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The University of Ghana has handed a six-month suspension without pay to Professor Ransford Yaw Gyampo for misconducting himself in a BBC investigative documentary,  Sex For Grades. Dr Paul Butakor, who was also captured in the documentary trying to woo an investigative reporter who posed as someone seeking a national service at his Department has also been suspended for four months without pay. Their suspension takes effect from January 1, 2020, the University of Ghana announced in a statement Monday. Also, the two senior lecturers are to undergo appropriate training on the University of Ghana’s Sexual Harassment and Misconduct Policy…

The family of business magnate, Osei Kwame Despite got the Ghanaian social media space talking from Thursday and throughout the weekend. The only reason for all the buzz was the lavish wedding ceremony for his first son, Kennedy Osei Asante and the love of his life, Tracy. The two tied the knot in a beautiful traditional engagement ceremony in a private location which was well attended by the crème de la crème followed by what has been named the most luxurious white wedding in Ghana on Saturday. The pump and pageantry was one of a kind ranging from the most…

Orthopedic surgeons at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital are alarmed at the increasing cases of pediatric fractures with rotten limbs and warned parents against resorting to alternative medicine for such cases. In 2019, 15 kids with rotten limbs who were not given immediate medical attention were amputated at the Hospital’s Trauma and Orthopedic Directorate, A child bone fracture, also known as pediatric fracture, is a medical condition in which a bone of a child is cracked or broken. A total of 529 cases of pediatric fractures were recorded at KATH in 2019 alone, most of which authorities say, were caused…

Dispute resolution service provider, Gamey and Co ADR Centre has offered to mediate the impasse arising out of the controversial decision by the Electoral Commission to compile a new voters’ register for the December general elections. The decision to compile a new voters’ register from April 18 has triggered stiff opposition from some political parties and a wave of mammoth protests in parts of the country, which critics say is causing seeming political tension. According Gamey and Co, the current atmosphere, if not well handled, could disturb the peace and security in the country, hence underscored the need to reach…

Mfantsipim School toppled St. Augustine’s College to win the Super Zonals Athletics Competition for senior high schools in the Central region. After a four-year dominance by Augusco, Mfantsipim school came through with the wind of change to take the trophy this year. The Red and Black boys had a great competition – winning the boys 800m, 1500m, 5000m, the boys 1000m medley, the 4x400m, 400m among others. Most of their disciplines they won were orchestrated by one boy, Aziz Mohammed. The long and middle distance runner, also walked away with the best athlete award – an award he has won…

Singer Vera Hamenoo Kpeda, who is known on stage as MzVee, has revealed that she will be embarking on a tour to create awareness about depression soon. The former Lynx Entertainment signee disclosed this during an interview on Akoma FM’s Kwantenpon drive time show hosted by Tony Best. MzVee explained that the tour is inspired by her personal experience with depression. The singer, recently in an interview with TV3 revealed that she was depressed for almost a year and that, but for the timely intervention of family and musician Efya, she wouldn’t have been able to overcome it. “I have…

A 21-year-old form 2 Business student of the Wa T.I Ahmadiyya Senior High School in Upper West Region died after falling from the first floor of the dormitory block. The student who is a native of Kachiau, a farming community in the Wa West District, has been identified as Kojo Issac. Some students who said they saw him moment before he died, while they were studying, told 3news.com that at around 11pm on 11th February 2020 they saw Issac getting down from his bed and went outside the room when his mates were asleep. According to them, they thought he…

Paul Opoku Agyemang, the Executive Director of the African Cancer Organization, a non-governmental organisation has advised Ghanaians not to eat foods contaminated with aflatoxins to minimise their risks of getting cancer. The more aflatoxins one consumed, the higher they increased their chances of getting cancer, Mr Agyemang said, at a workshop for staff of the Ghana News Agency in Accra. The training was part of the Organization’s series of sensitization programmes using data, to promote cancer prevention through awareness creation and screening. Scientists say aflatoxins, is a member of the toxin family produced by  some type of fungi that are…

Some selected midwives at the Korlebu Teaching Hospital have benefitted from a day’s training on the use of cardiotocograph to enhance maternal health at Ghana’s largest referral facility. Organized by the Jackson Institute of Innovation and Leadership (JIIL), the training sought to sharpen the skills of beneficiaries to improve service delivery. Cardiotocography is a technical means of recording fetal heartbeat and the uterine contractions during pregnancy, using the cardiotocograph. It is widely used antenatally and in labour to detect fetal hypoxia since the fetal heart rate can be analyzed visually by describing the baseline, variability and clinical changes. With the…

About 6,000 dignitaries, including heads of states from the West African sub region will converge in Accra on July 11 for what is expected to be the biggest ever awards event in Ghana’s recent history, the Millennium Excellence Awards. The revered king of Asante, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II will lead a retinue chiefs and queens from the Asante Kingdom to Accra to attend this year’s awards ceremony which is celebrating its 20th anniversary. It will be a rich display of Asante culture in Accra as the Asantehene who celebrates his 70th birthday this year, will also celebrate the ‘Awukudae’, an…