The 2020 population census is likely to be postponed, 3news.com can confirm. The exercise will be held at a later date, yet to be determined. The exercise, which is held every decade, was originally scheduled for March. However, it is going to be postponed indefinitely as a result of a switch from a traditional census to an electronic one. According ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has stated that the government must reinstate some abolished taxes and expand some existing ones in other to meet its short-term revenue projections. The Board of the Fund in its recent report on Ghana stated that the government must consider urgent tax measures like the reintroduction of the controversial 17.5 percent VAT on financial services ...

It is emerging that a former security capo played a key role in the leaked tape of Minister of National Security, Albert Kan Dapaah, giving credence to speculations the job was indeed executed from ‘within’ the New Patriotic Party (NPP). The security official together with two others including a serving minister in the current government and one other, were reported ...

There is anger among Heads of Basic Schools and teachers in Upper West Akyem District of the Eastern region over a directive by the Ghana Education Service to headteachers of both Public and Private Basic Schools to pay Ghc60 per school for “Walk-through” exercise on the New English Curriculum. The amount, according to a letter written and signed by the ...

The most anticipated annual list of 50 Most Influential Young Ghanaians, which is curated by leading PR & Rating firm, Avance Media, has been released. Currently, in its fifth year, the annual ranking by Avance Media has helped highlight the works of young Ghanaians across the world and has seen notable personalities such Anas Aremeyaw Anas (2015 & 2016), Kow ...

Kumasi Asante Kotoko says it accepts the decision by the GFA to ban it from the use of the Baba Yara Stadium. “We accept the FA’s decision. As a club, we do not support fan hooliganism,” PRO of the Club Kennedy Boakye Ansah told Francis Abban on the Morning Starr Tuesday. The ban comes after a supporter was shot in ...

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has received massive backlash from teachers who attended a workshop it organised at the University of Ghana. The teachers, numbering over 200 from Greater Accra, Oti and Volta Region accused officials of poor planning. GES in a letter dated January 6, 2020, invited Form 3 Core Subject teachers to a four-day to undergo in-service training ...

A 73-year-old retired Nurse has been fined by Koforidua Circuit Court ” B” for inflicting blade wounds on all ten fingers of her 11-year-old granddaughter over oatmeal. The convict, Ernestina Gakpo, pleaded guilty hence sentenced to a fine of Ghc1,200 in default serves six (6) months imprisonment. The Victim, a class two pupil stays with the convicted Grandmother at Nsukwao ...

In the heart of the popular Zongo in Bawku was the action spot as many people, young and old gather at Madrasul Ansaru Deen. They give a standing ovation to three teenage girls for beating the odds to complete studying the entire Holy Quran in ten years. This is the second time in two years teenage girls are trouncing the ...

Two Ghanaian lawyers undergoing a one-year pupilage at an Accra-based private law firm, Legal Ink Lawyers & Notaries, have been suspended after they became pregnant. The two lawyers, who are both expecting their first children, had done two and three months each of the 12-month pupillage. However, they were handed letters on January 6, 2020, to go home and return ...