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The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has debunked claims that it inflated the cost of the new smart licenses. The DVLA at a press conference on Tuesday mentioned that from November, it will be introducing a vehicle documentation Smart Card to replace paper-based car registration process. The new drive is expected to reduce the human interface in the acquisition of licenses and also cut down the cost involved. The cost of the ‘smart’ license has been pegged at GH¢275, which critics say is highly priced. But the Deputy Director of DVLA, Kafui Semevor, explained on TV3’s News @10 on…

National Chairman of the People’s National Convention (PNC) Bernard Mornah says the party is in deep crisis and the earlier members come together to resolve differences the better. “I just hope and pray that we will be able to surmount these challenges.” Mr Mornah made the admission on 3FM’s Sunrise on Thursday. He indicated that upon all the ill fortune that befell the party in the 2016 elections – not winning a single seat for the first time in the Fourth Republic – leadership is yet to meet to review that performance. “Our inability to form committees like the NDC…

Security has been tightened in Kenya as voting takes place in a re-run of the presidential election, which is being boycotted by the main opposition. Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta, who is seeking a second term, has urged people to vote and remain peaceful. Opposition leader Raila Odinga, who has pulled out of the election re-run, has called on his supporters to stay away. Mr Kenyatta was announced the winner in an 8 August vote but the poll is being held again because of “irregularities”. The polls on Thursday opened at 06:00 (03:00 GMT) with tens of thousands of police and…

Liverpool FC youngster Rhian Brewster scored a hat trick to send the Young Lions to the final of the FIFA U-17 World Cup in India. Brewster opened the score in the 10th minute of the first half. Though Brazil equalised later in the half through Lincoln, Brewster sent his side ahead again with six minutes to the break. He stretched England’s lead in the 77th minute when he tapped in a cross. England will face the winner of the Spain-Mali semi-final clash in the final on Saturday. By Emmanuel Kwame Amoh|3news.com|Ghana Follow @kwame_amoh

Sarah Pobee has not been fortunate in attempts to be endorsed as the District Chief Executive for Ada East District Assembly as she has again failed to secure two-thirds of votes from members. On Wednesday, when she came up again for voting, Ms Pobee polled 19 out of a total of 36 votes, representing 52 per cent. This was the same number of votes she polled in the previous elections though she was absent during the second voting. Reporting from Ada East, Media General’s Josephine Frempong said the voting was peaceful. She said there was heavy police presence at the…

Half of British women and a fifth of men have been sexually harassed at work or a place of study, a BBC survey says. Of the women who said they had been harassed, 63% said they didn’t report it to anyone, and 79% of the male victims kept it to themselves. The ComRes poll for BBC Radio 5 live spoke to more than 2,000 people. The survey was commissioned after sexual assault claims against Harvey Weinstein resulted in widespread sharing of sexual harassment stories. Women and men who have been sexually harassed have been revealing their experiences on social media…

Light heavyweight boxer Braimah Issah Kamoko, popularly known as Bukom Banku, says he was unhappy Fred Ghartey, the referee in his loss against Bastie Samir, stopped the bout in Round 7. He said he led Bastie on all the three judges’ scorecards. Speaking on 3FM’s Sunrise over his first professional loss, which came by way of a technical knock-out last Saturday, Bukom Banku said he admits he lost but it was a win for Bastir against “an elephant”. “But the way the way the referee stopped the fight, that is what worries me,” he fumed on Wednesday, “because on all…

The police say the relationship between the phenomenon of landguards and armed robbery cannot be glossed over since both are a security threat to the nation. Therefore, they have announced a major crackdown over the two – especially against the former. Speaking on 3FM’s Sunrise on Wednesday, Director General of the Public Affairs Directorate of the Ghana Police Service ACP David Eklu said officers have been charged with a first intervention of arresting any person found to be guarding lands. He said the crackdown on the menace of landguards has been very difficult as culprits cannot be arraigned for just…

China has revealed its new senior leadership committee, breaking with tradition by not including a clear successor to President Xi Jinping. The omission cements Mr Xi’s grip on China for the next five years and possibly beyond, a day after his name was written into the constitution. Five new appointments were made to the seven-member Politburo Standing Committee, China’s most powerful body. The absence of an heir raises questions over how long Mr Xi intends to rule. Apart from 64-year-old Mr Xi, premier Li Keqiang, 62, was the only committee member to retain his position. Chinese leaders have in recent…

Kenya’s Supreme Court has been hit by a shortage of judges to hear a petition calling for the cancellation of the repeat election planned for Thursday. Chief Justice David Maraga said not enough of the court’s seven judges were available to hear the case. The deputy chief justice’s bodyguard was shot by gunmen on Tuesday. Mr Maraga said that Philomena Mwilu “was not in a position to come court”. Her bodyguard is receiving treatment at a hospital in the capital, Nairobi. The Supreme Court annulled the original election in August, saying there had been “irregularities and illegalities”. Opposition leader Raila…