Author: Krobea

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has extended by three more months the Executive Instrument (EI) making the wearing of face masks mandatory. He signed the extension of the EI on Monday, September 14. President Akufo-Addo announced in a televised broadcast on Sunday, September 20 that wearing of masks, properly, will now be in force till Monday, December 14. “So until 14th December, 2020, the wearing of masks remains mandatory. The law enforcement agencies have been empowered to ensure that this directive is respected by all.” President Akufo-Addo made the wearing of face masks mandatory in his 11th update to the…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced that domestic competitive football will resume on Friday, October 30. This will see a restart of the Ghana Premier League and the Division One. Matches will be with a quarter of spectators at each stadia to ensure the social distancing protocol as regards coronavirus. These were announced by President Akufo-Addo on Sunday, September 20 in his nationwide broadcast to apprise the citizenry of measures taken by government in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Football was among other activities suspended in March in a move to stem the spread of the virus. Ghana…

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has attributed Ghana’s success story so far in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic to the sterling leadership of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. While commending all the agencies, departments and organisations that have collaborated in the fight at an appraisal meeting for members of the National Security Operation Covid Safety Taskforce in Accra on Friday, September 18, Dr Bawumia said the President’s clear marching orders to members of government, including the Economic Management Team have been to do whatever it takes to save lives. This firm, focused leadership, Vice President Bawumia maintained, has been…

Ghana midfielder Kudus Mohammed marked his official debut with a man-of-the-match performance for Ajax in their 3-0 victory over RKC Waalwijk on Sunday. The 20-year-old former FC Nordsjaelland midfielder lasted the entire duration of the game as he helped his team to a comfortable home win. He nearly scored in the 85th minute with a powerful shot from the edge of the box but  was calmly collected by the goalkeeper. In his post-match interview, the Ghana international says he feels good with the lads around him and the team spirit is also helping him settle in at the club. “I…

The World Health Organization (WHO) has agreed rules for the testing of African herbal remedies to fight Covid-19. Sound science would be the sole basis for safe and effective traditional therapies to be adopted, it said. Any traditional remedies that are judged effective could be fast-tracked for large-scale manufacturing. Madagascar’s leader has been promoting an untested product he says can cure the disease despite the WHO warning against using untested remedies. The WHO said the new rules were aimed at helping and empowering scientists in Africa to conduct proper clinical trials. The move comes as the number of confirmed cases…

The Ghana Police Service has announced that its officers from the National Headquarters will embark on a route march in Accra on Monday, September 21 in what it describes as a “confidence building march”. According to the Service, this is to “assure the public of the readiness of the Police to lead provision of adequate security for the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections”. Ghana has barely two months to go to its eighth polls in the Fourth Republic. Splashes of violence were recorded in the past seven elections with many blaming the state’s law enforcement agency of taking sides with…

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has dispatched a delegation to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, where survivors of a deadly accident involving some colt footballers are receiving treatment. The accident left six of the footballers dead instantly with two later dying at KATH. The players had travelled on Saturday to Afrancho to register for the upcoming district colts football league and were returning to Offinso in the Ashanti Region. But their bus, carrying 36 passengers, submerged in the Offinso River. In a statement to condole the team and bereaved families, the GFA said a joint team consisting…

Ghana’s Most Beautiful crowns its 2020 queen on today, Sunday, September 20, inside TV3’s Studio B. The reality show began in June when 16 ladies from the 16 regions were introduced as participants in this year’s competition. Since then the ladies have gone through a comprehensive journey of rediscovery and grooming in preparation for the finals, at which one will be selected to succeed reigning queen Ekua Mends Bannerman. In an interaction with 3news.com, the ladies shared their experiences and what it will mean to them if they get to be crowned winner of the car, cash and crown. Ahafo…

The Presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, was on Friday installed as the Nkosouhene (Development Chief) of the Apesika Traditional area in the Kintampo South constituency of the Bono East Region. Under the stool name Nana Beyeman Kwame Ababio I, Mr. Mahama was taken through the customary rites by the Chief of Jema and Kyidomhene of the Nkoranza Traditional Council, Nana Amponsah Gyan II. Nana Amponsah Gyan II explained that the NDC presidential candidate deserves to be honoured as he undertook massive development projects in the area when he was the President of Ghana. Speaking…

Four persons have died in an accident that occurred at Nyanteh near the Eastern University of Environment and Sustainable Development in the Yilo Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region. An Opel Astra taxi cab with registration number AS 2061-12 and a Green Hyundai H-100 with registration number 5954-15 had a head-on collision The taxi driver was driving from Accra towards Somanya with eight passengers including children on board. That of the Hyundai had 13 passengers on board. The taxi veered off its lane and collided with the Hyundai, reports say. All vehicles were mangled beyond recognition. The four casualties are…