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The Bureau of Public Safety has expressed concerns over  recent reports of  military grade grenade explosion at South La Beach in Accra. The Bureau is calling on all the other security agencies to aid the government and the police to carry out thorough investigation into the explosion. “We are indeed worried over this development and it’s possible impact on public safety assurance, especially in the lead to election 2020. With [political] vigilantism still holding potent place in our partisan politics largely hinged on brawl for profit”. Cautioning the public against the explosion, the police in an August 10 statement said…

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has said on Wednesday August 12 that the national year-on-year inflation rate was 11.4% in July 2020, which is 0.2 percentage points higher than last month. Month-on-month inflation between June 2020 and July 2020 was 0.5%. This is lower than the 1.0% recorded between May and June, the 1.7% recorded between April and May and the 3.2% between March and April 2020. The average month-on-month inflation recorded in the months October 2019 to March 2020 was 0.7%. Only two of the thirteen Divisions had higher than average inflation rates; Housing, Water, Electricity and Gas (20.3%)…

The Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) has said there are minors, foreigners and other ineligible voters on the new voters register. According to the chairperson of the EC,  Jean Mensah, such persons who have found their names on the register during the just-ended exercise would have their names expunged. “We are aware that there are some of these people minors, foreigners and people not of sound mind etc who are on the roll. We are not oblivious of this fact,” she told the EC’s ‘Let the Citizen Know Series’ in Accra on Wednesday August 12. Mrs Mensah however said, “we…

The Chair of the Electoral Commission (EC), Jean Mensa, has announced Wednesday August 12 that the EC registered a total of 16,963,306 persons onto the new register. She however said an exercise is ongoing to remove duplicated names from the register. “The process of deduplication and adjudication, which are currently going will flag multiple registrations in the system,” she said. “Additionally, the challenge system put in place during the registration and exhibition exercise will further flag unqualified voters on the register,” Jean Mensa noted further. Meanwhile some Ghanaians stranded abroad due to COVID-19 restrictions may not be able to vote…

Some Ghanaians stranded abroad due to COVID-19 restrictions may not be able to vote during the 2020 elections if the measures to halt the spread of the disease remains. The Electoral Commission (EC) chair, Jean Mensa said at a press conference in Accra on Wednesday August 12 that it has been unable to travel to register workers in the Ghanaian missions as well as students on scholarships abroad. She indicated that the working timetable for the commission may not allow for them to partake in the December exercise if they are unable to get onto the roll anytime soon. “It…

Ghanaian dancehall artiste, Stonebwoy who was scheduled to perform alongside rapper Sarkodie on the “Black Love” virtual concert will no longer be on the stage following a confusion at the final rehearsal and pre-recording session. News of Stonebwoy’s exclusion comes after reports of a scuffle between the artiste and the manager of Sarkodie. Stonebwoy is reported to have arrived at the venue where the concert was being recorded and sat in his car while waiting for his turn to perform. Unknown to him, Shatta Wale’s team was already in the building waiting for Shatta Wale to arrive. 3news.com gathers that …

The Chef Executive Officer of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP), Mr John Kuma, has claimed  that the government has permanently employed between 30 to 40 per cent of the Nation Builders Corps (NaBCo) recruits. He told Alfred Ocansey on the Sunrise show on 3 92.7FM Wednesday August 12 that the government was determined to deal with the youth unemployment menace hence, the introduction of initiatives such as the NaBCo. He said : “As we speak over the last two to three years of NABCO about 30 to 40 per cent of them have already been absorbed into the…

The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress ( NDC), John Dramani Mahama, together with his running mate, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has congratulated the youth of Ghana on the occasion of International Youth Day, which is being observed today, August 12. In Facebook post, the former president urged the youth to “continue to be innovative towards the nation building in these hard times”. He said youth involvement in the administration of his government, should he be elected, will be key. “We shall harness the enormous innovative and creative talents and also magnify youth participation in the governance and decision making…

The Coalition of Election Observers (CODEO) has rated the compilation of the new voters roll by the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana 80 per cent. The registration exercise started on June 30 and officially ended on August 6, in 33,367 polling stations. The EC further carried out a mop-up exercise which ended on Sunday August 9. Speaking in relation to the exercise, the Coordinator of CODEO, Albert Arhin, said the exercise was largely peaceful although there were few cases of violence. He said : “I will give them [the EC] about 80% success. I have watched registration exercises all over…

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Micro Finance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Stephen Amoah, has noted that a potential vice president more often than not  has economics background in order to be able to manage the economy well. He explained that the Vice President is the head of the Economic Management Team (EMT) therefore, if that person has no idea about economics it will create problems for the government. He was speaking on the New Day  hosted by Johnnie Hughes on TV3 Wednesday August 12 in relation to the choice of educationist Professor Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang as the…