Author: Krobea

Eight matches in Ghana Premier League Week 4 ended with 15 goals scored and WAFA drawing with Hearts of Oak at home. The Medeama and Kotoko game had it all! Free kicks, yellow cards, missed chances and a red card drama. Medeama were awarded a penalty in the second minute of the game and Prince Opoku Agyemang kicked the ball into the net. It should be put on record that the striker has scored 4 goals so far this season and that puts him right behind Yahaya Mohammed, who is leading with 5 goals. Right after half time, Kotoko seemed…

Residents of Ablekuma will from Tuesday, January 15 experience constant and reliable power supply following the completion of work on a 1.5 million-cedi feeder project by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). The 23-kilometer network is expected to relieve some loads from the existing networks that have been experiencing challenges. Acting General Manager of ECG at the Accra West Region, Engineer Ankomah Emmanuel, who disclosed this to 3news.com, said the new feeder project would solve irregular power supply to some 14,500 customers in Ablekuma. “There is going to be enough capacity to bring in more customers when the project is…

The Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) has been advised by its recently constituted Eminent Advisory Committee to engage further with political parties over the decision to secure a new biometric voter management system. The advice was given by the committee of 21 eminent persons led by Justice Emile Short after a crunch meeting held on Wednesday, January 15. The meeting was held following agitations by some political parties and civil society groups against the move by the Commission. Known together as Inter-Party Resistance Against a New Voters’ Register (IPRNA), the parties staged a demonstration last Sunday in the Northern Region capital…

The Ghana Football Association has confirmed Charles Kwablan Akunnor as the Head Coach of the Black Stars. Akunnor was an assistant coach in the Kwesi Appiah-led technical team that was dissolved by the FA earlier in the year. Kwesi Appiah no longer Stars coach as GFA dissolves all technical teams He will be assisted by veteran gaffer David Duncan. Akunnor’s slow but steady rise in the game began in his playing days when he captained Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga in the early 2000’s and is till now one of the players most revered by the fans. He led Kumasi Asante…

The Accra Regional Police Command of the Ghana Police Service led by DCOP Frederick Adu Anim has visited the family of Inspector Kate Abban, who died together with her three children in a gas explosion. The officer had returned from church to prepare food for her family on Sunday, January 5, when the explosion occurred. She died four days later at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, where she was immediately rushed to. Her children could not also survive. The last child died on Sunday, January 12. The top administration of the Command was at the residence to commiserate with the…

A member of the legal team of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Godwin Edudzi Tamakloe, says the timing of the prosecution of the owners of defunct banks UT Bank and Beige Bank is “a little more curious”. According to him, the arrest and immediate prosecution came moments after President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo hinted at government bringing the persons found culpable in the banking collapse to book. Speaking on TV3’s New Day on Wednesday, January 15, the legal practitioner said the timing could only be political as it came a few moments after the president made his statement at the…

The management at Legon Cities Football Club are putting in the work. Hard work that is visible to many. The on-field results though, have not quite matched the noise on social media and the strides they have made to look markedly better than every other team in the country. The Royals have picked up two points from a possible 9 which has been the result of their shabby second half performances. Although the fixtures have been tough, they have looked positive in the opening stages only to miss out on a chance of killing games off when they have to.…

The Ministry of Special Development Initiatives (MSDI) has clarified that the $1 million for each of the 275 constituencies under the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP) is not meant to be shared. Special Aide to the sector minister Nana Acheampong explained that most people expecting cash for their constituencies will be disappointed as the monies are for projects. He made this known on 3FM’s Sunrise morning show on Wednesday, January 15, 2020. Nana Acheampong was on the show to shed more light on the activities and programmes of MSDI and justify the creation of that ministry. Many have called…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed worry about the apprehensions that have greeted each and every election in the Fourth Republic. He has therefore vowed to dispel the fears by making this year’s election, the first under his watch, a very peaceful one. “I am hoping that this year when I will be in charge of the process that I can give an example that will make it possible for us in future not to look upon these imbroglio [and] bouts of apprehension and fear and because of elections peace and security of our country is going to be…

The Ghana Football Association has named Ibrahim Tanko as Head Coach of the Black Stars ‘B’ national team. He will be assisted by Prince Owusu as Assistant 1 and Godwin Attram as Assistant 2. Other members of the Technical Team are: Joseph Akeem Anyagre –         Goalkeepers Coach Prince Pamboe      –         Team Doctor Edmund Ackah     –         Welfare Officer Justice Kofi Mensah –         Equipment Officer Emmanuel Armah   –         Physical Trainer Zakari Abdulai                 –         Masseur Tijani Mumuni                –         Equipment Officer. The GFA has also named a Management Committee for the Black Stars ‘B’ as follows:…