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Trump takes office Mexico has condemned a US suggestion that it may impose a 20% tax on Mexican imports to pay for President Donald Trump’s planned border wall. Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray said such tax would make Mexican imports more expensive for US consumers and they would end up paying for the wall. The Mexican president earlier cancelled a visit to the US amid the row of who would pay for the barrier. The planned wall was one of Mr Trump’s key election campaign pledges. Earlier this week, the president signed an executive order to create a wall along the…

The debate about who becomes deputy minister for Tourism seems not to end soon. Another name that has popped up is Ghanaian talented veteran actor Oscar Provencal. Persons within the creative arts industry for the past weeks have been advocating that the president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, must nominate someone within the creative arts to support Catherine Abelema Afeku, because they feel the minister-designate is not directly involved in the creative arts. Names like Socrate Sarfo and Kojo Antwi have come up as abled possible assistants to the minister-designate. Surprisingly, others also think Oscar Provencal is the best person for…

The Interior Minister-designate, Ambrose Dery, has by an Executive Instrument imposed a curfew on Kpatinga and its environs in the Northern Region of Ghana. The curfew begins on Friday, January 27 from 1200am to 4:00am each day. The decision was taken on the advice of the Northern Regional Security Council. A total ban has also been put on arms and ammunition. As a result, persons carrying those banned weapons will be arrested and prosecuted. “Government continues to express its appreciation to the chiefs, elders, opinion leaders, youth and people of the area [and urge them] to exercise restraint in the…

Two men said to be illegal chain saw operators arrested in a forest in Ghana were taken through corporal punishment of some sort. In the video above, the two were made to slap each other. Twi voices heard in the background commanded the two to slap each other harder. Some have condemned the nature of punishment, which is suspected to have been meted out by forest guards. Source: 3news.com|Ghana Follow @3Newsgh

Twenty-nine suspected illegal miners of various nationalities have been arrested in the Atiwa Rain Forest Reserve. They were rounded up Thursday evening by a team of Forestry Commission officers and the Rapid Task Force made up of security personnel in the Atiwa District of the Eastern Region. The suspected illegal miners have been handed over to the Eastern Regional Police Command for further action. The Forestry Commission said it had information some nationals suspected to be from Niger and Mali had entered the Atiwa Rain Forest and operating illegally with devices that can detect gold reserve and possible prospecting. Forestry…

Gambian President Adama Barrow has finally returned home a week after being sworn in as Yahya Jammeh’s successor. The transition of power from Mr Jammeh, who ruled The Gambia for 22 years, to Mr Barrow, an estate agent, had proven problematic as the former rejected election results. Mr Barrow was, as a result, sworn in in Senegal at Gambia’s embassy. The swearing-in ceremony was supervised by a Gambian legal officer and witnessed by members of the diplomatic corps including UN Secretary-General Special Representative and Head of United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA) Dr Mohammed Ibn Chambas. READ: Gambia’s new…

Government has begun the process of implementing a comprehensive national identification project, in fulfillment of a long-held campaign pledge of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to build a database of Ghanaians and other nationals resident in Ghana. At a broad consultative meeting chaired by Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on Wednesday, January 25, all the major stakeholders including the Births and Deaths Registry (BDR), National Identification Authority (NIA), Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Ghana Revenue Authority and National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) underscored the need to have a single national database…

The Ghana Health Service has dismissed reports of stolen vehicles in its Upper East Regional Directorate. According to the reports, Dr Koku Awoonor-Williams, who headed the Directorate in the recent past, is in the center of five missing vehicles. The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) is said to have initiated investigations into the issue when its attention was drawn to it. But in a press release received on Thursday, January 26, the Service says the allegations are “spurious” and “unfounded”. It said no vehicles have been stolen nor missing from the Service. “The Service wishes to put…

The Black Stars failed to leave their Port-Gentil base Thursday evening for Gabon’s northern city of Oyem, where they will play DR Congo in the third quarter final game of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. The flight was cancelled due to “delays”, the Ghana Football Association tweeted later in the day. #BlackStars departure to Oyem for Sunday’s #afcon2017 match against DRC delayed due to flight delays. Team to stay in Port Gentil tonight. pic.twitter.com/wUMRFKqJRq — Ghana FA ?? (@ghanafaofficial) January 26, 2017 The team is likely to travel on Friday. The Stars returned to training Thursday morning after losing…

The Chief Executive Officer of The BEIGE Group (TBG), Mike Nyinaku, has been adjudged The Most Influential Young Business Leader in Ghana. This follows a poll organised by Avance Media, a rating agency, on the 50 Most Influential Young Ghanaians. The ranking poll was categorised into Business, Entertainment, Law and Governance, Leadership and Civil Society, Lifestyle, Media, Science and Technology, among others. The 50 Most Influential Young Ghanaian ranking is an initiative of Avans Media in partnership with Reputation Poll, EOD Partners, Jaguar Designs, CELBMD Africa, My Naija Naira, Dream Ambassadors Foundation GH, iCare Hub Africa, Global Skill Exchange, Core…