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Rihanna has been named the world’s richest female musician by Forbes magazine. The singer’s worth is estimated at $600m (£472m), including revenues made from her fashion and beauty lines in addition to those from her music career. In May 2019, French luxury brand LVMH confirmed it would launch Rihanna’s fashion company, Fenty, making her the first woman of colour to lead an LVMH fashion house. “I want to be as disruptive as possible,” she told the New York Times of the venture. “The brand is not traditional.” Rihanna’s Fenty label aims to rip up fashion industry rules LVMH also backs…

Three carjackers have shot and inflicted knife wounds on a 38-year-old taxi driver near Ankaful in the Central Region. Kingsford Afedzie, a.k.a Joe, was shot in the hand by the carjackers in a desperate move to snatch his car key, but when that failed, they stabbed him in the abdomen causing his intestines to gush out. He was left in critical condition by the roadside at Ankaful Junction. Joe, whose condition has been stablised by doctors at the Interberten Hospital in Cape Coast, told Nhyiraba Paa Kwesi Simpson, host of Omanbapa morning show on Takoradi-based Connect FM that he managed…

Hundreds of Muslims in Bole in the Savannah Region were forced abandon their Eid-Ul-Fitr prayers Wednesday morning following the firing of gunshots at the event grounds as a result of a chieftaincy dispute in the area. Men, women and children were seen fleeing the prayer grounds on foot and motorbikes as some youth stormed the area allegedly firing gunshots to prevent an alleged illegitimate chief from praying with the Imams of the town. Our correspondent reported that the incident stemmed from a lingering chieftaincy dispute between Abdulai Issahaku Kant who is said to be the rightful claimant to the Bole…

Two Canadian women on an exchange programme in Kumasi have allegedly been kidnapped in the Ashanti Regional capital. Police in the region have been tight-lipped on the Monday night incident which occurred around Vienna City. Checks by 3news.com revealed the two women, one of whose name has been given as Lauren, were forced into a vehicle at about 8:20pm just when they stepped out of their apartment at Silver Spring Avenue. It is unclear whether the abductors have made contact with the family of the victims or the Canadian embassy to demand for ransom. Sources however say the Canadian Embassy…

Seasoned private legal practitioner Kwame Osei-Prempeh has been appointed as the acting Managing Director and Group Chief Executive of GOIL Company Limited. The appointment by the Board of Directors of GOIL took effect from June 3, a statement issued Wednesday by the Public Relations Manager of the company, Robert Kyere, announced. Mr. Osei-Prempeh has been a Board Member of GOIL since 2017. He takes over from Mr. Patrick Akorli who has taken his leave prior to retirement after 23 years of service to GOIL. Mr Osei-Prempeh has a wealth of experience in public service and in private practice as a…

Seasoned private legal practitioner Kwame Osei-Prempeh has been appointed as the acting Managing Director and Group Chief Executive of GOIL Company Limited. The appointment by the Board of Directors of GOIL took effect from June 3, a statement issued Wednesday by the Public Relations Manager of the company, Robert Kyere, announced. Mr. Osei-Prempeh has been a Board Member of GOIL since 2017. He takes over from Mr. Patrick Akorli who has taken his leave prior to retirement after 23 years of service to GOIL. Mr Osei-Prempeh has a wealth of experience in public service and in private practice as a…

The Government Statistician, Prof. Samuel Kobina Annim, has hailed the GhanaPostGPS App, hinting it will help the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) to enhance the collection of data in the upcoming census in 2020. Addressing a section of the media after a brief meeting between officials of GhanaPost and GSS in Accra on Tuesday, Prof. Annim said the entire data collection method has transitioned from paper to computer-based data collection. “The use of the GhanaPostGPS App will simplify the collection of data such us Geo codes, Region, District and Locality which always form part of data collected in every census since…

Ghana Post, the country’s designated postal services operator and a member of the West African Postal Conference and Universal Postal Union, is recently supporting entrepreneurs with their e-commerce platform. The Postshop platform (www.postshop.com.gh) is a user-friendly online marketplace. The cosmetic image of the page is immensely populated with a locally manufactured product, which constitutes about 73 per cent of the general product population. The premium Ad section on display allows the Postshop website to promote business through advertising communication. Just after few months of operating, the Postshop website seeks to find and provide a trustworthy medium for the buying and…

The School of Nursing and Midwifery (SoNM), University of Ghana (UG) launched sandwich MPHIL and MSC nursing programmes on Friday, May 31, in Accra. The sandwich programme offers nurses and midwives the opportunity to work and school at the same time, without having much effect on productivity. Addressing the audience, the acting Dean of SoNM, Prof. Lydia Aziator indicated how important and timely the programe is. “The programme is as important as it is timely, particularly because nurses and midwives currently have profound challenges of securing study leave due to the disproportionate nurse-patient ratio. Ultimately, the sandwich programme in Nursing…

The Acting Director-General of Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), Augustin Yamson has said the state broadcaster  will soon re-introduce the payment of the TV Licence fee to enable the corporation concentrate more on Public Service Broadcasting.  He said the re-introduction of the TV Licence fee will improve the content of the corporation to make it more competitive. Mr Yamson made this known when executives of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) paid a visit to the management of GBC to show appreciation for assisting it during the launch of the Association’s 70 anniversary. The GJA President, Affail Monney, also urged the Ghana…