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A Takoradi Circuit Court presided over by Justice Aboagye Tandoh has sentenced two persons who attacked a taxi driver and snatched his car from him to a total of 24 years imprisonment, Thursday, May 30, 2019. The two – Ernest Asamoah, 20 and Bright Essilfie, 21 – are to serve 12 years each in hard labour. They pleaded guilty to all the two counts of conspiracy to rob and robbery, and the court sentenced them based on their own plea. Prosecuting, Inspector Divine Aveti told the court the two stopped the victim Gideon Oppong Fosu at Inchaban around 7pm on…

Dr. Stephen Kwabena Opuni[/caption] State prosecutors in the case of the former COCOBOD chief executive Dr. Stephen Opuni, are requesting for documents the defence team intends to rely on in cross examining prosecution witnesses. Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Mrs Yvonne Atakora Obuobisa told the Accra High Court on Tuesday that her request would rather help facilitate proceedings especially whenever the defence counsel wants to tender those documents in evidence. She made the intervention after initially raising no objection to the first in a series of documents lawyer for the defence Samuel Cudjoe was tendering through third prosecution witness, Dr.…

The 13 weeks of intense competition and exciting performances from 26 talented children will come to an end on Sunday, June 2 when TV3 brings down the curtain on Season 10 of its Talented Kidz reality show. Eighteen contestants, who did not have the stamina for the last lap, were evicted one after the other during the period. And now the stage is set for the eight contestants who managed to book a place at the grand finale to battle it out for the coveted prize package. At the National Theatre on Sunday, the judges and the public will decide…

A Japanese man has died on a flight from Mexico City after ingesting 246 bags of cocaine. The flight, bound for Japan’s Narita International Airport, had to make an emergency landing in Mexico’s Sonora state after he began to have seizures. Authorities said the man, identified as Udo N, died of a cerebral oedema caused by a drug overdose. The passenger transferred to the flight after starting his journey in the Colombian capital Bogotá. According to a statement by Sonora’s attorney general, the bags – measuring 2.5cm long and 1cm wide – were found in his stomach and intestines during…

A Japanese man has died on a flight from Mexico City after ingesting 246 bags of cocaine. The flight, bound for Japan’s Narita International Airport, had to make an emergency landing in Mexico’s Sonora state after he began to have seizures. Authorities said the man, identified as Udo N, died of a cerebral oedema caused by a drug overdose. The passenger transferred to the flight after starting his journey in the Colombian capital Bogotá. According to a statement by Sonora’s attorney general, the bags – measuring 2.5cm long and 1cm wide – were found in his stomach and intestines during…

Samuel Owusu popularly known as Yung King Cleff was on Accra’s hottest drive time show, 3FM Drive with Giovani Caleb on Friday 24th May, 2019 to share his experience barely a year after being crowned the most talented kid in Ghana. Yung King Cleff touched on challenges of being a musician in Ghana, considering the fact that it is difficult to get big names to feature on songs, financial challenges and a whole lot more. The youngster who won TV3’s Talented Kids in 2018, however said he is enjoying contracts from big brands based in Ghana by way of featuring…

There is disquiet among some police personnel in the country over what they claim to be discrimination against them by the government, a security analyst Adam Bonah has alleged. According to him, most of the rank and file of the Ghana Police are not happy about the level of recognition given to soldiers who die in the line of duty as against their personnel who suffer similar fate. “…the rank and file of the police, most of them I have spoken to are not happy about the way they have been discriminated against,” he Mr Bona claimed on 3FM Sunrise…

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, says much of the differences between Muslims and Christians are exaggerated and borne out of ignorance from both sides. He said there were many common things that united them than what divided them, adding that they believed in the same God, Jesus Christ, Virgin Mary and judgment for wrongdoers while Satan was their common enemy. He, therefore, underlined the need for continued education of their members and dialogue on issues to ensure consensus building and harmony. Vice President Bawumia said this at the Nineth Annual Night of Power in the Holy Month of Ramadan, organised…

The Girls Education Initiative Ghana (GEIG), a non-governmental organisation has taken students at Accra Wesley Senior High School through menstrual hygiene management. This is one of the initiatives of the organization to complement nationwide efforts in addressing challenges girls face in managing their menstruation as the world marks menstrual hygiene day on Wednesday. Ms Nana Boatemaah Hansen, Communications and Development Associate at GEIG identified that the lack of or unavailability of sanitary pads and improper way of disposing used pads as some of the problems girls encounter. Andrews Lartey, Co-founder and Regional Manager for GEIG observed that menstrual hygiene has…

One of Ghana’s best music producers, Da’hammer of The Last Two fame, has revealed he produced the much-talked about Pae Mu Ka album for the celebrated hip-life musician Obrafour at no cost. The 10-track maiden album of the musician released in 1999 has this week been trending on social media and grabbed headlines as it marks 20 years. All hail Obrafour as ‘Pae Mu Ka’ hits 20 Da’hammer, who led a four-man production team for the album told Giovani Caleb on 3FM Drive Wednesday that he decided to make a mark with it, hence the decision not to charge Obrafour…