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The president’s nominee for District Chief Executive for the Bunkpurugu-Yunyoo,  John Kofi Alhassan has been rejected for the second time by assembly members and government appointees. The massive rejection comes after an almost two-hour process in Bunkpurugu on Friday July, 13, 2017 intended to confirm his nomination. Popularly known as J.K, the former assembly member for the Namong electoral area and parliamentary aspirant for the New Patriotic Party in the 2012 primary of the New Patriotic Party failed to win 2/3 of the total votes cast. The nominee managed eighteen (18) out of the total forty eight (48) votes cast…

From the North, Ashanti to the Volta Region, the GMB train is finally  in the Greater Accra Region and in different shapes and sizes, heights and complexions, some stunning and excited Ghanaian ladies have  turned up hoping to be selected for the ultimate competition. The audition is being held at the TV3 premises in Accra. Below are photos of some of the ladies at the event.   Source: 3news.com | Ghana

Spain’s Garbine Muguruza on Saturday beat former champion Venus Williams in the final to win the 2017 Wimbledon Open. Muguruza beat Williams 7-5, 6-0 to win her first title at the All England Club. It was a match between the new and the old as five-time champion Venus reached a major final for the first time in almost a decade. But at the Center Court in Wimbledon, it was the 23-year-old Spaniard who stole the show. Seeded 14th before the tournament, four places behind the losing finalist, Muguruza saw off the likes of Svetlana Kuznetsova on her way into the…

The Chief Executive Officer of Bui Power Authority, Mr. Fred Oware has confirmed public outcry that the cost of electricity has lately become too expensive. He admitted that many people have therefore switched from using electricity because they do not consider it affordable any longer. Speaking in an interview with Winston Amoah on TV3’s Hot Issues, Saturday, Mr. Fred Oware said this has accounted for low consumption of electricity in the country now. “Currently as we speak, the electricity consumption is gone down, a little bit, more than expected. The amount of electricity that was being used last year, as…

Stuntman John Bernecker has died after suffering a fall on the set of The Walking Dead. AMC Networks said production on the eighth season of the hit zombie TV series was “temporarily” shut down after Wednesday’s “tragic” accident. A coroner in Georgia confirmed Bernecker died of blunt force trauma in hospital in Atlanta. The stuntman’s other credits include Black Panther, Logan and the 2015 version of Fantastic Four. Jeffrey Dean Morgan, who plays Negan in The Walking Dead, paid tribute on Twitter. “Deep sorrow today, and for every tomorrow,” he wrote. “Love, respect, and condolences to johns family, and friends. He…

A Nigerian traditional chief in the state of Lagos has been suspended after he confessed to faking his own kidnap. Lagos state Governor Akinwunmi Ambode said the incident was “an embarrassment to the state”. He said in a statement that investigations had found that Chief Yusuf Ogundare had conspired with his family to frame a rival chief for the disappearance. Kidnappings for ransom are common in southern Nigeria. The governor ordered the chief to stop performing his chieftain duties immediately – to “stop parading [yourself] as Baale of Shangisha with immediate effect”. Chief Ogundare was reported to have been kidnapped…

A senior lecturer at the University of Education, Winneba, has sized up former Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini, for his “careless” role in the planting of secret recording device in his former office. Dr. Ahmed Jinapor is appalled by Alhaji Fuseini’s inability to recollect that he left behind such a sensitive and important device he himself installed after leaving office for well over two years ago. An audiovisual recording device was detected, secretly planted behind Ghana’s Coat of Arms in the office of the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources in late June. When the issue became public…

Mr. Anthony Kwaku Amoah, a Public Relations Officer (PRO) of Ghana Education Service (GES), has urged school authorities to intensify their engagements with parents and stakeholders over how to promote discipline in schools. Speaking at a ceremony to present some supplementary books to Ansaru-Deen Islamic Basic School at Sukura, near Dansoman, in Accra, Mr. Amoah said it was disheartening to see pupils play at home and indulge in illicit activities, such as smoking, drinking and gambling when they were supposed to be in school, and added, “I urge our school authorities to extensively engage parents and stakeholders over how to…

The Western Regional office of the Veterinary Service of Ghana has killed an alsatian dog after establishing it poses serious threat to human life. The dog in question attacked and bit Bismark Adzie, a 6 year old class one pupil to death on June 20, 2017 at New Amanful in the Ahanta West District of the Western region. The dog was quarantined by the Veterinary Service for two weeks for monitoring to establish whether it was suffering from rabies. It was however released to its owner after the expiration of the period, and upon establishing it was free from the…

Stakeholders in the proposed paperless transactions at the nation’s entry points have firmed up their commitment to the September 1, 2017 date for take-off. Existing electronic platforms which support paperless transactions at the port are expected to facilitate the successful implementation of the programme, but it has become necessary to clearly define roles, improve information sharing among stakeholders and enhance integrity among people who work at the ports and entry points. “There is the need for people importing into our country to be transparent,” Mr Daniel Nii Kwartei Titus-Glover, Chairman of the Trade, Industry and Tourism Committee of Parliament, said.…