exit their positions because a new government has…

The police administration says it has dispatched personnel from the elite units of the Ghana Police Service to Bimbilla in the Northern region to help maintain law and order in the area. The re-enforcement team, according to a statement from the police on Friday, is made up of personnel from the action units of the Service, and Crime Scene Management Unit at the CID Headquarters, Accra. The re-enforcement has the mandate of consolidating the calm that has been restored to the area, and also investigating the disturbances that broke out, the statement said. About 10 people including two children were…

The Bimbilla township in the Northern region was deserted Friday after a previous day sporadic shootings claimed at least 10 lives. It was occasioned by the enskinment of a chief in a protracted chieftaincy dispute. Read also: Death toll in Bimbilla clashes reaches 10 Below are pictures of how the town looks like after the shooting incident. Source: 3news.com | Ghana]]>

The presidential taskforce set up to retrieve state assets from the out-gone government has embarked on a failed trip to a warehouse belonging to Apsonic Automobile Company limited at Nungua in Accra on Thursday. General Manager of the Company, Alhaji Rashid Adal in an exclusive interview with 3news said the taskforce said they were acting on orders from of the Chief of Staff. The general manager, who was on his way to the flagstaff house to claim his documents which were left at the presidency to help ascertain the ownership of the cars in question at the time of the…