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The Western Regional House of Chiefs is demanding the immediate reinstatement of Omanhene of the Sefwi Anhwianso, Ogyeahohor Yaw Gyebi II who was been removed as the chairman of the Governance and Development Committee of the National House of Chiefs (NHC). He was removed last week for publicly criticising a unanimous decision by the National House of Chiefs. But the Standing Committee of the Western Regional House of Chiefs say Ogyeahohor’s removal is an affront to the customary integrity of the chieftaincy institution as well as the doctrine of natural justice. Paramount Chief of Wassa Amenfi Traditional Council, Tetrete Akuamoah…

TerraPay, a mobile-first international payment network has partnered with UBA Group, a leading pan- African financial services group headquartered in Nigeria, to facilitate real-time money transfer services to its customers in 20 countries across Africa. The service which is currently live in five countries within UBA’s network including Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone and Cameroon, will be rolled out to the Bank’s other subsidiaries in Chad, Liberia, Senegal, Uganda, Congo Brazzaville, Guinea Conakry, Kenya, Mali, Zambia, Congo DRC, Gabon, Mozambique, Tanzania and Benin Republic soon. Sampson Aneke, Group Head, Transaction and Electronic Banking, UBA Group, while speaking on…

Thieves have ripped out a heavy metal safe containing an undisclosed amount of money from a concrete wall within the administration block of the Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital in the Central Region. The incident was suspected to have happened Monday night. Workers reported to work Tuesday morning to find three offices within the administration block broken into and the safe removed from a wall in the accountant’s office and taken away together with a revenue bag. The thieves also stole a phone from the acting director’s office, and a laptop as well as a phone from the registrar’s office, our correspondent…

A female accountant and her assistant, who allegedly misappropriated 551,732.64 cedis from the account of a private hospital in Takoradi, have been put before court. Linda Nana Donkor and Magdalene Kublenu Walagyo were arraigned Tuesday on charges of conspiracy to steal, stealing and falsification of electronic documents. Prosecutors say both Donkor and her assistant Walagyo, are in charge of collecting monies from clients of UQ Hospital and depositing same into the hospital’s main account. An internal audit undertaken in September 2018 revealed that the main financial database of the hospital had been tempered with and an amount of 551,732.64 cedis…

Former TV3 Sports Station presenter Elloeny Amande has been appointed the new Chief Executive Officer of Karela FC. This announcement was made by the club’s board. Mr. Amande, who is also a lawyer and a marketing expert with significant experience in sports, takes over the role ahead of the start of the new Ghana Premier League season. Amande, who hails from Krisan in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region, says he is keen to bring all his years of experience to bear on the role to enhance the reputation of the club. “As a son of the land, I…

The Executive Secretary of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) Dr. Prince Hamid Armah says the low participation recorded in the just ended district assembly elections is worrying. This, he said ought to be remedied by revisiting discussions on the involvement of political parties in the process. The NaCCA Secretary said this after visiting some polling centers in Kwesimentsim where the turnout for the elections was low. “I’ve been around more than 15 polling centers here in Kwesimentsim and I’m sad and at the same time deeply worried for our decentralization process. “It is 3:20pm and in some…

Source: 3news.com | Ghana

Actors and actresses in Sparrow Pictures latest movie, “The perfect picture; 10years later” looked their best as they showed up for the movie premiere. The cast including Jackie Appiah, Lydia Forson, Joselyn Dumah, Adjetey Annang and Gloria Sarfo looked chic and elegant on the night of the premier at the Silver Bird Cinema inside the Accra Mall over the weekend. Originally produced in 2009, ‘The Perfect Picture’ was about three beautiful women in their thirties making bold attempts to change their lives even when destiny plays its joke on them. The new project ; a re-make of the romantic comedy ,…

The Supreme Court has in a unanimous decision ruled that courts are to sit on weekends and public holidays to deal with issues that affect personal liberty. A private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu, in September 2016 dragged the Attorney General to the apex court demanding a declaration that portions of the Holidays Act that bars the courts from dealing with cases that affect personal liberty are unconstitutional. The court in its ruling also asked the judicial secretary to within six months make arrangements for overtime pay for officers of the courts, especially District courts, who will work on weekends and…

A finance-focused television series, Silver and Gold has been nominated for this year’s Ghana Movie Awards. The series which is produced by Adesa Production Limited and airs on TV3 is a financial drama series portraying the current financial crisis in Ghana amidst corporate structure and lifestyle. The cast consist of all the contestants of acting reality show, “The Next Top Actor”. The movie, some cast and members of the production team have been nominated in six different categories for the 2019 Ghana Movie Awards. Below are the nominations Lois Buabeng- Best Actress in Leading Role Susan Quaco- Best Actress in…