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National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Tamale North Constituency Alhaji Alhassan Sayibu Suhuyini says all his “countrymen” who have hopes that current Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia will lead the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in future should be ready for disappointment. According to him, the NPP is setting the stage to boot out Dr Bawumia if he ever declares any intention in future to lead the party. Speaking on TV3’s New Day on Wednesday, July 29, the NDC MP said the incumbent party has planned to judge the Vice President as part of the President Nana Addo Dankwa…

Winner of 2014 Ghana’s Most Beautiful Abigail Baciara Bantie, who goes by the stage name BACI, has called for more education in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. She noted most Ghanaians are still ignorant about the existence of the virus. Queen BACI made this call when she presented some personal protective equipment (PPEs) to the chiefs and people of Tamale. As the country battles the virus, many individuals and organizations have donated PPEs to support the fight. BACI is not left out. She started a campaign to educate and distribute PPEs to market women in the northern part of…

The Accra Regional Police Command on Tuesday night arrested the leadership and some members of the Abossey Okai Spare Parts Dealers Association in Accra. The arrest follows the decision by the Association to shut all retail shops belonging to foreigners in the enclave. The operation to shut foreign retail businesses in the enclave began on Tuesday around 8pm and by 11pm, most of the executives and members had been arrested. More than 100 retail shops belonging to foreigners were locked by the Association, whose leadership has vowed not to open them because they are engaged in retail business in contravention…

Ashesi Design Lab, the design thinking and innovation hub of the Ashesi University, on Monday announced the start of Future Learning Virtual Hackathon 2 of 3, the second of three Hackathons to be organized by the Design Lab. The Future Learning Virtual Hackathon 2 of 3 is an opportunity for designers, students, ed-tech start-ups, schools, and education innovators to identify challenges within the educational environment with the advent of COVID-19 and its restrictions. The participants would also design and create prototype solutions to enhance the student ‘campus life’ from the comfort of their homes. The opportunity also offers a new…

Crystal Palace forward Jordan Ayew has been named as the club’s Player of the Year for the 2019/2020 season. He pulled a whopping 37% of votes from 6,000 fans. The Ghana international has been superb for the Eagles this season as his nine goals fetched his team 14 points. He also won 10 Man of the Match awards and two Player of the Month awards in the just-ended Premier League season. He beat Crystal Palace defender Gary Cahill and goalkeeper Vicente Guaita to win the award. By the end of the ceremony, he had claimed awards for the Players’ Player of…

Ghana’s coronavirus cases since Thursday, March 12, 2020 when the first two index cases were confirmed are now 34,406. This was confirmed by the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, at the Minister of Information’s bi-weekly press update on Tuesday, July 28. He added that recoveries-cum-discharges have now gone beyond 30,000. They are now 30,621. The deaths remain 168, leaving the active cases under management across the nation at 3,617. He said these figures were obtained after 782 new cases were confirmed as of Sunday, July 26. By Emmanuel Kwame Amoh|3news.com|Ghana Follow @kwame_amoh

Road Transport Operators has issued a directive to all drivers, of taxis, trotros and buses, to with effect from Saturday, August 1, reduce the recently adjusted fares. Fares were increased by 15 per cent across board on Saturday, July 11. According to drivers, the increase then was due to the restrictions placed on transport operators by government in the bid to slow the spread of coronavirus. But on Sunday, July 26, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo eased the restrictions on the number of passengers to be allowed in vehicles by announcing that taxis, trotros and buses can allow full occupancy.…

Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has taken a swipe at former president John Dramani Mahama for his recent pronouncement against the Akufo-Addo-led administration. The former president, at the unveiling of his running mate Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang on Monday, July 27, said the December 7 elections “will be a referendum on the term of a president who has no real solutions for Ghana, a president, hell-bent on doing whatever it takes to stay in power – including, against sound advice, replacing the very voters register, which brought him into office”. But in a Facebook post on Tuesday, July 28,…

Chief of the Kafaba community Seidu Yahaya has been arrested by the Savannah Regional Police Command. The chief, who presented himself to the police upon invitation, was arrested upon arrival at Damongo. He is being interrogated by a four-member panel in Damongo. The chief first reported to the Salaga District Police Command before proceeding to Damongo, where he was subsequently arrested. Savannah Regional Police Commander DCOP Enoch Bediako said the arrest of the chief will help police in their investigations. 3news.com reported that family of 90-year-old woman Akua Denteh called for the arrest of the chief, accusing him of inviting…

Head coach of the Black Princesses, Yusif Basigi, has welcomed the decision for the Black Princesses to start camping ahead of the U-20 World Cup qualifiers. After months of no sporting activities due to the Coronavirus, the President, Nana Akufo-Addo on Sunday announced that the U-17 and U-20 women national teams have been cleared to begin camping. Speaking to TV3, Yusif Basigi expressed the team’s excitement with the decision, adding that the resumption gives an opportunity to properly assess the team. “We couldn’t do much because of the timeline so, I will have to bring the same team back to…