Author: Krobea

Former boxing world champion in the Bantamweight division, Joseph Agbeko, says he wants to win a world title again before he hangs up his gloves. At 43, Agbeko is back training at the Seconds Out Gym behind the Kwame Nkrumah Museum and he has set his sights on a world title. Agbeko became world champion in 2007 after he beat Luis Alberto Perez. He retained the title twice before he lost it to Yonnhy Perez in 2009 and won back in a revenge fight in 2010, making him a two-time world champion. In 2013, he lost to Guillermo Rigondeaux and…

The Confederation of African football (CAF) has outlined a strategic plan to shape the future of the women’s game on the continent. Women’s football across the continent in due course would experience a new era that would be termed as ‘Growth or Development’. As noted by Winston Churchill, “To improve is to change, to be perfect is to change often”. So to make the most of the current status of the women’s game, CAF has sought change. Isha Johansen, Chairperson of Organising Committee for Women’s Football, is optimistic this strategy will help improve the women’s game and enhance the developmental…

Liberty Professionals midfielder Mubarak Alhassan has joined Granada in the Spanish top-flight league. The deal was finalised on Thursday with the 18-year-old signing a five-year contract for an undisclosed fee. Alhassan has been on the radar of Coach Diego Martínez of Granada, a team that will be playing in the Europa League next season. He scored five goals and provided five assists in 12 league games before the season was annulled because of the coronavirus pandemic. He is expected to fly out to join his new teammates as soon as the borders are opened. By Daniel Nana Kwame Yeboah|3news.com|Ghana

In extraordinary terms, Liverpool won the Premier League title this season, with accompanying numbers that prompted the dusting of the history books. Admittedly, Liverpool deserve their title and the muffled celebrations that have followed the triumph. The Reds are lifting the title for the first time in 30 years, and in many ways, it was like the old times. They achieved their status as champions gloriously, gliding past opponents in the Division like none other for some time now. It has been a year full of medals for these crop of players who could have only dreamed of these colorful…

An old woman believed to be in her late 90s has been lynched to death at Kafaba in the East Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region on suspicion that she is a witch. A woman believed to be a soothsayer invited to Kafaba to exorcise witches from the community allegedly mentioned the deceased as spiritually holding at ransom the progress of the community. The deceased denied the claim and pleaded with the people to spare her life. But the soothsayer and the mob ignored her pleas and lynched her. The Savannah Regional Police Command has since been to the community…

The Communications Service Tax (CST) will be reduced from 9 per cent to 5 per cent, the Finance Minister has announced. Ken Ofori-Atta said the decision to reduce the cost for most Ghanaians is as a result of the huge numbers in the population working remotely and utilising online services. Mr Ofori-Atta announced this in the 2020 mid-year budget review presented to Parliament on Thursday, July 23. CST, popularly known as Talk Tax, was introduced in 2008. But Act 754 was amended in 2013 as Act 864. The CST was increased last year from 6 per cent to 9 per…

The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has announced an extension of the free water and electricity provided by the government in the peak of the fight against coronavirus. He said the extension is by another three months. Mr Ofori-Atta made this known in his mid-year budget review presentation in Parliament on Thursday, July 23. In an effort to ease the Covid-19 burden on Ghanaians and local businesses, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Sunday, April 5 announced the absorption of water bills for all Ghanaians for April, May and June. He followed up three days later with the absorption of…

American social media giant Facebook says its investments in internet connectivity in Africa will see the continent’s economy grow by nearly $60bn (£47bn) by 2024. A report released by the company shows that an increase in access would significantly lower the cost of internet on the continent. Facebook says it is investing in data centres, submarine cables and wi-fi infrastructure to enable more people in sub-Saharan Africa to access the internet, and spur uptake of e-commerce and online job applications. So far, the social media company has launched wi-fi services in seven countries, and extended 3G coverage to four million…

The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has revealed that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will soon roll out a programme aimed at offering support to businesses hit by the effect of the coronavirus pandemic. The programme, Ghana Coronavirus Alleviation Revitalisation of Enterprises Support (CARES) Programme, will see an investment of GH¢100 billion to boost firms and industries in the country. Mr Ofori-Atta made this known in Parliament on Thursday, July 23 while presenting the government’s mid-year budget review of the 2020 fiscal policy. He said the programme is restore the economy back to the pre-pandemic growth path. The CARES programme…

Final-year trainees at the Asankrangwa Nursing and Midwifery Training College in the Western Region are accusing the Principal, Jessie Asiedua Aduako, of extorting monies from them in the name of fighting the spread of Covid-19. According to the trainee nurses, the Principal is charging students between GH¢1,000 and GH¢2,000 for the few months they have left to complete their training. The trainee nurses allege that not much has been seen on campus despite assurances by authorities that the monies are being used to procure personal protective equipment (PPEs) in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. A few Veronica buckets are…