Author: Krobea

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has rejected reports that he is instigating the formation of a new breakaway party from the National Democratic Congress (NDC). A statement from his office on Wednesday, January 23 urged the public to treat the reports with the “utmost disregard and contempt”. According to the statement, the reports have been carefully crafted by some “small” elements within the NDC. The longest-serving Ghanaian head of state suspects that those elements want to manipulate the minds of party faithfuls. “This is not the first time they have attempted this kind of political trickery and falsehood. In the…

The Supreme Court has dismissed a suit challenging government’s decision to provide support for the construction of a national cathedral. The unanimous decision of the seven-member panel of justices of the apex court pointed out that the case filed raises no legitimate issue requiring enforcement and interpretation of Ghana’s constitution. The suit was filed by James Kwabena Bomfeh, the Acting General Secretary of the Convention People’s Party (CPP). In his writ, Mr Bomfeh, popularly known as Kabila, challenged government’s decision to build the religious edifice, claiming it has no right to engage in any religious activity. He had told 3news.com…

After multiple postponements, the mass registration and issuance of the national identity card, also known as the Ghana Card, will commence in March this year.  The Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority, Professor Kenneth Agyeman Attafuah, says the exercise will cover the entire country by January, 2020. “So far, over 300,000 Ghanaians have been issued their cards in the institutional registration and piloting exercise. By March this year, we should begin the mass registration across the country and my estimation is that latest by January 2020, we would’ve covered everybody,” he noted. Prof Attafuah hinted this to 3news.com at a swearing-in…

Eight-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt has declared his “sports life over”, frustrated in his bid to begin a post-athletics career in football. The Jamaican, 32, spent two months training with Australian side Central Coast Mariners, but left in November after the club failed to find financial backing for a professional deal. “It was fun while it lasted,” said the 100m and 200m world record holder. “I don’t want to say it wasn’t dealt with properly, but I think we went about it not the way we should.” But he added: “You live and you learn. It was a good experience…

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia left Accra Tuesday night for Switzerland to attend the 2019 World Economic Forum Annual Meetings in Davos. The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting brings together leaders of global society including the heads and members of more than 100 governments, top executives of the 1,000 foremost global companies, leaders of international organizations and relevant non-governmental organizations, the most prominent cultural, societal and thought leaders, and the disruptive voices of the Forum’s Young Global Leaders, Global Shapers and Technology Pioneers. While in Davos, Vice President Bawumia will participate in a series of discussions and also meet with…

Kevin Prince Boateng’s transfer to Barcelona joined an elite list of the most improbable football transfers. From Trevor Francis’ one million pound move to Nottingham Forest in 1979, Mo Johnston’s switch from Celtic to Rangers via Nantes in France to make him one of the few players to have played for both sides of the Old Firm, through to Nicklas Bendtner’s move from Arsenal to Juventus and then most recently, Choupo-Moting’s move to PSG. All of these were as mind blowing as this one that involves Ghanaian, Kevin Prince Boateng. When the dust settles and he hangs up his boots, he…

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has successfully vetted at least three flagbearer aspirants on the opening of vetting on Tuesday. Alban Sumana Kinsford Bagbin, Ghana’s longest-serving lawmaker, was the first to be vetted on Tuesday. The party had revised its timetable for the election of a presidential candidate for the 2020 elections, having been hit by a legal suit. The last agreed date of January 26, 2019 has been rescheduled to February 23, 2019. NDC reschedules presidential primary to Feb 23 Therefore, the vetting was also rescheduled to Tuesday, January 22. As per the new timetable, the results of the…

US singer Chris Brown has been arrested in Paris on suspicion of rape, French police say. A 24-year-old woman alleges that the star assaulted her in a hotel suite in the city earlier this month. She reportedly told police that the pair met at a nightclub in central Paris, close to the Champs-Elysées, before they returned to the hotel. The singer, 29, is yet to comment on the allegation. French police are investigating the woman’s complaint. Two other men, identified by French media as Brown’s bodyguard and a friend, have also been arrested. This isn’t the singer’s first encounter with…

The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has called for a renewed commitment to library development and has applauded recent initiatives by the Ghana Library Authority. NUGS is urging government to do more in expanding access to public libraries in Ghanaian communities and prioritize development to all districts. The call was made during a working visit to the Acting Executive Director of Authority, Hayford Siaw, in Accra. NUGS bemoaned that the 61 public libraries in the country is inadequate to meet the needs of Ghanaian students and expressed belief that the government will invest more resources towards the development of more…

Popular security consultant Irbard Ibrahim has started a centre to provide free psychological and financial service to customers of gold-trading firm Menzgold Ghana Limited. Customers have felt aggrieved since the company’s operations were halted by state agencies, particularly the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Efforts to get their extra values have proven futile. Most of them have staged demonstrations to demand at least their principals. Police direct Menzgold customers to halt illegal demo A statement issued by the Chief Executive Officer of Irbard Security Consult urged the millions of Menzgold customers to “be at ease with themselves”. It said a…