Author: Krobea

Gospel musician Patience Nyarko says award-winning artiste Joe Mettle may not find his mettle when the Methodist Church or the Church of Pentecost directs that their songs should not be used by musicians in Ghana. “How many English songs has Joe Mettle composed in this country? Let [the Church of] Pentecost and Methodist Church come out with a directive that no musician should sing their songs, I tell you he will fall,” she said on Onua TV on Saturday, May 16. Discussing the state of gospel music on the television station’s weekend entertainment talk show Anigye Mmre, UK-based Ghanaian event…

Erling Braut Haaland scored for Borussia Dortmund as they marked the return of the Bundesliga during the coronavirus outbreak with a convincing derby win over Schalke. The game will mostly be remembered for the surreal circumstances in which it was played, as Germany became the first major league in Europe to resume action behind closed doors. There was an eerie atmosphere at Dortmund’s iconic Signal Iduna Park stadium, with every shout by players or coaches audible, and social distancing protocol followed by substitutes and during goal celebrations. Haaland opened the scoring with a trademark cool finish, flicking home Thorgen Hazard’s…

A post-mortem examination of the helicopter crash that killed basketball star Kobe Bryant has ruled blunt force trauma as the cause of death for all nine victims. The 180-page report also found that the pilot, 50-year-old Ara Zobayan, tested negative for drugs and alcohol. The cause of the 26 January crash, which occurred in California amid heavy fog, is still being investigated. Bryant’s 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, was with him on board the helicopter. The passengers – which included two of Gianna’s basketball teammates, their relatives and a coach – were on their way to a tournament in Thousand Oaks where…

The North East Regional Communication Officer of the NDC, Imoro Abdul Razak, has accused the Chief Executive Officer of the National Service Secretariat, Yussif Mustapha, of being behind the delay by government to make payments to Tass-kalia Construction Ltd in order for the company to complete work on the 34km Yagaba/Kubori/Mankarigu road. Tass-Kalia Construction Ltd went through competitive bidding and won the 34km Yagaba/Kubori/Mankarigu road project in 2016. The contractor moved to site and commenced work on the project but due to a directive by the government for all contractors to stop work on ongoing projects, the project stalled. Tass-kalia…

A Political Science Lecturer at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Jonathan Asante Okyere, has questioned the motive of Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) to compile a new voters’ register for the December 7 general elections regardless of the concerns raised by political parties and other stakeholders. He believes the Commission seems to have a hidden agenda in compiling the new register. He has indicated that the Commissioners should be held responsible if anything happens during and after the elections. Jonathan Asante Okyere disclosed this on Friday, May15 when speaking on the Yensempa morning show on Onua FM. He maintained that…

A middle-aged woman, whose name has been given as Mariam Issahaku, lost her life after her head mysteriously went off her body while onboard a motorised tricycle from Fielimuo to Hamile in the Upper West Region. There was no accident involving the motor trike, a situational report said. The report sighted by 3news.com said the incident happened on Thursday, May 14. The woman, 50, is said to be seated on the tools container of the motor trike near the rider, who reported the incident to the police in Lambussie. There were four others seated in the bucket of the vehicle.…

A five-year-old girl has become the latest to contract the novel coronavirus disease in the Northern Region. The victim, a resident of the Tamale Metropolis, is among some 13 new cases recorded in the Region between Friday, May 15 and Saturday, May 16. The new cases have seen a jump of more than half in the case count for the Region, from 19 to 32 on Saturday, May 16. Two hospital staff are also among the latest confirmed cases, the Northern Regional Director of Health Services, Dr Eleeza John Bertson, told journalists. The two staff have, however, not gotten in…

The National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Gyamfi, is accusing the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) of being hell-bent on disenfranchising a majority of Ghana’s voting population. He said the Commission is doing this in cahoots with the National Identification Authority (NIA). But he insists the NDC will not sit unconcerned for such a scheme to come to fruition. “We will win this battle. We will stop them,” he stated on The Key Points on TV3/3FM on Saturday, May 16. He said all legitimate means including mass actions will be employed to stop the EC from compiling…

The German Bundesliga is the first top-flight league in Europe to resume after club football on the Old Continent took a jolt due to the coronavirus pandemic. Six matches are scheduled to be played on Saturday with the rest, bar one, to be cleared on Sunday. The Bundesliga was suspended in mid-March after the devastating effect of the viral disease across the world with Germany having recorded over 8,000 deaths so far, despite regarded as one of the lowest in Europe. The resumption of the German domestic league will, however, come with strict compliance to safety regulations including no pre-match…

More than 700 persons have recovered from the deadly coronavirus disease, as per the latest update by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) released on Friday, May 15. Four more persons have lost their lives, the count shows. This brings to 28 the total number of persons who have lost their lives from the virus. The total case count has also jumped from 5,530 to 5,638 infections. As a result of the recovered, precisely 786, Ghana’s active cases have also reduced significantly to 4,150. Source: 3news.com|Ghana