Author: TNRgh

The Northern Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has destroyed 14 tipper trucks and one excavator belonging to some sand winners in the Northern Region. The owners had defied a one week ultimatum given by the REGSEC after a report was made by the Ghana Water Company, compelling a team of military personnel to set the vehicles ablaze when they arrived at Dalung,  a suburb of Kumbungu about 10pm on Saturday. The activities of the sand winners at the bank of the Dalung river have over the years affected the Ghana Water Company, increasing its cost of production. The one week ultimatum…

President Akufo-Addo exchanging pleasantries with Archbishop Nicholas Duncan Williams[/caption] The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, was on Friday, 2nd March, 2018, presented with the Exemplary Leadership Award, in recognition of his “courageous and transformative leadership”, “commitment to education” and for his implementation of “people centred policies.” “May Ghana, under your leadership, be a wonder and an inspiration to the world. May the expectation, as we know it will, of every African man and woman be raised because of your pioneering achievements. May every African child believe that he or she can, because you lifted them up, and paved the way,”…

Robbers broke into the ICGC Calvary Temple auditorium Sunday dawn in an attempt to steal three 42 inches plasma screens used for projections during service. The robbers, however, bolted upon hearing the sirens from a police team on patrol around Sakumono and its environs. The incident is said to have happened around 2:00 am with only the church’s security man on duty. The robbers were believed to have entered the auditorium from the back of the church. Sources say one of the television sets was dropped and got broken as the robbers were in a haste to escape. It is…

At least six persons were confirmed dead in a motor accident on the Accra-Winneba highway at Gomoa Dominase in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region. The victims who were returning from a funeral met their untimely death when two vehicles smashed into each other. An eyewitness told 3news.com the gory accident happened on Saturday evening around 6:10 pm. “It was a head-on collision and people died on the spot,” he recounted. According to the eyewitness, a Hyundai Grace with registration number GX-2894-17 dangerously overtook a trailer and ran into an oncoming Sprinter bus, GS 870-12,  killing five people on the spot.…

Joe Mettle is the reigning VGMA Artiste of the Year[/caption] The battle lines have been drawn for the biggest awards to honour the creative works of Ghana’s gifted artistes – the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards 2018! The hourly announcements of the various categories exclusively on Media General platforms kept high the suspense of music enthusiasts until it all culminated in the VGMA Nominee announcement party at the Movenpick Ambassador hotel Saturday night on March 3. By the end of the announcements, the two time VGMA Artiste of the Year, Sarkodie topped the list of nominees with nominations in 8 categories…

[caption id="attachment_77101" align="aligncenter" width="660"] Antonio Russo, his father Raffaele and cousin Vincenzo disappeared on 31 January[/caption] Mexican authorities have launched criminal proceedings against four police officers over the disappearance of three Italian men. The missing men – all from Naples – were last seen on 31 January in Tecalitlán, in the western state of Jalisco. The state’s governor said the officers had confessed to handing the Italians over to a local criminal gang. The police had allegedly arrested them at a petrol station beforehand. The son of one of the disappeared earlier told Italian radio that the men had been…

The public has been urged to resort more to electronic forms of payment in order to reduce their exposure to armed robbery and related risks. Mr Archie Hesse, the Chief Executive of Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement System (GhIPSS), said this following reports of two separate armed robbery attacks in two successive days and other instances, in which huge sums of cash were seized. Mr Hesse, who expressed his sadness about the incidence, extended his sympathies to the victims of the robberies, but added that it is time such robbery acts are made less attractive by reducing cash transactions. He…

Organizers of the biggest music awards in Ghana, Charterhouse has modified the voting system for the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards. The modified system which takes effect this year will limit voters to a maximum of 50 votes on Vodafone and a maximum of 10 votes on other networks per nominee per category. Until now, voters could vote as many times as they could afford for a favorite in each category, a practice the CEO of Theresa Ayaode says only “concentrated the power in the hands of a few”. Speaking at the 2018 VGMA Nominee announcement party Saturday March 3 at…

The families of police men and women who lose their lives in the line of duty are set to receive a greatly enhanced compensation package from the state. The new package covers personnel who were struck down between 2002 and now, and whose families have not received their full entitlement. Announcing the reviewed compensation arrangement at the funeral of then-Chief Inspector, now Assistant Superintendent of Police Emmanuel Kweku Ashilevi, the Vice President of the Republic, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, said government was committed to improving and sustaining the general welfare of the officers and men of the Ghana Police Service. Then-Inspector…

US President Donald Trump has stepped up his war of words over trade tariffs, threatening to “apply a tax” on imports of cars from the European Union. Mr Trump said other countries had taken advantage of the US for years because of its “very stupid” trade deals. The trade wrangle began on Thursday when Mr Trump vowed to impose hefty tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. That brought a stiff response from trading partners and criticism from the IMF and WTO. EU trade chiefs have reportedly been considering slapping 25% tariffs on around $3.5bn (£2.5bn) of imports from the US, following…