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Neymar has been stripped of the Brazil captaincy for next month’s Copa America and will be replaced by his Paris St-Germain team-mate Dani Alves. The 27-year-old forward, given the role eight months ago but under pressure after recent disciplinary issues, was informed by manager Tite on Saturday. Alves, 36, will also lead the side in friendlies against Qatar and Honduras. He has captained Brazil four times, most recently in a 1-0 win over Germany in March 2018. This month, French football authorities banned Neymar for three matches after he hit a fan following PSG’s defeat by Rennes in the Coupe…

Scientists have uncovered an evolutionary paradox where men damage their ability to have children during efforts to make themselves look more attractive. Taking steroids to get a buff physique or anti-baldness pills to keep a full head of hair can damage fertility. It has been named the Mossman-Pacey paradox after the scientists who first described it. They say it causes a lot of heartache in couples struggling to conceive. “I noticed some men coming in to have their fertility tested and these guys were huge,” says Dr James Mossman, now at Brown University in the United States. He was studying…

Scientists have uncovered an evolutionary paradox where men damage their ability to have children during efforts to make themselves look more attractive. Taking steroids to get a buff physique or anti-baldness pills to keep a full head of hair can damage fertility. It has been named the Mossman-Pacey paradox after the scientists who first described it. They say it causes a lot of heartache in couples struggling to conceive. “I noticed some men coming in to have their fertility tested and these guys were huge,” says Dr James Mossman, now at Brown University in the United States. He was studying…

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has received GH¢900 million to undertake a clean-up of the troubled microfinance sub-sector of the financial services industry. The move is part of cleaning up the GH¢7 billion debt crisis that has hit a large sector of the deposit-taking, non-bank institutions, including savings and loans companies, in the country. The Governor of the BoG, Dr Ernest Addison, said at a Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) news conference in Accra on Monday that the magnitude of the resources needed to embark on the entire reforms of the deposit-taking, non-bank sector was so large that it had to…

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has received GH¢900 million to undertake a clean-up of the troubled microfinance sub-sector of the financial services industry. The move is part of cleaning up the GH¢7 billion debt crisis that has hit a large sector of the deposit-taking, non-bank institutions, including savings and loans companies, in the country. The Governor of the BoG, Dr Ernest Addison, said at a Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) news conference in Accra on Monday that the magnitude of the resources needed to embark on the entire reforms of the deposit-taking, non-bank sector was so large that it had to…

Parliament will reconvene from recess today to begin work on a number of bills, motions and instruments currently before the House for consideration, passage and approval. Fifty bills are expected to be presented before the 175 members of parliament under this sitting which is the second of the third session under the 7th Parliament, a statement from the Public Affairs Department of Parliament said. There are currently 22 bills before some Committees of the House. These include Vigilantism and Related Offences 2019, Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2019, Legal Profession (Amendment) Bill, 2018, Interstate Succession Bill, 2018, Ghana Cocoa Board (Amendment) Bil,2017,…

Tory leadership candidate Jeremy Hunt has warned that his party will be committing “political suicide” if it tries to push through a no-deal Brexit. The foreign secretary is one of 10 people seeking to replace Theresa May. Michael Gove has begun his pitch by pledging to allow EU nationals in the UK at the time of the referendum to apply for citizenship free of charge. The Brexit-supporting environment secretary will make an “open and generous” offer, sources said. Tory rival, International Development Secretary Rory Stewart, is promising a “listening exercise” on Brexit. Writing in The Daily Telegraph, Mr Hunt says…

The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced a temporary suspension of the replacement of lost voter Identification cards at its District Offices. A press statement signed by Mrs. Jean Mensa, the Chairperson, said the decision was to allow the Commission to focus on the impending Limited Voter’s Registration Exercise. The suspension takes effect from Friday, June 7 and ends on Thursday June 27. The Commission expressed deep regret for any inconvenience this might cause. The EC begins the limited voter’s registration exercise from Friday, June 7 to 27 at 0700 hours to 1800 hours. GNA

Source: 3news.com | Ghana

Some final year students of the Adonten Senior High School in the Eastern Region who are currently writing their WASSCE have been sacked from the school’s dormitory for allegedly putting up reckless behaviour. Apart from students who have papers to write this week, all other final years were on Monday, May 27 ordered by the school authorities to move out of their respective dormitories to their homes. The affected are mostly Visual Arts and General Arts students who have their final exams to write on June 4. Headmaster of the school, Stephen Aboagye, justified the decision, claiming the students who…