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Ghanaian musician, politician and leader of The People’s Project (TPP) movement, Kwame Asare Obeng (A-Plus), says President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has failed on his one-village one-dam promise to Ghanaians. President Akufo-Addo in the run up to the 2016 general elections promised to construct a dam in every village in the northern part of the country to enable farming all-year round. Though some of the dams have been completed, A-Plus described the dams as substandard. “Nana Addo is not making us believe politicians again. He promised one village, one dam and he has given us One-Village One-Porthole”, he told Berla…

Musician and politician, Kwame Asare Obeng (A-Plus), has said a Ghanaian president does not need more than forty (40) ministers to be able to govern the country. The disappointed member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), said on the New Day on TV3 Friday August 14 that with less than 40 ministers a president should be able to govern effectively. “Ghana does not need more than forty ministers, we don’t need a minister for agric, have a minster for fisheries, a deputy minister fisheries, deputy minister for horticulture,” he said. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed over one…

Executives of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have called for investigations into the assault of TV3 reporters by soldiers. A Deputy Communications Director of the NPP, Kamal-Deen Abdulai and a member of NDC’s Communications Team of the NDC, Fred Agbenyo, are of the view that no one can take the laws into their hands and assault people without being punished. Soldiers attacked TV3’s cameraman, Stanley Nii Blewu, and reporter Joseph Armstrong, assaulting the former in the process, when they were out on assignment at Tema Station in Accra Central to do a story on…

 The Executive Director of the Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA),Mensah Thompson, has said due process was not followed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in dismissing their petition for the removal of the chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana, Jean Mensa. ASEPA petitioned Akufo-Addo on June 9, for the removal of Mrs Mensa, for failing to declare her assets in accordance with Article 286 of the 1992 Constitution. The petition has since been summarily dismissed by the Presidency. Read: The response to the petition is said to have been sent to the Facebook page of…

The UK government has signed deals for a further 90 million doses of coronavirus vaccine. The vaccines are being developed by the Belgian pharmaceutical company Janssen and the US biotech company Novavax. It means the UK has placed orders for six experimental vaccines, taking its potential stockpile to 340 million doses. In theory, there should be enough for everyone in the UK to get five doses. Most of the vaccines require only two. With most vaccine trials ending in failure, the government is effectively hedging its bets, hoping that at least one of the vaccines it has purchased proves safe…

Leipzig stunned Atletico Madrid 2-1 on Thursday to reach the Champions League semi-finals for the first time as Tyler Adams’ 88th-minute winner earned them a showdown with Paris Saint-Germain Atletico looked to have secured extra-time at the Estadio Jose Alvalade when Joao Felix won and then scored a penalty to cancel out Dani Olmo’s headed opener early in the second half. But Adams proved an unlikely hero for Leipzig, coming off the bench to snatch victory in Lisbon after his fired effort took a cruel deflection of Stefan Savic and flew in. The win marks an historic night for Leipzig,…

Ghana’s Parliament on Thursday, August 13 approved an $86 million loan agreement with the Israeli Discount Bank to help replenish the stock of armoured vehicles for the Ghana Armed Forces. The agreement was approved amidst questions being raised by the Minority regarding value for money. A member of the Finance Committee, Richard Acheampong, said “we have to take security matters seriously. Quality of product must be ensured. We must procure what can stand the test of time so that it is not like we are throwing out money, because, we are taking a loan facility for this purpose…It is a…

President of the Nigerian Traders Association Chuku Emeka has revealed that they will be meeting with officials at the Ministry of Trade and Industry to consider reopening their closed shops at Circle. Over one hundred retail shops belonging to foreigners were on Thursday closed down at Circle in an exercise led by the Presidential Committee on retail trade. The exercise, which started peacefully later turned chaotic, TV3’s Joseph Armstrong, who covered it, reported. The Presidential Committee in the company of the police arrived at Circle at about 11:00am Thursday, August 13. Public Relations Officer of the Ministry of Trade and…

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General Thomas Oppong-Peprah, has praised the efforts of Gulf Energy and sister company Legon Cities Football Club for their continued support for the activities of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF). Major General Oppong made this remark during the sod-cutting ceremony for the construction of a 150-bed accommodation for trainees of GAF at the Bundase Training base in the Greater Accra Region. The COAS, who represented Chief of Defense Staff Lieutenant General Obed Akwa for the occasion, remarked that the soldiers’ accommodation had come at a very opportune time as the Military High Command…

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced on Thursday, August 13 that the active Covid-19 cases in Ghana have dropped to 1,906. This was after 39,718 persons, who got infected by the virus, clinically recovered and were discharged, according to the GHS. In total, Ghana has recorded 41,847 coronavirus cases. Six are in critical conditions, four on ventilators, and 17 in severe condition, the GHS said. By Laud Nartey|3news.com|Ghana