GENERAL NEWS

In its quest to curb examination malpractice, the West African Examination Council (WAEC) is set to embed a QR Code in each question paper of candidates during examinations. Speaking to Citi News on the sidelines of the 69th Annual Council meeting, the council said this technology and other interventions would …

    Mr.  charles Opoku and his Akosua Baako Foundation together with Friends of Charles Opoku, as part of its educational program has begun the donation of 84,000 exercise books to 17,000 students in the Assin North District of the central region. SOME BENEFICIARIES (Schools) Assin Bereku D/A School Adom …

    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 …

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 …

  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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei Wusu (Joewise) has asked all persons to detach religion from the ongoing development at the Achimota School because it does not help the case of the  Rastafarian students with the dreadlocks who have been asked to cut their hair before they are accepted …