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Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II on Thursday introduced 83-year-old Nana Ama Konadu to the Asanteman Council as the new Asantehemaa. She succeeds Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II who died in November 2016 at the age of 111. Read more here Photos of the introduction Source: 3news.com | Ghana]]>

Information reaching 3news.com indicates that there has been sporadic shooting at Bimbilla in the Northern region forcing residents to flee the town for dear life. According to sources, the shooting started between two factions over the enskinement of a warrior chief by of the factions. The opposing faction prevented the new chief from going to his village and this was infuriated the chiefs followers leading to the exchange of gunfire. The regional police command has deployed officers to the town to maintain law and order. Residents who were home before the shooting began are stuck indoors. Bimbilla is one of…

Major General Obed Akwa[/caption] President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed Major General Obed Akwa as the Acting Chief of Defence Staff. The new head of the Ghana Armed Forces was introduced at a short ceremony at the Jubilee House on Thursday. President Akufo-Addo introducing Major General Akwa remarked, “I believe that his career and personality makes him strongly qualified to act in the top job of the armed forces.” The outgoing CDS Air Marshal Michael Samson Oje was also at the presidency to bid farewell to the president. Air Marshal Michael Samson Oje served as Chief of Air Staff for six years…

Otiko Afisa Djaba[/caption] Two members of the opposition National Democratic Congress in Parliament have filed a suit at the Supreme Court seeking several declarations including a restraining order against Madam Otiko Afisa Djaba. The suit was filed today, February 9, 2017 by Kwabena Mintah Akandor, MP for Juaboso and Ernest Norgbey, MP for Ashaiman. They are praying the court that until the final determination of their case, Madam Otiko Djaba should be restrained from discharging her responsibility as the Minister of Children, Gender and Social Protection. The Attorney General and Madam Otiko Djaba are defendants in the case. The two, together…

My friend hates Valentine’s day. “I don’t hate it because I’m alone and single.” she said, “I hate it because people with lovers on this day will rob it on our faces.” She tells me: “Everything all of a sudden change because it’s Valentine. Even people with no love pretends to be lovely. The news shift. Social media shifts its focus to Val’s day. You go to church and the pastor also robs it in all because it’s valentine.” She sounds jealous, doesn’t she? Val’s day is a day to show love, I believe. But lovers have decided to own…

My friend hates Valentine’s day. “I don’t hate it because I’m alone and single.” she said, “I hate it because people with lovers on this day will rob it on our faces.” She tells me: “Everything all of a sudden change because it’s Valentine. Even people with no love pretends to be lovely. The news shift. Social media shifts its focus to Val’s day. You go to church and the pastor also robs it in all because it’s valentine.” She sounds jealous, doesn’t she? Val’s day is a day to show love, I believe. But lovers have decided to own…

Cameroon’s Africa Cup of Nations-winning squad have been given a special state reception by the country’s president Paul Biya. The Indomitable Lions, who lifted the trophy on Sunday after beating Egypt 2-1 in the final in Gabon, attended a ceremony in Yaounde on Wednesday. They presented the Nations Cup trophy to President Biya at Unity Palace. Later, they travelled in open-top vehicles through the streets of the capital to parade the trophy to fans. Cameroon’s players were given medals by the president, who said their victory should be celebrated by Cameroonians as one nation. At the end of the ceremony…

Dr Kpessa-Whyte is the former Acting Executive Director of the National Service Scheme[/caption] Former Acting Executive Director of the National Service Scheme (NSS), Dr Michael Kpessa-Whyte has waded into the issue surrounding the dismissal of staff he employed, justifying why the action by his successor is wrong. Management of the scheme, in a statement signed by the Acting Executive Director Mustapha Ussif on Wednesday, withdrawn the appointment of about 205 staff employed in December by the previous government with immediate effect. “All matters and issues pertaining to the recruitment were discussed by the Board, and only approved decisions were implemented.…

Telecom operators in the country have raised red flag over moves by the central bank to impose on them a third-party company as intermediary in mobile money transactions across different networks. The opposition by telecom operators follows an award of a 4.6 billion cedi contract to Sibton Switch systems to enhance interoperability in mobile money transactions across telecommunication networks. Although managers of the firm have justified the 4.6 billion cost for the project, it has emerged Sibson’s price tag was the most expensive among the companies that bid for the project. Two bids in the contract amounted to GHc 14 million,…