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Hiplife duo Akatakyie has openly declared that one of their biggest challenges as musicians was that their songs were playing all over but their image was left behind. Akatakyie is made up of two brothers, Prince Kwabena Budu Asumaning (Kobby Culture) and Ebenezer Kwasi Okyere Asumaning (King Pharoah). The duo was a household name in the early days of hiplife music in Ghana. They have to their credit lots of hit songs including Odo Esisi Me, Ghana Mbaa, Odo Esikyire, Yedi Aba, Agoo, Sinsima and Sie Sie Obaa No featuring Okyeame Kwame. Speaking to Accra-based Onua 95.1 FM on entertainment…

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has referred a petition by some unknown staff of the Electoral Commission seeking to impeach its head Mrs. Charlotte Osei to the Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo. The petition was received by the Office of the President whilst the President was out of the country last week, but a press release from the presidency said the  petition was forwarded to the Chief Justice on Wednesday, July 26, 2017. The petition against the Chairperson of the EC was initially undated and unsigned, the release said, “Subsequently, counsel, Maxwell Opoku Agyemang, Esq., by letter dated 20th July,…

Former Attorney General Martin Amidu says the insertion of Clause 3(4) into the Office of the Special Public Prosecutor’s Bill at the blind side of the public is an attempt by some “strong and powerful cabal within government” to neutralize the effectiveness of the Bill. According to Mr Amidu, the clause will make the bill if passed into law “a waste of public resources and everybody’s time”. In a written piece on Wednesday, Mr Amidu said: “I am of the strong conviction that the attempt to pull a fast one on Ghanaians by the insertion of Clause 3(4) into the…

A high powered government delegation has been tasked by the president to assess the disaster situation in some parts of the Northern region following Tuesday night downpour. At least two persons have been reported dead as a result of the flood that engulfed Tamale, Gushegu, Karaga, Yendi, Bimbilla and other parts of the region. Government has subsequently expressed its condolences to the families of two people who lost their lives. A statement issued by the Information Minister, Mustapha Hamid on Wednesday noted that the flood “caused extensive damage to property, rendered roads unmotorable and cut off many communities.” It added…

Lawyers of the Abelenkpe Branch Supervisor of Marwako Fast Food Limited say they have reached an out-of-court settlement with the victim of their client’s maltreatment. Jihad Chabaan is standing trial for dipping the face of Evelyn Boakye in blended pepper. Judgement was set for Wednesday but magistrate Victoria Ghansah asked for time to study the terms of the settlement out of court before giving her judgement, which is now set for Wednesday, August 2. She said she has to compare her judgement to the details of the terms of the settlement. Magistrate Victoria Ghansah indicated to the court that she…

Kumasi Asante Kotoko will be back in competitive action on the 6th August, the Premier League Board has confirmed. The league’s authority says Kotoko will honour their outstanding league game against Hearts of Oak that day before playing their second outstanding game against leaders WAFA on August 23rd. A statement released by the PLB said: “All outstanding matches, including matches involving Asante Kotoko, will be cleared within the one month break. “A second medical review from Asante Kotoko to the GFA/PLB on Tuesday July 25, 2017, has indicated that Kotoko will be medically ready to play by August 6, 2017”. The Porcupine Warriors…

The former Member of Parliament for North Dayi Constituency in the Volta Region, George Loh, has hit at public sector workers who transact private businesses instead of what they have been mandated to do in their various offices. The member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) contended: “we only pay people to go and sit in the offices and they do their private things and go away but are paid at the end of the month by the government of Ghana”. Mr. Loh, who is a lawyer by profession, was contributing to discussions on TV3’s New Day concerning the…

Government’s directive to port operators to achieve total paperless processing of operational clearance procedures at the ports from September 1 is close to being realised as the main technical partner to the Ghana Revenue Authority, the Ghana Community Network Services Limited (GCNet) has declared its readiness to implement the initiative. His Excellency, the Vice President, Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia at a recent Ports Efficiency Conference held in May this year directed that all trade transactions be fully paperless, as well as joint inspection by all regulatory and examination bodies mandated to do and removal of barriers along the trade corridors of…

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has paid a visit to the family of the police constable who was shot dead by some assailants at Lapaz in Accra to commiserate with them. General Constable Daniel Owusu was on patrol when he was shot dead at Lapaz on the N1 Highway on Thursday, July 13, 2017.The Veep was accompanied by the Interior Minister Ambrose Dery and the Inpector General of Police and other top officers of the Police Service.He extended President Akufo-Addo’s warm greetings to the family and assured them of government’s support. By 3news.com|Ghana