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The Bawku West District Assembly in the Upper East region has for the second time in two weeks failed to elect a presiding member after two rounds of voting. At the end of the first round of voting on Thursday January 30, none of the two candidates secured the two-thirds of the total votes cast to emerge the winner. Assembly member for Zebilla central electoral Atiah Kurugu, who is a teacher, polled 32 votes in the first round while his contender, Alfred Ndaugo, a retired educationist, polled 18 votes. The second round saw the teacher securing 31 votes with the…

Police investigators in the Garu District of Upper East Region have rejected a 6,540-cedi bribe offered for a motor bike theft case to be dropped. Kofi Awuni, who has been arrested, was said to have offered the money to investigators handling the case on Thursday. Police intelligence led to the arrest of Amadu Yakubu in connection with a missing motorbike on Tuesday. January 28, 2020. A search conducted in his room led to the retrieval of three unregistered motor bikes which were suspected to have been stolen from their owners. Further Investigations led to the arrest of Wudu Mohammed an…

The Media General Group, owners and operators of TV3, 3FM, Onua TV, Onua FM, 3news.com, Connect FM, Akoma FM and Adesa Productions Limited (APL), have given word to their clients and potential clientele that they will receive an increased value for their money. Management of the Group, led by Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) Beatrice Agyemang Abbey disclosed during a working visit to Bayport Savings and Loans in Accra that clients will this year get more than they will pay for. Mrs Abbey acknowledged and expressed appreciation to all stakeholders in the business mix, including clients and promised enhanced value.…

Former president John Dramani has described as unnecessary,  the committee set up by the government to among other things, investigate the instability of the Ghana cedi.  On the back of consistent depreciation of the Ghana cedi, the government through the Finance Ministry inaugurated an FX Development Committee to look into the causes of the free fall of the cedi against major trading currencies and propose solutions. The establishment of the 40-member committee was in fulfillment of a promise by the government to constitute a bi-partisan committee to look into the cyclical problem and help address same. But the opposition leader…

The new coronavirus has been declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization, as the outbreak continues to spread outside China. “The main reason for this declaration is not what is happening in China but what is happening in other countries,” said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. The concern is that it could spread to countries with weaker health systems. The death toll now stands at 170 people in China. The WHO said there had been 98 cases in 18 countries outside of the country, but no deaths. Most cases have emerged in people who have travelled from the…

Former President John Dramani Mahama has suggested he has been vindicated for stating in 2016 that Nana Akufo-Addo and Dr Mahamudu Bawumia did not have the competence to run the country’s economy. On the back of criticism from the then presidential and vice presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party against his running of the economy, Mahama asked; “do you know what it takes to be a president?” Mr Mahama who is now in opposition claims the management of the economy for the past three years by the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia led-government, has clearly demonstrated the two have no practical expertise whatsoever.…

Subah Infosolutions Ghana Limited, one of Ghana’s leading IT and telecommunications solution provider, has saved the government of Guinea millions of dollars from sim box fraud. The government through its Telecoms Regulatory Agency, ARPT, contracted Subah Infosolutions to perform an investigation to detect and locate these suspected fraudulent SIM box devices operating on the network of operators in Guinea. Based on a great job Subah did for Ghana between 2014 to 2017, the company was invited to come and assist as the Mobile Network Operators in Guinea were experiencing revenue loss due to fraudulent and unauthorized diversion of International voice…

“When I closed THE GRAPES OF WRATH, I was a different man. It enriched my powers of thinking and discipline, and my relationships. I left prison more informed than I went in and the more informed you are the less arrogant and aggressive you are.” – Nelson Mandela The above quote by one of the world’s icons of democracy, Nelson Madiba Mandela, clearly demonstrates the significance of information and for that matter education in the transformation and reformation of a person. It is for this reason that I believe the Ghana Prisons Administration’s focus on inmates’ education is a step…

The Member of Parliament for the Tamale North Constituency in the Northern Region has said President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo “wears a crown of shame” following Transparency International’s assessment of Ghana’s fight against corruption. Ghana was recently ranked 80th out of 180 countries on the 2019 global Corruption Perception Index (CPI) with a score of 41 per cent, an exercise carried out by international organisation Transparency International (TI). Making reference to the CPI on TV3’s New Day, the Tamale North legislator observed the country’s fight against corruption is the worst under Akufo-Addo’s watch. “The president has been crowned internationally, unfortunately,…

Google is temporarily closing all of its offices in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan as a result of the coronavirus. Other tech giants, including Amazon and Microsoft, have also taken action to protect staff from infection. This week global corporations have been shutting operations in China and advising overseas staff not to visit the country. Many employees are being asked to work from home or extend their Lunar New Year holiday. Google said it is stopping staff travelling to China and Hong Kong, while employees currently in the country have been advised to leave as soon as possible and then…