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The International Criminal Police Organisation, INTERPOL, has issued an arrest warrant for one Samuel Adam Fosters, also known as Samuel Adam Mahama, for his role in the procurement of three military transport aircrafts to the government of Ghana between 2009 and 2015. The warrant was issued on Friday, July 10, 2020. In February, UK’s Royal Courts of Justice pronounced judgement after years of investigations by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) into activities of Dutch firm Airbus SE. Partners of the firm in South Korea, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Taiwan, Colombia, Mexico and Ghana were found guilty to have offered bribes…

A Deputy Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has challenged the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) and the Parent Teacher Associations (PTA) to reveal the names of high schools that do not have personal protective equipment (PPEs) in the wake of the coronavirus. He said as far he is concerned, both junior and senior high schools have been provided with the PPEs to enable them protect staff and students from the virus. He told Alfred Ocansey on the Sunrise morning show on 3FM Thursday, July 16 that if anyone has contrary views and knows of any school that…

Ghanaian international Kudus Mohammed has joined Dutch side Ajax until 2025. This comes on the heels of the youngster signing a five-year deal. Ajax, who are known for developing young talents, agreed to sign the 19-year-old for €9 million. Kudus has been prolific in the Danish Superliga, netting 12 goals in the previous season. Prior to the Ajax deal, he was linked to other top sides like Liverpool and Manchester United but decided to join the 34-time Eredivisie champions. Ajax coach, Erik Ten Haag, will be seeking to boost his team after his talisman Hakim Ziyech left for Chelsea in…

Facing a tough re-election battle, US President Donald Trump has replaced his campaign manager. Mr Trump said Bill Stepien, a field director for his 2016 campaign, would take the place of Brad Parscale. Mr Parscale – who was reportedly blamed by Mr Trump’s inner circle for a poorly attended rally in Oklahoma last month – will stay on as senior adviser. Opinion polls show the president is trailing his Democratic challenger Joe Biden ahead of November’s election. Mr Trump’s statement on Facebook on Wednesday evening said: “Brad Parscale, who has been with me for a very long time and has…

The Chief Executive Officer of the Mental Health Authority, Dr Akwasi Osei, has asked the government and the Ghana Education Service (GES) to provide counselling for students following the spread of the coronavirus in some senior high schools. He said told Alfred Ocansey on the Sunrise morning show on 3FM on Thursday that Covid-19 has brought mental stress to a lot of people, a situation that requires the assistance of metal health practitioners to help deal calm nerves of the students and Ghanaians, in general. Dr Osei was contributing to a discussion on the rising cases of Covid-19 among SHS…

Mohammed Kudus has completed his medicals ahead of a summer move to Ajax in the Netherlands. Terms were agreed between all parties involved in a reported €9 million deal. The midfielder is one of the most talked-about Ghana internationals in the summer transfer window with a reported transfer from FC Nordsjaelland to Ajax. The 19-year-old will sign a five-year deal at the Dutch club if results of his medicals return successful. He has scored 14 goals in 56 appearances for the Danish club since joining the club in 2018. By Thierry Nyann|3news.com|Ghana

The Banda Traditional Council has cited the New Patriotic Party (NPP), its parliamentary candidate as well as the constituency chairman for Banda in the recent disturbances that led to the death of a teacher trainee graduate. Addressing journalists in Banda Ahenkro in the Bono Region on Wednesday, the Council said the disturbances were led by Joe Danquah, the Parliamentary Candidate of the NPP. It also cited Constituency Chairman Charles Agyei for mounting a roadblock at Banda Kabrono, where the deceased, Wulo Chambe Silas, was stabbed to death. The traditional authorities have, therefore, charged the Inspector General of Police (IGP), the…

After recording a reduced number of cases in the last update, Ghana’s Covid-19 case count has jumped up marginally again. The latest update, as given by the Director General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), sees 695 new cases recorded. At the Ministry of Information’s bi-weekly press briefing on Thursday, July 16, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye also indicated that a total of 2,065 health workers have been infected since the outbreak of the disease in the country. Out of this number, 1,870 have so far recovered or have been discharged. A few are under care and management. But on a whole,…

Persons with disability in the East Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region have channeled their share of the District Assembly Common Fund into farming. The move, according to leadership of PWDs, will improve the livelihood of beneficiaries and also make them self-reliant. Their share, the Disability Fund, is 3 percent of the District Assembly Common Fund. It is to be used to support Persons with Disability (PWDs) in various assemblies. Before one can access this fund, he or she will have to apply to the assembly through the Association of Persons With Disabilities. A five-member committee sits to vet the…

Renown legal practitioner Maurice Ampaw has revealed on Onua FM’s entertainment talk show Anigye mmre that hiplife musician Castro’s mum is suffering and looks miserable. It will be recalled that on July 6, 2014, the hiplife musician, born Theophilus Tagoe, and friend Janet Bandu mysteriously disappeared while on holiday with former Black Stars Skipper Asamoah Gyan at Ada. Effort by a joint rescue team made up of the Marine Division of the Ghana Police Service, local fisher folks and other security forces embarked up to find them failed. The two have not been seen till now. According to lawyer Maurice…