Author: Krobea

Scancom Plc, operators of MTN Ghana, have acknowledged media reports on moves by regulator National Communications Authority (NCA) to review their operations to ensure fair competition in the telecommunications industry. They, however, said they are yet to receive a “formal notification from the regulator and awaits this to assess the details”. On Monday, the Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, issued a statement, announcing “corrective measures” under the National Telecommunications Policy (NTP) to facilitate more market competition, ensure proper pricing for consumers and facilitate the overall growth of the industry. This will see the review and approval of MTN’s pricing, according…

The youth in Walewale in the West Mamprusi Municipality of the North East Region are demanding transparency in investigations into a shooting incident which occurred last Saturday. One Amadu Yussif, 15, was shot at the butt after police were called in to disperse a night club activity in the area as per the directives of government on social gathering. The boy is currently on admission at the Walewale municipal hospital. New of the shooting of Amadu Yussif has sparked anger in the community with the youth describing the police’s conduct as as unprofessional. Convener of the Concerned Youth of Walewale…

The Parliamentary Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Kwesimintsim Constituency in the Western Region, Philip Fiifi Buckman, has begun an exercise to disinfect selected places of worship in the constituency. According to him, the exercise forms part of his efforts to help places of worship – churches and mosques – prepare and combat the spread of Covid-19 after the President announced the lifting of the ban on religious gatherings though with a limited number of worshippers. “It is an undeniable fact that churches and mosques get money to run their activities when they are able to organize…

Malawi’s President Peter Mutharika has appointed a new electoral commission chairperson ahead of a presidential re-run. The Constitutional Court had in February ordered a fresh presidential election be held within 150 days after annulling last year’s re-election of President Mutharika – a ruling upheld by the Supreme Court. The former commission chairperson Jane Ansah resigned amid criticism by the opposition on how she managed the disputed election. President Mutharika on Sunday appointed Justice Chifundo Kachale to head the commission. He also appointed new commissioners, namely Arthur Nanthuru, Steve Duwa, Jean Mathanga, Linda Kunje, Anthony Mukumbwa and Olivia Liwewe. MPs are…

The governor of Nigeria’s Abia State has tested positive for coronavirus and has gone into isolation. Governor Okezie Ikpeazu’s sample returned a positive test on 4 June, according to an official quoted by local media. The governor is reported to have directed his deputy to act on his behalf as he undergoes treatment. The south-eastern state has 83 out of about 12,400 confirmed coronavirus cases in Nigeria. Source: BBC

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has instructed constituency executives to suspend, with immediate effect, all delegates who invoked curses on leadership over the disqualification of some parliamentary aspirants. These delegates of the party resorted to invoking deities to register their dissatisfaction with the national executives for not allowing some aspirants to contest and others to be contested. According to some of them, the grounds for disqualification of some of these aspirants were not legitimate and just a move to ensure that incumbent Members of Parliament, in particular, go unopposed. In the Offinso South Constituency, for instance, some delegates slaughtered a…

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has taken immediate steps – which it describes as “corrective measures” – to ensure ultimately that MTN do not dominate the country’s telecommunication sector. According to a release issued by the Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, on Monday, the National Telecommunications Policy (NTP) stipulates that any operator with 40 per cent or more market share in voice, data, SMS and value added services like Mobile Money, is considered a Significant Market Power (SMP). MTN in Ghana, as a result, have been declared as such. With this designation of SMP, NCA is required to take corrective…

The Ashanti Regional Chief Imam has thrown his weight behind the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) over the compilation of the new voter register ahead of the December 7 elections. Sheikh Abdul Mumin Haruna explained that if the EC, which is in charge of election management in the country, believes the voters’ register must be changed, every Ghanaian must give their support to it for such an exercise. The compilation of the new voter register has raised several eyebrows as some opposition political parties, led by the largest in the country, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), and some civil society organizations…

The shooting of 15-year-old Amadu Yussif on Saturday in Walewale in the the North East Region has generated tension in the municipality. Information available to 3news.com indicates that the victim in the company of friends were holding a disco jam at Next Level Club, a popular entertainment center in Walewale, in breach of the government directive to have all pubs and night clubs closed. Sources say the police picked intelligence and rounded the place up at about 11:30 pm. In an interview with 3news.com, the Municipal Police Commander, DSP Paul Peter Akabati, confirmed the incident but denied it was the…

It has been another week of talk-talk about a former player who was incredibly good in the Ghana Premier League for every team he played for. Liberty, Heart of Lions, Asante Kotoko. He was an all-rounder. Goals with the head, left foot, right foot, a sense of where the goal was and had the composure of an experienced driver whenever he neared it. Everyone who watched him religiously knew the sort of player he was and revered him accordingly. So in the past few days when Eric Bekoe proclaimed that the great Mohamed Salah looked up to him while he…