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Chair of the Electoral Commission, Ghana Charlotte Osei is demanding the full list of the Concern Staff of the Electoral Commission, members of which have petitioned the President to remove her from office. Mrs Osei, through her lawyers, wrote to the lawyer of the group of EC staff following news of their petition. They had petitioned President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to remove her for alleged breach of procurement laws, incompetence, conflict of interest, partiality and other alleged cases of misconduct. READ: Charlotte Osei faces removal as EC Chair over alleged abuse of office, breaches of law Thaddeaus Sori, who…

The Tarkwa Police Station has arrested 10 Chinese nationals suspected to be engaged in illegal mining. The 10 were caught in the act at a site at Efua Nta Kamponase opposite the Tarkwa Senior High School in the Western Region. They were arrested Wednesday afternoon following a tip-off by a group called Volunteers Against Illegal Mining, whose members have been employed under the Ministry for Lands and Natural Resources. A Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Benito Owusu Bio, had to leave a national stakeholders forum at the University of Mines and Technology at Tarkwa to see to the…

Provisional results of the 2017 May/June West African Senior Schools Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) have been released, according to the West African Examination Council (Waec). The results are currently on the website of the nation’s exam-supervising body as the hard copies are being readied to be despatched to the various schools. Candidates can, therefore, access the results online. In a statement on Wednesday, Waec cautioned candidates against impostors who promise changing results, stating that its results are well secure and authenticated. Entire results of candidates from 185 schools have been withheld, pending conclusion of investigations into malpractices detected during and after…

Nana Tornado, real name Emil Nana Wood of Delay’s Afia Schwarzenegger TV Series fame has granted an explosive interview to GhanaCelebrities.Com—exposing Deloris Frimpong-Manso. Nana Tornado and Delay fell out since September 2016 and Tornado had been minding his business—until Delay took to Instagram a few days ago to say she picks people like Tornado from the gutters and make them stars. Speaking to the Founding Editor of GhanaCelebrities.Com, Chris-Vincent Agyapong Febiri, Nana Tornado who tore into Delay and painted what he says is the real picture of Delay revealed how appalling the loud mouth TV presenter has for the 6 years been treating…

Dramatic changes to Africa’s top competition now await rubber-stamping by the executive committee of the Confederation of African Football (Caf) after recommendations made at a conference in Morocco on Wednesday. The showpiece Africa Cup of Nations finals is set to be expanded and its contentious timing changed, but its frequency will remain every two years. The tournament is likely to be moved to June and July, instead of January and February, and will increase from 16 to 24 teams. The two annual club competitions – the African Champions League and African Confederation Cup – are likely to run from August…

Radio 2 host, Chris Evans, has topped the list of the BBC’s best-paid stars. He topped the table, in a salary bracket of £2,200,000 – £2,249,999. Claudia Winkleman who was the highest-paid female celebrity, earned between £450,000 and £500,000. About two-thirds of stars earning more than £150,000 are male, compared to one-third female, according to the BBC annual report. Director general Tony Hall said there was “more to do” on gender and diversity. It is the first time the pay of stars earning more than £150,000 has been made public. The BBC has been compelled to reveal the information, including…

Radio 2 host, Chris Evans, has topped the list of the BBC’s best-paid stars. He topped the table, in a salary bracket of £2,200,000 – £2,249,999. Claudia Winkleman who was the highest-paid female celebrity, earned between £450,000 and £500,000. About two-thirds of stars earning more than £150,000 are male, compared to one-third female, according to the BBC annual report. Director general Tony Hall said there was “more to do” on gender and diversity. It is the first time the pay of stars earning more than £150,000 has been made public. The BBC has been compelled to reveal the information, including…

An estimated 150 million dollars is expected to be used for the implementation of the government’s multilateral mining integrated project, Coordinator of the project has revealed.  The yet-to-be rolled out initiative is expected to provide a lasting solution to illegal mining in the country, popularly known as galamsey. Project coordinator, Dr. Isaac Bonsu- Karikari revealed this to tv3 news during a national stakeholders workshop at Tarkwa on how to control illegal mining in Ghana. After the validation workshop, the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources is expected to review and come out with the final document for the president to…

A diesel tanker went up in flames Wednesday morning when it hit the back of a loaded Metro Mass Transit bus on the Assin Fosu-Kumasi highway in the Central Region, leaving one person injured. The fuel tanker in an attempt to avoid driving into the Metro Mass bus, which was swerving a pothole on the road between Assin Dansame and Assin Brasiako, hit the back of the bus and caught fire few minutes after, an eyewitness told 3News. Passengers on the bus that was travelling from Swedru to Kumasi as well as the driver of the tanker escaped unhurt. The…

The Third Annual International Research Conference of the University of Ghana College of Humanities opened in Accra on Tuesday to foster interdisciplinary research in the pursuit of academic and national development. The three-day conference, on the theme: “Humanities Research and the New Waves of Globalisation,” will discuss ways of creating the right synergies and partnerships between academia and industry to meet the unprecedented levels of changes in education, health, business, technology and terrorism. Madam Erika Jean Goldson, the Acting Country Director of the United Nation’s Population Fund, who delivered the keynote address, said the theme of the conference could not…