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Former President Jerry John Rawlings has finally opened up on why he dismissed his former aide Victor Smith, expressing utter disappointment in the late president Atta Mills for providing cover for the former aide. Mr. Smith who later became Ghana’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom had reportedly said that he was relieved of his post because he had then supported then Mr. John Mahama as Prof. Atta Mills’ running mate. He was dismissed via a text message in 2008 by Mr Rawlings. But addressing the 38th June 4 Uprising anniversary on Sunday at Wa, former president Rawlings who is…

Workers of the Electricity Company of Ghana have blamed the Minister of Energy Boakye Agyarko for the mob attack against staff of the company at Somanya in the Eastern region. According to the Deputy General Secretary of the Public Utility Workers Union (PUWU) Richard Nyaba, a joint national executive council meeting of senior and junior staff of ECG has resolved workers of the company in the area should vacate post effective Monday June 5, 2017. Some residents of Somanya attacked the ECG office in the town following their dissatisfaction with what they described as ‘outrageous’ utility bills. Following the incident…

A legal practitioner, Abraham Amaliba says killers of Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama of the Ghana Armed Forces have shown that they do not qualify to be classified as humans. Some residents of Denkyira Obuasi in the Central Region marshaled every lethal weapon available to them, including blocks, stones, guns and mortals among others as they clubbed the army officer to death on May 29.  Captain Mahama, having jogged covering a distance of about 10 kilometers, stopped in the town to buy snails from a woman. Police say while removing his money the woman saw his pistol and raised alarm that…

Tension is mounting between members of the New Patriotic Party and National Democratic Congress at the Makola Market in Accra as politics creeps into the leadership of the market traders union. They claim per convention, the leadership of the market union has been pegged to the leadership of Ghana where members of the party whose government is in power will be the ones to be the executives for the market union. Some traders, who are members of the NPP claim that their NDC counterparts who formed the leadership of the Makola Traders Union have refused to hand over the leadership…

Dancehall artiste Ebony Reigns has warned men who send her pictures of their manhood to desist from masturbating with her photos because she sees that as a sin. She has become a force to reckon with after she broke into the music market with her ‘Kupe’ single last year and her seductive presence on stage. Speaking on 3FM’s Showbiz927 on Saturday, the ‘bad girl’ of dancehall admitted she has received naked pictures from men. “A lot of people message me and show things. Like somewhere last year, there was this story out there and male fans where sending me their…

Former Newcastle United midfielder Cheick Tiote has died aged 30 after collapsing during training in China, a spokesman for the player has announced.  The Ivory Coast international spent seven years at the Tyneside club, making 138 league appearances. In his seven years at United the Ivory Coast player made over 150 appearances, including three last season. He joined Chinese second-tier side Beijing Enterprises in February. “It is with deep sadness I confirm that Cheick Tiote sadly passed away earlier today after collapsing in training,” said spokesman Emanuele Palladino. “We cannot say any more at the moment and we request that…

Some candidates of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in Zebilla in the Bawku West District of the Upper East Region, were on Monday forced to write their examination on barefoot. Except candidates who wore sandals to the Zebilla Senior High Technical School Centre ‘A’, all others were made to remove their shoes before they were allowed entry to write their English paper. The Exam Officer at the Centre, Mr Ayeribire Charles, justified the decision, indicating it would make their supervision and invigilation easy. He argued that that the decision was primarily to prevent the candidates from using their shoes…

West African regional group Ecowas has in principle approved Morocco’s membership application despite the country being in North Africa. But Ecowas leaders meeting in Liberia said the implications of its membership still needed to be considered before Morocco could formally join. King Mohammed VI was not at the summit because Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been invited. Morocco’s application comes after it rejoined the African Union in January. Morocco left the continental body in 1984 after it recognised the independence of Western Sahara. Morocco regards Western Sahara as part of its historic territory and has spent much of the…

Winner of TV3’s Talented Kidz show Erica Tandoh popularly known as DJ Switch was a special guest at the Living Streams International Church on Sunday for a thanksgiving service for Chelsea FC fans. The church, which also has former DJ, Pastor Azigiza Jnr, as one of its pastors, welcomed the young disc jockey as a special guest to grace the special occasion. The occasion themed ‘Rep your Jersey’ saw Chelsea fans celebrating their side’s victory in the 2016/2017 English Premier League. DJ Switch took to the turntables to do what she does best as she entertained the young, vibrant audience,…

Deputy Education Minister, Barbara Asher Ayisi, is cautioning students to be careful and avoid certain questions in examination hall because some questions are not meant to be answered. Her advice comes in handy as a total of 468, 053 Junior High School candidates sit this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE) across 1,702 examination centers. The examinations which started today June 5, 2017 will end on June 9. Barbara Ayisi was addressing pupils writing their BECE papers in the Effutu area when he stopped in the community during a tour to some centres in the ongoing BECE in the Central…