Author: Krobea

It was all smile as Dorcas Nuku Darko, the second runner-up for the 2014 UBA Foundation’s National Essay Competition, graduated with Second Class Upper from  the University of Ghana, Legon on Friday November 15, 2019. Dorcas participated in the maiden edition of the UBA Foundation’s National Essay Competition in 2014 as a student of Keta Senior High Technical School. She emerged the second runner-up and was awarded a scholarship to support her tertiary education. Dorcas, a graduate of Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Information Studies at the University of Ghana, Legon, was full of praise for UBA and could…

Niger is changing its national anthem to remove references to former colonial power France almost 60 years after gaining independence. Minister of Cultural Renaissance Assoumana Malam Issa says the government wants to introduce a new anthem to serve as “a sort of war cry reaching into our patriotic core” – and he’s asking people to submit their own ideas. Niger’s current anthem – La Nigérienne – was written by Frenchman Maurice Albert Thiriet in 1961 and many in the country consider the song’s lyrics deferential to France. Source: BBC

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will decide if the December 17 referendum will be held or not, 3news.com has gathered. The President will make the all-important decision when he returns from his trip to the UK on Tuesday, November 26. Akufo-Addo leaves for UAE, Germany & UK Speaking in an interview on The Key Points on TV3 and 3FM, Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Osei Bonsu Amoah said there appears to be a breakdown in consensus on the referendum, particularly after the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) decided to go for a ‘No’ vote. He said there was…

Black Meteors’ Number 20 Evans Mensah was on Friday named in the Best XI of the just-ended Africa U-23 Cup of Nations. Mensah scored two important goals for his side in the knock-out stages. He scored the equaliser in the 2-2 semi-final game with losing finalists Ivory Coast and on Friday proved an important player in the Black Meteors set-up as he cancelled the South Africans’ lead and gave an assist to Samuel Obeng for the second equaliser. The former Inter Allies player was named Man of the Match in Ghana’s opening 1-1 draw with Cameroon. He was the only…

The Young Pharaohs of Egypt waited until the second half of extra-time to break Ivory Coast in the final game of the Africa U-23 Cup of Nations on Friday. After Karim El Eraky had put the hosts ahead in the first half, substitute Aboubacar Doumbia brought in some energy and scored against the run of play to force the match into extra time. It was just five minutes to full time. But the Egyptians managed to break the Ivorian defence after several asking as eventual Man of the Match and Most Valuable Player of the Tournament Ramadan Sobhi, who captains…

Zimbabweans have reacted with disbelief to news that the government has approved plans to rename major roads and buildings after “national heroes” – including 10 streets named after President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Many of those honoured fought in the 1970s guerrilla war against white-minority rule and went on to become prominent figures in independent Zimbabwe. Other African leaders such as Congo’s Patrice Lumumba, Jomo Kenyatta and Abdel Gamal Nasser are to have roads named after them, along with international leaders such as Cuba’s Fidel Castro, Leonid Brezhnev of the former Soviet Union and China’s Mao Zedong. Many Zimbabweans took to social…

The Black Meteors’ dream of returning to the Olympic Games took a jolt on Friday after the team lost 6-5 on penalties to South Africa in the 3rd place play-off of the Africa U-23 Cup of Nations in Egypt. Marquee player Evans Mensah lived up to the hype at the Cairo International Stadium as he brought Ghana into contention of qualification with a goal and an assist to force a 2-2 draw with the Bafana Bafana in full regulation time. The game, as is the regulation, went straight to penalty shoot-outs. The Black Meteors, however, missed the opportunity to win…

Western Region Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Charles Cromwell Nanabanyin Onuawonto Bissue, who is also a presidential staffer, has described as disingenuous claims that the upcoming referendum is to test the popularity of the Nana Addo administration. According to him, the NPP in its 2016 manifesto made clear its intention to ensure that MMDCEs are elected to make them more accountable. “From the onset, Nana Addo [Dankwa Akufo-Addo] and this government were clear in their minds how they wanted to deepen the decentralization process. The decision to elect MMDCES is stated unambiguously in our manifesto. So, it…

The three LaDMA metro guards captured on video taking bribes have been suspended, 3news.com has gathered. They are to face stiffer sanctions pending the conclusion of investigations. “If we find out [that] to be true possibly they can be sacked.” This was disclosed by the Chief Executive of La Dadekotopon Municipal Assembly (LaDMA), Reverend Solomon Kotey Nikoi in an interview on TV3’s Midday Live on Thursday. The three were filmed by the 3FM Community Connect team on Monday, November 18 on the pedestrian walkway near the Accra Mall. The undercover report was as a result of persistent complaints from pedestrians…

A 36-year-old driver was shot and killed after four suspected armed robbers attacked his commercial vehicle at Ekumfi Ekrowful on the Ajumako-Accra road in the Central Region. The belongings of passengers were also stolen by the robbers. The incident happened on Friday dawn around 3:00am. The body of the deceased has since been deposited at the Saltpond Government Hospital while the traumatized passengers who escaped unhurt have been dispatched to their various destinations. A local journalist, Astymin, who broke the news to Onua FM’s Yen Sempa hosted by Nana Yaw Opare on Friday explained that the driver, Kwabena Ahinful, with…