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TV3 has announced significant changes in one of its leading shows, New Day, in a new move by station to refocus the multiple award-winning morning magazine show to widen its lead in the morning television belt in the country. Starting this September 2, the restructured show will not only wake you up from 6:00am, but also excite and stir up your morning for a brighter day every Monday through to Friday. In fact, it will be the alternative to that your typical morning snoozer shows. Arguably, the most versatile and dynamic television show hosts in the country recently – maestro…

TV3 has announced significant changes in one of its leading shows, New Day, in a new move by station to refocus the multiple award-winning morning magazine show to widen its lead in the morning television belt in the country. Starting this September 2, the restructured show will not only wake you up from 6:00am, but also excite and stir up your morning for a brighter day every Monday through to Friday. In fact, it will be the alternative to that your typical morning snoozer shows. Arguably, the most versatile and dynamic television show hosts in the country recently – maestro…

Energy Minister, Peter Amewu has confirmed to TV3 that some documents presented by Power Distribution Services for the ECG concession agreement were fraudulently done. Government on Tuesday, July 30, 2019 suspended the agreement that handed over the management and operations of ECG to PDS effective March 1, 2019. 3news.com was earlier informed by reliable sources close to the deal that the officer who executed the Demand Guarantees (Lease Payment Security and BSA Payment Security) submitted by PDS was not authorized. The commercial insurer and reinsurer, Al Koot, has since written to the government of Ghana that the agreement is null and…

Since 2014, over 96,000 women in northern Ghana saved USD $7.8 million – or about GH¢42,659,747 – and invested the money to improve the health, education, nutrition, and economic opportunities of their families. Last year, Nanumba North received 98% in the District Performance Assessment conducted by the Ministry of Local Government, the second highest score nationally. As a result, the district received GH¢1.2 million (USD $220,000) to implement district priorities. These accomplishments are a result of the hard work of the District Assemblies and community members, with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)/ Resiliency in Northern…

Thousands of fans have gathered in Ivory Coast’s capital Abidjan to pay tribute to musician DJ Arafat. The 33-year-old Ivorian, whose real name was Ange Didier Huon, died in a motorcycle accident earlier this month. Hundreds of Ivorian artists took part in a stadium concert, with President Alassane Ouattara among its attendees. Huon’s coffin was later brought to the stadium and then carried away to a local cemetery for burial. The concert was organised after a successful online petition which called on the government to allow the use of Félix Houphouët Boigny stadium, which seats 35,000 people. The government also…

The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) has conferred on the Ya Naa, Abukari Mahama II,   the title of “Goodwill Ambassador” for national road safety. The title, which was conferred on him by officials of the NRSA at the Gbewaa Palace in Yendi, was in recognition of the Dagbon Overlord’s selflessness in offering counsel to road users and his commitment to improving road safety in the country. The NRSA commended the Ya-Naa for ensuring peace in Dagbon and for consistently reaching out to the citizenry with messages on road safety wherever he traveled throughout the country. Board Chairman of the NRSA,…

Ghana has denied claims that foreign nationals in its prisons across the country are maltreated and discriminated against by prison authorities. A Nigerian serving 130-year jail term at the Ankaful Maximum Security Prison in a message smuggled out of the prison in 2015 claimed Nigerians in Ghanaian prisons were placed under unbearable conditions, and that some have died without their families being informed. Emmanuel Emeka further alleged in the message which has now resurfaced on social media that he “witnessed over 100 deaths of Nigerian citizen in the Ghana prison,” hence appealed to the Nigerian government to intervene. Emeka was…

Trade and Industry Minister, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, has urged Japanese investors to consider Ghana as their preferred investment destination in Africa. Speaking at the Ghana Investment Promotion Center’s (GIPC) Investment Opportunities Summit in Yokohama City Japan, Mr. Kyerematen outlined several investment opportunities in Ghana. He appealed to investors in Japan to join their colleagues in Ghana to leverage the country’s numerous investment opportunities. The GIPC’s Investment Opportunities Summit took place on the sidelines of the ongoing 2019 Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD). President Nana Akufo-Addo and several other African leaders including Liberia’s President, George Weah, are attending the…

An eight member delegation from Ghana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has held bilateral talks in India. The delegation has also together with the Ghana High Commission in India participated in a Foreign Office Political Consultation with the Ministry of External Affairs and Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of India. The deliberations were held in New Delhi on Wednesday August 28, 2019. The talks centred on trade, investment and commerce, capacity building programmes, international cooperation, among others. They were held with the view to further strengthen the existing close bonds of friendship and cooperation between Ghana and India.…

Police in the Savannah Region have arrested two suspected armed robbers said to be operating on the Sawla-Wa highway. Their names have been given as Yakubu Haruna, 24 years and 18-year old Seidu Haruna. The arrest has been hailed by the people in the area who have described it as a great breakthrough in the fight against robbery in the Sawla-Tuna Kalba district. The Northern Regional Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Mohammed Yusif Tanko said the two were August 27. He said one Kwabena Baah who is a driver of a Kia Rhino truck registratered AS 4014 – 16, was…