Deputy Chairpersons of the Electoral Commission Dr Bossman Asare and Mr Samuel Tettey were sacked from a meeting with Parliament’s Special Budget Committee which is considering the 2022 budget estimates of the election management body after they failed to justify the absence of EC Chair Jean Mensa at the meeting. The Committee said it will […]
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Education Minister, Dr Yaw Adutwum has been summoned before Parliament over government’s ‘1 Teacher, 1 Laptop’ policy, which has triggered division and agitation amongst teacher unions. Deputy Ranking on the Education Committee, Dr Clement Apaak, who has filed a question for the minister to answer, alleges the selection process in the award of the contract […]
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A private citizen has sued the National Communications Authority (NCA) and the telecommunications companies over the SIM card re-registration exercise. Mr Francis Kwarteng Arthur, a private lawyer, is praying the High Court to stop the collection of subscribers’ personal data for the re-registration exercise. He is also seeking an interlocutory injunction to halt the process […]
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PassionAir is thrilled to announce two additional destinations, Ho and Wa, to its existing routes after three years of successfully operating flight services between Accra, Kumasi, Tamale and Takoradi. The introduction of commercial flight services to Ho in the Volta Region from Accra makes the airline the first in Ghana to operate scheduled flight on […]
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The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin has said he can remove the president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo from office. He said the law gives Parliament the powers to remove a president but does not give the same powers to a president to be able to remove a Speaker of Parliament. Speaking at the post-budget forum held at […]
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Panic withdrawals have hit hundreds of Mobile Money Vendors as users are reportedly withdrawing their deposits from their Electronic Wallet (E-Wallet) following the government’s decision to introduce Electronic Transaction Levy (e-levy). The National Public Relations Officer for Mobile Money Agents Association Mr. Charles Adu who disclosed this to OTEC News’ Kwame Agyenim Boateng in an […]
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The Minister for Communications and Digitalisation, Ursula Owusu Ekuful, says anyone who transacts more than 100 Ghana cedis on mobile money a day cannot be described as a poor person and must be subject to the newly introduced E-Levy. “The state is saying that if you are sending up to a GH¢100 a day, cumulatively […]
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Specialist Consultant Marlon Anipa is reported dead a few days after getting wholly endorsed as the District Chief Executive (DCE) of the newly created Guan District. Family sources in Hohoe confirmed the news to 3news.com on Tuesday November 16. He officially started work Monday November 15 and toured some centres in the ongoing Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in […]
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Nigerian businessman Sani Dangote, the brother and business deputy to Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has died. Their company, the Dangote Group has not confirmed the cause of death. Local reports say he died in the US after a long period of sickness. In a social media post, the Dangote Group called Sani Dangote’s death […]
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Two teacher association group have filed a suit against the government of Ghana over a contract awarded for the supply of laptops to teachers from kindergarten to the senior high school level. The government of Ghana on September 3, 2021, launched the One Teacher One Laptop initiative aimed at bridging the gap between teachers in […]
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