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An Accra High Court will on Monday begin hearing the defamation case brought before it by the Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, against musician A-Plus. Born Kwame Asare Obeng, A-Plus had posted on Facebook that the Minister was involved in a “shady” deal through the National Communications Authority (NCA) over the Kelni-GVG contract. A-Plus posted his comments on Facebook a few moments after President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo ordered the interrogation of former Ghana Football Association (GFA) chief Kwesi Nyantakyi, last year. But Mrs Owusu-Ekuful wrote to the musician to retract his post and consequently apologise to her, failure of…

Asante Kotoko have been drawn against two Zambian sides for the group phase of the 2018/2019 CAF Confederation Cup. The draw held on Monday sees the Ghanaians in Group C. They will play Zambian giants ZESCO United and their rivals Nkana FC. Asante Kotoko will also play Sudanese giants Al Hilal. The Procupine Warriors made it into the group phase for the first time in 10 years after ditching Cameroonian champions Coton Sport de Garoua. Kotoko make it to CAF Confed Cup group stage The Porcupine Warriors beat them home-and-away in a 5-3 aggregate scoreline. The draw also means that…

Serena Williams put up a sterling performance in the Round of 16 of the Australian Open on Monday to oust World Number 1 Simona Halep. The women’s singles match at the Rod Laver Arena was deemed the final before the final. But it was the the 23-Grand Slam champion who came out victorious. She won the first set 6-1 but the Romanian fought back to win the second. A third set ending 6-4 went the way of the mother of one. Serena Williams will next face World Number 7 Karolina Pliskova in the quarter finals. Source: 3news.com|Ghana

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has postponed its presidential primary yet again, www.3news.com has gathered. The primary was originally scheduled to have come off on Friday, December 7, 2018, in accordance with the constitution of the party to elect a flagbearer exactly two years to the presidential elections, if it is in opposition. But misunderstanding over the nomination and filing fees for the flagbearer aspirants forced a change in the schedule. January 26, 2019 was later agreed by all parties for the exercise. But an injunction writ filed by two members of the party nearly forced an indefinite suspension of…

Asante Kotoko broke a 10-year jinx by qualifying to the group phase of the 2018/2019 CAF Confederation Cup. The Porcupine Warriors beat Coton Sport Garoua of Cameroon 2-1 at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium on Sunday to reach the next phase. Kotoko had entered the competition after a halt in the Ghana Premier League over the football exposé spearhearded by investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas. ‘Number 12’ exposé is to clean tainted football system – Anas reveals Coton Sport qualified into the elite club competition on the continent, CAF Champions League, as Cameroonian champions but dropped to the lower tier…

US Representative for Georgia’s 4th congressional district Henry Calvin Johnson Jr has written to the Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, to consider slapping various sanctions on Ghanaian lawmaker Kennedy Ohene Agyapong over the death of investigative journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale. Hussein-Suale’s death on Wednesday night has sent shock waves across the world given his not-too-long-ago involvement in the investigation that led to the exposure of corruption within Ghana football. He was shot dead by unknown assailants while returning from work. He was a key member of the Tiger Eye PI team that investigated bribery and graft, resulting in the dissolution of…

The world-governing body of football, FIFA, has expressed sympathies to the family of Ahmed Hussein-Suale, the member of the Tiger Eye PI team shot dead on Wednesday night. Ahmed Hussein-Suale was key in the exposé that led to the resignation of Ghana Football Association (GFA) President Kwesi Nyantakyi. FIFA handed a temporary ban on Mr Nyantakyi, who was a member of the FIFA Council and First Vice President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). But the ban was later made permanent. FIFA bans Kwesi Nyantakyi for life The exposé was captured in a movie titled Number 12: When Misconduct…

Mr. Martin Alamsi Burnes Kaiser Amidu popularly known as citizen vigilante, who over the years has showcased himself to Ghanaians as anti-corruption crusader and has been accepted in the face of Ghanaians as well. Through his fight against corruption that he introduced the word “gargantuan” into the lexicon of Ghanaian politics, when he opened the can of worms about Woyome scandal in Ghana fiscal history at the time. On 11th January, 2018 when H.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo named Mr. Martin A.B.K Amidu as the long awaited Special Prosecutor (SP) for the newly created  office of the special prosecutor Overwhelming…

Chelsea striker Alvaro Morata has reached a personal agreement to join Atletico Madrid, says Spanish football expert Guillem Balague. Balague said the deal is subject to Chelsea signing a replacement and Atletico selling a striker. Chelsea are reportedly close to signing Juventus striker Gonzalo Higuain, who is on loan at AC Milan. Morata, 26, joined Chelsea for a then club record £60m in July 2017 but has struggled this season. The Spain international, who signed a five-year deal when moving to Stamford Bridge, was left out of the squad for five of their past seven Premier League games and has…

Australia has just sweltered through at least five of its 10 warmest days on record, authorities estimate. An extreme heatwave has afflicted the nation since Saturday, causing wildlife deaths, bushfires and an increase in hospital admissions. Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology said preliminary readings showed daily national temperature highs of 40C. The town of Noona in New South Wales meanwhile recorded a night-time temperature of 35.9C. It was the highest minimum temperature ever recorded anywhere in Australia, the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) said. Temperatures on Friday will soar above 42C in “broad areas”, the bureau predicted. Forecasters have compared conditions to…