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The Ghana Police Service has retrieved the pistol of late Captain Maxwell Mahama which was missing during his lynching by residents of Denkyira Obuasi in the Central region. The weapon was found on Wednesday May 31, 2017, two days after the horrific lynching of the Captain. The army rounded up the youth of the town in search of the body and the weapon late Monday after they received news of the demise of the soldier. After several hours of searching, the firearm was not found and a thorough search was instituted. The body of the soldier was flown back to…

The Chief of Defence Staff, Lt Gen Obed Boamah Akwa has categorically stated that Capt. Maxwell Adam Mahama and the military detachment at Upper Denkyira West in the Central Region were not there to protect illegal miners. Capt. Mahama who was with the 5th Infantry of the Ghana Armed Forces and the detachment commander of troops on operational duties in the area was cruelly murdered by residents of Denkyira-Obuasi who suspected him to be an armed robber when they found him jogging with a pistol at about 8:30 am on Monday. There has been a swelling nationwide sympathy for the deceased soldier,…

The Ghana Police Service has confirmed that the assemblyman who was declared wanted over murder of Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama in Denkyira-Obuasi in the Central Region has handed himself to the Police. The assemblyman William Baah, who is believed to have incited some residents of the town to lynch the military officer, reported himself to the police this afternoon. The assemblyman was accompanied by the Member of Parliament for Upper Denkyira West Constituency Samuel Nsowah-Djan. Police declared the assemblyman wanted after a District Security (DISEC) meeting over the unfortunate development which took place on Monday May 29, 2017. Police say…

Ghana’s Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has been given a week to furnish the country’s parliament with details on the 2.2 5 billion dollar bond issued by the government in April. He is required to provide the House with the full complement of documentation related to the issuance of the bond, the participants, the utilization of the proceeds, and the currency in which the bond was settled. Controversy Government announced on April 3 that it has successfully issued 15 and 7-year bonds with the same coupon rate of 19.75%, raising a total amount of 1.13 billion dollars, and another 1.12 billion…

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has seized over 900 fake electricity meters in Kumasi as part of efforts to reduce illegal connections in the region. The meters that were seized mostly in the Kumasi metropolis do not bear the security features that are normally embossed on the original meters of the company, ECG officials in the region said. The seized meters have been parked at the company’s regional store room at Danyame in Kumasi, TV3’s Ashanti regional correspondent Benjamin Aidoo reports. The fake meters which mostly bore names like Ciemenz, Ciemans, Ciemens, officials said were imported into the country…

The Ghana Water Company says it has started recording low turbidity level of raw water at its treatement headworks at Daboase in the Western Region. Western Regional Communication Officer of the Company, Nana Barima Barnie, said the water colour which was at 300HU about five months ago, now ranges between 1,800HU and 2,000HU. For the turbidity level, he said the current figure is 850 NTU as against 1,500 NTU months ago. Speaking to Takoradi-based Connect FM on Wednesday, Mr. Barnie attributed the change in the figures to the current ban on illegal gold mining in the country, popularly known as galamsey.…

Apromase Methodist Primary School in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality in the Ashanti Region, has been shut down by the Municipal Education Directorate. This has become necessary due to the incessant spraying of human excreta in the classrooms by some faceless residents of the community, thereby making teaching and learning very uncomfortable. A visit by the TV3 news team confirmed that the classroom doors and windows have been locked and no pupils or teachers were found around. The Assemblyman of the community, Nicholas Owusu Sekyere, emphasized that the major problem facing them is the shit–bombing. According to him, the faceless people have…

The assemblyman of Denkyira-Obuasi who is believed to have incited some residents of the town to lynch a military officer has been declared wanted. Police say the assemblyman, William Baah, and two other women who are suspected to be neck-deep in gruesome murder are on the run. William Baah has since the incident on Monday, May 29, fled the town and is being sought by the Police as the main suspect in the gruesome murder of Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama,. He was declared wanted Wednesday morning by the Upper Denkyira West District Security Council at a meeting on the security…

The Ghana Football Association is hoping it can lure Juventus midfielder, Kwadwo Asamoah, back to the Black Stars after his three-year absence from the team. GFA vice-president George Afriyie says the body will use the upcoming holidays to impress upon the player the need to return, and follow that up with a trip to Italy later. Asamoah has not played for Ghana since the 2014 World Cup defeat to Portugal. He has battled with injuries since then but has returned for Juventus, where he has been used sparingly this season. While Asamoah, capped 69 times for Ghana, has not yet retired from…

Ghana’s President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has ended the third phase of his tour of ECOWAS countries with a day’s working visit to Niger. At a meeting with Nigerien President, Issoufou Mahamadou, the two leaders pledged to strengthen the ties of co-operation that exist between their countries. They also agreed to hold in Ghana this year, a Permanent Joint Commission on Co-operation to serve as the legal framework to address their trade and investment concerns. Expressing concern about the low volumes of trade between the two countries, President Akufo-Addo stressed the importance the ECOWAS market represents to the development of…