Author: Krobea

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…

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has taken a swipe at former President John Dramani Mahama for his failure to name a running mate with five months to go to the presidential elections. Dr Bawumia himself received overwhelming endorsement by the members of the National Council of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Saturday, June 27 to partner President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for the fourth time into an election. The Vice President expressed gratitude to his leader for sticking with him particularly in 2012 and 2016 after their first unsuccessful campaign in 2008. The unveiling of the two makes the…

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has received overwhelming endorsement by the National Council of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) as the running mate of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for the December 7 elections. This follows the acclamation of Mr Akufo-Addo on Saturday, June 27 as the ruling party’s presidential nominee for the elections. President Akufo-Addo proposed his choice to the Council with glowing tribute to his vice. “The constitution of our party provides in Article 13(3) that the Vice Presidential Candidate shall be selected upon the nomination of the Presidential Candidate in consultation with the National Council. So today, I…

Virologists are expressing worry at the recent surge in the cases of Covid-19 being recorded in the country. According to them, Ghana must intensify measures to stem the spread of the virus as there may be a “secondary” peak if the claim by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) earlier that the country had passed its peak is anything to go by. Speaking on The Key Points on TV3/3FM on Saturday, June 27, two virologists and one immunologist admitted that the recent case count should be a source of worry for the country. Dr Michael Owusu, who works for the Kumasi…

Prince Tagoe has spoken about his most difficult European club football experience at German side Hoffenheim. The Hoffenheim experience, Tagoe said in an interview with TV3’s Juliet Bawuah, was challenging and one that required he had to put in a lot of work. “My difficult moment playing football was at Hoffenheim. There were very good strikers at the club. I was there, Chinedu Obasi was there, Vedad Ibisevic was there and two others. It became a competition.” Beyond proving his worth, Tagoe also had to deal with rumours of a heart deficiency. “The test results were false. I got to…