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Guru bought himself a new Range Rover with a custom number plateThe rapper showed off his new acquisition with a photo on social mediaMany of the rapper’s followers took to the comments section to congratulate himGhanaian rapper Guru, known in private life as Maradona Yeboah Adjei, has added a new Range Rover to his cars.Guru announced the addition of the expensive car in a social media post on Tuesday, March 12, 2024.Taking to its official Facebook page, manufacturer Lapaz Toyota shared a photo of the black vehicle, with a custom license plate reading “NKZ 1-24”.Guru got a Range Rover Photo…

France targets fast fashion, especially from China. Photo: Christophe ARCHAMBAULT / AFPSource: AFPFrance’s parliament on Thursday backed a series of measures that make low-cost fast fashion, especially from Chinese mass producers, less attractive to shoppers.The vote makes France the first country in the world to “legislate to curb the excesses of ultra-fast fashion,” said Christophe Bechu, minister for the ecological transition.Key measures include a ban on advertising for the cheapest textiles and an environmental charge on low-cost items.The French clothing market has been flooded with cheap imported clothes, while several domestic brands have declared bankruptcy.But the main arguments put forward…

The Ghana Prisons Service said the actions of two police officers who helped Chinese prisoner Wang Xiao escape from Nsawam Intermediate Prison did not reflect the agency’s standards. The Service maintains that its officers receive thorough training and adhere to a code of professional conduct. Two prison officers, Joseph Oteng and Sergeant Isaac Boateng Bonsu, were charged with conspiracy and aiding and abetting escape. They appeared in the Accra Circuit Court on these charges. After visiting the hospital, the officers reportedly told their superiors that a Toyota Vitz approached them and drove off with the prisoners inside. However, footage from…

The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) can today confirm that Swedish tennis player Dragos Nicolae Madaras has been banned from the sport for a period of four years and six months and fined $2,500 for breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program (TACP). The ITIA charged Madaras with violations of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program (TACP) following a series of incidents in which Madaras refused to submit a personal device for examination when asked to do so by ITIA investigators. Instead of handing over their cell phone for examination, Madaras handed the device over to their brother, Patrick, who had obtained accreditation…

Actress and videographer Akuapem Poloo was caught dining with her alleged lover hours before Muslims had time to break their fastIn the video, the actress was upset that the fan was filming her and her suspected lover without their consent Many people were unhappy with the fan’s actions as they urged him to respect the privacy of othersA fan caught actress Akuapem Poloo dining hand in hand with a suspected lover during the fasting period of Ramadan.Akuapem Poloo and her suspected lover. Image credit: @nkonkonsa and @akuapempolooSource: InstagramAkuapem Poloo was caught eating hours before Ramadan and breaking the fastAkuapem Poloo…

Attachments The Greater Horn of Africa¹ faces a convergence of increasingly recurrent and intensifying climate crises, notably drought and flood, conflict, disease epidemics and economic crises. These, including the impact of El Niño conditions, are driving millions of people into displacement, acute food insecurity and malnutrition, public health emergencies and impoverishment. The region accounts for nearly 64 million people in need, one-fifth of the world’s people in need, mostly in Sudan and Ethiopia. And yet humanitarian funding remains very low. Urgent humanitarian resources, climate crisis mitigation measures, peace and security solutions and sustainable solutions to prevent large-scale humanitarian disasters in…

US President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFPSource: AFPPresident Joe Biden said Thursday he is against the proposed sale of US Steel to Japan’s Nippon Steel, as election-year considerations appeared to outweigh the risk of angering key ally Japan.Biden’s intervention in the planned $14.1 billion acquisition comes less than a month before he hosts Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for a state visit to the White House aimed at strengthening ties and dealing with China.But Biden’s eyes are apparently on November’s US presidential election against Donald Trump, with lawmakers from both parties joining…

Court | Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto) Businessman Emmanuel Amoah Quartey told the High Court in Accra and a jury how a former security guard broke into his home, tied his wife to the toilet seat and fired a gun. It also told the jury and the High Court, presided over by Justice Lydia Osei Marufo, how the former security guard, who was wearing a mask at the time, “chased him through the hallway, through the kitchen and out” with dual pistols. Told. Quartey was testifying as the third prosecution witness (PW3) in the case of former security guard Pius Anundaabil Ayoma,…

The 13th African Games are in full swing in Ghana, but the high cost of hosting the event amid an era of economic turmoil has brought scrutiny.An outlay of almost $250m (£195.2m) has been committed to the multi-sport event, with the government’s opposition declaring it a “misplaced priority” for a nation heavily in debt, enduring high inflation and suffering effects of the regional cost of living crisis.”I really don’t think we have our priorities right as a nation,” opposition MP Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa told BBC Sport Africa.“We have been declared insolvent, bankrupt and downgraded by all government rating agencies, with…

Download logoVice President Mahamudu Bawumia has called on telecommunications companies operating in the country to go beyond seeking to expand the physical infrastructure of their operations to investing in human and other resources that are at the heart of their offerings to the Ghanaian and African market.Speaking at the commencement of operations of Telecel Ghana, the new majority shareholders of the company formerly known as Vodafone Ghana, on Monday March 11, 2024, Dr Bawumia reminded telcos, fintechs and stakeholders in the technology ecosystem that one of the most sure ways to ensure lasting success is investing in youth, who are…