Author: Krobea

Gold-mining company Golden Star Resources Limited in a show of proof of its commitment to engender trust and maintain a good working relationship with its host communities has signed a memorandum of understanding with all 12 communities nestling around its Wassa Mine in the Wassa Fiase Traditional Area of the Western Region. Since the commencement of its operations in 2005, the gold-mining company has been engaging community leaders and members on employment and development programs. Though the company has been honouring its commitment in giving employment and awarding contracts to community members, the absence of a formal framework to guide…

A Senior Lecturer at the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), Dr Ahmed Jinapor, has expressed astonishment at government for taking sides in the upcoming referendum. “I also find it intriguing when a proposal of this sort emanating from government…will [have] government take positions.” For him, “if you are giving us options, why will you take positions?” “It beats my imagination,” he stated. Dr Jinapor expressed these sentiments on TV3 & 3FM’s The Key Points on Saturday, November 23 over the seeming stalemate regarding the December 17 exercise. Despite plans far advanced to run the referendum, which is seeking to amend…

Ghana aims to make the production of rice from farmers sufficient for all by 2022, a Deputy Minister of Agriculture has announced. This will result in a ban on the importation of the commodity. Kennedy Osei Nyarko gave this hint on The Key Points on TV3 and 3FM on Saturday, November 23. He was speaking in the wake of cries by some rice farmers in Fumbisi in the Upper East Region that their produce have not attracted buyers this year. But information gathered after a visit to farms by the National Food Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO) indicated that the farmers…

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a trader for allegedly biting off the forefinger of General Sergeant Kwame Abu, a policeman when effecting his arrest for an offensive conduct. Promise Anoma, 25, pleaded not guilty to resisting arrest and causing harm. He will reappear before the court on Friday, November 29. Prosecuting, Police Chief Inspector Emmanuel Ohene Agyei told the Court presided over by Mrs Jane Harriet Akweley Quaye that General Sergeant Abu is a resident at Nungua Nautical whilst Anoma lived at Texpo on the Spintex Road. He said on November 03, this year, the complainant, together with General…

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…