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Former President John Dramani Mahama has lashed out at the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) for breeding political vigilantism that is tormenting the nation. He also observed that the activities of these vigilante groups are currently spiraling out of control as the security apparatus appear helpless. Pockets of lawless activities have been recorded in some parts of the country, majority of them attributed to supporters of the NPP. Some of the violent attacks have been perpetuated by NPP activists against party functionaries. Read Youth group threatens to kill Karaga DCE For Mr. John Mahama, the blame should be laid squarely at…

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, says though political stability has traditionally been Ghana’s attractive claim as an investment destination, the Nana Akufo-Addo administration is quickly moving beyond that to entrench economic stability as a second pillar. While acknowledging that the country’s record in smooth political transitions has been helpful in attracting Foreign Direct Investments into Ghana, Dr Bawumia has been explaining to investor teams in Europe that by consistently keeping the economy stable and ensuring strong macro fundamentals in addition to stimuli that make it easy to do business, Ghana has the potential to rake in more investments than…

Many are those who have given up on her for the arguably poor performances over the weeks, but judges of Ghana’s Most Beautiful on Sunday gave Edem a push to the next level of the competition. For some audience, on the night that Edem, who is representing the Volta Region, performed below par, she was highly tipped to be the one to exit the competition when for the second time in two weeks, she came up for eviction together with Adom from the Brong Ahafo Region. Regardless, the sledgehammer of judge Oscar fell on Adom, whose skit as a front desk…

The young man who absconded after he was suspected to have defiled a four year old girl at Assin Adadientem in the Central region has been arrested. The suspect known as Kwabena was arrested by the police on Sunday, Director of Public Affairs, Ghana Police Service, DSP Shiella Abayie-Buckman confirmed to 3news.com. Attempts to bring Kwabena to book were hampered when he was allegedly cleared of any wrongdoing by the ‘gods’ of Adadientem through the local chief. The action of the chief sparked public anger with a section of the public also protesting police’s lukewarm response towards the case even…

A suspected armed robber has been shot dead by the Police in Bawku in an attempted highway robbery in the Upper East Region. The two suspected robbers, one of whom managed to escape, engaged a Police officer in a gun battle on the Bolga-Bawku road Friday dawn, leading to the killing of the other. The Police officer was escorting a commercial Mercedes Benz bus with the registration WR 1789-C, when the said armed robbers believed to be Fulanis, attacked the vehicle. According to the Police in Bawku, the robbers who had mounted a roadblock with logs, signalled the driver of…

Tanzania has deported three South African lawyers after they were accused of promoting homosexuality. They were among 13 people arrested on 17 October for taking part in a meeting to discuss challenging a law stopping private health clinics from providing HIV and Aids services. However, Sibongile Ndashe says they had no right to do so, and has accused authorities in Dar es Salaam of holding her and her colleagues “hostage”. Homosexuality is a crime in Tanzania. Lazaro Mambosasa, chief of Dar es Salaam police, told reporters after the lawyers initial arrests that “they were promoting homosexuality”. The arrests followed a…

Two hundred and twenty-four Togolese who have arrived in Ghana to seek asylum from political unrest in their country are struggling with accommodation. The refugees, currently at Chereponi in the Northern Region, are living on the benevolence of some local people who have offered their homes to the Togolese. So far, the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) has registered 502 Togolese refugees who entered Ghana through Cherepone. The first batch of 95 asylum seekers arrived in Cherepone on October 25, 2017, and the number according to the District NADMO Coordinator, Emmanuel Kojo Manu, continue to surge by the day. Currently,…

The Upper East Regional Hospital is in dire need of doctors, especially surgeons, to aid healthcare delivery and to cater for its teeming client base in the Region. The facility has a total of 10 Medical Officers including; three Cuban doctors who are currently on annual leave, leaving the entire facility of 220 bed capacity serving a population of about 1,124,193 with just seven doctors. Dr Patrick Atobrah, the Medical Director of the hospital, who disclosed this to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in an interview in Bolgatanga, said the facility as a referral Centre of the Region had a…

Ghana’s most watched English primetime television news, News360 on TV3, has been adjudged the Best Television Programme of the year 2016/2017 in the country.  News360, which has over the years stood tall in terms of rich, exciting news content and quality presentation, beat stiff competition from Joy News on Joy News TV, News Tonight on GhOne, UTV News on UTV and Premtubre Kaseabo on Adom FM to win the award at this year’s RTP Awards Saturday night. The RTP Awards celebrate radio and television personalities and brands that inspire, entertain and shape our society. The award firmly solidifies the position…

Have you ever mistakenly sent a ‘sensitive’ message to a wrong person or a group on your WhatsApp chat? Well, that embarrassing moment is now over! The cross-platform instant messaging service provider has now introduced a new feature that will allow users to delete ‘embarrassing’ messages they accidentally send to individuals or group chats on WhatsApp. The new feature, being rolled out by the Facebook-owned app, would allow the over one billion subscribers to within seven minutes, delete messages sent to people on their chats. “This is particularly useful if you sent a message to the wrong chat or if…