Author: Krobea

Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, became $4.3 billion richer in 2019 as his fortune continued to grow on the back of investments in cement, flour and sugar. The 62-year-old Nigerian businessman and Africa’s most prominent industrialist ended the decade with a net worth of almost $15 billion, making him the 96th wealthiest man in the world, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Born into a wealthy Muslim family of traders in the north, Dangote incorporated his own business selling cement at 21. He shifted to manufacturing the building material in the 1990s, helped by government policies that encouraged ways to…

A Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Boamah Otokunor, says the largest opposition party is leading almost every poll released in connection with the 2020 elections. “Polls that have been released this year indicate that the NDC is leading [in] chances to win 2020,” he told TV3’s Selorm Amenyah in an interview on Thursday, January 2. Asked which polls made the predictions, Mr Otokunor mentioned particularly the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) and “several online polls” as predicting such an outcome in December. The Registrar of Ghana Institute of Social Democracy (GISD), NDC’s training school,…

Celebrated media personality Kobi Hemaa Osisiadan-Bekoe has been adjudged TV Personality of the Year 2019 at the Ghana Leadership Awards. At the event held at the Accra City Hotel, the entrepreneur, PUBLIC RELations practitioner and a consistent Made-in-Ghana campaigner received commendations from high profile personalities. Ghana Leadership Awards is a prestigious event that seeks to celebrate and recognize most outstanding and exemplary leadership that positively impacts the development of Ghana and Africa as a whole. This year’s event was held under the theme: ‘The Leadership Future of the Ghanaian and the African Youth’. According to the organizers, the honours were conferred on…

Popular dancehall artiste Shatta Wale has been billed to perform on Friday at the Accra Sports Stadium ahead of the Ghana Premier League clash between Legon Cities FC and Asante Kotoko SC. It is a Match Day 2 fixture for the two sides in the 2019/20 League. The performance by the ‘My Level’ hitmaker forms part of the campaign to get fans throng the various stadia as the Ghana Football Association (GFA) wants to #BringBackTheLove. Tickets to the clash sell as low as GH¢10. It starts at 6:00pm. Legon Cities FC, formerly known as Wa All Stars, drew 2-2 with…

Richard Commey lost his IBF Lightweight title in crushing and humiliating fashion, suffering a comprehensive second round beating at the hands of Teofimo Lopez at the Madison Square Garden in New York.  The Ghanaian was floored a minute into the second round, before stumbling and regaining his composure but was then subjected to a flurry of punches that forced the referee to stop the fight and call time on his short reign as a world champion. https://twitter.com/OtiAdjei/status/1206061797339521025?s=20 Commey had spoken about how he just could not fail and how much he was going to give everything to retain his title.…

The Western Region Commander of the Ghana Immigration Services, DCI Dr. Prosper Price Delali Asima, has disclosed that over fifty migrants in the Region were deported back to their home countries for irregular migration. “The nationalities of those deported vary. We have mostly Chinese and Nigerians. But we also had Pakistanis, Americans and Canadians. Majority of them overstay their permit and a few other nationals used unauthorized entry,” he told 3news.com in an interview while participating in a procession through the principal streets of Sekondi-Takoradi. The procession, which involved personnel from the various security services, was to create awareness on…

The Ghana Police Service is yet to furnish the Attorney General with a docket on new findings on the case involving the four girls who were kidnapped – and later declared dead – in Sekondi-Takoradi in the Western Region. The Attorney General’s Department is therefore unable to go ahead with its desire to amend the charges against the two prime suspects – Samuel Udotek Wills and John Oji. The case involving the two Nigerians accused of kidnapping four girls in Sekondi-Takoradi was adjourned at the last sitting because the Attorney General’s Department wanted to amend its charges against the two…

Chelsea survived a late scare to move into the Champions League knockout stages with victory over Lille at Stamford Bridge. Frank Lampard’s side were in complete control for the most part and set up the victory they required with first-half goals from Tammy Abraham and Cesar Azpilicueta. Chelsea’s nerves were frayed when former striker Loic Remy pulled one back for Lille late on but they were able to close out victory to reach the last 16 after finishing a tough group in second place behind Valencia but ahead of last season’s semi-finalists Ajax. Abraham scored his 13th goal of the…

Celebrated media personality, entrepreneur and popular Made-in-Ghana product campaigner, Kobi Hemaa Osisiadan-Bekoe, is taking charity to a different level. In a Facebook post and a viral video, Ohemaa, as she is affectionately called in media circles, has extended love to all entrepreneurs, corporate bodies, event organizers and all and sundry to send her the details of their products and services for free social media promotions. Her act of generosity is unmeasured. Not long ago, when she celebrated her decade in broadcasting, she launched the Angeles Foundation  to promote entrepreneurial skills development, boy child education and fight in reducing cancer cases…

Inmates at Fathers Home Care Ministry were treated to a lunch on Sunday, December 8 as part of i-VickyMends Foundation’s vision to visit orphans and widows in their affliction. The treat included serving of jollof rice and chicken, assorted drinks, toffees, Mandazi pastry, a snack produced in Takoradi by Penda Foods, biscuits among others. The lunch with the orphans is the first of its kind for the foundation. The event, which took place at the Ministry’s premises located at Anto, a community in the Shama District of the Western Region, was well patronized by the orphans. According to the founder…