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The Electoral Commission has been called upon to employ three key principles in conducting this year’s presidential and parliamentary elections to ensure that Ghana comes out of the exercise, once again, peaceful and stable. Speaking at the launch of Media General’s Election Command Centre on Tuesday, a council member of the National Peace Council, Rev Dr Nii Amoo Darko brought to the fore how countries have been destroyed due to the actions of political actors and other stakeholders. He therefore implored Ghana’s electoral body to be guided by conscience, love of God and love of country as the country goes…

By close of nominations on Thursday February 20, 2020, a total of 49 aspirants filed their nominations forms to contest the December parliamentary polls on the ticket of the governing NPP in the Central Region. The 49 would be shrugging it out in the 19 available slots in constituencies where the New Patriotic Party has sitting Members of Parliament The parliamentary primaries are expected to come off on April 25, 2020 across the country. But the aspirants first have to successfully sail through vetting scheduled from February 28 to March 8, 2020. Though the party intends to organize the exercise…

The Takoradi Technical University (TTU) has deferred about 1000 students for non-payment of school fees and failure to register for the semester. In a statement signed by the Registrar, Mr. Moses Mclean Abnory and copied to the GNA explained that, 826 students had their programmes deferred due to the failure to register for the second semester of the 2019/2020 academic year. He said, “It has always been mandatory for students to register for every semester as stipulated in section 10 of the students hand book”. Mr Abnory indicated that every students who failed to abide by that section was considered…

The Agona West NPP Chairman, Joseph Afankwah aka Kojo Addo, has been suspended over the alleged secret video recording of Prof. Frimpong Boateng in a conversation with Mr. Horace  Ekow Ewusi who is under investigation over missing excavators. The Central Regional Executives of the party took the decision during a meeting in Cape Coast on Monday, February 24, 2020, 3news.com has gathered. The issue has subsequently been referred to the Regional Disciplinary Committee for consideration. Kojo Addo appeared in the video which he is alleged to have discretely captured in the office of Prof Frimpong Boateng, the Minister of Environment…

Optional King, fresh from winning the TV3 Mentor Reloaded music reality show, has set his sight on using his music to promote Ghanaian and African culture. Known for his energy and African touch whenever he is on stage, the talented musician says he going to work assiduously to push the continent’s cultural diversity through his works. “I am just trying to promote the culture, not only the Northern culture but the Ghanaian culture. We are projecting Ghana and Africa as a whole. I’m representing Ghana,” Optional King said in an interview with Rita Etornam Sey on TV3’s New Day. The…

A High Court Judge, Justice Doreen Boakye Adjei, has discontinued the case between the Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo and the Auditor-General, Daniel Domelovo. According to her, the Chief Justice, Justice Anin Yeboah, has requested for the docket of the case. The court did not give reasons why the Chief Justice requested for the docket. In delivering the information to the parties involved, she said a petition has been written but she was not ready to know whoever wrote the petition. She added, counsel for the parties should contact the Court Manager for more information on the matter. The Senior…

The Ghana Federation of Labour (GFL) has asked the Electoral Commission to transfer existing data of voters onto the biometric devices to be acquired for the 2020 election. “Instead of stressing Ghanaians with unending reregistration, the EC should think of more ingenious ways of addressing the voter register challenge,” it said. According to the GFL, it was unfair for the EC to demand that Ghanaians must go and queue to register again for the compilation of a new register when their biometric data on the current register did not have an expiration date. This came up at the weekend  during…

Justice of the Appeal’s Court, Justice Clemence Jackson Honyenuga has incurred the wrath of many for publicly endorsing President Akufo-Addo for this year’s presidential election. Reading from a written speech, the Court of Appeal judge, who doubles as the Paramount Chief of the Nyagbo Traditional Area commended the president and hoped he emerges victorious in the forthcoming election. The judge who sits as additional High Court judge is currently presiding over the case involving former COCOBOD boss Dr. Stephen Opuni, a case some have described as political witch-hunting. “We wish to congratulate you for the excellent manner you are governing…

Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbé has won re-election, according to preliminary results from the electoral commission. However, opposition leader Agbéyomé Kodjo has accused the authorities of widespread fraud. The president’s office is quoted by AFP news agency as denying the accusation. The electoral commission said that Mr Gnassingbé had received 72% of the vote, compared with about 18% for Mr Kodjo. The final results are expected to be announced by the Supreme Court this week. Mr Gnassingbé has led Togo’s population of eight million people since taking over following the death of his father Gnassingbé Eyadema, who ruled for 38 years.…

The current administration of the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) has denied awarding scholarships to three government appointees whose names have captured as beneficiaries in a performance audit report from the Auditor-General. The report, which spans between 2012 and 2018 was to ascertain whether GETFund acted in accordance with its mandate as stated in the GETFund Act, 2000 (Act 581) with regards to the administration of funds for scholarships. The reported  listed the Minister for Education, Matthew Opoku-Prempeh, Procurement Minister, Sarah Adwoa Safo and the Executive Secretary of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA), Prince Hamidu Armah as…