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Former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn has been indicted by prosecutors in Japan on a fresh charge of aggravated breach of trust. It is the fourth charge brought against Mr Ghosn and relates to the alleged misuse of company funds. The 65-year-old is in detention in Tokyo and his lawyers have applied for bail. Mr Ghosn, who denies any wrongdoing, has said the allegations are a result of a plot against him. He was first arrested in November and spent 108 days in custody. While out on bail pending a trial, the former auto boss was re-arrested in Tokyo on 4…

Despite the fact that Sarkodie, Shatta Wale, M.anifest, Joey B, Fuse ODG, Kojo Cue and Shaker, and MzVee are all in the race for the 2019 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA) Video of the Year, first-time nominee Kirani Ayat is not in doubt his ‘Guda’ video stands tall. Ayat is positive he will shove off competition to win the prize if the VGMA organisers will stick to the category definition of what they said should be “the best video”. In an interview with George Kwani on TV3’s New Day Monday, Ayat disclosed that a friend had told him there are…

Multiple award-winning primetime news anchor on TV3 and head of the Business Desk at Media General, Alfred Ocansey, is currently in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to moderate the Africa International Conference on Trade and Finance beginning Monday, under the auspices of the African Union (AU) Commission on Trade. Having hosted the Ghana Policy Summit, the first Sierra Leone Investment Summit, the panel session of the 20th anniversary of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Alfred Ocansey has proven himself the right choice for this event. He comes to the table with the needed dexterity, articulation, finesse and depth of knowledge required…

Fire has razed down some shops at the Kumasi Asafo Market, just a day after another fire gutted some parts of the Kumasi Central market. City authorities have expressed worry about the incidents at the two major markets in the metropolis. They have appealed to traders to ensure no naked fire is left behind at the close of their trading activities. 3news’ Beatrice Spio-Garbrah reports that the fire at the Asafo market started around 9pm Saturday when most of the traders had closed. It started from the shops at the main entrance of the market where most of the traders…

In recent times, the behaviour and utterances of some Gospel musicians has left much to be desired and given rise to criticisms about how they must carry themselves. For some critics, they are representatives of Christ and Christianity does not allow for certain attitudes but Gospel musician, Rose Adjei has stated that not every one of them is a Christian. In an interview with Graphic Showbiz she said, “what people must know is that not every Gospel artiste is a Christian, not everyone has the calling to do the things of Christ. “Some come in with all kinds of motives and they…

The national insurer has been in the news for several reasons in the past couple of years: reason which inspire hope and those that spell doom.  A 70 million dollar IT system procured with a department headed by a fake doctorate holder, to accusation of $ 500 thousand  spent on audit of the previous administrations work amongst others, with the recent being the labour unions accusing the scheme of paying wrong premium to its members. SSNIT has also been criticized for wrong investments and administrative cost that some believe are too high. But in all these, managers of SSNIT, led…

Nusrat Jahan Rafi was doused with kerosene and set on fire at her school in Bangladesh. Less than two weeks earlier, she had filed a sexual harassment complaint against her headmaster. Her courage in speaking out against sexual assault, her death five days after being set alight and everything that happened in-between has gripped Bangladesh and brought attention to the vulnerability of sexual harassment victims in this conservative South Asian country. Nusrat, who was 19, was from Feni, a small town 100 miles (160km) south of Dhaka. She was studying at a madrassa, or Islamic school. On 27 March, she…

Drone pilots of government’s anti-galamsey programme have appealed to President Akufo-Addo to compel state agencies to expedite investigations on Mr. Charles Bissue, Secretary to the Inter Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining. Mr. Bissue was captured in the Anas Tiger Eye video documentary on Anti Galamsey in Ghana. The drone pilots are worried, the absence of Mr. Charles Bissue is negatively impacting their work. According to a statement signed by Mr. Emmanuel Quagraine, a drone pilot, the lack of effective coordination of activities has led to a setback in the general administration of their work. A situation he attributes to the…

An Indian voter says he chopped off his index finger after realising he had voted for the “wrong” political party. Pawan Kumar says he accidentally ended up voting for the governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in a video that has gone viral. He wanted to vote for a regional party – but was confused by the many symbols on the voting machine. Every voter’s index finger is marked with indelible ink after they cast their ballot. He cast his vote on Thursday in Bulandshahr in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. This was the second phase of polling in the…

An Indian voter says he chopped off his index finger after realising he had voted for the “wrong” political party. Pawan Kumar says he accidentally ended up voting for the governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in a video that has gone viral. He wanted to vote for a regional party – but was confused by the many symbols on the voting machine. Every voter’s index finger is marked with indelible ink after they cast their ballot. He cast his vote on Thursday in Bulandshahr in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. This was the second phase of polling in the…