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ASP Bruce Nanka[/caption] The Criminal Investigations Department of the police is on manhunt for the member of NPP’s Invisible Forces who assaulted a senior police officer, ASP Nanka Bruce at the Flagstaff House in January. “The gentleman has gone into hiding” after acting with “impunity”, committing the “lawlessness” at the seat of government, veteran journalist Kweku Baako has revealed. A video believed to have been captured on January 9, 2017 shows the private security detail of the New Patriotic Party seize and force out a state security personnel, who happens to be ASP Bruce out of his official car in…

Siti Aisyah “met some people who looked Japanese or Korean”, Indonesian officials said photo: EPA[/caption] An Indonesian woman arrested for the murder of the half-brother of North Korea’s leader has said she was given 400 Malaysian ringgits ($90) to carry out a prank. Indonesian embassy officials met Siti Aisyah, 25, on Saturday in the Malaysian capital. She said she was given the cash to smear Kim Jong-nam’s face with “baby oil” as part of a reality show joke. Tests show Mr Kim was killed with the highly toxic nerve agent VX. It is classified as a weapon of mass destruction…

Parliament will summon the Minister for Interior Ambrose Dery to update the house on investigations into recent violent attacks perpetuated by thugs aligned to the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP). There have been several reports of some vigilante groups of the NPP notably the Invisible Forces and Kandahar Boys attacking state institutions and seizing properties belonging to officials of the past NDC government. Their actions have been condemned roundly including some senior officials in the current government. The opposition NDC whose members have been at the receiving end held a press conference that was addressed by its chairman asking their…

The current head of Airtel-Ghana is Lucy Quist[/caption] Information gathered by 3FM Business has confirmed that telecommunications giants Tigo and Airtel have completed merger talks. The talks, which commenced last year, were finalized early this year, and would be announced soon, sources close to the merger said. Reports indicate that the merger between the two telcos is anticipated to push the new entity to the number two spot of leading telecom operators in Ghana, after MTN, which is currently the leading telecom operator in Ghana At the end of the third quarter of 2016, MTN had the largest share with…

Residents of Tema have been advised against patronizing the services of ‘borla taxis’ as a measure to curb the increasing rate of indiscriminate dumping of refuse in the Metropolis. ‘Borla taxis’ are tricycles used to collect garbage from households at a fee. The services of these ‘borla taxis’ are highly patronized in Tema since most of the private waste management companies contracted to cart refuse from houses delay unduly. Engineer Solomon Noi, Head, Waste Management Department of the Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA), who gave the advice, said most of these ‘borla taxi’ operators end up dumping the refuse on the…

An 18-year-old Adwoa Agyarkwa Anyimadu- Antwi , a student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, was found hanged in a hostel Friday morning in what is suspected to be a suicide. The deceased is the daughter of the Member of Parliament for Asante Akyem Central, Kwame Anyimadu-Antwi, and was a first year student of the university  where she was studying chemical engineering. Her body has since been deposited at the KNUST Hospital. A family source who confirmed the incident to 3News Friday evening declined to give further details. Unconfirmed reports say she hanged herself because…

A day’s workshop on how to monitor budgetary allocations  to Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) has been held in Tamale for some assembly members and community-based organisations in the three northern regions. The capacity building workshop was aimed at equipping the participants to be able to track how resources allocated to various assemblies are expended. It was on the theme ‘Building Transparency, participation and feedback around local government plan and budget processes’. Northern Regional Manager of CDD, Paul Osei-Kuffour, observed that in many African policies, budgets and plans have traditionally been esigned away from the public view. He indicated…

Shatta Wale[/caption] Self-acclaimed dancehall king, Shatta Wale has told the boss of Slip Music, Mark Okraku Mantey, that if he dares play with a dog it will definitely lick his mouth. A video of the Kakai hit maker went viral on social media especially Facebook this week taking Mark Okraku Mantey to the cleaners for saying his music is not dancehall. Mark Okraku Mantey was asked to name his favorite dancehall music in an interview with an Accra-based Starr FM, which he responded, “Surprisingly, Shatta Wale calls himself a Dancehall king but scan through his songs for the past two…

The Private Enterprise Foundation (PEF) has declared its readiness to partner the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) in the implementation of the ‘Planting for Food and Jobs Programme’. PEF says its interest in the programme will primarily be focused on adding value to the raw agricultural products to come out of the programme. Executives of PEF made the pledge when they interacted with the Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto and Minister of Business Development, Mr. Mohammed Awal, at a roundtable discussion last Wednesday. The aim of the meeting was to seek more clarity about government’s…

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway  has assured the nation that Ghanaians living in South Africa are safe following xenophobic attacks in South Africa. She told Parliament today that the Ghana Mission in South Africa is taking the safety of Ghanaian communities there seriously, visiting shops owned by Ghanaians in Pretoria. According to the minister, about 10 houses belonging to Nigerians tagged as drug dealers have been burnt down. Ghanaians there have been told not to open their shops, she said, and have also been informed on the need to activate early warnings using social media groups. Addressing the…