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The Minority in Parliament will from Tuesday march to the police headquarters in Accra to demand the identities of masked armed men, who besieged the La Bawaleshie Presby School Polling Station during the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election. Member of Parliament for the Tamale North Constituency Alhassan Sayibu Suhuyini hinted on TV3’s New Day that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) MPs will continue to march to the police headquarters until the identities of the men have been revealed. According to the Tamale North MP, the claims by the police that they do not know the men who were driving in a…

Canada’s leading cryptocurrency exchange company has said it cannot repay $190m (£110m) to clients because its founder died with their passwords. QuadrigaCX’s founder Gerald Cotten, 30, died “due to complications with Crohn’s disease” while travelling in India to open an orphanage in December, his wife Jennifer Robertson said. Mr Cotten held “sole responsibility for handling the funds and coins” and no other members of the team could access the stored funds, she said in a sworn affidavit as she filed for credit protection on 31 January. Ms Robertson said about $190m (£110m) in both cryptocurrency and normal money is in…

Alumni of Swiss Management Centre, Switzerland (SMC) University have taken exception to a publication in the Daily Graphic that doctorate degrees awarded by the institute are non-research. The publication was on the February 4, 2019 edition of the newspaper. In a statement issued by National President of SMC University Alumni Association in Ghana Dr John Kwaku Mensah Mawutor, degrees awarded by the school are evaluated by the National Accreditation Board (NAB). “Over the years the National Accreditation Board of Ghana has affirmed the integrity of SMC University as a globally recognized institution with enviable success in academic and operative integrity.”…

With the tagline, ‘First in News, Best in Entertainment’, TV3 is at it again with yet another exciting music show aimed at providing viewers with unlimited music around the clock. Dubbed ‘3Tunes’, the 360 music show treats viewers to all genres of music from hip hop to dancehall, through to gospel music. The show airs at 5pm each day from Monday to Friday. Monday kicks off the music journey with hip hop tunes from Ghana and around the world. Indigenous Ghanaian music dominated Tuesdays with a fuse of rap, highlife, dancehall and Hip Hop music brewed right here in Ghana.…

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has issued a warning to all its students, stating it will no longer tolerate crude and sexually offensive conducts, particularly from male students. Chancellor of the university, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II indicated lewd behaviours done in the name of traditions and culture is unjustifiable, hence such acts will not be entertained by the university authorities. “Lewd male students’ behaviour in the presence of female students in the name of culture and traditions is not justifiable under any circumstances,” the Asantehene said at a special congregation for Masters and Doctorate degree students…

Three of the four persons arrested for forcing three senior high school students at Akomadan in the Ashanti Region to eat raw chicken they allegedly stole, have been sentenced to a total fine of 16,200 cedis. Abukari Anaba, Prince Antwi and Peter Owusu Oduomi are to pay 5,400 each or in default, serve 12 months in jail. Also, the court has ordered the convicts to compensate each of the three victims with 1,000 cedis. They were convicted on their own guilty plea Monday when they appeared before the Akomadan Magistrate Court on the charges of conspiracy to commit crime and…

The alleged Takoradi serial killer kidnapper, Samuel Wills, is expected to appear in court on Monday February 11 to face judgment for breaking from police cells where he was being held to assist in investigations into some kidnappings. Wills’ failure to appear in court on January 28 angered some residents and relatives of the three kidnapped girls in Takoradi, and accused the police of feet dragging in the case. Police in Takoradi fail to bring kidnapping suspect to court Police prosecutors explained that the accused person missed his court date because he was being interrogated by the Police CID in…

Two gunshots were allegedly fired Monday afternoon close to the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) in Accra in an attempt to stop an alleged kidnaping incident. A man who was driving a Mitsibushi Pajero registered GT 735-10, was said to have made a stop close to the Institute on the Abdul Nasser road to ask for directions to the main road leading to Osu. Eyewitnesses within the enclave near the British High Commission told our reporter a woman believed to be in her 30s, was seen lying dazed in the front seat of the vehicle, a situation that raised suspicion…

Two goals by striker Daniel Agbloe Lomotey in each half gave Ghana all three points in their opening game at the 2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations underway in Niger. The game against Burkina Faso had been delayed from Sunday due to a technical fault with the floodlights. On Monday, when it was finally cleared to be played at the State de Maridi, the Black Satellites made the most of their attack, with 16 shots – six on target. WAFA’s Lomotey led the attack, become a predator to the Burkinabe defence. His first goal came in the 40th minute when…

Aside the recently found peace in the Dagbon Kingdom occasioned  by the enskinment of Ya-Naa Abukari Mahama II as the overlord of the traditional area, there is a lot to behold in the area.  One such remarkable event in the Dagbon area is the Damba Festival. In this video, cur correspondent Zubaida Ishmail puts the spotlight on the festival; exploring its history and essence, with particular focus on the 2018 celebration of the festival. By 3news.com|Ghana