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Emmanuel Kwame Amoh is an Online Editor with the current affairs team at Media General, operators of TV3 Ghana, editors.3news.com and more. Email: emmanuel.amoh@editors.3news.com
Usain Bolt's trial with Australian football club Central Coast Mariners has come to an end. The Jamaican eight-time Olympic sprint champion, 32, joined the A-League side for an "indefinite training period" in August. He scored two goals in his first effort for the Mariners in a friendly, but did not
Apple briefly lost its $1tn valuation on Thursday when its shares fell 7% in after-hours trading despite posting record results. The tech giant's strategy of charging more for its phones has paid off, with revenues jumping in the last three months despite relatively flat sales. Revenues rose 20% to
Michael Jackson, who died in 2009, holds his place at the top of business experts Forbes' list for another year, after raking in around $400m (£310m) over the past 12 months. A large chunk of the cash comes from Sony's recent acquisition of his estate’s stake in EMI Music Publishing for an eye-water
The Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has completed investigations into alleged fraud by former Ghana Football Association (GFA) President Kwesi Nyantakyi, government has said. Mr Nyantakyi was reported to the Directorate by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo i
The Asuogyaman District Chief Executive, Samuel Kwame Agyekum, has expressed surprise about the theft of bolts and nuts on the Adomi Bridge at Atimpoku in the Eastern Region. He said there are police officers constantly on the tollbooth side of the Adomi Bridge so surprised thieves have managed to s
The Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Dr. Samuel Annor, has announced that some subscribers of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) will by the end of the year have the opportunity to renew their membership electronically using their mobile phones. Dr.
Despite the programme expected to enter its final phase of employment on Thursday, the Nation Builders Corps (NABCo) has been hit with withdrawals. This has led to a reduction in the number of applications being processed for placement. The Deputy Coordinator of the graduates employment programme, h
Ten Benin youth players and former football federation president Anjorin Moucharafou have been handed prison sentences for age cheating. A Cotonou court found them guilty of lying about their ages, which saw them failing MRI tests in Niger. September's failed tests saw Benin disqualified from last m
Ten Benin youth players and former football federation president Anjorin Moucharafou have been handed prison sentences for age cheating. A Cotonou court found them guilty of lying about their ages, which saw them failing MRI tests in Niger. September's failed tests saw Benin disqualified from last m
Turkey has given its first official statement on how it believes writer Jamal Khashoggi was killed, saying he was immediately strangled. The statement follows weeks of media reports about the murder at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on 2 October. Turkey has yet to provide evidence. Chief prosecutor
Kanye West says he's "distancing" himself from politics. On Twitter the rapper claims he's being "used to spread messages I don't believe in." He has been a vocal supporter of President Trump but this decision appears to centre around a campaign he was linked to known as Blexit. Run by Conservative
India has unveiled the world's tallest statue, which cost 29.9bn rupees (£330m; $430m) to build. The 182m (600ft) high structure in the western state of Gujarat is a bronze-clad tribute to independence leader Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the "statue of unity" would ser
Co-Chair of Citizens' Movement Against Corruption Edem Senanu has called upon the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to look into the conflict of interest allegations levelled against the Director General of the Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA). Kwame Owusu has been accused
Black Stars defender Daniel Amartey was at the King Power Stadium on Tuesday to pay his “personal respects” to Leicester City’s billionaire owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha. It was a sad moment for the defender, who had suffered an injury in Saturday’s 1-1 draw with West Ham United. He was in crutches
The first of the 11 victims of the US shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh have now been laid to rest. Hundreds paid their respects on Tuesday at the funerals of brothers Cecil and David Rosenthal and Jerry Rabinowitz, who were killed on Saturday. The services come just ahead of Pres
