Residents in Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi, are fuming at the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) over frequent power outages. According to the residents, their power goes off most evenings without any notice. Although ECG is yet to respond to calls for comments, Asaase News gathers that …
Read More »PASAG Women’s Commissioner Calls For Attention On Chronic Diseases Amidst Covid-19
Miss Afia Serwaa Nkrante, the women’s commissioner for the National Physician Assistant students Association of Ghana has called for more attention to be given to preventable chronic diseases so as to reduce its prevalence. She said this at a health screening exercise organized by the LADIES WING of PASAG-NATIONAL …
Read More »Dangerous! Traders Complain Of Gas Leakage At new Kejetia Market
The multi-million dollar new Kejetia Market is sitting on a time bomb as traders complain of constant gas leakages from a gas plant installed beneath the project. This could trigger a disaster at the slightest spark of any fire within and around the market. 3news.com checks revealed that a few …
Read More »Minority Leader Dismisses NDC Flagbearer Posters
Minority Leader and Member of Parliament for Tamale South Constituency Haruna Iddrisu has urged the public to disregard posters making rounds about his intention to lead the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the next presidential elections. “These acts are calculated and intended to disorganise the rank and file of …
Read More »Shatta Wale, Stonebwoy, Sarkodie et al Nominated For 39th IRAWMA Awards
The International Reggae and World Music Headquarters have released the nomination list for this year’s awards, naming five Ghanaian artistes as contenders for awards. These are Shatta Wale, Stonebwoy, Sarkodie, Kwame Yeboah, and DJ Switch. Shatta Wale was nominated for the Best African Dancehall Entertainer and the Best Visual …
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GIJ Pardons Students Directed To Defer Academic Year Over Late Payment Of Fees
The management of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) has pardoned some 100 students who were earlier asked to defer the ongoing academic year for failing to pay their fees on time. “Management of the Ghana Institute of Journalism has magnanimously granted all students who failed to …
Read More »‘I Don’t Take Salary Or Per Diem’ – Ken Ofori-Atta
The Minister for Finance nominee, Ken Ofori-Atta claims that he does not take salaries or per diem for his role as Finance Minister. The nominee made this known during his vetting before Parliament’s Appointments Committee on Thursday, March 25, 2021. “I suspect you know that the issue of …
Read More »Ken Ofori-Atta: Releasing Amidu’s Report On Agyapa Deal A Disservice To Democracy
Appearing before Parliament’s appointments committee on Thursday, Ken Ofori-Atta said the assessment report on the Agyapa deal was leaked to the press before he made any input Finance Minister-designate, Ken Ofori-Atta, says the leaking of a report on the Agyapa deal after its assessment by the former special prosecutor Martin Amidu did a …
Read More »Trial Of Ex-SSNIT Boss: State Pleads With Court For More Time To Amend Charges
The State has asked permission from an Accra High Court presided over by Justice Anthony Kwofie to be given additional time enable them amend the charge of wilfully causing financial loss against former management members of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT). The Director of Public Prosecution, Yvonne …
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