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Upper East Regional Minister, Rockson Bukari, has given the controversial Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Daniel Bugri Naabu, 48 hours to retract claims felonious comments against him. Mr Naabu has up to 6:00pm Wednesday to write the apology letter to retract his comments against Mr Bukari failure or refusal of which would result in a defamation suit against the former. The NPP chair had suggested in a radio interview Monday that Mr Bukari and the Gender and Social Protection Minister, Otiko Afisa Djaba had a hand in the murder of the late Upper East Regional chairman of…

A man, said to be 45 years old, was Monday dawn shot dead during an alleged highway robbery at Yikurugu, a suburb of Zebilla in the Bawku West District of the Upper East Region. Zougmore Sulleymane, was said to have been shot by the robbers when he refused an order to surrender his belongings during the robbery attack on the 207 Mercedes Benz bus they were travelling on. The incident happened at about 3:30am on the newly diverted Bolgatanga – Pulmakom highway. He was shot in the leg, the Police in the area said. The Police say they have retrieved…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has asked the acting Controller and Accountant General, Seidu Kotomah, to step aside for a former Controller, Eugene Ofosuhene, to take over, 3News can report. It is unclear what will happen to Mr Kotomah who was appointed by former President John Mahama in April 2016. He has served in various capacities at the Controller and Accountant-General’s Department since 1989 . Successor His successor, Mr Ofosuhene, is a financial management expert who briefly [less than a year] served as Controller and Accountant-General. He has facilitated several training in Ghana and Nigeria with the Institute of Chartered…

National Democratic Congress Member of Parliament for Wassa East, Isaac Adjei Mensah, has accused the District Chief Executive nominee, Wilson Arthur, of masterminding an attack on him leading to the destruction of his vehicle. Mr Arthur on Monday failed to secure the two-thirds vote required to assume the chief executive position, something that prompted the youth believed to be his supporters to launch an attack on the MP. One of the side glasses of his Toyota Land Cruiser vehicle was smashed in the process. The angry youth claimed the MP manipulated the assembly members to reject the confirmation of Mr…

The Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has denied reports that Ibrahim Mahama, brother of former President John Mahama, owed it GHC8 million in aviation fuel costs and taxes. Media reports last week claimed Mr Mahama who is the owner of Engineers and Planners Company Limited, piled up the bill through the use of a supposed private jet he owns; rumours that cause his lawyers, Lithur Brew Company to officially write to the GACL. But the GACL its response dated May 5 and signed by Dr J. Okwesie Arthur, Deputy Manager Director of the GACL denied the claims. “Reference to your…

Mr Herbert Mensah, Chairman of Kumasi Asante Kotoko at the time of the Africa’s biggest recorded stadium disaster on 9 May 2001 at the Accra Sports Stadium, has called on all Ghanaians to “embrace the day”, not only in solidarity with the 126 fallen heroes who died on that day but in a call for responsibility, discipline and respect in all matters related to sports. May 9 disaster occurred during a match between Ghana’s two most successful football teams, Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club and Kumasi Asante Kotoko. Trouble had been anticipated, and extra security measures had been taken.…

Kumasi Asante Kotoko interim coach, Frimpong Manso, says he is clueless about the cause of the club’s dwindling fortunes in the ongoing premiership. The team has had a disappointing performance in recent times with eight matches without a win. Kotoko at the weekend lost 2-0 against a struggling side, Great Olympics, in Accra. When asked by journalists, could be the problem for Kotoko, Frimpong Manso said: “we don’t seem to understand what is happening. We try to rescue things but things seem not to be working. Things have been difficult. “I can’t figure out what is wrong with Kotoko, things…

Israel’s prison service has released a video purportedly showing the leader of a three-week-old hunger strike by Palestinian inmates eating in his cell. The service said Marwan Barghouti had been filmed consuming cookies in secret on 27 April and a snack bar on 5 May. It did not say how he obtained the food, but sources told the Haaretz newspaper that he had been set up. Barghouti’s wife said the footage was “fake” and intended to break the morale of the hunger strike’s participants. More than 890 prisoners have been refusing food since 17 April in protest at conditions in…

Member of Parliament for Oforikrom in the Ashanti Region, Emmanuel K. Marfo has suggested what he termed three “practical and realistic” ways that electorate can utilise to demand accountability from parliamentarians. Speaking on Connect FM political program, Asem Yi Dzi Ka, he first mentioned that citizens must understand MPs’ workload as their representatives to push for development projects. He believes understanding the duties of MPs will enable citizens assess their performance and demand accountability. He noted “parliament exhibits accountability by allowing the public to visit parliament house in the course of proceedings”. He therefore called on National Commission for Civic…

Erratic power supply, high inflation, high taxes, exchange rate volatility, and the high cost of credit, among a host of other business crippling factors, led the industrial sector down a negative growth path last year. Quarterly GDP figures released by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) last week show that the sector recorded a year-on-year annual GDP growth rate of -1.4percent for 2016. The sector recorded -1.1 and -5 percent growth in the first two quarters of last year. Even though the situation improved to 3.9 percent and 3.0percent in the third and fourth quarters respectively, it could not reverse the…