Author: Krobea

General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Johnson Asiedu Nketia has blamed the party’s defeat in the 2016 elections on national executives elected in 2014. Describing those executives as “quinine”, Mr Asiedu Nketia said the elected executives had no experience and that is what led the party back into opposition. General Mosquito, as he is popularly called, made this know while campaigning to be re-elected, claiming he cannot turn his back against the party at this time. He told delegates that with John Dramani Mahama elected as leader in 2020 and him as the General Secretary, NDC will return…

Ghana’s U-17 women’s soccer team has touched down in Montevideo, Uruguay for the upcoming FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup. The Black Maidens have been camped in neighbouring Brazil for their pre-tournament training camp. They jetted to the host country on Thursday in readiness for the opening game of the tournament. Ghana will play the hosts, Uruguay, in Group A and with New Zealand and Finland as well. The tournament begins on Tuesday, November 13 and scheduled to end on Saturday, December 1. Ghana’s highest finish at the tournament was in 2012 in Azerbaijan, where the Maidens picked Bronze. The…

Kenya’s Football Federation (FKF) has condemned a Confederation of African Football (Caf) decision to reinstate Equatorial Guinea to the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations. They say they are “profoundly astonished” by the move, which represents “a great injustice” and plan an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas). Equatorial Guinea had been excluded by Caf in October for fielding an ineligible player. On Wednesday Caf reversed that decision following an appeal from Equatorial Guinea, who were restored to the finals in place of Kenya. Kenya were awarded a place in the finals in October when Caf ruled Equatorial…

Ghana Premier League club Hearts of Oak have appointed former Black Stars player Kim Grant as the new coach of the senior side. Grant will also assume the role as the Director of Football for the club, taking charge of all technical aspects including the youth teams. Grant will officially begin work on Saturday, December 1. The announcement was made by Hearts of Oak’s Chief Executive Officer, Mark Noonan, whom Grant will directly report to. “Kim is the right man at the right time to lead our programme forward,” Mr Noonan said on Thursday. “First and foremost, he has all…

Youth of Adentan have mounted a blockade on the Madina highway following the killing of a lady said to be a student of West Africa Senior High School Thursday afternoon. They burnt tyres and threatened motorists as they expressed anger over the carnage on the highway. The killing of the lady on Thursday brought the situation to a head triggering the action of the youth, who had planned a vigil for Friday. They had also planned a peace walk for Monday, November 12. Watch:   Eye witnesses say the youth were undaunted by the presence of police and fire officers,…

Students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have been left to their fate over the reopening of the school. Government had announced that the school would be reopened for academic activities by Thursday, November 8 after appointing a seven-member interim council. But after that decision by government was ditched with the intervention of Chancellor Otumfuo Osei Tutu II to reconstitute the Governing Council, the calendar leading to reopening has been thrown off-track. Students who spoke to 3news.com said they are completely in the dark as to when school will reopen. “I don’t know when we will…

Two late goals by Manchester United gave them a 2-1 away win over Juventus on Wednesday in the UEFA Champions League. Though the first half ended goalless, talisman Cristiano Ronaldo’s non-drop hit in the penalty box gave the Old Ladies a 65th minute lead. The Italians obviously dominated play until United’s manager Jose Mourinho made two quick substitutions, throwing in Marouane Fellaini and Juan Mata. A freekick just outside the box gave the English Premier League side the needed boost as Mata superbly buried the ball in Juve’s goal with four minutes to go. Another freekick two minutes later saw…

Former President John Dramani Mahama has asked Ghanaians to disregard any conjectures about his running mate for the 2020 elections. “Mr Mahama is presently focused on both his NDC flagbearer campaign and his official duties,” a statement from his campaign team said on Wednesday. There were reports on social media that the former president has picked Member of Parliament for Klottey Korle Constituency Dr Zanetor Rawlings as his running mate. According to some of the reports, he picked the daughter of the founder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to appease her father, Jerry John Rawlings, who is said to…

The national team of Equatorial Guinea has been reintegrated by CAF’s Disciplinary Council for the Total African Women’s Cup of Nations 2018.  The eight-team tournament is set to kick off in Ghana on Saturday, November 17 through to Saturday, December 1. The Confederation of African Football in a statement says regarding the eligibility protest against player Annette Jacky Messomo during the match between Equatorial Guinea and Kenya, the Appeal Board decided to overrule the decision to allow Kenya to replace the two-time champions. 2018 AWCON: Kenya replace former champions Eq. Guinea CAF says player Annette Jacky Messomo is eligible to play for the Guineans.…

Government has indicated that the 2019 budget to be delivered by the Minister of Finance on Thursday, November 15 will “bring more relief, hope and improvement in the standard of living of our people”. The budget is expected to be the first post-IMF budget as the country gets ready to exit the extended credit facility (ECF) entered into in 2015. Addressing journalists on Wednesday, Minister of Information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah stated that Cabinet completed a review of the budget over the weekend. “[The budget] will mark the beginning of Ghana’s exit from the IMF programme under which we sought some…