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Lord Tariq Ahmad, the Foreign Office Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the United Nations will visit Ghana from the 16-18 July. A statement issued by the British High Commission in Accra and copied to the Ghana News Agency said Lord Ahmad’s visit would reaffirm the importance of Ghanaian-UK relations and re-energise the Commonwealth, ahead of the UK-chaired Commonwealth Summit meeting in April 2018. It said itfollowed the recent visit to Ghana by the Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, in March. It noted that Lord Ahmad would meet President Akufo-Addo to discuss Ghana’s place as a model of democracy and…

Call it determination, drive for success against all odds, Cynthia wants to live  a fulfilled life. 26 year old Cynthia Asamoah is an SHS leaver who aspires to be a nurse. Cee3 as she is affectionately called tells 3FM business grace Hammoah Asare, selling Fan Milk products – yoghurt, fanice, and fanchoco -, a male dominated business, happened by chance. “My brother was already into this business, so after I completed school, I had nothing to do, until one day when he suggested that I join him. I was reluctant in the beginning because of the stigma that might come…

Research conducted by Good Governance Africa, a not-for-profit organization, has revealed small-scale mining has affected school attendance and performance in basic schools in small scale mining areas. The research outcomes shared at a forum in Kumasi also show high levels of teenage pregnancy in galamsey communities. Gold mining constitutes Ghana’s second most important export commodity. Currently, Ghana has the second largest gold deposits in Africa. Estimates show that small-scale mining generates about 30 percent of the country’s gold exports. While the current laws and regulations give some formality to small-scale mining, over 70 percent of those engaged in small-scale mining…

The Northern Power Distribution Company (NEDCO) has published names of 24 customers who have been stealing power in the Dohanayili community in the Northern regional capital of Tamale. The 24, including some respected indigenes of the community, have together consumed power to the tune of  GHS 75,098.19 resulting in revenue loss to the power distribution company. NEDCo says it is taking this drastic measure in dealing with power theft. It is also envisaged to deter consumers who attack staff of the company who undertake disconnection exercise. At a press conference in Tamale,  the Communications Director of the company Maxwell Kotoka,…

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…