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Laud Nartey is a current affairs editor with the MG News team at Media General, serving TV3 Ghana, 3News, Onua TV and more platforms.
The government is rolling out sweeping reforms in the public procurement system to tackle the billions of cedis lost annually through irregularities, Deputy Minister for Finance, Thomas Nyarko Ampem, has announced. Delivering a keynote address at the National Procurement and Supply Conference, Mr Ny
Government says it is intensifying efforts to unlock the potential of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) to close Ghana’s widening infrastructure deficit, estimated at $37 billion annually over the next three decades. Delivering the keynote address at the KPMG Infrastructure Roadshow in Accra, Deput
Officials of the Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMET) have appealed to the Parliamentary Select Committee on Information and Communication to advocate for the agency to be granted Authority status. According to GMET, this would empower them to enforce regulations, improve their financial independence,
The Constitution Review Committee (CRC) has held its preliminary engagement with the Minority Caucus in Parliament on Tuesday, September 30, at the Conference Room of the Minority Leader, at Parliament House. Led by the Minority Leader, Osahen Afenyo Markin. The Minority side comprised members of it
The Minister for the Interior, on the advice of the Regional Security Council and by Executive Instrument, has renewed the Curfew hours for Bole Township and its environs in the Savannah Region. The curfew starts from 12:00 midnight to 5:00 am, effective Wednesday, October 1, 2025. In a statement, t
The Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, has assured that the government is actively addressing the overcrowding challenge through the development of a Community Sentencing Bill. The proposed legislation aims to introduce alternative sentencing options, such as community service, to
President John Dramani Mahama has stressed the need to address the cyber threat issues in Ghana. He said this when he officially opened the National Cyber Security Awareness Month in Accra on Wednesday, October 1. The President emphasised the importance of public education, collaboration and vigilan
As part of efforts to confront illegal mining, the Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, has called for strong collaborations among Governments, both internationally and regionally. He made this call given that the threats of illegal mining are transnational, borderless, not stagnated
Dr Joseph Nyaaba Akongbangre, a Consultant at Harmattan Geo-Spatial Limited, has said that biodiversity finance is timely and relevant in Ghana, with emerging mechanisms like biodiversity credits, ABM, and Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) offering new opportunities. At a Dissemination Workshop:
A private legal practitioner, Austin Kwabena Brako-Powers, has cautioned Ghanaians to desist from loosely referring to people as “our wife” or “our husband,” warning that such seemingly harmless descriptions could carry serious legal consequences under Ghanaian law. Speaking to 3news.com on Tuesday,
Private legal practitioner and policy analyst Austin Kwabena Brako-Powers has criticised Minister of Communications, Digital Technology, and Innovation Samuel Nartey George for failing to deliver on his promise to secure a price reduction from satellite television service provider DSTV Ghana. In a s
The African Development Bank Group and Michael R. Bloomberg, Founder of Bloomberg L.P. and Bloomberg Philanthropies and Chair of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ), have formed a new partnership to mobilize private sector investment across the African continent into areas that will
Former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Koku Anyidoho has told President John Dramani Mahama to declare a state of emergency in the areas affected by the illegal small-scale mining (Galamsey) and not the decaration og the security zones. Koko Anyidoho pointe
The Bono Region Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Kwame Baffoe (Abronye DC), has indicated his readiness to face the NPP disciplinary committee after the General Secretary, Justin Kodua Frimpong, petitioned the committee regarding his conduct. He demanded a live telecast of the proceedings.
A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Otchere-Darko, has backed the address delivered by President John Dramani Mahama during the 80th United Nations General Assembly. During the address, President Mahama told the gathering that the future of the world is African. “According to th
