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President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, is in Ghana for a two-day working visit. Mr. Ramaphosa arrived in the country on Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at about 6:30pm in a South African Air Force plane. He was received at the Jubilee Lounge of the Kotoka International Airport upon arrival by Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Ghana’s High Commissioner to South Africa, George Ayisi Boateng, Philbert Johnson, Director of Africa Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, and officials of the South African High Commission to Ghana. He will be in Ghana from Wednesday, December…

Mr Justice Anin Yeboah, a Justice of the Supreme Court, is tipped to become the next Chief Justice. Barring any last-minute changes, Justice Yeboah is expected to be named as the President’s nominee to replace the Chief Justice, Justice Sophia Abena Boafoa Akuffo, who retires on December 20, 2019. According to our sources, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has already submitted Justice Anin Yeboah’s name to the Council of State for consideration, in accordance with Article 144 (1) of the 1992 Constitution. Article 144 Clause One stipulates: “The Chief Justice shall be appointed by the President, acting in consultation with…

The Ghana Police Service has placed 25 policemen under investigations, following public complaints of alleged unprofessional behaviours. The complaints were received from civilians through recently advertised police contact lines for the public to report errant policemen and women. The call centre was activated on November 11, 2019, with the police asking the public to reach them with complaints on 0550323323, 0275000156 or 0206639121. Reacting to a recent Afrobarometer survey that puts the police on top of the corruption perception index as the most corrupt institution in the country, the Director-General of the Police Public Affairs Directorate, Assistant Commissioner of Police…

The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) says it is disappointed in President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo over his call to its members to exercise restraint in dealing with foreigners in the retail business in Ghana. President Akufo-Addo as part of his tour of the Greater Accra Region advised GUTA members who closed about 600 shops belonging to foreign traders at Kwame Nkrumah Circle not to take the law into their own hands. Although Nana Akufo-Addo admitted that the members and leadership of GUTA have a genuine concern, he said “it is the State that interprets how the laws should…

The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) says it is disappointed in President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo over his call to its members to exercise restraint in dealing with foreigners in the retail business in Ghana. President Akufo-Addo as part of his tour of the Greater Accra Region advised GUTA members who closed about 600 shops belonging to foreign traders at Kwame Nkrumah Circle not to take the law into their own hands. Although Nana Akufo-Addo admitted that the members and leadership of GUTA have a genuine concern, he said “it is the State that interprets how the laws should…

Parliament has summoned two ministers to appear before the House not later than December 10 to brief members of parliament on what is accounting for delays in signing off-taker agreements with waste management companies in the country. They are Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Abena Dapaah and Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Hajia Alima Mahama. The decision to invite the two ministers stemmed from the report of a joint parliamentary committee which was laid before the House and showed a looming waste management crisis in the country. The joint committees on Works and Housing, Water, Sanitation,…

US-based Ghanaian singer Ama Slay is on a one man campaign against skin bleaching. According to the singer who spoke in an interview with 3news’ Owusu Worae, the health risks associated with skin bleaching is dire, hence the decision to preach against the lifestyle through her musical platform. “I feel sometimes we have to go into the head of the people that bleach to find out why, because you can easily get cancer.” Ama Slay said a lot of the people who bleach do so just to be accepted in society because a lot of people in society find light…