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Management of leading Ghanaian television channel TV3 Network has announced seasoned broadcaster Dzifa Bampoh as the new host of its award winning television news analysis program, The Key Points. She takes over from Abena Tabi, who expertly hosted the show over the past four years. Dzifa, who also
Not only has the death of renowned physician, Professor Jacob Plange-Rhule shocked the medical profession, but losing his life through the novel coronavirus is said to haunt even a number of senior medical practitioners. For instance, Prof. Fred Binka, Professor of Epidemiology, University of Health
Dean of the School of Graduate Studies at the University of Professional Studies, Dr. Kwaku Mensah has advised government to focus on establishing mortgage institutions to help make housing affordable instead of establishing the National Development Bank. According to Dr. Mensah, who was speaking on
A private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu is urging President Akufo-Addo to permanently suspend the upcoming referendum on multi-party participation at the local governance level. According to him, the December 17 is nothing but a “waste” of the nation’s resources. Relying heavily on the work of th
A tax expert, Dr. Ibrahim Bedi, has said government's inability to mobilise enough revenue despite making some tax exemptions to allow businesses grow is due to failure to prioritise the right beneficiary businesses. According to the tax expert, who was speaking on The Key Points programme on TV3 Sa
A former Commissioner the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has advised Ghanaians to be patient with the Special Prosecutor, Martin Alamisi Amidu, in his fight against corruption. Justice Francis Emile Short also wants Ghanaians to encourage the Special Prosecutor, who ha
The Ghana Traders Union Association (GUTA) has fingered successive governments in what appears to be a friction between Ghanaian and Nigerian traders within the country’s retail sector. For years, there has been some turbulence in the Ghanaian retail space, mainly over who has the right to do busine
It is an open secret in Ghana that commercial motorcycle riders, commonly referred to as ‘Okada’ riders, breach road traffic regulations, including jumping red light, with impunity. According to a member of the Okada Riders Association, Ali Fatawu, certain circumstances on the road forced them to ju
Deputy Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party, Kamal-Deen Abdulai, has dared Ghanaians to show evidence that President Nana Akufo-Addo ever complained about the size of Mahama government. The NPP communicator claimed Akufo-Addo while in opposition, only raised concerns about the performa
Private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu, has said it is inappropriate for anyone to discuss the content of a leaked audio tape of a meeting at which NDC chairman Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo was allegedly heard urging violence. The voice was heard allegedly plotting with NDC communicators to create insecuri
Former Deputy Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho, has said it is not within the remit of political parties to stop acts of political vigilantism in the country, as was proposed by the President, Nana Akufo-Addo, during his 3rd State of the Nation Address. Akufo-Addo T
The Deputy Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Osei Bonsu Amoah, has expressed disappointment in the Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) for organising a press conference earlier in the week to refute accusations by the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) that it had peddl
The perception surrounding Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s capability to fight corruption prior to his assumption of office is eroding, a panelist on TV3’s The Key Points has opined. Senior Lecturer at the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) Dr Ahmed Jinapor says the "messianic figure" portrayed by
A senior lecturer at the University of Ghana, Dr. Seidu Alidu has warned against building the office of the Special Prosecutor around the integrity of individuals, explaining that would ensure that the anti-graft body stands the test of time and delivers on its mandate While nominating the Martin Am
