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Revenge is still on the mind of former World Boxing Organization super bantamweight champion Isaac Dogboe as he seeks a third fight against the hard-hitting Mexican brawler Emanuel Navarrete. Dogboe lost the WBO super bantamweight title after suffering successive losses against Navarrete in the space of six months but he is hopeful of being third-time lucky by doing battle with his conqueror in a different weight class. Their first two meetings were at super bantamweight but Dogboe believes he stands a better chance of avenging the only losses of his young career if their next fight is at featherweight (126…

The Alliance for Women in Media Africa (AWMA) has condemned attack on a reporter of the Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL), Della Russel Ocloo by the police and some members of the Glorious Way Church. The reporter went to the church on Sunday August 4, 2019 following a protest march by a group of women on the back of some comments made by leader of the church, Prophet Badu Kobi. Ms. Ocloo was in the church to get Prophet Badu Kobi’s reaction to the protest march as well as other issues regarding his comments about how women of certain tribes…

The Electoral Commission will from Thursday August 8 resume replacement of lost ID voter ID cards in all its districts across the country. Replacement of lost voter ID cards was temporarily suspended in May to enable the EC concentrate on the 2019 limited voters registration exercise conducted between June 24 and July 7. A statement issued Wednesday by the chairperson of the Commission, Jean Mensa, said following the conclusion of the limited voters registration exercise, persons with lost ID cards can now apply for new one. Applicants will be required to pay a replacement fee of five cedis in bankers…

A man who donated his mother’s body to what he thought was Alzheimer’s research learned later it was used to test explosives. So what does happen when your body is donated to medical science? Last week new details of a lawsuit emerged against The Biological Resource Centre in Arizona following an FBI raid in 2014 in which gruesome remains of hundreds of discarded body parts were discovered. The now closed centre is accused of illegally selling body parts against the donors wishes. Newly-released court documents revealed that families of those whose bodies had been donated to the centre said they…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has launched the second season of the Presidential Pitch initiative, an entrepreneurship competition for persons between the ages of 18 and 35 years. Presenting cash awards, ranging from GH¢25,000 to GH¢60,000 to the contestants, the President explained that these awards are grants, and not loans, and represent the continuing demonstration of Government’s commitment to providing seed capital for some of the nation’s enterprising youth to enable them run successful businesses. In his remarks at the event on Tuesday, August 6, President Akufo-Addo explained that the importance of the entrepreneurial mindset cannot be overemphasized. “Entrepreneurship is…

The Ghana Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Operators Association has charged Ghanaians to stand up against government’s plan to roll out the Cylinder Re-circulation Module (CRM). The Association has therefore vowed to resist any attempt to impose the policy on them, saying apart from the unemployment that the module would create in the country, it will also bring chaos among consumers. The National Organizing Secretary of the Association, Nanaba Osei Tutu, issued this warning in an interview on Onua FM’s Yen Sempa on Wednesday, August 7. The Association’s call is in support of a research conducted by a non-governmental organization (NGO),…

The Ghana Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Operators Association has charged Ghanaians to stand up against government’s plan to roll out the Cylinder Re-circulation Module (CRM). The Association has therefore vowed to resist any attempt to impose the policy on them, saying apart from the unemployment that the module would create in the country, it will also bring chaos among consumers. The National Organizing Secretary of the Association, Nanaba Osei Tutu, issued this warning in an interview on Onua FM’s Yen Sempa on Wednesday, August 7. The Association’s call is in support of a research conducted by a non-governmental organization (NGO),…

Australia’s highest court has made a landmark ruling that a public servant was lawfully sacked for writing tweets which criticised government policies. Michaela Banerji was fired in 2013 for her criticisms – expressed under a pseudonym – of the nation’s controversial immigration programmes. The court rejected her claim that she had been denied a right to free speech. The ruling could have far-reaching implications for employees who express political views, lawyers say. What happened at the time? Ms Banerji had been working for the Department of Immigration and Border Protection, now part of the Department of Home Affairs. Using the…

Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Ernest Addison has denied that there was a grand scheme by the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, and him to collapse banks perceived to be affiliated with political opponents. In an exclusive interview with 3news.com, the governor revealed that the revocation of the license of the 13 local banks was a decision taken a year before he assumed office, adding that his team was rather charitable with the process. 14th August will mark exactly 2 years when the Bank of Ghana begun the cleanup of the banking sector. After taking down 13 commercial banks, the central bank said…

Nigerian musician Tekno has been arrested after travelling through Lagos in a lorry with semi-naked women. A video, which appears to be filmed from another car in a traffic jam, shows a man sitting in a glass-sided lorry throwing money at women dancing around a pole in their underwear. He has denied accusations that it was an advert for a strip club. Instead he insists that he was in the glass box on a truck travelling between locations while shooting a music video. The police told Nigerian news site The Daily Trust that the singer and two women had been arrested for…