Author: Krobea

Ghana’s Covid-19 cases have risen by nearly 2,000 cases within two days. After recording the country’s highest infections of 992 on Monday, July 6, Tuesday also saw the confirmation of 891 new infections. At the Ministry of Information bi-weekly press briefing on the virus on Tuesday, the Director General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye confirmed that Ghana’s cumulative case count since the outbreak of the disease in March stands at 21,968. This, he said, comes from a total of 316,798 individual tests conducted over the period. Fortunately, 17,156 persons have recovered and been discharged from the…

Two taxi drivers have been arrested by the Kwesimintsim Police Command for allegedly smuggling six drums of premix fuel to a fuel station at Asakai in the Effia-Kwesimintsim Municipality in the Western Region. Narrating events leading to the arrest of the two taxi drivers Pope Pius and Anthony Nyankom, the NPP Polling Station Organizer for Aboadze Roman Catholic, George Abakah, told 3news.com that he had information on Monday morning that someone had smuggled premix from Bentir in the Shama District and that the product was on the move. He quickly took a car, disguised himself and followed the vehicle. Mr.…

For years, he became a known local star proudly tracing his roots to the Northern Region of Ghana. Years on, he is back at where it all started, this time, heavily involved in other things apart from football. In an occasional day for the former Black Stars player, Shilla Illiasu commutes over a two-hour journey to his farm in the outskirts of Tamale in the Northern Region of Ghana. It is a routine he has been used to for the past four years. Starting off with maize farming, Illiasu has seen his yield grow over the period in quantities he…

An independent parliamentary hopeful for the Assin South Constituency, Joseph Kofi Damtse, has defied President Nana Akufo-Addo’s directives and the EI 64 on the ban on political rallies to mass up people, flouting Covid-19 protocols for social distancing and wearing of face masks. The Assin South police say they are investigating the matter. Speaking at the rally, organised on Saturday, July 4 at Assin Aworoso in the Central Region, the aspirant who was disqualified at the just-ended New Patriotic Party (NPP) primaries, told the packed crowd including minors that they deserve their share of the national cake. He said they…

The Exclusive Men of the Year Africa Awards (EMY Africa Awards) has named Mrs. Abiola Marufatu Bawuah, the Regional CEO West Africa of the United Bank for Africa, as the Woman of the Year at the 5th Annual EMY Africa Awards held over the weekend. The EMY Africa Awards is a Father’s Day related event that celebrates distinguished gentlemen in diverse fields to inspire greatness in the younger generation. It also gives complementary awards to women who have made an impact in Society. The EMY Awards this year gave honors to Mrs. Abiola Bawuah for her progress and impact which…

Dozens of pedestrians have been knocked down by speeding vehicles at Tetegu, Weija and McCarthy Hill Junctions on the Accra-Kasoa highway for the past month as traffic lights at these intersections have been off. The latest death occurred at the Tetegu traffic light on Monday night and a pedestrian who lives around and witnessed the accident, sent told Onua TV producer Kweku Antwi-Otoo in a Whatsapp that “an overspending trotro just swept one motor rider and one cyclist just about 20 minutes ago, and as to their condition I can’t say much”. Most of the victims are said to be…

Kenya’s education ministry has said that all primary and secondary schools will reopen next year. The ministry said all students would resume studies in their current classes. Education Minister George Magoha said no final-year national examinations would be held for primary and secondary pupils this year. Those exams are usually held in October and November each year. However, colleges and universities will prepare to re-open in September this year with strict guidelines, the minister says. Schools across Kenya closed in March after the country’s recorded its first coronavirus cases. On Monday, Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta reopened the borders of three…

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has announced that all its offices in the nation’s capital Accra will be closed from Wednesday, July 8 for a fumigation exercise. The exercise will be carried out till Friday, July 10. “This has become necessary due to the mass testing the organisation is currently undertaking which has resulted in some staff members testing positive for Covid-19,” a circular issued by Chief Executive Officer Joseph Boahen Aidoo to staff and sighted by 3news.com said. “All necessary arrangements have been made for the affected staff to receive the necessary medical attention and contact tracing is currently…

Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Mafo has tested positive for Covid-19. He has, as a result, begun strict compliance to treatment protocols from home. This was made known by the Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, on Tuesday, July 7 at the bi-weekly press update in Accra. Mr Oppong Nkrumah said samples of the Senior Minister were taken a couple of weeks ago. “Senior Minister Osafo Mafo has been informed that his samples given for testing have tested positive. “He will therefore as of day commence treatment for Covid-19 from home and in consonance with the transparency that we are bringing…

The Director of the Ghana Institute of Languages, Dr. Emmanuel Kobena Kuto, is demanding the release of the medical records of his wife, Esther Sosa, who died at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, popularly known as Ridge Hospital, last month.  Narrating what happened at a meeting, which took place on Tuesday, June 30 between the Hospital’s investigative committee and himself, Mr Kuto said there has been back and forth between the authorities and himself after he requested to have the medical records of his late wife. In a statement after the meeting, Dr Kuto said the meeting agreed on a number of…