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Dancehall artiste Shatta Wale has bagged what is arguably his biggest feature yet with American singer, Beyoncé. The self acclaimed dancehall king has been featured on the award winning singer’s ‘The Lion King: The Gift’ album. An obviously excited Shatta Wale took to Twitter Tuesday afternoon to announce his feature with Beyoncé. Shatta Wale is featured on the singer’s 12th track titled “Already”. BREAKING NEWS !!!!! beyonce ft shatta Walé 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Dem never see wonders #Lionking #POWER https://t.co/KpD9DAgUEG — SHATTA WALE (@shattawalegh) July 16, 2019 The 14-track album features other African artistes including Mr. Eazi, Wiz Kid and Yemi Alade.…

The latest twist in the trial of murder suspect, Gregory Afoko, has provoked concerns from some members of the public and civil society,  including human rights group, Amnesty International. Read: Akufo-Addo accused of vandalising rule of law over Afoko case The group has described the high court’s decision on Monday to rescind granting bail to the suspect after his continuous unlawful detention as a travesty of justice. The Executive Director of the group in Ghana, Robert Akoto Amoafo, said the failure of the country to stop the manhandling of suspects is an affront to human rights. “This is a mockery of…

The Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) last Saturday embarked on a six-kilometer health walk in Accra to promote the products and services of the bank to the hundreds of people who exercise on the Ayi-Mensah –Peduase road. Dubbed “Business Health Walk,” staff of the bank distributed about 2,000 fliers about the bank’s E-business, personal loans, agricultural and Small and Medium-scale Enterprises (SME) services to road users and people who thronged the mountainous area to exercise their bodies. Kasapreko Company Limited supported the bank with Awake Natural Water and its flavoured water for the six kilometer walk which ended with an aerobic…

The Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) last Saturday embarked on a six-kilometer health walk in Accra to promote the products and services of the bank to the hundreds of people who exercise on the Ayi-Mensah –Peduase road. Dubbed “Business Health Walk,” staff of the bank distributed about 2,000 fliers about the bank’s E-business, personal loans, agricultural and Small and Medium-scale Enterprises (SME) services to road users and people who thronged the mountainous area to exercise their bodies. Kasapreko Company Limited supported the bank with Awake Natural Water and its flavoured water for the six kilometer walk which ended with an aerobic…

File photo[/caption] The Ghana Education Service has directed that all senior high school teachers holding a degree earned through distance education or sandwich should be re-posted to basic schools. A letter  to one of the headmasters, sighted by 3news.com, insisted that the directive should be considered “serious”. District Directors of Education have subsequently written to heads of schools who have also communicated same to their teaching staff in that regard. “Following Directives from the Director General, all teachers who obtained their degree through Distance, Sandwich and Foundation Programmes and are teaching in the Senior High Schools are to be withdrawn…

ALLENGES OF THE OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR IN FIGHTING CORRUPTION IN GHANA: BY MARTIN A. B. K. AMIDU, THE S. P. The biggest challenge facing the Office of the Special Prosecutor as an anti-corruption investigatory and prosecutorial body in spite of all the powers conferred upon it is not the President who promised the people of Ghana to establish the Office but the heads of institutions who simply refuse to comply with laws designed to ensure good governance and to protect the national purse by fighting corruption. Heads of institutions wantonly disregard statutory requests made by the Office for…

Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu has expressed his utter disappointment in what appears to be a collusion among state actors to frustrate and disrupt his fight against corruption in Ghana. He noted that the government has an uphill task to win the fight against corruption because heads of institutions do not take that quest “seriously”. Though he fell short of naming and shaming, he said the “refusal and failure” of public officers to comply with regulations intended to aid the fight against corruption and other crimes has contributed to the notion by many that he is sleeping on the job. The…

A preacher at the Lighthouse Chapel International, Bishop Kakra Baiden has urged the youth to take up the habit of working for free in order to gain employable skills for future prospects. According to him, the act of working for free is quite profitable and useful to the individuals who dedicate themselves to service. He stressed the need to define the profit that one seeks in any venture. According to Kakra Baiden, if one defines profits only in terms of financial gains, that person will always feel cheated if monetary rewards don’t come. He said there are a number of…

A preacher at the Lighthouse Chapel International, Bishop Kakra Baiden has urged the youth to take up the habit of working for free in order to gain employable skills for future prospects. According to him, the act of working for free is quite profitable and useful to the individuals who dedicate themselves to service. He stressed the need to define the profit that one seeks in any venture. According to Kakra Baiden, if one defines profits only in terms of financial gains, that person will always feel cheated if monetary rewards don’t come. He said there are a number of…

The Special Prosecutor, Martin Alamisi Amidu, may soon be dragging the Attorney General, Gloria Akuffo to court, as  a representative of the state, to compel heads of institutions to comply with corruption laws. Martin  Amidu in his latest epistle which details the challenges of the newly created Office of the Special Prosecutor in executing its mandate of fighting corruption, accused heads of institutions of disregarding  anti-corruption regulations. “The biggest challenge facing the Office of the Special Prosecutor as an anti-corruption investigatory and prosecutorial body in spite of all the powers conferred upon it is not the President who promised the…