Author: Krobea

New Year, New Course, same results from the defending champions of the National Sports Cross Country race for the Central and Ashanti regions teams. The Central Region clinched their 2nd straight victory in the 2020 event on Saturday afternoon with a dominating performance during the race. The team had its first two runners crossing the finish line for the second year in a row. The team was led by individual state champion Aziz Mohammad in the male category and he won with a time of 37:28:44 secs in a distance of about 10 kilometers, from the Mando Methodist School Park…

Media General began celebrating the month of March as ‘Ghana Month’ in grand style on Monday. Both on-air and off-air staff were clad in beautiful traditional wear to herald the occasion. Ghana Month, which celebrates indigenous products, services and heritage, is a month-long celebration. “For us at Media General, we are convinced it is our responsibility as the leading Media Company to project our country and also create the needed platform to help in the promotion of Ghanaian businesses and their products,” the Group CEO of Media General Beatrice Agyemand Abbey had said. Source: 3news.com|Ghana

The West Africa Competitiveness Programme (WACOMP) funded by the European Union and implemented by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) will organiz a two-day cosmetics conference for entrepreneurs in the Northern Region, starting Monday. The conference, organized in partnership with the Ghana Trade Fair Company as part of the 24th Ghana International Trade Fair, will take place at the Aliu Mahama Sports Stadium in Tamale and is expected to host over 80 Cosmetics companies and enterprises. Commenting on the conference, the Chief Technical Advisor of WACOMP, Charles Kwame Sackey, said the conference is part of the interventions by the…

The Coalition of Aggrieved Customers of 53 collapsed fund management companies has threatened to hit the streets on March 24 if government fails to show commitment to pay their locked-up funds. The group claims none of its members has received any funds, neither is government giving them any assurances. Addressing the media in Kumasi, the group described as discriminatory government’s resolve to pay customers of defunct savings and loans, and microfinance companies whilst sidelining customers of collapsed fund management companies. “In the President’s own statement on why his government reviewed the decision to now pay full amount to depositors of…

A girl by name Abigail Addy is reported missing since Friday, February 28, 2020 in Tamale, Northern Region. She is a resident of Poloyafong, a suburb of the regional capital. According to the police, frantic investigations have been launched into the case as it appears to be one of kidnapping. The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Northern Regional Command is handling the case. The victim is 21 years of age and “all efforts made to trace her have not been successful”. “Police strongly suspect she has been kidnapped and we are appealing to the public to be on the…

Since the 15th of January, 2020 when the country was notified of Charles Kwabla Akonnor’s selection as Black Stars Head Coach, there’ve been many debates and predictions about what his Black Stars team would look like. Ghanaians have wondered whether he would have the spine to drop renowned veterans such as Asamoah Gyan and Christian Atsu and put his faith in the numerous rising talents we have, or whether he would stick with the old guns and go for proven experience ahead of potential quality. With the AFCON 2021 qualifier doubleheader against Sudan coming up next month there are many…

About 500 workers of Ameen Sangari Industries Limited in the Central Region capital of Cape Coast are protesting the decision by management to close down the company without any prior notice. The workers were dismayed Monday morning to find a notice, announcing the closure of the company “until further notice”. “Severance awards negotiations are still ongoing,” the notice indicated. But the workers say they will have none of that as the foreign owners owed them two-month salaries. One Mr Nkrumah, an affected worker, told Onua FM’s Central Region correspondent Kwame Kakarba that they had petitioned the Oguaa Traditional Council on…

Youth in Sogakope in the Volta Region are up in arms against the police and have given them three days to produce killers of Marcus Mawutor Adzahli, the Assembly member for Sogakope South Electoral Area. The Assembly member was killed in cold blood on Sunday after being shot multiple times in what many suspect to be contract killing. Youth of Sogakope have accused the police of negligence. According to them, the crime would have been avoided or the outcome mitigated if the police had been swift. With the support of opinion leaders, they say the police should fish out the…

The Western Region Chairman of the Vetting Committee for parliamentary aspirants of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Fredrick Fredua Anto, has disclosed to 3news.com that the committee received more than 15 petitions from the seven constituencies that appeared before it on the first day of vetting. Fourteen aspirants from seven constituencies appeared before the F.F. Anto-led Committee on Sunday, March 1. “The exercise went on smoothly. Everyone comported him or herself. Obviously, whenever there is going to be vetting, people will bring petitions against people they think do not qualify. There were a lot of petitions. I think more than…

Some students of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) have been arrested by the police, 3news.com has gathered. The students, most of whom are affiliated to Atlantic Hall, were arrested in Kumasi and transferred to Cape Coast, where they have been kept in custody since Saturday. It is unclear what triggered the arrest but 3news.com sources say it is connected with the recent clash between students of Atlantic Hall and Oguaa Hall. That clash left several property of the school vandalized and some students hospitalized. Property vandalised as ATL, Oguaa Hall brawl The Students’ Representative Council (SRC) of UCC has…