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The five-member ad hoc committee set up by the Speaker of Parliament to probe into claims that foreign businesses were levied to sit near President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at the Ghana Expatriates Business Awards (GEBA) has finished its work. The committee brought its work to an end on Thursday after meeting a representative of the Controller and Accountant General. Prior to Thursday’s meeting, all the expatriate businesses invited to face the committee, in-camera, had failed to honour their respective invitations. This forced the committee to suspend sitting indefinitely. READ: No show by expatriates at ad hoc committee sitting Some…

Smokers need to quit cigarettes rather than cut back on them to significantly lower their risk of heart disease and stroke, a large BMJ study suggests. People who smoked even one cigarette a day were still about 50% more likely to develop heart disease and 30% more likely to have a stroke than people who had never smoked, researchers said. They said it showed there was no safe level of smoking for such diseases. But an expert said people who cut down were more likely to stop. ‘Stop completely’ Cardiovascular disease, not cancer, is the greatest mortality risk for smoking,…

The government of Ghana is at risk of payment of over GH¢200 million judgment debt as a result of failure of the University of Ghana Enterprise Limited to pay a loan contracted in 2008. The University of Ghana Enterprise Limited (UGEL), which is a wholly owned company of the University of Ghana responsible for hospitality activities, contracted a loan of GH¢43 million from a consortium of six banks with the University of Ghana as a guarantor of the loan in February 2008 but has since failed to repay the loan. iWatch Africa’s review of the Auditor General’s report revealed that…

The Chairperson of the Local Organising Committee of the 2018 Women’s Cup of Nations, Freda Prempeh, says the Committee is on course to stage a successful tournament. This assurance comes ahead of an inspection by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in the next three months. Speaking to TV3 about their plans, Ms Prempeh said everything will be ready in the next six months. “I have not given myself ten months. I have given myself six months because the next six months, we need to get everything in order, everything in shape for the tournament to take off.” The women’s…

Robert Sepey, the headmaster at the center of a leaked sex tape at Breman Edumanu in the Central Region, has not been sacked, the Ghana Education Service (GES) has clarified. This comes barely a day after a report sighted by 3news.com stated clearly that Mr Sepey, headmaster of Breman Edumanu D/A Basic School, has been relieved of his position. The report signed by the Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa District Director of Education, Isaac Godwin Kwasi Acquah-Arhin, said Mr Sepey was relieved of his post after he admitted engaging in sex with Priscilla Tettey, a final year student of Odoben Senior High School. They…

Black Stars left back Abdul Baba Rahman is set to undergo medicals at German outfit Schalke 04 for a widely reported loan spell. The Royal Blues’ Sporting Director, Christian Heidel, announced this on Thursday at a press briefing. He appears impressed with the state of the Chelsea player’s health. Baba Rahman suffered a knee injury at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations during Ghana’s opening 1-0 win over Uganda’s Cranes. But he is steadily recovering though not in the plans of Chelsea coach Antonio Conte. Heidel stated: “We will give him the time he needs but the medical will reveal…

The robbers who shot dead police officer Daniel Owusu at La Paz in Accra last year have been arrested, the Inspector General of Police has announced. The two were rounded up together with three others, David Asante-Apeatu said. Addressing journalists in Accra on Thursday, IGP Asante-Apeatu said the main suspects were arrested after they got out of their hideout. ‘Moses Can Do’ Constable Daniel Owusu was shot dead on the N1 Highway in broad day light on 13 July 2017 when he and Dzibril Alhassan were on their routine patrol duties. The community police officers were not armed. But in…

There is confusion about which venues will host three Greater Accra teams in the Ghana Premier League next season with the Accra Sports Stadium set to undergo major renovation works for the 2018 Women’s Cup of Nations. Inter Allies, Hearts of Oak and Liberty Professionals were all hoping to use the Accra Sports Stadium as the base for their Ghana Premier League games but that is in doubt now. Deputy Sports Minister Pius Hadzide confirmed to TV3 that Hearts of Oak have known since the end of last season that the stadium will be closed down at some point for…

Rapper Lil Jon has been using his star power and wealth to help children in underdeveloped countries gain access to a proper education. A school he helped fund in partnership with the charity, Pencils of Promise, broke ground last month in Ghana, Lil Jon told CNN exclusively. “I’m all about helping children,” he said. “Children are our future and every child deserves to have an environment where they can learn and flourish and gain knowledge.” Mafi Atitekpo DA Primary School will enroll 313 children. It is the second of two schools in the village of Mafi Atitekpo in Ghana, according…

Oprah Winfrey has told the US magazine InStyle that she does not “have the DNA” to be US president. She had been widely touted as a future Democratic contender for the 2020 elections after a rousing speech at the Golden Globes earlier this month. But she told InStyle: “I’ve always felt very secure and confident with myself in knowing what I could do and what I could not. “And so it’s not something that interests me.” She gave the interview three weeks before picking up the Cecil B DeMille award for outstanding contribution to entertainment in early January, InStyle said.…