Author: Krobea

The Executive Director of the Africa Centre for Security and Counter-Terrorism, Emmanuel Kutin, has backed calls by the Minority to have the Ministry of National Security scrapped. The Minority Spokesperson on Defence and Interior, James Agalga, on Tuesday questioned why the policy direction of the National Security Ministry is not captured in the 2019 budget statement. “This was supposed to be a very important ministry so far as our national security as a specialist management is concerned. “My question to ask is is there a calculated attempt on the part of the Nana Addo administration to place the Ministry of…

Former President John Dramani Mahama has expressed concern over the government’s poor implementation of the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy. He says the challenges facing the implementation of Free SHS are adversely affecting the quality of secondary education. Addressing delegates of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) at Drobonso in the Sekyere Afram Plains Constituency as part of his flagbearership campaign tour of the Ashanti Region, Mr Mahama wondered why this year’s students are being made to spend just 41 days in the classroom under the double track system. He said turning secondary education into green-gold “traffic light” under the…

The country’s security agencies and emergency services organisations will on Friday carry out a counter-terrorism training exercise within the Accra-Tema metropolis. “The exercise will involve the movement of troops and equipment in some parts of Accra,” a statement issued by the Ministry of National Security on Wednesday said. The exercise codenamed EX HOME SHIELD is aimed at practising and harnessing the various roles and expertise of all stakeholders in the National Counter Terrorism Effort (NCTE). It is also to test the preparedness of the stakeholders in event of any terrorist attack. What is more, it is to sharpen the alertness…

The final match of the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations on Saturday has been decided. It will be between defending champions Nigeria and South Africa, two sides who squared off in the opening Group B match at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium. AWCON 2018: SA stun Nigeria Nigeria’s Super Falcons sailed through to their 11th final after beating Cameroon’s Indomitable Lionesses 4-2 on penalties. The first semi-final match, played at the Accra Sports Stadium, failed to produce goals in full regulation time and the penalty spot became the decider. The second semi-final game saw sudden bookmakers’ favourites South Africa…

Former President John Dramani Mahama on Monday arrived in Kumasi to begin the second part of his campaign tour of the Ashanti Region. Ahead of the National Delegates Congress of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Mahama toured more than half of the constituencies in the Ashanti Region, seeking the mandate of delegates to lead the party to victory in the 2020 elections. Already, Mr Mahama’s flagbearership campaign tour has taken him to all constituencies in the Central, Upper West, Upper East, Northern, Brong Ahafo and Greater Accra regions. He has been promising to modernise the activities of the NDC…

Some civil society organisations including Occupy Ghana have announced the start of a demonstration every Friday, starting November 30, 2018, against the delay in the passing of the Right to Information (RTI) Bill. Dubbed #RTIRedFriday, the protest will see street advocacies and visits to Parliament on some selected days. A release jointly signed by Media Coalition on Right to Information, the Coalition on Right to Information, Ghana and Occupy Ghana on Monday said the first street advocacy will see the distribution of RTI education materials. This will be done at Obetsebi Lamptey Roundabout, Tudu-Accra Central, Tema Station, Accra Mall, Emmanuel…

The Accra International Conference Centre successfully hosted the 5th All Africa Music Awards on Saturday, November 25. Though the top award went to Nigeria’s Davido, who beat competition from eight others, Ghana was not left out in the roll of award winners. Stonebwoy received the Best Reggae/Dancehall Artiste award while Shatta Wale’s Gringo video won him the Best Video Award. Sarkodie’s Glory came tops as the most inspirational song, winning the Best Male Artiste in African Inspirational Music. Kuami Eugene also bagged one as the Most Promising Artiste. M.anifest also scooped the Best Artiste Duo or Group in African Hiphop.…

A Ghanaian bus driver based in Finland, Benjamin Ofori, has broken his silence on the death of his friend whom compatriots believe was manhandled by police in Finland. Speaking exclusively to 3news.com, a visibly shaken and passionate Benjamin Ofori recounted how the incident unfolded. He said his friend, Samuel Dolphyne, who was a resident in Austria, had come to visit him in Finland and the pair decided to attend a party on Saturday, November 17, 2018. But on their return the unfortunate happened. According to Benjamin, there have been speculations and accusations concerning the death of his friend especially from…

Asante Kotoko have secured qualification to the next stage of the 2018/2019 CAF Confederation Cup though yet to kick a ball. This followed the inability by the Cameroonian Football Federation (FECAFOOT) to submit its second representative for the continent’s second-tier club competition. FECAFOOT had held on too long to submit the side that joins New Star FC for the 2018/19 Cup. A legal tussle is said to have delayed the submission of reps from the Central African nation. A deadline given FECAFOOT elapsed on Friday, three days ahead of the originally scheduled first leg of the preliminary round of qualifiers.…