Author: Krobea

Marricke Kofi Gane, an independent presidential aspirant, has strongly kicked against the resolution by Electoral Commission, Ghana(EC) to compile a new voter register for the December7 polls. He has maintained that it is not necessary for the EC to compile a new voter register before conducting a successful election since the existing register was used in 2012 and used for a “successful” district assembly election recently. The chartered accountant and international development practitioner, speaking to Nana Yaw Opare on Yensempa on Onua FM on Monday, June 15, described EC’s resolution as needless and incoherent. He underscored the EC could go…

The National Identification Authority (NIA) will resume the registration of eligible applicants in the Eastern Region from Thursday, June 18. The exercise in the Region was suspended under controversial circumstances which even went to the High Court. The Authority had continued registering applicants in the Eastern Region despite President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s ban on social gathering on March 15. Many civil society organisations including the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) called for an end to the exercise as Covid-19 had been recorded in the country and showed signs of spreading especially in crowded locations. Though the High Court dismissed the…

The Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyemang Manu, has been discharged from the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC), 3news.com can confirm. Mr Agyemang Manu, who was admitted on Tuesday, June 9, contracted the deadly Covid-19 in the line of duty. Hospital officials, who would not speak on record, indicated that the Health Minister is in stable condition and responding to treatment but not currently at UGMC. The sector minister, who has not been seen in public since the last media briefing on May 28, is reported to have taken some days off and was yet to resume to work. By…

Ghanaian dancehall artiste Shatta Wale and controversy are like twins. It’s either he loves the controversy or controversy likes him. The good news out of his controversy is that it leads to a debate about topical and interesting matters. Sometimes, it’s as if, that is where he wants the national and/or entertainment discourse to focus. Over the weekend, appearing before a showbiz programme on UTV hosted by the darling actress, Nana Ama McBrown, Mr. Wale delved into law-accusing bloggers of copyright and privacy breaches of his brand, name, and likeness. He referred to his infamous video on Snapchat in May…

As part of measures to ensure final year students of the Tamale Technical University reporting back to campus stay safe from Covid-19, students were asked to first go to the school clinic for screening. According to management, the move was part of measures to ensure all students go through the necessary protocols of Covid-19. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Sunday, June 14 reiterated that schools will be reopened to final year tertiary students on Monday, June 15 but only after strict safety protocols are adhered to. Tamale Technical University is one of the schools visited by the 3news.com. At…

The Director in charge of Diaspora Affairs at the Office of the President, Awuah Ababio, has given timelines for the evacuation of Ghanaians stranded abroad. Apart from the evacuation of Ghanaians in London on Wednesday, June 17, there is another one expected on the following week involving Ghanaians in New York, USA. “On the 28th of this same month again, we are going to have some evacuation from Washington DC. After that we shall move to phases,” Mr Awuah Ababio said on 3FM’s morning show, Sunrise. “We are going to be dealing with evacuation from Belgium, Canada, Italy, Germany, Denmark,…

On Sunday, June 21, the world will be celebrating this year’s edition of Father’s Day, a day set aside to honour fatherhood, paternal bonds and an occasion for the showcase of the love and gratitude people bear for their fathers. Leading Ghanaian media company Media General is marking this year’s Father’s Day by inviting members of the general public to celebrate Ghanaian fathers and all other men playing the role of fathers in the lives of people who are not their biological children. For this purpose, Media General is using its radio and television subsidiaries – TV3, Onua TV, 3FM…

The Paramount Chief of Upper Dixcove in the Ahanta West Municipality of the Western Region, Obrempong Hima Dekyi XIV, has forgiven the Member of Parliament for Ahanta West Constituency, Ebenezer Kojo Kum, and his supporters. He has also gone ahead to lift the ban placed on the MP and members of his campaign team – from campaigning on his land – by his Upper Dixcove traditional council. The Council last week poured libation and invoked curses on the MP and his supporters for denigrating the Hima Dekyi Stool. The Council subsequently issued a two-week ultimatum to the New Patriotic Party…

After 254,331 tests conducted, Ghana’s coronavirus cases now stand at 11,964 as at midnight Sunday, June 14. With 4,258 recoveries and 54 deaths recorded, the country is treating 7,652 patients of the disease. The latest update, therefore, sees 542 new cases recorded. This comes barely a few hours after 304 cases were confirmed. It is unclear where these new infections are coming from but obviously the tallies in the country’s four hardest hit regions – Greater Accra, Ashanti, Western and Central – have risen sharply. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Sunday, therefore, announced the strict enforcement of an Executive…

Minister of Information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has wished all Covid-19 infected frontliners including the Minister of Health a speedy recovery. The infection of the Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, has attracted well-wishes from several Ghanaians including President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. In his 11th televised address to the nation on Sunday, June 14, the president said Mr Agyemang-Manu got infected “in the line of duty”. He is said to be in stable condition, President Akufo-Addo added, and responding to treatment at the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC). The Minister of Health has been one of the key frontliners especially…