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10-man Arsenal beat Everton 3-1 at the Emirates but have to settle for Europa League football after Liverpool overcame Middlesbrough 3-0. Arsenal went ahead when Hector Bellerin reacted to a cross quicker than anyone else, and Everton were two-nil up when Alexis Sanchez was teed up by Danny Welbeck. Between the two goals, Laurent Koscielny saw red for a wild lunge into Enner Valencia. In the second half, Romelu Lukaku drew a goal back from the spot for Everton. More significant was a nasty-looking knee injury for Gabriel, who left on a stretcher. Sanchez then left injured after the hour…

The paramount chief of Assin Owirenkyi Traditional Area, Nana Pra Agyensaim VI has chided small scale miners and people who are opposing government’s fight against galamsey. Those mounting opposition to the crusade against illegal mining are premising their argument on the fact that the exercise is ridding people of their livelihoods and will therefore lead them into engaging in criminal activities for survival. But the paramount chief was emphatic that their reason does not provide enough basis to allow galamsey activities to destroy the country. “People will come out with statistics to prove that crime has gone up in mining…

A group of the “Chibok girls” freed from Nigeria’s Boko Haram militants have been reunited with their families. The 82 girls, who were part of a huge group kidnapped from their school in 2014, are in the care of security services in the capital, Abuja. Their parents travelled by bus through the night to meet their daughters. More than 100 of the 276 girls, taken from the town of Chibok, are still being held by the militant group. Their whereabouts are unknown. The reunion in Abuja had a celebratory atmosphere, with music and dance. The BBC’s Alistair Leithead says the…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reiterated Ghana’s full commitment to the ECOWAS project, reassuring the country would play its role in ensuring that the ideals of the economic Bloc were upheld to bring the needed development to the region. Giving that assurance on Saturday when he interacted with the Ghanaian community resident in Cape Verde, as part of his three day tour of that country, President Akufo-Addo expressed satisfaction so far with the outcome of his tour of the countries in the ECOWAS region, as the set objectives prior to the commencement of the tour were being met. “The…

Vice chairman of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee, Kwame Jantuah has unequivocally suggested that claims by the US Embassy in Ghana that the Electricity Company of Ghana has not billed their facilities for years are false. He said he has evidence to show that since 2015 the ECG has been billing the over 160 facilities of the Embassy with the latest being in March, 2017. He also claimed information available to him confirms that the Embassy has even made some payment to the service provider within the past two years. 3news.com however  is unable to independently verify his claims…

A middle-aged woman was Saturday killed by unknown assailants at Alavanyo in the Volta Region. Madam Elizabeth Anku’s death is being linked to the about a century-long protracted land dispute between indigenes there and those from neigbouring town, Nkonya. Many lives have been lost as a result of the misunderstanding over a parcel of land with five persons being shot dead since April this year. Today’s shooting incident comes a day after government renewed the curfew hours imposed on the Alavanyo and Nkonya townships from 8.00 pm to 5.30 am, which is expected to take effect from Sunday, May 21,…

Ghana and Cape Verde have resolved to begin the process of developing stronger ties between themselves, as well as exploring areas of co-operation to the mutual benefits of their peoples. At the very beginning, Ghana is to deepen cooperation in the areas of fisheries and tourism, for which Cape Verde is noted, through the sharing of expertise and best practices. This came to the fore at a meeting between the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his Cape Verdean counterpart, Jorge Fonseca, on Friday, May 19, 2017, at the presidential palace, in Praia, at the beginning of his 3-day visit…

The Australian High Commission has announced that its Commonwealth Games Gala Dinner, which welcomed the Queen’s Baton to Ghana on 19 March 2017, successfully raised over GH¢50,000 for the Ghana Olympic Committee and the Azumah Nelson Foundation. The gala dinner featured four exciting boxing bouts infront of 200 guests under the patronage of Ghana’s Vice-President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and legendary Ghanaian boxer Azumah Nelson. The Australian High Commissioner, Andrew Barnes, presented cheques for GH¢25,000 to the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) and GH¢ 25,000 to the Azumah Nelson Foundation. These funds will assist both organisations in preparations for the 2018 Gold…

Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamadu Bawumia has assured the Muslim Community that the Government would organise an incident-free hajj this year by improving on what the previous government had done. He said the Hajj operations in the country had not been without incident but the situation had improved in recent years. Vice President Bawumia gave the assurance when he joined Muslims to observe the Friday prayers at the Central Mosque in Tamale. The visit was part of his four-day tour of the Northern Region which began on Thursday. He said the bulk of flights conveying pilgrims to Mecca and Medina…

Latest economic and financial data released by the Central Bank puts the country’s debt stock at GHS127 billion at the end of March this year. After it met on Friday to review the health of the economy, the data showed that debt has increased from around GHS122 in December 2016 to GHS127 billion. This represents an increase of GHS5 billion in the debt stock in three months but sources close to government indicate the increase was not as a result of fresh borrowings. It says the cedi’s depreciation and some commitment on the part of government, which contributed to the significant increase in the…