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Ghana’s largest vessel to convert crude oil and gas into finished products is ready to set sail in April. The vessel, which first Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel to operate in Offshore Cape Three Points, will be named after Former President John Agyekum Kufuor. The former president is in Singapore for the commissioning. The vessel is the third to be named after a former leader of Ghana after Kwame Nkrumah and John Evans Atta Mills had two named after them. Source: 3news.com|Ghana Follow @3Newsgh

The Majority in Parliament says Ghana may be fined by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for wrong figures provided by the Mahama-led National Democratic Congress (NDC) government. The caucus says its investigations have revealed that the country overspent its 2016 budget contrary to claims by the immediate past president, John Mahama, that the country will stay within budget expenditure “in an election year”. Speaking to Onua FM’s Omari Acheampong after a press conference in reaction to Minority’s response over the missing GH¢7 billion as claimed by Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, Dr Mark Asibey Yeboah said as per the recent…

Beyonce and her husband Jay Z say they “have been blessed two times over”, using Instagram to announce that she is expecting twins. “We are incredibly grateful that our family will be growing by two,” the pair wrote, and “we thank you for your well wishes”. The post, signed “The Carters”, has a photo of Beyonce with a baby bump, wearing lingerie and a veil. The couple already have a daughter, Blue Ivy, who has just turned five. Beyonce has been nominated in nine categories for the 2017 Grammy Awards, extending her lead as the most-nominated woman in Grammys history.…

Minister of Education Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh has paid a visit to families of victims of the kindergarten school building that killed six pupils in Jamra in the Central Region. He also visited those on admission at the Breman Asikuma Government Hospital. Dr Prempeh promised to foot the hospital bills of the injured on admission and help in the funeral arrangements of those who lost their lives. The disaster occurred on Tuesday, January 31, when the kindergarten of the Jamra Methodist School collapsed. Four pupils died instantly and two later died at the Breman Asikuma Government Hospital. Speaking at the…

A US court has ordered Facebook and other defendants to pay $500m (£395m) after finding they unlawfully used a firm’s virtual reality technology. The jury found Oculus, which Facebook bought in 2014, used computer code belonging to video game developer Zenimax to launch its own VR headset. Oculus said it was “disappointed” and would appeal against the ruling. The case threatened to overshadow Facebook’s latest results, which showed it enjoyed a strong end to the year. Facebook’s net profit more than doubled to $3.6bn in the fourth quarter. The social network was helped by 53% growth in advertising revenues, and…

DR Congo’s main opposition leader has died in Brussels aged 84, reports say. Etienne Tshisekedi, one of the country’s most important advocates of democracy, was a prominent opponent of successive Congolese leaders. The party he helped found in 1982, the Union for Democracy and Social Progress party (UDPS), said he had travelled to Belgium last week for medical checks. He was due to head a transitional council under a deal for President Joseph Kabila to step down this year. Image copyrightAFP/GETTYImage captionMr Tshisekedi (C) remained popular and could draw huge crowdsMr Tshisekedi served as a minister under autocratic ruler Mobutu…

The National Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Adams, has resolved to treat those who raided his house and made away with five vehicles as thieves. Mr. Adams says, “I will take personal action against them and treat them like thieves because the laws of the country don’t permit them to enter into my house and take those cars”. “There is no warrant, no court order, how can you enter my house and take away the cars, so I will not let it go like that,” Mr. Adams told Onua FM’s Yen Sempa on Thursday. Some alleged gun-wielding…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed engineer Samuel Boakye-Appiah as new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). Ing. Boakye-Appiah will act as caretaker CEO until a substantive person is approved. “As a caretaker CEO, you will not take decisions that have policy implications until a substantive governing board is in place,” a letter written to the appointee by Minister of Energy Boakye Agyarko said. “You may refer such policy related decisions to the Ministry for prior approval,” the letter sighted by 3news.com further said. Ing. Boakye-Appiah takes over from Robert Dwamena, who was the…

Former President John Dramani Mahama is not happy with Wednesday’s ransacking of the home of National Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) by men believed to be from the National Security. The men seized five vehicles of Kofi Adams’. He was not home when the incident occurred. READ: Military men ransack Kofi Adams’ house; 5 cars seized Taking to Facebook Thursday morning, Former President Mahama said the “Flagstaff House” officers “knew very well they were on the wrong path”. He described the recent spate of attacks on his party’s functionaries as “needless” and “unprovoked”, calling for an immediate end…

Mission Director of The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Ghana Andrew Karas visited the Volta Region from January 24-27 where he met with stakeholders impacted by trafficking in persons. These stakeholders included police officers, regional social welfare officers, district development officials, social workers, immigration officials, and former victims of child trafficking. During the trip, Mr. Karas visited the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit of the Ghana Police Service in Ho, where he spoke with police officers about the challenges of catching and punishing human traffickers who work in the region. He also visited the Madamfo Shelter for former victims of…