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A tigress that killed four people in the west Indian state of Maharashtra died on Saturday, days after a court upheld an order to kill it. The animal was electrocuted by a fence erected by a farmer to keep out wild boar, wildlife officials said. Officials called off their hunt for the two-year-old tigress after they found its body by the fence early on Sunday. Animal rights activists have criticised the forest department for failing to save the big cat. Wildlife activists had challenged the shoot-to-kill order issued by the state forest department on 23 June, but the court rejected…

Star Times Ghana has launched a promo campaign as part of its one year anniversary. Dubbed “Ey3 FREE Decoder Promo Part 2”, the campaign seeks to reward Ghanaians with free decoders. In the previous campaign, customers were required to pre-pay two months super bouquet subscription, of GHC 120 and then receive a free decoder. However, with this new campaign, Star Times in line with its one year anniversary, is asking customers to pre-pay one month subscription for their super bouquet. The subscription of GHC60 comes with a free decoder. Loyal customers will also be rewarded for sticking with Star Times…

Sunda International Ghana Ltd. and Twyford Ceramics,  two Chinese companies have extended their donation of relief items after the Atomic Junction gas explosion to affected students of the University of Ghana. The affected students, through appeals from the MP for Ayawaso West Wagon constituency, Emmanuel Agyarko, received assorted products including Kleesoft Dish washing soap and washing powder, Kleesoft toilet rolls, FasKit insecticide killers and many more. The two Chinese companies also added an unspecified amount of cash to the affected students through the MP to ease their burden. The donation to the University of Ghana students is the second donation…

Board Chairman of State Transport Company (STC), Samuel Oppong has vowed to ensure that the state-owned transport operates from the Asafo bus terminal in Kumasi, the capital of the Ashanti Region. This follows a move by the VIP bus operators on Monday morning to stop STC from operating from the Asafo terminal. The two transport operators in Kumasi – VIP and STC – clashed Monday morning over space to operate. Passengers onboard the STC bus were held hostage for hours as the operators of VIP blocked STC buses from departing, an eyewitness onboard STC who gave his name as Jerry…

Former Member of Parliament for Ablekuma Central in the Greater Accra Region, Theophilus Tetteh Chaie is cautioning government appointees to be mindful of the use of state vehicles. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) member said the number of vehicles use by state officials are fueled by the state and as such it is the nation that incurs the cost of doing that. The former MP was contributing to a discussion on TV3 New Day on a suggestion by a former Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Prof Stephen Adei, that the Vice President’s convoy is…

The Ghana International Bank Public Liability Company has denied linking the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II to any act of money laundering. The bank in a statement said it is only in court with a former employee Mark Arthur who was dismissed for breaching its internal policies “and not about the King, Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II”. The denial follows a widely publicised report on the website of London-based The Telegraph newspaper pointing to money laundering in the Otumfuo’s recent dealing with the bank. But the bank has said, “There has never been any suggestion by the Bank that the King…

Six students of the Walewale Vocational Technical School were involved in a fatal accident over the weekend. The Girls Prefect of the school, Osman Mukarima lost her life in the unfortunate accident. Some of the injured students who spoke to TV3, said the Girls Prefect had asked five of them to assist her at her father’s farm at a nearby community called Gaa-gbini to harvest maize. According to them, while at the road side they requested for a lift from a tricycle rider heading towards Walewale. Few distance to the school, they said, the tricycle rider decided to buy fuel…

As part of UMB Bank’s promise to provide high quality banking products and services to its customers nationwide, the bank has opened a new ultra-modern branch in Tamale The bank has over 34 branches nationwide, three business centres and one public private partnership incubator. The new branch will cater for the needs of individuals and corporate organizations located in and around the Tamale Municipality. Services and products offered will include current and savings accounts, instant debit cards, personal loans, dedicated remittance centre, electronic banking, mobile money services, amongst many others. Chief Executive Officer of UMB John Awuah mentioned that the…

A massive bomb attack in a busy area of the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday is now known to have killed at least 230 people, police say. Hundreds more were wounded when a lorry packed with explosives detonated near the entrance of a hotel. It is the deadliest terror attack in Somalia since the Islamist al-Shabab group launched its insurgency in 2007. President Mohamed Abdullahi “Farmajo” Mohamed blamed the attack on them, calling it a “heinous act”. No group has yet said it was behind the bombing. “Brothers, this cruel act was targeted at civilians who were going about their…

The Board Chairman of the National Lottery Authority, Torgbui Nyonyo has reiterated the commitment of his 7-member Board to ensure sustainable growth in the lotto business through the practice of good corporate governance. He emphasized that attaining departmental and individual set targets, prudent management of resources and, most importantly, staff motivation are contributory factors to achieving these. The Chairman, who is also a member of the Council of State, was addressing a staff durbar on October 12, 2017,  where members of the board were introduced to the staff by the Director-General of NLA, Kofi Osei-Ameyaw. Other members of the Board…