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Save yourself a trip to the store, because you already have some awesome beauty products right in your pantry. There’s nothing worse than reaching for your toothpaste and realizing you’re not getting any more out of that tube. And what about when your hair feels extremely dry, but the product your stylist suggested is way out of your budget? When money is tight and schedules are busy, the last thing you want to do is run to the store for beauty products. But we have good news for you – you probably already have a plethora of amazing products in…

WhatsApp has started allowing users to “dismiss” administrators of group chats. The messenger app has built a new feature, called “Dismiss As Admin”, that lets group admins demote other group admins, and take control of conversations. If you use it on someone, they’ll lose all of their admin privileges, and become standard group chat participants instead. Only group admins are allowed to add participants to an existing chat. You also have to be an admin to remove people from group chats. The feature is available in the beta version of WhatsApp for Android, and is under development on iOS, according to WABetaInfo.…

Legal practitioner Abraham Amaliba has flayed the president for appointing a “vindictive” person like Martin Amidu as the Special Prosecutor. He has no doubt in his mind that the Special Prosecutor-designate would “tread a straight narrow path” with much concentration on the opposition National Democratic Congress. President Akufo-Addo should not have appointed someone who is “vengeful, vindictive”,  Abraham Amaliba who is a communication member of the NDC said on TV3’s New Day on Saturday. He claimed Martin Amidu had said prior to the 2016 general elections which the NDC lost that “he will fight the NDC to the last drop…

  ‘Mr President, are you a racist?’ The organisation representing African countries has demanded that US President Donald Trump apologise after he reportedly called nations on the continent “shitholes”. The group’s mission in Washington DC expressed its “shock, dismay and outrage” and said the Trump administration misunderstood Africans. The US leader made the alleged remark in a Thursday meeting on immigration. But Mr Trump has denied using the language reported. He has been backed by two Republicans who were at the White House meeting, but Democratic Senator Dick Durbin said Mr Trump called African countries “shitholes” several times and used…

The Transport Ministry has given operators of Uber a one month ultimatum to brand the vehicles into taxi or face their wrath. This directive comes after Commercial Taxi Drivers Association petitioned the Transport Ministry over what they describe as breach of LI 2180 by Uber operators. According to the association, the LI demands that all taxi operators brand their vehicles in the accepted taxi colours and display a taxi sign on top of their vehicles. However, Uber drivers still use private vehicles with no semblance to taxi. Speaking on TV3, General Secretary of the Commercial Taxi Drivers Association Steven Nimo,…

The General Superintendent of Assemblies of God-Ghana, Rev. Prof. Paul Yaw Frimpong Manso, has urged the Special Prosecutor-designate, Martin Alamisi Amidu to be circumspect in his dealings should he get the nod from Parliament. Rev. Prof Frimpong Manso recalled certain comments made by Mr. Amidu prior to his appointment which didn’t go down well with some individuals and political parties, which some may therefore misconstrue his work as witch-hunting. Rev. Prof Frimpong Manso, who is also the Chairman of the Small Arms and Light Weapons Commission, made these remarks on 3FM Sunrise morning show hosted by Alfred Ocansey on Friday. “Because…

The University of Mines and Technology in Tarkwa has been named after George Paa Grant who founded the UGCC and was very instrumental in the processes leading to the attainment of Ghana’s independence. At a ceremony which took place at the university campus at Tarkwa in the Western region, the new name of the university, which is the George Grant University of Mines and Technology was unveiled. Present at the ceremony were the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, former president John Agyekum Kufuor and some leaders of the NPP. President Akudo-Addo lauded the decision of the university…

Parents of children with sickle cell as well as asthma in Ghana have been advised to give special attention and care to them as schools reopen with the harmattan season raging on. By dictionary definition, harmattan is as a dry and dusty wind which blows from the Sahara over the Atlantic coast of West Africa in December, January and February, being a hot wind in some areas and cold wind in others. As Ghana is currently experiencing the season, Dr. Yaa Achia Boateng, a family physician specialist at GHAPOHA Hospital in Takorad, in an interview with Connect News on Tuesday,…

The about 200 combined military and police force deployed to evacuate the Fulani nomads from the Asante Akyem North and Sekyere Afram Plains Districts in the Ashanti region, have been advised to shoot on sight in the wake of the slightest threat. The security personnel have been psyched to even shoot at a leave in the bush if it moves in a way they are suspicious of. Addressing the battle-ready men in uniform as they set off to evacuate normally Fulani herdsmen from Agogo land, the Konongo Divisional police commander, Superintendent Bossman Ohene-Boadi painted a horrific picture of the nomads. “They are…

Few weeks after TV3’s exposé on the activities of commercial sex workers close to the Kwame Nkrumah interchange, the Accra Metropolitan Assembly has demolished the slum including the brothels. The demolition along the rail lines at Odawna started at about 6: 30 am on Thursday morning. Some residents appeared to have complied with the eviction notice and had packed out ahead of the exercise. Their structures had earlier been set ablaze to probably disorient the taskforce, but the fire service responded swiftly to the call douse the blaze. Within two hours the once vibrant sex market was flattened. The exercise was…