Author: Krobea

For the past 13 years, TV3’s Ghana’s Most Beautiful pageant has been the torchbearer when it comes to using beauty to project Ghanaian values and culture. Due to the quality of production and competitiveness of the reality show, Ghana’s Most Beautiful, some will just say GMB, has been a consistent chart-topper and 2020 will definitely not be different. For those who may not know, Ghana’s Most Beautiful, organised by Ghana’s biggest and best television station TV3 is a beauty pageant that educates Ghanaians and the global community about the various cultural values and heritage in the 16 regions of Ghana.…

Political Science Lecturer at the Methodist University-Ghana Dr. Osei Bonsu has suggested to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to amend its constitution to help protect and retain first time Members of Parliament (MPs). The modification, according to him, would help strengthen the party at the grassroots level and would also give enough time for the MPs to perform well at the constituency in enhancing the party’s chances to be retained in power for a longer period. Dr. Osei Bonsu in his submission on Onua FM told host Nana Yaw Opare that the MPs should only be contested after two successive…

Ghana’s latest Covid-19 case count has seen the total cumulative infections surpass 16,000. After 597 new cases were recorded as of Thursday, June 25, according to the Disease Surveillance Department of the Ghana Health Service, the country’s tally from Day 1 when the disease was recorded is now 16,431. By the adopted protocols of the World Health Organisation (WHO), the recoveries which are now joined to discharges are now 12,257. Already, this protocol has been challenged by experts. An immunologist, Dr Yaw Bediako of the West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP) of the University of Ghana,…

Ghana’s leading television station TV3 has announced it will be airing the latest and most anticipated investigative work by BBC and Ghanaian investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas. Scheduled to air on Monday, June 29, at 8:00pm, the piece is titled ‘Corona Quacks’ and it is about the deadly and fast-spreading coronavirus, exposing the masterminds behind a Covid-19 scam worth tens of thousands of dollars. ‘Corona Quacks’ is also expected to bring to light the corrupt dealings regarding the pandemic and how certain individuals are making money off the virus. Are you ready to know the ‘corona quacks and thieves’ in…

Malawi’s opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera has won the country’s rerun presidential vote, officials say. He defeated incumbent Peter Mutharika with 58.57% of the vote in Tuesday’s poll, the electoral commission announced late on Saturday. In February, Malawi’s constitutional court annulled Mr Mutharika’s victory in the May 2019 election, citing vote tampering. The country was bitterly divided in the run-up to this week’s election. It is the second African nation to annul a presidential election over irregularities, after Kenya in 2017. Following the official result on Saturday, Mr Chakwera said his victory was “a win for democracy and justice,” adding: “My…

The total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus has surpassed 10 million worldwide, according to official figures. The figures show that the total official cases recorded are approximately 10,005,446. The recoveries are 5,209,048 with 498,996 deaths. Therefore, the active cases around the world number 4,297,402. The viral disease was first recorded in December, 2019 in Wuhan in the Hubei Province of China. Source: 3news.com|Ghana

Richie Mensah, CEO of Lynx Entertainment, has confirmed reports that music duo DopeNation is no longer with his label. According to him, they signed a short term contract with the duo and have decided to part ways after the expiration of the contract. Made up of Micheal Boafo (B2) and Tony Boafo (Twist), DopeNation signed onto Lynx Entertainment in April 2019. Known for hit songs such as ‘Eish’ and ‘Naami’, the duo heralded their signing with the release of ‘Zanku’. Shortly after it was reported that they were no longer with the label, DopeNation rebuffed the rumours, stressing that they…

A Ghana Air Force aircraft procured from China in 2015 performed an emergency landing on Thursday, June 25 in Ganvuliga in the Kumbungu District of the Northern Region. It is unclear what may have caused the emergency landing but preliminary investigations revealed that the crew crash-landed after observing a malfunction of the tail rotor system, which provides anti-torque and directional control to the aircraft. A statement issued by the Director of Public Relations of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), Colonel Emmanuel Aggrey-Quashie, said there were a total of eight passengers on board. They were returning to Tamale from Wa. “All…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has congratulated winners of last Saturday’s primaries of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and has since met the losing aspirants, particularly the Members of Parliament (MPs) who lost their bids to get re-elected for the December 7 elections. President Akufo-Addo observed that defeats are normal in politics, rallying the losing aspirants to support the winners for victory in the parliamentary elections. “I congratulate all those who came out winners and got the opportunity to represent our party at the elections in December,” he said at a ceremony held in Accra to unveil him as the…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has described as a rare experience his unveiling as the 2020 presidential nominee of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). He said it is not as a result of the abnormal times occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic, which has seen the implementation of strict preventive protocols at the gathering of the members of the National Council of the NPP, but it is one of only two occasions in his political career that he has not been contested for a political office. “I must confess this is a rare experience for me in my long political career…