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The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Ishmael Nii Ashitey has emphatically stated that he does not recognise any of the three persons separately installed as the Ga Mantse. Nii Ashitey who is also the head of the regional security council (REGSEC) flatly rejected claims by a faction to the Ga stool that he is interfering in the chieftaincy crisis. Since the death of Nii Amugi II in 2004, all attempts to install a successor have been fraught with conflicts leading to installation of rival chiefs. In February this year, a former head of the Lands Commission, Nii Ajumako Nunoo, was installed…

Fourteen students of the Kumasi Technical University have been sacked over examination malpractices and for entering the University with falsified WASSCE results. Six students were dismissed for examination malpractices while eight others were also dismissed for entering the university with falsified entry results. Details of the findings from the admissions office of the University revealed that some of the students presented certificates from WAEC with index numbers that were later found to contain different names. For instance, one of the students had E8 and F9 in English Language and core Mathematics respectively in the WASSCE but falsified them to read…

A new group has emerged in Tamale to resist attempts by some members of the Tamale Metropolitan Assembly to impeach their chief executive, Iddrissu Musah Superior. Thirty-one of the 58 assembly members are seeking to impeach the MCE over allegations of financial malfeasance and show of disrespect, claiming Mr Superior has been using the assembly’s scarce resources to pay salaries of some 61 taskforce of the assembly. The MCE has since denied those claims, which he described as “baseless”.He has notwithstanding, indicated his willingness to avail himself to the impeachment process stating he does not “fear the outcome “. But…

A hotel in Accra has been temporarily closed down by the Ghana Tourism Authority ahead of a planned sex party on Saturday, October 28, 2017. The weekend’s pornographic activities were explicitly advertised in circulated posters. The Naughty Rebels House Party promised patrons side attractions like ‘blow job, sex, dick massage, body massage and threesome [sex]’. All these activities come with different charges ranging from GHc50 to GH250 aside the GHC50 to be charged at the gate. Having got wind of the impending sex party, the Ghana Tourism Authority on Friday stormed the venue of the event, Potomac Hotel located at…

The acting Director General of Police CID, Mrs Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, who was accused of a cover-up in the investigations into the corruption allegation against Ghana’s two deputy chiefs of staff, has been promoted for the second time in a month. Mrs. Addo-Danquah who is currently an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), will from November 1 move to the rank of Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP), which is the second highest in the country’s Police ranks, 3news.com can authoritatively report The latest promotion comes a week after she was promoted to head the Criminal Investigations Department of the Police…

The Catalan regional parliament has voted to declare independence from Spain, just as the Spanish government appears set to impose direct rule. The move was backed 70-10 in a ballot boycotted by opposition MPs. Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy earlier told senators direct rule was needed to return “law, democracy and stability” to Catalonia. The crisis began when Catalans backed independence in a disputed vote earlier this month. The Catalan government said that of the 43% of potential voters who took part in the referendum, 90% were in favour of independence. But Spain’s Constitutional Court had ruled the vote illegal.…

Former cruiserweight champion, Braimah Kamoko, popularly known as Bukom Banku, has laughed off claims that he was rushed to hospital after he was knocked out by Samir Bastie last Saturday. The then undefeated champion suffered a deep-cut in his right eye area when he was knocked down by Bastie in the 7th round in a thrilling encounter that was dubbed ‘Make or Break’ at the Bukom Arena in Accra. Rumours surfaced that Banku who had promised to knock Bastie out in the six round,  had been rushed to hospital for treatment of the injury he suffered. But he has denied…

Toyota Ghana has initiated a move to recall about 15,000 of its vehicles with faulty Takata airbags for them to be replaced with the improved life-saving gadgets. The vehicles include some Toyota models made from 2002 to 2014 and may have airbags that are prone to exploding when deployed, hurling fiery metal fragments into drivers and passengers which could cause injury or even death. Globally, at least 16 deaths are now linked to the defect, including five in Malaysia, that prompted the recall of nearly 100 million airbag inflators worldwide by more than a dozen automakers. An airbag is an…

The Police in the Sissala West District say they will soon arrest members of the New Patriotic Party youth group who chased out the District Chief Executive, Mohammad Bakor, out of his office at Gwollu Thursday District Police Commander, ASP Gai Raymond told Onua FM Friday that they have identified the persons who were behind the act and would soon be invited for questioning that will lead to the arrest of those persons. Speaking to Bright Asempa on Onua FM’s morning show, Yen Nsempa, the Commander explained the Police did not arrest the people the very moment the incident happened…

A number of A-rated artistes will this Saturday join one of Ghana’s best rappers, Sarkodie, for a free concert for students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi. Dubbed #MTNPulseInvasion, the concert will be the first of three shows and take place at the car park of Georgia Hostel. It will see Sarkodie perform for the first time, all songs from his latest album, Highest. The artiste in a video posted on his social media pages, urged all his Kumasi fans to meet him at the venue for a lifetime experience, promising to deliver gold on…