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Caskets play an integral part in the transition process. For many ethnic and religious groups, it is a requirement for burying the dead. In certain instances, the type of casket one is buried with gives an indication of the person’s social class and status. The casket business has become lucrative as many carpenters have ventured into it due to the ready market for finished. ‘GbonyoAdeka’ – as it is called in the Ga language – now exists in different shapes and designs. The kind of a stylized casket one is buried with depicts his or her personality or profession. At…

Prime Minister Theresa May’s EU withdrawal deal has been rejected by MPs for a second time, throwing her Brexit strategy into further confusion. MPs voted down her deal by 391 to 242 – a smaller defeat than when they rejected it in January. The PM said MPs will now get a vote on whether the UK should leave without a deal on 29 March and, if that fails, on whether Brexit should be delayed. She said Tory MPs will get a free vote on a no-deal Brexit. That means they can vote with their conscience rather than following the orders…

Management of the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo) has announced its decision to secure some concessionary loans and grants to be injected into its operations. They made this announcement at a press briefing on Monday, March 11, in Tamale, where management indicated that acquiring the loan will aid the company and put them in the position to better serve customers. On August 5, 2014, Ghana and the United States of America entered into a Millennium Challenge Compact, which provided for a grant of up to $498,200,000 to advance economic growth and reduce poverty in Ghana. Out of the total amount,…

The Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority, Emmanuel Kofi Nti, and his two deputies are still at post contrary to media reports suggesting they have been kicked out by the government. Reports emerged Tuesday that Mr Kofi Nti and the two – Kwasi Asante-Gyimah, commissioner in charge of the domestic tax revenue division, and Isaac Crentsil, commissioner in charge of the customs division – have been removed as part of major changes at the GRA. The reports claimed the three were being “cleared out” by the government because they have not been able to tackle leakages as expected. However the…

President Nana Akufo-Addo has paid tribute to former chairman of the National Democratic Congress, Dr Kwabena Adjei, who died in Accra Tuesday, describing him as a friend but formidable opponent with strong opinions. Nana Akufo-Addo who served with Dr Adjei in the second parliament under the fourth republic posted of the politician-cum-academician as “Man of strong opinions, he was a formidable opponent, and I enjoyed very much our interactions”. The President described the demise of Dr Adjei as sad, and recounted how he gave “good leadership” to parliament when he was the majority leader. “His relationship with our “boss”, the…

Attorney General Gloria Akuffo has defended the over 67 million cedis paid to Construction Pioneers (CP) by the Mahama government in 2015 as judgement. Questions had been raised about the payment of the amount to the construction firm, with the Auditor General claiming it was done without recourse to Cabinet approval as was required at the time. Per the 2016 Auditor General’s Report bank statement of the Justice Ministry showed a payment of GH¢67,380,718.20 (direct debit) was made to Construction Pioneers as judgement debt on behalf of the state without any reference to cabinet. At the time of the payment,…

The National Democratic Congress has directed all party flags to fly at half-mast and declared three days of mourning for its former national chairman, Dr Kwabena Adjei who died in Accra Tuesday after a short illness. It has also suspended indefinitely, all party activities, including a planned ceremony to officially unveil former president John Dramani Mahama as the party’s presidential candidate for the 2020 general elections. A statement from the party signed by the General Secretary Johson Asiedu Nketia said a new date for the Mahama induction ceremony will be communicated in due course. “The Functional Executive Committee has declared…

Government says a total of 14,160 trained teachers from various Colleges of Education were posted by the Ghana Education Service in 2017, Education Minister Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh has told parliament. The figure, he said, was made up of 11,733 graduates from public colleges of education and 2,427 from the private colleges. He said this while answering question from the ranking member on Education, Peter Nortsu on the floor of the House Tuesday.“This was the first time ever that graduates of the private colleges of education [were] directly posted by the Ghana Education Service,” the minister stated. Dr. Opoku Prempeh…

A former National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress Dr Kwabena Adjei has died. The 76-year-old died Tuesday morning at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital where he had been seeking medical care for an undisclosed sickness that is said to have prolonged, an executive member of the NDC confirmed to 3news.com. The politician-cum-academician, who was born on 9th March 1943 at Nkonya Ntsumuru in the now Oti Region, started his political career as a Council Member for the Jasikan District Council, Jasikan in 1978. As a lecturer from 1984 to 1986, he taught at the University of Maiduguri in Nigeria…

When it comes to sex in a relationship, just how important is oral sex to men? Well according to new research by Superdrug Online Doctor, it’s pretty important. A team of researchers recently took an intimate look at how much men enjoy receiving oral sex, how much women enjoy giving it and what factors contribute to their pleasure. In order to collect their results, they surveyed 1,100 men and women from across Europe and America and some of their findings might just surprise you. Not so surprising was the fact that 35 percent of men described oral sex as being “somewhat important” in a…