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The Divestiture Implementation Committee (DIC) has abrogated its agreement with the Great Consolidated Diamonds Company Limited (GCDCL), which took over the former Ghana Consolidated Diamonds (GCD). This was contained in a letter from the DIC’s lawyers, Cardinal Law Group, dated April 9, 2019, and addressed to the Managing Director of the GCDCL. The reason assigned for the abrogation was the Company’s persistent failure in settling its indebtedness arising from the non-payment of the balance due from the divestiture of the assets of GCD to GCDCL. The letter indicated that as at March 31, 2019, the indebtedness of the Company to…

The Ghana Legal Council (GLC) has constituted a Committee to look into recent mass failure in the Professional Law Examinations. The unprecedented failures in the past few years have raised concerns among prospective students and the general public. Read:284 of 525 LLB graduates fail final professional law exams The law student body has even petitioned parliament and the Legal Council to intervene and deal with the matter. It is on the back of these developments that the Legal Council established a Committee led by her Ladyship Justice Sophia Adinyira to investigate the matter and find solutions to it. “As an…

Passengers used emergency exit slides to escape[/caption] At least 13 people were killed after a Russian plane caught fire mid-air before making an emergency landing at Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow. Videos on social media show passengers using emergency exit slides to escape the burning Aeroflot aircraft. Two children and a flight attendant were among the dead, Russian media reports. One witness though said it was a “miracle” anyone escaped the jet, which was reportedly carrying 78 passengers. It remains unclear what caused the large blaze and emergency landing. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="976"] Black smoke billows from the burning plane on…

Ghanaian singer and songwriter, Wendy Addo, known by stage name Wendy Shay, has disclosed it will be fulfilling for her to sit back and enjoy her own music later in life as a sexagenarian.  Currently out with a new single titled “Stevie Wonder”, which features Shatta Wale, she said in a interview  with Giovanni Caleb on the 3FM Drive Monday that she is looking forward to such proud moments when her future family will appreciate the life she lived. “I will play them for my kids and grandchildren, that way they will get to understand who I was and the…

With five weeks to the grand finale of the 10th edition of TV3 Talented kidz, two contestants – rapper, Skenzybwoy and DJ Princess – have been axed from the competition. The two failed to amass enough votes, and seem not to have performed well enough to the judges expectation. Sunday’s tasks saw contestants putting up two performances each: one was Pan-Africa centered, with the other being a personal act put together by each of the contestants. Each one of the contestants came through with their unique acts, seeking to entertain their fans as well as get favour from the…

With five weeks to the grand finale of the 10th edition of TV3 Talented kidz, two contestants – rapper, Skenzybwoy and DJ Princess – have been axed from the competition. The two failed to amass enough votes, and seem not to have performed well enough to the judges expectation. Sunday’s tasks saw contestants putting up two performances each: one was Pan-Africa centered, with the other being a personal act put together by each of the contestants. Each one of the contestants came through with their unique acts, seeking to entertain their fans as well as get favour from the…

The Minister of State in charge of Tertiary Education, Professor Kwesi Yankah, has restated the government’s commitment to support technical universities with the needed resources to produce the skilled manpower to enhance productivity for the country’s accelerated development. He said the success of government’s programmes to make Ghana an industrial hub of Africa, hinged in part on the ability of the technical education system’s ability to produce advanced skilled workforce to drive the nation’s development forward. Speaking at the first congregation of the Cape Coast Technical University (CCTU), in Cape Coast during the weekend, he called on technical universities to…

“Repeat after me! To be together with who I want,” a family of Romanian witches chant via a video call to a client in India paying for a love spell. The session, in a decorated shed in a back yard 15 km (9 miles) north of Bucharest, is one of many consultations the family holds online, alternating them with rituals livestreamed on Facebook to build up their digital following. “A truly powerful witch can solve problems from a distance,” explains 20-year-old witch Cassandra Buzea. “It’s not the phone or Facebook that are doing the magic. It’s the words that we’re…

“Repeat after me! To be together with who I want,” a family of Romanian witches chant via a video call to a client in India paying for a love spell. The session, in a decorated shed in a back yard 15 km (9 miles) north of Bucharest, is one of many consultations the family holds online, alternating them with rituals livestreamed on Facebook to build up their digital following. “A truly powerful witch can solve problems from a distance,” explains 20-year-old witch Cassandra Buzea. “It’s not the phone or Facebook that are doing the magic. It’s the words that we’re…

The entire structure housing the Western Regional Office of the Administrator of Stool Lands went up in flames Sunday morning. The  second floor of the building together with the roofing collapsed as the fire rages on. Though eye witnesses suspect power fluctuation which occurred around 7:00 am in Sekondi, some a pointing to arson. The incident is happening a day to the resumption of a new Regional Commissioner into office. The fire was said to have started from the commissioner’s office formerly occupied by one Seth Owusu Boakye. An officer of the Lands Commission who was returning from church service…