Author: Krobea

July may be far from now but playwright Kobina Ansah has already dropped hints of what he’s likely to bring on stage. It’s what he calls, “The Boy Called A Girl.” In a Facebook post, the Ghanaian playwright announced that his next play will stir a conversation. Kobina Ansah is known for his queer style of getting the attention of his followers. He’s known for his plays such as This Family Is Not For Sale [Season 1 and 2], I Want To Sue God, My Wife-in-law and Tribeless. In a related post, the writer summed up, “The Boy Called A…

The Northern Regional Police Command is calling for strong four-wheel drive vehicles to help them combat crime by patrol in the remote areas of the Region. This call comes in the wake the renewed clashes in Chereponi, where one died and several others injured following the Anufus and Kokombas fighting each other. The police said it will need over 10 4X4 vehicles to enable them patrol the remote areas of Chereponi since that area is very big. The Northern Regional Police Public Relations Officer (PRO), DSP Mohammed Yussif Tanko, made the call in an interview on Onua FM’s Yen Sempa…

Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram Constituency Sam Nartey George has accused the presidency of being behind “the sort of impudence” that has led to the closure of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW). The National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP says what is being seen currently as efforts to bring the issues to normalcy is “just face-saving” and they run deeper than what has been witnessed. Sam George was speaking on TV3’s New Day on Monday. He was discussing the issue that has brought academic life at UEW to a halt. UEW shut down indefinitely over violent protest A violent demonstration…

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) is visiting the ongoing construction site of the road interchange at Pokuase on Monday, March 18. The construction work has necessitated the diversion of GRIDCo’s 330kV transmission line towers that run from Tema to Aboadze, plunging parts of the country into darkness. The PURC said the visit will afford them the opportunity to have first-hand information on what transpired and also know the progress of work. Most parts of the country were plunged into darkness last week beside maintenance work carried out by new power distribution company Power Distribution Services Ghana (PDS). PDS explains…

A huge fireball exploded in the Earth’s atmosphere in December, according to Nasa. The blast was the second largest of its kind in 30 years, and the biggest since the fireball over Chelyabinsk in Russia six years ago. But it went largely unnoticed until now because it blew up over the Bering Sea, off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. The space rock exploded with 10 times the energy released by the Hiroshima atomic bomb. Lindley Johnson, planetary defence officer at Nasa, told BBC News a fireball this big is only expected about two or three times every 100 years. At about noon…

Since 1998, the L’Oréal Foundation, in partnership with UNESCO, has worked to improve the representation of women in scientific careers, remaining strong in our conviction that the world needs science, and science needs women. In its first 21 years, the For Women in Science programme supported and raised the profile of 107 laureates and more than 3,000 talented young scientists, both doctoral and post-doctoral candidates, providing research fellowships, allocated annually in 117 countries. L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Awards Ceremony Five outstanding Laureates, one from each continent, were honoured for their significant contribution to science. These exceptional women were…

As part of measures to halt the burgeoning kidnapping phenomenon that has characterized the nation in recent times, the Human Rights Reporters Ghana (HRRG), a non-governmental organization (NGO) committed to defending and protecting the rights of people has conducted a sensitization exercise aimed at educating over 30 Junior High School (JHS) students of the Grand Success Academy in Accra on Wednesday, March 13. The students were vigorously sensitized on the modus operandi, tricks and the techniques employed by kidnappers to lure their unsuspecting targets, who are mostly young girls. The participants were also provided with tips to serve as a guide so…

The dismissed staff of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) will be reinstated, 3news.com has gathered. High-placed sources confirmed on Thursday that the staff including local President of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) Dr Frimpong Kaakyire Duku will return to post. The sacking, suspension and demotion of about 30 staff by the Governing Council triggered a spate of protests from the student body. Chaos during protests on Thursday led to the indefinite closure of the school by the Central Regional Security Council. The protesting students in demanding the reinstatement of the sacked lecturers called for the head of…

First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo on Thursday visited the site of the construction of the new children’s emergency block at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. The project, which is facilitated by The Rebecca Foundation, is expected to ease the pressure at the old Children’s Emergency Center and complement the provision of quality healthcare at the korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. In line with scheduled timelines, the new Children’s Emergency Center is expected to be completed within the next couple of weeks and then subsequently furnished with state-of-the-art equipment. The facility will also have a Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, a Pharmacy and a Laboratory.…

The Ghana Rugby Football Union (Ghana Rugby) and the Nigerian Rugby Football Federation (NRFF) Presidents, Messrs Herbert Mensah and Kelechukwu Mbagwu, announced the creation of an annual President’s Cup that will be played on a home-and-away basis. The first President’s Cup will be played this year between two President XV teams of the rugby nations on 27 April in Accra-Ghana and on 4 May in Lagos-Nigeria. The 2019 President’s Cup will also form part of the preparations of Ghana and Nigeria for the 2019 Rugby Africa Silver Cup that is scheduled to take place in Nigeria between Ghana, Nigeria, Botswana…