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Last Friday was like a movie to many as the 3FM Drive Bus Ride once again brought Accra to a standstill. Now the most sought after event on radio, the ride constantly attracts hundreds of patrons each time the bus hits the streets. Last Friday’s was the third in the series of rides that will continuously take Accra by storm. The first two editions – on December 13 and December 23 – got Accra talking and the third edition – on Friday, January 3 – was no different. Friday’s ride had an impressive blend of good music, information, food, drinks…

Some National Security officials and a deputy chief executive officer of the Northern Development Authority are being sought for by the police as part of investigations into how 400 tricycles belonging to the state were allegedly stolen. Investigators at the Northern Regional Police CID have written to the Authority to release a deputy minister whose name was mentioned in a statement given by Dr Alhaji Abdel-Majeed Haroun who was sacked as the chief executive of the Authority. President Nana Akufo-Addo on December 12, 2019 revoked the appointment of Dr Haroun on the back of the missing tricycles. He was later…

Teachers in the various technical universities have declared indefinite strike following government’s failure to meet a National Labour Commission’s directive to pay them their general allowances by December 2019. The teachers who form the Technical University Teachers’ Association (TUTAG) have been fighting government over its reluctance to migrate them onto the single spine pay structure of public universities despite having gone through a comprehensive staff audit. TUTAG earlier on October 7, 2019 declared strike to push to pay their electricity, rent, security, car maintenance and off-campus allowances as well as responsibility, entertainment and fuel allowances. The National Labour Commission intervened…

An “evil serial sexual predator” convicted of 159 sex offences, including 136 rapes, will “never be safe to be released”, a judge has said. Reynhard Sinaga was found guilty of luring 48 men from outside Manchester clubs to his flat, where he drugged and assaulted them – filming the attacks. Police say they have evidence Sinaga, 36, who is being named for the first time, targeted at least 190 victims. The judge ruled his life sentence must include a minimum of 30 years in jail. Reporting restrictions were also lifted at a sentencing hearing at Manchester Crown Court on Monday,…

Two lecturers of the University of Ghana cited in the BBC Africa Eye ‘Sex for grades’ documentary have been exonerated by the university’s fact-finding committee. According to the university, Prof. Ransford Gyampo and Dr Paul Kwame Butakor were not culpable of engaging in any act of exchanging sex for grades as claimed by the documentary released last year. However, the committee found the guilty for misconducting themselves thereby bringing the name of the institution into disrepute and embarrassment. Based on that the committee has recommended that the two lecturers are made to face the university’s disciplinary committee for appropriate action to be…

Controversial musician Wanlov the Kubolor has alleged actress Fela Makafui has been emulating the looks and everything his sister, Deborah Vanessa does. According to Wanlov, Fela is fond of Deborah Vanessa to the extent that she emulates her at the least opportunity. “I think she just likes Deborah and she wanted to emulate Deborah’s life and she emulated to the point that she even came to get Deborah’s boyfriend,” Wanlov said on Showbiz927 on Saturday with MzGee. Wanlov said he always knew Medikal was a womanizer, which he said, his sister should have known before dating him. “I am not…

Afro pop-cum R&B musician MzVee, who battled depression for almost two years, says she is now drawing closer to God and her family than never before. In an exclusive interview with Berla Mundi on TV3 New Day on Monday, the Natural Girl hitmaker revealed she occupied her entire life with music to a point where she forgot the most important things in her life. “I was so away from most of the important things; it was just music, music…and I forgot who really mattered,” she stated in an interview that saw her opening up for the first time, on what…

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has authorised the issuance of commemorative gold coins to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. They will be issued by an Accra-based Ghanaian business solutions provider, the E ON 3 Group, working with the Manhyia Palace on the 70th birthday of the Asantehene on May 6, 2020. The commemorative coins will be auctioned to the public and the proceeds used to establish a Cultural Resource Centre to promote activities related to traditional and customary conflict resolution in the country The 24-carat gold coins, will have a diameter of 37 mm and…

Ghanaian songstress MzVee has in an exclusive interview, revealed that depression forced her to leave the music scene for two years. According to the musician whose sabbatical triggered pregnancy rumours last year, she was “super depressed” between 2017 and 2018 to the extent that her situation negatively affected her professional relationship. “I was super, super depressed in 2017/2018”, she told Berla Mundi on TV3 New Day on Monday, Janauary 6, 2020. Rumours reached a crescendo last year that MzVee, then a signee of Lynx Entertainment, had taken a break from music because she was pregnant. Pictures of her with what…

British stars have had a golden night at a Golden Globes, where Australia’s bushfires were the main talking point. The newly knighted Sir Sam Mendes received two awards for his World War I epic 1917 – the same number of trophies won by Elton John biopic Rocketman. Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s sitcom Fleabag won two prizes, while Olivia Colman won for playing The Queen in The Crown. Once Upon a Time In Hollywood was the biggest winner overall, with Brad Pitt and Quentin Tarantino both recognised. The revisionist Tinseltown fable was named best musical or comedy, saw Tarantino win best screenplay and…