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The ferry loaded with three cargo trucks full of yams that sunk Friday on the Volta lake at Makango was still in the water Saturday afternoon. When 3news’ Christopher Amoako visited the area on Saturday and reported that one of the trucks aboard the ferry has virtually submerged. A group of young men were also seen offloading the yams into canoes and boats. Officials from the Salaga Fire Service Division were also seen waiting to drain the water from the Ferry. The Salaga Divisional Fire Commander, ADO Norbert Adiali told 3news until the trucks are offloaded, nothing can be done…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on African countries to help push the frontier of entrepreneurial development to be able to grow their economies. Addressing the opening session of the African Netpreneur Conference, an initiative launched by Jack Ma to support African entrepreneurs, President Akufo-Addo said entrepreneurship was one of the most important drivers of economic growth globally. “The truth is that successful economies depend on entrepreneurs to run successful businesses. We need to push vigorously the culture of entrepreneurship so we can grow our economies to become prosperous,” he said. The Jack Ma Foundation is hosting the inaugural…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on African countries to help push the frontier of entrepreneurial development to be able to grow their economies. Addressing the opening session of the African Netpreneur Conference, an initiative launched by Jack Ma to support African entrepreneurs, President Akufo-Addo said entrepreneurship was one of the most important drivers of economic growth globally. “The truth is that successful economies depend on entrepreneurs to run successful businesses. We need to push vigorously the culture of entrepreneurship so we can grow our economies to become prosperous,” he said. The Jack Ma Foundation is hosting the inaugural…

The embattled chief of Bole, Bolewura Sarfo Kutuge Feso has insisted that he will celebrate the 2019 Damba festival despite a ban by the Gonja Traditional Council. According to him, the letter containing the Yagbonwura’s purported signature banning the celebration of Damba in Bole area was fake. The Yagbonwura has been indisposed for sometime now, he explained. “The letter is a concocted one from some crooks in the palace of the Yagbonwura,” he claimed. According to him, it is only the court that can ban him and not the Yagbonwura. “If there should be any ban, it must come from…

Boss of Media Excel, Kwesi Ernest has warned churches and pastors who want to engage gospel musicians to be ready to pay or else use their church choir for all their church events. There have been lots of allegations against pastors, churches who invite gospel musicians for church events of not paying well and sometimes nothing at all. One gospel musician who shared his story with Christian Agyei Frimpong host of Onua 95.1 FM entertainment talk show Anigye Mmre is SP Kofi Sarpong. According to him, a pastor invited him for a church event and after the program the man…

Boss of Media Excel, Kwesi Ernest has warned churches and pastors who want to engage gospel musicians to be ready to pay or else use their church choir for all their church events. There have been lots of allegations against pastors, churches who invite gospel musicians for church events of not paying well and sometimes nothing at all. One gospel musician who shared his story with Christian Agyei Frimpong host of Onua 95.1 FM entertainment talk show Anigye Mmre is SP Kofi Sarpong. According to him, a pastor invited him for a church event and after the program the man…

The Online Drivers Union is set to embark on a demonstration to protest the introduction of a 60 cedis annual fee by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA). This comes on the back of an announcement by the DVLA that all drivers who use ride-hailing platforms will begin to pay an annual fee of GH¢60.00. The fee forms part of new guidelines the Authority has introduced together with the Ministry of Transport, National Road Safety Commission, the MTTD of the Ghana Police Service and other key stakeholders to check the activities of such digital operations. In a statement, DVLA…

The Online Drivers Union is set to embark on a demonstration to protest the introduction of a 60 cedis annual fee by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA). This comes on the back of an announcement by the DVLA that all drivers who use ride-hailing platforms will begin to pay an annual fee of GH¢60.00. The fee forms part of new guidelines the Authority has introduced together with the Ministry of Transport, National Road Safety Commission, the MTTD of the Ghana Police Service and other key stakeholders to check the activities of such digital operations. In a statement, DVLA…

The young man who invaded the pitch during Ghana’s Black Stars match against the Bafana Bafana of South Africa has finally been released from police cells. Awal Suleman gave the security details at the Robert Mensah Sports Stadium in Cape Coast a ‘good run for their uniform’ on Thursday evening. The atmosphere erupted with cheers and jeers as Awal treated the spectators to almost a never-ending chase when the match was in session with some minutes to end it all. Unfortunately for him, a combined security force of more than 10 men, after a sort of merry-go-round episode, amidst tumbling,…

An academic group, Progressive Intellectuals, have tipped public universities to run a double track system as a result of government’s Free Senior High School program. The group is made up of lecturers and academics from the University of Ghana, University of Cape Coast, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and the University of Development Studies. Speaking at a public forum dubbed ‘Pubic Policy Dialogue’ at the University of Ghana, sociology lecturer at the University of Ghana, Dr. Samson Obed Appiah, stated the rushed implementation of the Free Senior High School (SHS) would have a knock-on effect on university admission.…