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Spokesperson to the Vice President Dr Gideon Boako has indicated that the supposed projects undertaken by the previous National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration are not verifiable. He called on NDC officials to show by way of evidence all the projects they claimed they did while in office. At least, he said, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has launched a website to assist Ghanaians to trace the projects undertaken by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. NDC officials including a former Deputy Communications Minister, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, said there is no sector that the NPP has done better than the NDC. His…

Nigeria’s Foreign Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, has said issues that resulted in the closure of Nigerian-owned shops in Ghana will be duly addressed within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) regional body. He said the Nigerian government wants this matter to be thoroughly investigated by the regional body because in his view, the closure of the shops goes against ECOWAS protocols. He said this while talking to Nigerian traders at a meeting. Over 100 retail shops belonging to foreigners at Circle in Accra were closed down in an exercise led by the Presidential Committee on retail trade. The exercise…

Member of Parliament for Assin Central Constituency Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has called for the arrest of the Bank of Ghana officials under whose watch some local banks allegedly failed to operate within the banking laws, thereby leading to their eventual collapse. Aside the BoG officials failing to play their supervisory role well, Mr Agyapong accused them of also allegedly conniving with the owners of the failed banks to dupe unsuspecting customers. Speaking on on Net 2 Wednesday, August 19, the lawmaker said when it comes to the issue of the banking sector, “I will put former President Mahama aside and…

A Fraud and Security Consultant, Richard Kumadoe, has called on the government to scale up public safety ahead of this year’s elections. He expressed concerns about the isolated cases of violence associated with the just-ended voter registration exercise undertaken by the Electoral Commission (EC). Speaking in an interview with 3FM, Mr Kumadoe called on the government to adopt what he called a Transformational Model for Law Enforcement that will ensure public safety, and also swiftly address issues of violence. He also said that the model will ensure swift investigations, community education and awareness creation as well as facilitating the elements…

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced on Wednesday, August 19 that eight more persons have died after contracting Covid-19 This pushes the total number of deaths to 256, the GHS indicated. Also, the country recorded 110 new cases bringing the total number of cumulative cases to 43,094. The active cases currently stand at 1,875, according to data available on the Ghana Health Service’s website. About 40,963 individuals who earlier contracted the disease have recovered or been discharged. By Laud Nartey|3news.com|Ghana ]]>

Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in Ghana, STAR-Ghana, a civil society organisation, has been training health practitioners on how best to communicate information on the pandemic to rural folks in a language they will all understand. The training is aimed at simplifying technicalities that come along with information dissemination on the virus. Speaking in an interview on the Covid-19 360 on TV3 Tuesday, August 18, a member of the Christian Health Center, Dr. James Duah, who happened to be a beneficiary of the training progarmme, stated that the training gave them the opportunity to speak in a language…

Dancehall artiste, Epixode, has said has questioned the motivation behind some Ghanaian dancehall songs According to him, it is difficult to figure out what factors informed the dancehall songs in Ghana.   “A month ago, one artiste in Jamaica lost three friends to a shooter, that’s what happens in Jamaica so they end up motivating their lyrics but here I don’t see stuff like that, I sometimes find it cliché when people put these kinds of lyrics in there” he said on the Showbiz 927 on 3FM with MzGee on Saturday. He noted Reggae used to be rebellious in nature, producing…

MTN Group has announced that the current group Chief Finance Officer (CFO) of the Group, Ralph Mupita, has been appointed as the new Group President and CEO with effect from September 1, 2020. Ralph has served as the MTN Group CFO since April, 2017 and has played a critical role in the development and execution of the group’s strategy, capital allocation processes, and financial performance as well as in the resolution of a number of complex regulatory matters. MTN Group Chairman Mcebisi Jonas said on Wednesday, August 19: “After a rigorous and extensive search process, we are pleased to have…

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has announced that the Producer Price Inflation (PPI) for July 2020 was 9.3 per cent. According to the GSS, this rate indicates that between July 2019 and July 2020 (year-on-year), “the PPI increased by 9.3 percent. This rate represents a 0.2 percentage point decrease in producer inflation relative to the rate recorded in June 2020 (9.5%). “The month-on-month change in producer price index between June 2020 and July 2020 was 1.7 per cent,” the Service stated on Wednesday, August 19. The PPI in the Mining and Quarrying sub-sector increased by 3.0 percentage points over the…

Son of former Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama, Farouk Aliu Mahama, who is also the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate for the Yendi Constituency, has said the people of Dagbon will now begin to see a lot of development projects following the installation of the new Ya-Na. He said on TV3’s New Day that the installation of the new overlord of Dagbon has restored peace to the area, a situation that has started attracting a lot of investors to the area. “Dagbon is now peaceful and there is going to be a lot of development,” he said on the…