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A celebrity Brazilian plastic surgeon known as Dr Bumbum has been arrested after four days on the run following the death of one of his patients. Police say Dr Denis Furtado was detained in Rio de Janeiro thanks to an anonymous tip. His patient Lilian Calixto died following injections he gave her to enlarge her buttocks. Dr Furtado faces murder charges. His mother was also arrested and is accused of being an accomplice. Investigators say Dr Furtado carried out the procedure on Ms Calixto, a 46-year-old mother-of-two, at his home in Rio de Janeiro but she fell ill during the…

US President Donald Trump has invited Russian leader Vladimir Putin to visit the US in the autumn, his press secretary says. Sarah Sanders tweeted that discussions for the visit were already under way. Earlier Mr Trump rejected a proposal by Mr Putin to allow Russia to question US citizens. The two leaders held a summit in Finland on Monday but few details of what they discussed have emerged. There has been no word from Russia about a second Trump-Putin meeting. Controversy has raged over the Helsinki summit, with Mr Trump having to correct his own words from the press conference…

Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya Constituency Sarah Adwoa Safo has responded to criticisms that she wrote to the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) in March, requesting sponsorship to train at Havard Kennedy School in the US. Admitting she indeed wrote to the Authority for sponsorship, the Deputy Majority Leader said she officially asked for a withdrawal of her request by a letter dated May 21, 2018. Her request was approved by the NHIA in a letter dated July 5, 2018, she pointed out. In a statement issued on Thursday, Ms Safo said Parliament later assumed responsibility to sponsor her trip…

The rise of Kofi Kinaata to stardom appears impromptu to many as the musician, born Martin King Arthur, started off as a rapper with huge following from Sekondi-Takoradi and the Western Region. In 2012, he signed for High Grade family where he eventually switched from doing hard core rap to composing highlife songs with intermittent rap lines. He eventually hit the lime light with ‘Susuka’, a highlife tune that got Ghana singing. He has since stuck to that style and has produced other bangers such as ‘Sweetie Pie’, ‘Confession’, ‘Last Show’, ‘Time no Dey’, ‘Single & Free’ and trending now,…

The performance of the Cedi against the US Dollar under President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is the best since 2012, Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta has stated. He said the year-on-year depreciation of the local currency against the Dollar was 4.9 per cent in 2017. And this, he further broke down, compares to 9.7 per cent in 2016, 15.7 per cent in 2015, 31.3 per cent in 2014 and 17.5 per cent in 2013. He said from the figure recorded so far, the Cedi is on a path to a strong performance under the Akufo-Addo-led government, better than the four…

Some youth from Asawase Zongo have stormed the Kumasi Central Mosque in the Ashanti Region, burning tyres in apparent protest to recent shootings of seven residents by the police. War songs are being chanted while road blocks have been mounted in front of the mosque. They are demanding justice for the killings, 3news.com picked up. The killing of some seven youth suspected to be armed robbers was not receive in good faith by families as at least three claim their deceased sons were innocent. READ: Police killed 7 innocent citizens; families dispute robbery claims But the police on Wednesday said…

Member of Parliament for Asawase Constituency Alhaji Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka is calling on the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, who is the Chairman of the Police Council, Minister of Interior Ambrose Dery and Attorney General Gloria Akuffo to constitute an independent committee to investigate the shooting of seven persons thought to be armed robbers in his constituency. Out of the seven killed, three have had their families protest the police action, saying their shot relatives were not armed robbers. Asokore Mampong Municipal Chief Executive Alhaji Halidu Seidu on Wednesday led the families to meet the police commander. READ: Police killed…

Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya Constituency Sarah Adwoa Safo, who is also the Deputy Majority Leader, wrote to the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) in March for sponsorship on a training at Havard Kennedy School in the US. She was supposed to attend the training as chairperson of the women’s caucus of Parliament. “As the chairperson of the Women Caucus in Parliament, this program would enlighten and enhance my knowledge in leadership and governance,” Ms Safo, who is also the Minister of State in charge of Procurement, stated in a letter intercepted by 3news.com. She requested $8,500 for tuition as…

It may be recalled that Kuami Eugene was ‘busted’ for plagiarism when he released his ‘Confusion’ song. Malian singer Sidiki Diabate had released a French tune back in 2015 from which Kuami Eugene seems to have sampled rhythm and translated lyrics. READ: Confusion rocks Kuami Eugene’s ‘Confusion’ as similarities drawn with ‘Fais moi Confiance’ by Malian Sidiki The ‘Angela’ hit-maker is in the news again for ‘dabbing’ the lyrics of Nigerian rapper Ice Prince for his ‘Wish Me Well’ song. In an interview with Mr El on Connect FM’s mid-morning show Adwumapamere, Kofi Kinaata initially refused to pass a comment.…

New Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri says he wants to keep Eden Hazard at the club and “improve” the Belgium forward. Hazard, who has been linked with Real Madrid, said last weekend “it might be time to discover something different” after six years at Stamford Bridge. Sarri, speaking at a news conference on Wednesday, described Hazard as “one of the top two or three European players”. The former Napoli boss said: “Hazard is a very high-level player. I hope that I will manage to improve him.” Roberto Martinez, the Belgium manager, told Spanish radio recently that Hazard should consider leaving Chelsea…