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Italian-born Ghanaian footballer  Solomon Nyantakyi, who is highly talented, has been arrested in Italy for the alleged murder of his mother and sister on Tuesday night in the city of Parma. He was arrested by police while on an escape route in Milan on Wednesday morning as the security forces chased him for allegedly murdering his mother Patience Nyantakyi Mfum and little sister Magdalene Nyantakyi who all lived in Italy. The suspect’s elder brother Raymond Nyantakyi returned home from work around 9pm on Tuesday to discover the gruesome murder. Solomon was touted as one of the rising stars in Italian…

Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has promised the winners of the 2017 National Science and Maths quiz full educational scholarship. The package will see the contestants of Prempeh College receiving full scholarship for their tertiary education. Prempeh College beat St Thomas Aquinas and Adisadel College in the final of the quiz on Thursday, June 29 to emerge champions of this year’s edition. The win became the College’s fourth in the history of the contest. Prempeh College were at the Manhyia Palace to present the trophy to the Asantehene, whose scholarship package cover contestants Sarfo-Ansah Wonder and Daniel Osei Badu as…

The General Secretary of the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU), Solomon Kotei, says the minimum wage in Ghana is not enough for anyone to live a comfortable life, describing it as a “survival wage”. His comment comes a day after the tripartite committee comprising government, employers association and unionised labour  increased the minimum wage by 10%, from the current Gh8.80 to GH9.68, effective from January 1, 2018. “Minimum wage is just the level below which no employer should pay any employee, and so minimum wage is not a living wage but a survival wage”, he analysed on Onua FM’s…

Life has become unbearable for residents of Anlo beach, a fishing community in the Shama District of the Western Region, following the flooding of the community coupled with the submerging of structures by tidal waves. They are calling on government as a matter of urgency to relocate them from their present home to avoid the unfortunate from happening. Anlo Beach is a fishing community which lies between the Pra River and the Shama Sea. Recent rainfalls has caused the Pra River to overflow its banks, thereby causing flooding in the entire community, About 80 per cent of the Anlo Beach…

Novak Djokovic is out of Wimbledon after retiring during his quarter-final against Tomas Berdych with an injury. The former world number one lost the first set 7-6 (7-2) to the Czech, and was 2-0 down in the second when he had to retire. Djokovic, 30, had treatment on a right shoulder injury during his last-16 win over Adrian Mannarino and needed further attention against Berdych. The Serb would have regained the world number one spot had he won Wimbledon. World number 15 Berdych, the 2010 Wimbledon runner-up, will face Roger Federer in the semi-final. Djokovic had been set to play…

The Ashanti regional police command has commenced investigations into the suspected suicide of 33-year old Corporal Ebenezer Kofi Otchere. The deceased is alleged to have shot himself on the neck after receiving a phone call at his residence in Kumasi, Wednesday morning. Confirming the incident to the media, regional police public relations officer, ASP Juliana Obeng said the police have contacted the family of the late police officer to inform them about the unfortunate incident. She noted that the regional crime scene team has visited the crime scene to commence investigations into the case. The body of the deceased has…

Inter Allies improved their standing on the Ghana Premier League after a 1-0 win over Asante Kotoko in midweek. They moved to 5th just behind their midweek opponents, who drop to 4th. Kotoko came into the Match Day 22 game with a record of two successive wins in the League, under new coach Steve Polack. But the Tema-based side did the needful after Abdul-Halik Hudu put the ball behind the Kotoko goalie to score the only goal of the game. Meanwhile, a Thomas Abbey brace gave Hearts of Oak all the maximum points over Berekum Chelsea at the Accra Sports…

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has hinted that government intends to work towards the introduction of non-custodial sentencing law. This they [government] believe “will offer many more non- custodial sentence options to our judges so as to avoid the congestion and human rights abuses and all the associated ills that we are currently observing in the Prisons”. The Vice President was addressing the newly inaugurated board members of the Ghana Prisons Service Council on Tuesday July 11 in Accra. Dr. Bawumia also disclosed that government is aware of the inadequate officer-to-inmate ratio for which reason government has asked the…

Actor Prince Yawson popularly known as Waakye has expressed gratitude to God for a second chance. But he sounds like someone battling to keep a doctor’s advice of staying away from sex. Watch the video above as he talks to TV3’s Owusu Worae. Source: 3news.com|Ghana Follow @3Newsgh

It’s bad news for those who hate cleaning – dust can make you fat, shocking new research suggests. Just minuscule amounts of the annoying, tiny specks that collect in dirty homes can trigger a bulging waistline. Full of gender-bending chemicals responsible for weight gain, dust can be inhaled, ingested or absorbed through the skin. This causes fat cells to accumulate more triglycerides, leaving them full and forcing more to be created, laboratory tests showed. The findings are surprising, considering the extensive research that shows poor diet and a lack of exercise as fueling obesity. Those wanting to keep trim should…