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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is scheduled to be in the Ashanti Region from Friday, March 31 on an official visit. It is unclear what the president will be in the Region for but 3news.com believes the recent activities of vigilante groups may have informed the visit. Already, the Flagstaff House has invited the regional chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, over the issues. The president will address a rally expected to be attended by supporters of the party on Sunday, April 2. These were contained in a release issued by the NPP Regional Secretary Samuel…

An International Paediatric Cancer Centre, the first of its kind in the world, is to be built in Ghana as a center of excellence in cancer care on the African continent. The centre is the first step of a broad global initiative being undertaken by the Eugene Gasana Jr. Foundation to enhance the rate of cure of cancer in children, through increasing access to comprehensive cancer care. Dr. Tanya Trippett, President of the Eugene Gasana Jr. Foundation, made this known on Monday, March 27, 2017, when she, together with a delegation from the Foundation, paid a courtesy call on the…

Police have begun an investigation after what appeared to be human waste was found in drinks cans delivered to a Coca Cola factory in Northern Ireland. The night shift at the Lisburn factory was disrupted last week when machines became clogged; Coca Cola said it had impounded all affected cans. The company stressed this was an isolated incident that did not affect any products currently for sale. Police are investigating reports that a consignment may have been contaminated. As reported in the Belfast Telegraph, the cans arrive at the plant without tops on and are then filled with the drink…

Four more members of vigilante group Delta Force involved in an attack on the new Ashanti Regional Security Coordinator last Friday have been grabbed by police. The four reported themselves to the police on Monday, March 27. Their leader, Kwadwo Fosu aka Bamba, was arrested over the weekend after Friday’s brutal attacks. The group, known to be affiliated to the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), is said to have registered its protest at the appointment of George Adjei as Regional Security Coordinator. The attackers claimed he is not an indigene of the Region and so cannot be appointed as a…

The Foundation of Orthopaedics and Complex Spine (FOCOS), announces that its first-ever fundraising event in Ghana will take place at the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel on Saturday, May 13. Proceeds from the event will go into the FOCOS Endowment Fund to support needy children who require surgery as well as to equip the paediatric ward and multi-purpose classroom and activity centre for children. For over a decade, FOCOS has been supporting children who would have otherwise remained stigmatized, isolated and even died from various degrees of spine deformities across Africa. With the support of philanthropists over the world, FOCOS has fully…

Two citizens recorded as students of the Faculty of Law of the University of Cape Coast have filed a suit at the Supreme Court, seeking interpretation on the creation of the District Assemblies Common Fund as enshrined in the 1992 Constitution. According to the writ filed on Monday, March 27, the allocation of part of the Common Fund to members of Parliament (MPs), assuming the name MPs Common Fund is “inconsistent with and sins against the letter and spirit of articles 252 (1), (2) and (3) of the Constitution, 1992”. The two citizens – John Ndebugri and Richard Kwadwo Nyarko…

A friendly match between Ivory Coast and Senegal was abandoned when fans invaded the pitch in Paris. The African sides were level at 1-1 on 88 minutes when a handful of fans broke onto the pitch, with one appearing to rugby tackle Senegal’s Lamine Gassama. Players ran from the pitch and referee Tony Chapron opted to end the fixture. Liverpool’s Sadio Mane had given Senegal a second-half lead from the penalty spot but Bi Gohi Cyriac levelled three minutes later. L’Equipe journalist Herve Penot was in the ground and told BBC World Service the incident “could have been very serious”.…

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Mice have been living alongside humans for 15,000 years, according to fossil evidence. This is earlier than previously thought – and predates the dawn of agriculture. Scientists believe wild mice crept into settlements in the Levant (Eastern Mediterranean) region to steal wild grains and seeds that ancient people had gathered and stored. The rodents became what we know today as house mice, enjoying free food and shelter in human homes. “Nowadays, thanks to this relationship, house mice have colonised almost every corner of the globe to become almost as ubiquitous as humans and also one of the most invasive mammalian…

President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and aide, Jared Kushner, will be questioned by a US committee investigating alleged ties between the Trump team and Russia. Mr Kushner has volunteered to speak to the Senate Intelligence Committee, the White House said. It is examining Russia’s alleged interference in last year’s election. The US intelligence community believes alleged Russian hacking during the presidential election was done to help Mr Trump defeat Hillary Clinton. Russia denied the allegations and President Trump has branded the story “fake news”. There are two congressional investigations into the issue, plus an FBI one. Meanwhile, Democratic lawmakers have been…