Author: Krobea

It has come to light that all Ghanaian students in China are safe from the deadly coronavirus. This was made known after a crunch 4-hour meeting held on Wednesday, January 29 between the Embassy of Ghana and China executives of the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS). The students, however, complained of shortage of nose masks and hand sanitisers, which have prevented most of them from going out to buy victuals. Ghana’s Ambassador to China Edward Boateng has, as a result, donated 50,000RMB on behalf of the government to the students. Sixty per cent of that amount is to go…

Liverpool opened up the biggest lead by any team at the end of a day in English top-flight history with an emphatic victory over Southampton – but manager Jurgen Klopp says his side are “not even close to being perfect”. The Reds extended their advantage in the Premier League to 22 points over second-placed Manchester City, who face Tottenham on Sunday, with a 4-0 win against Southampton at Anfield. They have also equalled City’s record of 20 consecutive Premier League wins at home and only Bill Shankly’s Liverpool team in 1972 had a longer winning streak on home soil in…

Asante Kotoko coach Maxwell Konadu believes teenager Matthew Anim Cudjoe is ready to take on players in the Ghana Premier League. Konadu admits a player of Cudjoe’s talent deserves more playing time, but emphasised that there is no need to rush his development. Maxwell Konadu’s point has been reiterated by the player’s manager, Samuel Anim Addo, who says the rise will be handled steadily. Matthew Anim Cudjoe is 16 years old and already the son of Asamoah Gyan’s manager and GFA Executive Council member Samuel Anim Addo is ready to wear the big shoes as an African best player. Popularly…

Majority Leader of Parliament Osei Kyei-Mensa-Bonsu says he does not make promises on campaign platforms. He challenged all to find out from his constituents whether he makes promises when campaigning. Speaking on TV3’s Hot Issues on Saturday, the Member of Parliament for Suame Constituency says he knows the role an MP plays and so does not go about promising roads and other infrastructure. For him, his role is to lobby for such projects to be undertaken in his constituency. “I don’t tell them I am going to construct roads for them because I know that competence I don’t have,” he…

The road to Parliament for aspirants of Berekum East Constituency in the Bono Region for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) just got busy as political and security analyst, Solomon Kyere-Boadu, filed his nomination forms on Friday, January 31, 2020. Solomon Kyere-Boadu, affectionately called King Solomon, speaking to 3news.com after filing his nomination said being the first of the aspirants to pick and submit his forms spells victory not only for him but the Berekum East Constituency at large. “I picked nomination forms on Sunday, January 26, 2020 and successfully filed same in less than a week. My seriousness and preparedness…

About six persons are feared dead in an accident at Gomoa Odumase near Essuehyia in the Central Region. The accident occurred on Saturday at about 8:00am It involved an articulated truck heading towards Takoradi and an Accra-bound Toyota Hiace Mini Bus loaded with passengers. An eye witness told Nhyiraba Paa Kwesi Simpson of Connect FM on Saturday the truck rammed into the side of the mini bus, causing the head of the truck to turn in the opposite direction. Six persons, all women, died on the spot while five others are said to be in critical condition. The National Ambulance…

The Accra Regional Police Command of the Ghana Police Service has rejected reports that it did not send security detail to the one-year commemorative durbar of the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election violence. According to the Command, the Airport Divisional Command led teams from its jurisdiction with three support teams from the Regional Operations Counter Terrorism Unit and SWAT. “There were also Criminal Investigation Department personnel, Operations Calm Life (Police Military Collaboration) and officers from the Motor Traffic and Transport Unit,” it said in news release on Saturday. This comes in the wake of concerns by the leadership of the National…

The Bank of Ghana kept its Policy Rate unchanged at 16.0 percent for the sixth meeting in a row as the Monetary Policy Committee takes a cautious outlook to growth and inflation. Dr Ernest Addison, the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, said the decision was taken to maintain the rate despite a fairly resilient and robust economic performance with regard to output growth and a strong trade and payments position. The economy is positioned firmly on the path of stability with inflation forecasted to stay within the medium-term target band of 8±2 percent, barring any unanticipated shocks, he said.…

Messaging service WhatsApp will no longer work on millions of smartphones from 1 February. Android and iPhone devices which only support outdated operating systems will no longer be able to run the Facebook-owned app. WhatsApp said the move was necessary in order to protect the security of its users. Smartphones using Android 2.3.7 and older, and iPhone iOS 8 or older, are those affected by the update. The operating systems that WhatsApp is dropping support for are legacy operating systems, which are no longer updated or installed on new devices. Most users will simply be able to update their operating…

The Eminent Advisory Committee (EAC) of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) has been urged to state its position on the move by the election-management body to procure new gadgets for the 2020 elections. Senior Lecturer at the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) Dr Ahmed Jinapor believes by stating its position, the EAC will chart a course for the seemingly feuding parties – the EC and the Inter-Party Resistance Against the New Voter Register (IPRNA). There has been tension between the two parties as regards the move by the EC to procure the gadgets, which will be used in the compilation…