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Chief Executive Officer of MTN Ghana Selorm Adadevoh has announced that MTN Ghana is moving from a traditional telecommunications company to an emerging digital operator. He made this announcement after Board Chairman for Scancom PLC Ishmael Yamson shared details of the financial performance of the company for 2019 with shareholders at the 2nd Annual General Meeting streamed live from MTN House to a virtual audience of over 7,000. Mr Adadevoh said: “2019 marked the ‘Year of the customer’ for MTN Ghana and in 2020 we are building on that foundation as we transition from a traditional mobile telecommunications operator to…

The Head of Communications and Public Affairs at the Ministry of Energy, Nana Kofi Oppong Damoah, has revealed that the government of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has undertaken 85 per cent and 84 per cent of projects in the petroleum and power sectors respectively. He was speaking ahead of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) 2020 manifesto launch on Saturday, August 22. Nana Damoah told Johnnie Hughes on the TV3’s New Day Friday, August 21 that the government has implemented a significant number of the promises made in the manifesto ahead of the previous elections in 2016. He said the…

Deputy Minister of Information, Pius Enam Hadzide, has said it is unnecessary for a debate to take place between President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and former President John Mahama on infrastructure. He told Martin Asiedu-Dartey on the TV3’s News@10 Thursday August 20 that the kind of debate Mr Mahama is calling for has been ongoing within the media space among stakeholders since Tuesday August 18 after the Vice president Dr Mahamudu Bawumia recounted the achievements of the government with respect to infrastructure. The vice president had said since 2017, the government of President Akufo-Addo has initiated 17,334 infrastructural projects in…

Founding President of think tank, Imani Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has supported a call by former President John Mahama to debate President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on their performance in office. Mahama spent four years in office and believed he performed creditably whereas, Akufo-Addo is almost four years into his first term and also believed he has grown almost all sectors of the economy within the past few years. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the two gentlemen will slug it out in this year’s presidential elections on December 7 after they both started campaigning ahead of the polls. Mahama on his campaign…

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has confirmed the arrest of 12 Burkinabe and 3 Nigeriens who entered Ghana illegally at a time the borders have been closed in the wake of the Covid-19. According to GIS, the West African nationals were intercepted at the Hamile District Assembly Barrier while onboard a passenger bus with registration number GN-2357-10. They were screened by the Port Health Personnel and then handed over to the Burkina Faso authorities on the other side of the border at about 07:20HRS on 20th August 2020. “Their ages ranged between 02 and 53 years,” said the Public Affairs…

The Government of Ghana has taken a decision to exclude all security agencies in the country from the unification of pension schemes in the country. They are expected to remain on their already existing pension programme like the Cap-30 and the other pension programmes. Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, who revealed this at a news conference in Accra on Thursday, August 20, said the security services will remain on their already existing pension’s programmes. He revealed that government took the decision due to the peculiar nature of their task and the risk they face in their line of duty. Ghana…

Parts of the Ghana Police Hospital in Accra will be shut down on Friday, August 21 to allow a fumigation exercise to take place. The Hospital is expected to resume full operation on Monday, August 24, according to a statement signed by Head of Public Affairs DSP Yaw Nketia-Yeboah The fumigation forms part of a routine exercise by the Service, the statement added. It added that Out-Patients Department, Laboratory, Pediatrics (Children’s) Department, and the Hospital Annex will, however, not be affected. The hospital, therefore, is advising the public and clients to “take note of this routine fumigation exercise to enable…

The University Teachers Associated of Ghana (UTAG) has asked the government to disinfect all campuses of universities and tertiary institutions across the country before reopening in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Acting General Secretary of UTAG Mark Korankye demanded also that personal protective equipment (PPEs) must be provided to students and lecturers in order to avert possible spike in the Covid-19 cases. This comes after President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo revealed that continuing students of tertiary institutions which could not complete their studies online during the shutdown of schools as a result of the coronavirus pandemic are to return…

The Dean of the College of Education, University of Ghana, Professor Jonathan Fletcher, has advised students to prepare adequately for examinations in order to protect themselves from engaging in malpractices, which can eventually cost them their education. He explained on TV3’s Covid-19 360 Thursday, August 20 that examinations play an important role in the life of every student hence, the candidates must endeavour to prepare enough for it. Professor Jonathan Fletcher was reacting to news about the leakages in the ongoing West African Senior Schools Certificate Examinations (WASSCE). He suggested that in order to avoid examination malpractices and leakages of…