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The Accra Regional Command of the Ghana Police Service has turned a section of aggrieved customers of Menzgold Ghana Limited away after they sought permit to stage a procession to the presidency. The Coalition of Aggrieved Customers of Menzgold Ghana wrote to the Command on Thursday, February 6 for permission to march to the presidency on Tuesday, February 11 to present a petition to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. An estimated 200 aggrieved customers were expected to embark on the march. But in its response, the Command said its officer are engaged as they are concentrating on the fight against…

“We‘re dying! Our hostels haven’t been sprayed. Some media in Ghana are not painting a true picture of what is happening to us in China. We’re dying here in China!” These were the opening statement of Ms. Naa, a Ghanaian medical student in Hanghou, a city in China. She and her colleagues have been terrified  for months indoors. They’re only waiting to either get affected by the fast-spreading virus which has claimed over 37,000 lives in China and many others in about 25 countries. “Broken” Naa was a part of the two I had a chat with this morning (Monday,…

Is the memory of your ex buggin’ you? The San Antonio Zoo has a solution… For just $5, zoo staff will name a cockroach after your former lover and feed it to an animal at their “Cry Me a Cockroach” event on Valentine’s Day. And if your ex-boo was an especially snakey one, pay $20 more to have them name a rat and feed it to a reptile instead. The best part of the deal? You don’t have to be at the zoo to watch your ex-turned-pest get eaten up. The zoo plans to stream the feedings on Facebook Live. You’ll even receive…

Four Chinese nationals have been arrested in Kenya after one of them – a chef at a local restaurant – was recorded caning a Kenyan worker. The footage was broadcast by a local TV station. WATCH: ‘K24 Digital’ has exclusively obtained a disturbing video clip showing a senior Chinese hotel officer whipping a Kenyan waiter over allegations of reporting late to work. The video was recorded at Chez Wou Restaurant in Kileleshwa, Nairobi last week. pic.twitter.com/CTIns3wOyn — K24 TV (@K24Tv) February 8, 2020 The police tweeted on Sunday that they had raided Chez Wou Restaurant in the suburb of Kileleshwa…

The Special Prosecutor has commenced investigations into the allegations of bribery against Ghanaian public officials in the controversial Airbus SE deal, stating there is reasonable suspicion of corruption. European aviation giant, Airbus is alleged to have paid millions of dollars in bribes to some Ghana government officials in the sale of three military aircraft to Ghana in 2011 and 2015. The UK Crown Court ruled on January 20, 2020 that the purchase of two of the aircrafts were compromised and therefore fined Airbus €3 billion for flouting OECD rules. The Presidency on February 3 petitioned the Office of the Special…

Last year Rose Kalemba wrote a blog post explaining how hard it had been – when she was raped as a 14-year-old girl – to get a video of the attack removed from a popular porn website. Dozens of people then contacted her to say that they were facing the same problem today. WARNING: This story discusses a violent sexual attack The nurse stopped at the doorway leading out of Rose’s hospital room and turned to face her. “I’m sorry this happened to you,” she said, her voice shaking. “My daughter was raped too.” Rose looked at the nurse. She…

South Korean film Parasite has been named best picture at this year’s Oscars, becoming the first non-English language film to take the top prize. Renee Zellweger won best actress for playing Judy Garland in Judy. Joaquin Phoenix was named best actor for Joker. Brad Pitt and Laura Dern scooped the supporting acting awards for their roles in Once Upon A Time in Hollywood and Marriage Story respectively. Parasite won four awards in total, while Sir Sam Mendes’s 1917 took three. The World War One epic had been the favourite to win best picture, but its awards all came in the…

Passengers on board a Toyota Hiace car with registration number WR 1481 – 17 on Saturday February 8, 2020 caused the arrest of an errant driver of a Mercedes Sprinter bus on the Cape Coast-Takoradi Highway for reckless driving. Narrating events leading to the arrest of the driver to 3news.com, Western Region Commander of the Motor Traffic and Transport Department of the Ghana Police Service, Chief Superintendent Richard Appiah said the driver of the Sprinter bus with registration number Gt 3601 – 17 Ahmed Alidu,j aged 35 years left Kaneshie for Takoradi loaded with passengers and other items. The Toyota…

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has assured the Assembly of Heads of State and Governments of the African Union that the Secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area will be operational by 31st March, 2020. Making an intervention on Sunday, 9th February, 2020, during the closed session of the 33rd AU Summit, currently ongoing in Addis Ababa Ethiopia, President Akufo-Addo indicated that Ghana, after being selected as host country for the Secretariat, was “directed to work with the AU Commission to ensure an expeditious and efficient process of establishing a permanent Secretariat for the AfCFTA in Accra by…

The United States Ambassador to Ghana, Stephanie Sullivan has inaugurated a shea butter facility and warehouse for the Tiyumtaba Women’s Cooperative at Sorogu in the Sagnarigu Municipality of the Northern Region. The facility is part of efforts by the United States government to expand economic opportunities for women. Shea, is a primary source of livelihood for women living in Northern Ghana. It is one of the few agricultural cash crops where women control their revenue. The facility is made up of a kneading shed, machine room, packaging room among others. It is expected to increase incomes for over 600 Ghanaian…