Author: Krobea

US President Donald Trump has named a new national security adviser to replace John Bolton. Robert O’Brien has had a long career in foreign policy working for both main US parties and currently heads hostage negotiations at the State Department. He is Mr Trump’s fourth national security adviser. As top adviser on national security, Mr O’Brien will be tasked with tackling everything from immigration policy to heightened tensions with Iran. The president and his new appointee spoke with reporters on Wednesday morning in Los Angeles. “Robert has been fantastic,” Mr Trump said, praising Mr O’Brien’s work with hostages. “We know…

The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Nalerigu-Gambaga Constituency, Hajia Alima Mahama has commissioned electricity for 23 communities in the East Mamprusi municipality under the Rural Electrification Project. The move was to fulfill a campaign promise made to the people ahead of the 2016 general elections. The MP used the occasion to emphasize her commitment to further develop the constituency with her three priority areas of education, road network, and portable drinking water for the people. At a durbar in Sumni-boma, Hajia Alima Mahama encouraged students to use the intervention to improve on their studies. The Local Government and Rural…

The Ghana Federation of Disability Organisations is asking government to fulfil commitment it made at the Global Disability Summit in Kenya in July, 2018. The Federation says government, for instance, committed to ensuring that 1.5 percent of the Ministry of Education budget is allocated to inclusive education. But its checks reveal only 0.3 percent has been allocated to that cause. In July 2018, the Global Disability Summit, held for the first time, was aimed at galvanising global effort to address disability inclusion in poor countries. The Summit, among others, mobilised various national commitments to disability and ensured a political will…

Black Stars midfielder Thomas Teye Party has been handed a starting role in Atletico Madrid’s UEFA Champions League game against Juventus. Atleti face the Italian giants in their first continental game this season at the Wanda Metropolitano Wednesday night. Partey sat out in the club’s 0-2 defeat to Real Sociedad in the Spanish La Liga over the weekend. Manager Diego Simeone named the Ghanaian alongside the likes of Diego Costa in his starting line-up. The La Liga club is in Group D with Juve, Bayern Leverkusen and Lokomotiv Moscow. Source: 3news.com|Ghana

Police have arrested the prime suspect in the murder of Nana Kwadwo Afodour, the Asamponhene of Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. Anumwar Sadat Mohammed, also known as Alhaji, was arrested in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on Monday, September 16. Police said he was arrested “through a collaborative effort of the Ashanti and Upper East Regional Police Commands, the Ghana Embassy in Burkina Faso and the Interpol Ghana and Burkina Faso”. Nana Afodour was murdered in cold blood on Sunday, August 18 at Ebuom near Atebubu. His body was found with multiple stabs. Reports say the perpetrators of the crime attempted to…

The Information Service Department (ISD) has hinted on a decision to use social media as a key channel to disseminate information and to propagate government’s flagship programmes and policies. It has resolved to carry out this exercise through the use of info-graphs and animation in reaching out to the masses in addition to using the traditional methods. Acting Director of ISD Charles Wereko revealed this on Wednesday, September 18 while speaking at the launch of Citizens Education and Awareness Raising Campaign on the upcoming District Level Elections and Referendum. He has said the rife use of social media in the…

The Municipal Chief Executive for Gushegu in the Northern Region, Musah Issah, is alleged to have prevented the construction of an 8-kilometer feeder road that joins the Kunayili and Saala communities to the Gushegu township. The Kunayili and Saala communities are two new settlements in Gushegu but residents are cut off from accessing the rest of the Municipality during the rainy season. The construction was a collaboration between the Parliamentary Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Malimali Yussif, and Might Construction Company located in Tamale. But information reaching 3news.com reveals some Constituency Executives of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) under the…

Iran has been banned by the International Judo Federation after it ordered Saeid Mollaei to pull out of the World Championships in Japan. Defending champion Mollaei ignored calls to withdraw from his match against Russia’s Khasan Khalmurzaev to avoid the prospect of facing Israel’s Sagi Muki later in the tournament. Iranian athletes are prohibited from competing in any sport against Israel. Mollaei lost in the semi-finals and has since been living in Germany. Earlier in 2019, the National Olympic Committee of Iran had said it would comply with the Olympic charter and the International Judo Federation (IJF), paving the way…

Mr. James Aboagye has officially taken the mantle as President of the Film Producers Association of Ghana (FIPAG). Mr. Augustine Abbey “Idikoko” the immediate past President of FIPAG, handed over the mantle to the newly sworn-in executives at a brief ceremony held at the Musicians Union of Ghana MUSIGA Head Office in Osu, Accra. Mr. Abbey during the handing over, took them through the books, changing of FIPAG account signatories, membership registration, among other pertinent issues concerning the association. “FIPAG is a well-established entity that is captured in the government’s documents (Film Act) that is the only recognised film producers…

The Executive Secretary of the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) has called on National Security to – as a matter of urgency – ensure that the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) stays true to its core mandate. According to Duncan Amoah, BOST has in recent times been focused on “completely tangential developments derailing it from achieving the core mandates and objectives as envisioned by the Act setting up this facility”. Mr Amoah noted in a statement issued on Wednesday, September 18 that BOST was set up about 20 years ago to ensure that there is adequate storage…