GENERAL NEWS

Deputy Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Mireku Duker has said that the first consignment under the gold for crude initiative will arrive into the country next. He said this to journalists after the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, led a team to pay a courtesy call …

Accused of witchcraft by her step sons, 52-year-old Baraka Horsu has been allegedly slashed with a cutlass, resulting in the loss of her right arm and disfiguring her face. She is, therefore, demanding justice and social support. She reached out to 3news.com‘s Yvonne Neequaye after the festive period. Her distress …

Agric Minister, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto Minister of Agriculture Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto has also tendered his resignation from government. He resigned in a letter submitted to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo after a meeting at the Jubilee House on Tuesday, January 10. The move comes barely a week after …

International Diplomatic Consultant Farouk Al Wahab has called for the resignations of National Security and Interior ministers for giving American rapper Meek Mill access to the Jubilee House and looking on for the foreigner to breach several protocols at the seat of government. Mr Al Wahab is of the view …

  Police have arrested two more suspects wanted in connection with the violent disturbances that occurred during the 10th National Youth and Women’s Conference of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) at Cape Coast in the Central Region. This comes a few days after the first two out of the 16 …

A key prosecution witness in a case of willfully causing financial loss to the state brought against Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, Former Deputy Finance Minister, has admitted before an Economic and Financial Court in Accra, that Dr Forson could not have caused an Letters of Credit (LC) to be established …

The Ashaiman Circuit Court has sentenced Enoch Ofori, a driver’s mate, to 10 years imprisonment in hard labour for robbery. The court presided over by Mr Simon Gaga convicted the accused after he had pleaded guilty to the charges. The prosecutor, Chief Inspector Samuel Aperweh, said the complainant, Gloria Asantewaa …

From his cell, convicted fraudster Courage Bani, who is serving a nine-year jail term at the Ankaful Maximum Security Prison, is in court for allegedly committing a similar offence using a cellular phone, the Ho Circuit Court has heard. This time, he was said to have defrauded a Ho-based businessman …

A 43-year-old farmer is alleged to have shot his friend to death at Tepa-Mabang in the Ahafo Ano North Municipality of the Ashanti Region. The shooting occurred when Akwasi Noshi suspected that the deceased Yaw Saahene, 35, also known as Buffalo was having an affair with his wife, Abena. Narrating …

One person has been shot dead by armed robbers on the Manso Watreso-Datano road in the Mansie South District of the Ashanti region. Two others have also sustained gunshot wounds and are in critical condition. They were attacked on Monday, January 9, 2023, while on a motorcycle from Watreso heading …