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It’s been twelve good months since the latest kid on the block in the English radio fraternity emerged. The Station which was initially “nameless” because it operated with its frequency 92.7 was eventually announced on November 30, 2015 by the New Morning Show Host, Winston Amoah. On January 21 2016 however the Omanhene of the Essikadu Traditional Area, Nana Kobina Nkestia IV launched the Station saying that 3FM 92.7 “was going to be the hope and difference the whole of Ghana had been waiting for”. In what has been a walk down memory lane, many presenters, producers, resource persons as…

Minister-designate for Foreign Affairs Shirley Ayorkor Botchway has promised getting Passport Application Centers in the remaining four regions of Ghana “within two years”. The country has Passport Application Centers in six regions including Western and Volta regions. At her vetting on Monday, January 23, Ms Botchway said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has already identified properties in the four remainder regions – Eastern, Upper West, Upper East and Central regions – for conversion into Passport Application Centers. “What is left is for some money to be made available for renovation and set up.” She promised to deliver this by the…

A large number of Gambians are still rejoicing over the exit of former President Yahya Jammeh after 22 years of ruling The Gambia. The Editor of the Point newspaper Ousman Kargbo recounted to host of Yen Nsem Pa on Onua FM, Bright Kwesi Asempa on Monday morning, how the people jubilated when the ex-president of the smallest country in West Africa made his way into his flight on Saturday. Ousman Kargbo said “When the former President was going, you can see people jubilating and others crying. It doesn’t look as if they want him back into the country in the…

Ghana has been ranked as second in Africa in open defecation with 19 per cent of its population resorting to sanitation practice deemed the riskiest of all. The Tamale Metropolis in the Northern Region is the second highest percentage of people who defecate in the open in the country. This was revealed by the Chief Director of the Northern Region Coordinating Council, Issahaku Alhassan, in conjunction with the Environmental Health Sanitation Unit of the Region and other stakeholders in Tamale at the unveiling ceremony to launch the Open Defecation League Table. He said open defecation has caused the country about…

There was something curious about Asamoah Gyan during Ghana’s camping period in Al Ain ahead of the 2017 Nation Cup.  A few times he would be out in front of the Rotana Hotel alone, fiddling with his phone as most players do. Then a taxi pulls over, he gets in with Black Stars physical trainer Jamie Lawrence and then off he goes. By the time the rest of the team arrives at the Al Ain Sports Complex, Gyan is sweating it off already, getting dragged all over the pitch by Lawrence and panting. He looked like a man on a…

King of traditional kologo music, King Ayisoba, says Ghana’s rapper, Sarkodie, is a no match for him when it comes to live stage performance. According to him, no hip-life artiste in Ghana can rub shoulders with him with regards to live band performance, adding the rapperholic cannot performance in countries he (Ayisoba) perfoms “Sarkodie is not fit for those shows because he (Sarkodie) cannot perform to a live band, the only thing Sarkodie can do is to mime to his songs on CDs,” he told Onua FM’s Christian Agyei Frimpong. King Ayisoba argued that in countries that he has performed,…

The Minister of Trade and Industry-designate, Alan Kyerematen has reaffirmed Ghana’s commitment to sign the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), insisting that Ghana would have to impress on Nigeria to also sign the agreement. He noted that the partnership would hugely be disadvantaged if Nigeria, a powerhouse within the sub-region, refuses to sign the EPA. Ghana signed the interim agreement in July, 2016, and Mr. Kyerematen told Parliament’s Appointments Committee on Monday that he would advise Ghana’s president to use “quiet diplomacy” to ensure that Nigeria becomes part of the agreement. “We will encourage our brothers in Nigeria, because we were…

Controversial Ghanaian musician, Kwame A Plus has called for the impeachment and prosecution of MUSIGA President Bice Osei Kufuor aka Obour. It appears that some musicians are now tired of Obour and want him to step down as the Union’s President as soon as possible. Some musicians like Shatta Wale, Akosua Agyepong, Nana Tabri and a host of others have not hidden their displeasure at Obour’s continuous stay in office and have been calling for his removal. A Plus in a Facebook post, having been invited recently to be part of the Musicians Union of Ghana presidential advisory committee, called…

President of the Evangelical Presbyterian University College (EPUC), Reverend Dr Cyril Fayose, has reiterated the call for the review of the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) law to support infrastructure development in private tertiary institutions. He appealed to the Government to extend research fund and grants to lecturers at private tertiary institutions and increase students’ loan to enhance quality tertiary education. Dr Fayose, who made the call at the Eighth Graduation and 10th Matriculation of EPUC in Ho, commended government for giving buses to private tertiary institutions through GETFund but said more needed to be done. He said all students…

The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Ghana has maintained the policy rate at 25.5 percent after experiencing a decline during the second half of 2016. The committee in a statement on January 23, explained that it “viewed the risks to inflation and growth as balanced and decided to maintain the Monetary Policy Rate at 25.5 percent.” It however said, the Committee will continue to monitor developments and take any necessary action, if required, to achieve the medium term inflation target. The committee had early on pointed out that the latest consumer sentiments survey conducted after the December 2016…