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Former Attorney General Martin Amidu has chastised the Minority in Parliament for its “hypocrisy, double standards and audacity” in questioning the investigations into the Ameri deal. On Monday, the police stormed the residence of former Minister of Power Dr Kwabena Donkor to search for documents in relation to the $510 million deal. The Minority was not happy with the police action and vowed to resist any attempt to intimidate its members. On Wednesday, Mr Amidu, a founder member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), stated that the Minority wants to “unlawfully” and “unconstitutionally” impede the police in the performance of…

At least three persons died as a result of the flood that engulfed Tamale, Gushegu, Karaga, Yendi, Bimbilla and other parts of the Northern region on Tuesday. A high powered government delegation led by the Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia visited the region on Wednesday to sympathize with the victims. Photos of the visit below Read: N/R: Two more bodies found after Tuesday floods Source: 3news.com | Ghana

A Malaysian lawmaker has come under fire for saying that women denying sex to their husbands was a form of “psychological and emotional abuse”. Che Mohamad Zulkifly Jusoh from the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition was addressing a domestic violence debate during a parliamentary session. Malaysia is in talks to amend existing laws against domestic violence. The 58-year-old politician from Terengganu state said men “suffered emotional rather than physical abuse”. “Even though men are said to be physically stronger than women, there are cases where wives hurt or abuse their husbands in an extreme manner,” he said. “Usually, it involves wives…

A Malaysian lawmaker has come under fire for saying that women denying sex to their husbands was a form of “psychological and emotional abuse”. Che Mohamad Zulkifly Jusoh from the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition was addressing a domestic violence debate during a parliamentary session. Malaysia is in talks to amend existing laws against domestic violence. The 58-year-old politician from Terengganu state said men “suffered emotional rather than physical abuse”. “Even though men are said to be physically stronger than women, there are cases where wives hurt or abuse their husbands in an extreme manner,” he said. “Usually, it involves wives…

The Ghana Athletics team will be in London next month (August) to compete in the 2017 IAAF world championship. The Ghana Athletics Associations aim is for the country to win medals at the tournament hence the need to be ready for the event which starts on August 14 in London, United Kingdom. Team Ghana has 10 athletes to represent the country at the London championships. Ghana will head into the Championship with athletes like Alex Amankwah, who holds a national record of 1:44seconds in the 800m. Janet Amponsah, who clocked in with 23.10 seconds qualifying time in the 200m, Nadia…

Vice Chancellors Ghana has charged the new Council of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) to ratify all decisions taken by the previous Council. It maintained in a statement that the previous Council was backed by the then President in all decisions taken after its tenure expired in November, 2013. A Winneba High Court on Friday, July 14 ordered the Vice Chancellor, Professor Mawuto Avoke, and Chief Finance Officer Dr Theophilus Senyo Ackorlie to step aside, claiming they were appointed by a de facto Council. The Court presided over by Justice George Ato Mills-Graves asked the Vice Chancellor to hand…

Malta’s President, Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, and her husband Edgar Preca arrived in Accra on Tuesday for a three-day state visit aimed at augmenting ties between Ghana and Malta. As part of the visit to the country, Mr. Edgar Preca used the privilege to meet the Minister for Youth and Sports, Isaac Asiamah, and his deputy, Pius Enam Hadzie, as well as the President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kwesi Nyantakyi, and some other delegates of the GFA. The visit is expected to reap some mutual benefits between the two countries in the area of ensuring exchange programmes for coaches,…

Figures from the Bank of Ghana have shown that Ghana’s total balance of trade recorded a surplus of 1.429 billion dollars as at June this year. This is equivalent to 3.1 percent of GDP. The surplus is an improvement over the 1.4 billion dollars deficit recorded in the same period last year. This has largely been attributed to the declining imports for the period under review. The figures which summarize Ghana’s economic activities between June 2016 and the same period 2017 stated that Ghana’s total exports increased by 2 billion dollars to 7.159 billion dollars as at June 2017. This…

The National Lottery Authority (NLA) has given operators of  ‘banker to banker’ a 6-month ultimatum to regularize their operations or face the full rigors of the law. Director-General of NLA, Kofi Osei-Ameyaw, at a stakeholder engagement announced that regularizing activities of these private lotto operators will help generate revenue for national development. Activities of banker to banker operators are reportedly costing the country millions of revenue. Kofi Osei Ameyaw was emphatic that the illegal operators who do not register with the NLA by December 2017 will be punished. “The law doesn’t give illegal or private lotto operators any room to…

Justin Bieber has been involved in a car collision in Beverley Hills, police have confirmed to the BBC. Video footage showed the singer striking a pedestrian with his car after he left a service at The City Church in Los Angeles on Wednesday. The Beverley Hills Police Department said the vehicle had been travelling at an “extremely slow speed” when the collision took place. The BBC has contacted the 23-year-old’s team for comment. “At 21:24 local time [05:24 BST] we received a radio call about a vehicle-pedestrian collision on Hamilton Drive,” Sergeant Matthew Stout of the Beverley Hills Police Department…