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Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah has named a strong starting line-up to face Japan in a 2018 World Cup warm-up on Wednesday. The Black Stars boss handed Emmanuel Boateng his first start for the national team with several players maintaining their respective positions. Goalkeeper Richard Ofori maintained his place with central defenders Rashid Sumaila and Nicholas Opoku protecting the shot stopper. Andy Yiadom returns to his right-back position with Lumor Agbenyenu playing from the left side of the defence. Attamah Larweh and Isaac Sackey will play at the heart of the midfielder with Nana Amponsah and Frank Acheampong playing on the…

Hundreds of school girls and women gathered at the Zimmerman Presbyterian Chapel in Odumase Krobo in the Eastern Region for an empowerment programme as regards menstrual hygiene. The programme, put together by non-governmental organisation Inspire to Rise in collaboration with the Ghana Education Service and the Lower Manya Krobo District Assembly, was to mark Menstrual Hygiene Day on Monday, May 28. The theme for the programme was ‘Empowering Women and Girls Through Menstrual Hygiene Management’. The Special Guest was the Paramount Queenmother for Manya Klo Traditional Area, Nana Aplam II. Source: 3news.com|Ghana Follow @3Newsgh

Hiplife sensation Patapaa says he should no longer be referred by that name. According to him, he should be referred to as Patapeezy or he will start taking legal actions against offenders. In a video made in Austria as part of his tour of Europe, the One Corner hitmaker said he left his showbiz name in South Africa and has adopted Patapeezy, a name given to him by Funny Face. “No one should call me Patapaa again,” he said in the video. “I am not Patapaa again. Call me Patapeezy or I will take you to court,” he added in…

Minister of Communications Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has given musician Kwame Asare Obeng, popularly known as A-Plus, up till Friday to retract and apologise for a Facebook post or face her in court. In a letter written on Mrs Owusu-Ekuful’s behalf by her solicitors Safo & Marfo @ Law, A-Plus is to render the unqualified apology “in the same medium and prominence in the manner that your libelous publication was done”. On Wednesday, May 23, a day after President Nana Akufo-Addo asked the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) of the Ghana Police Service to investigate Ghana Football Association (GFA) President Kwesi Nyantakyi, A-Plus…

Ghana, Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone. In a bleak partnership, privation and natural resources like gold or oil go together in West Africa. It was economist Paul Collier who first identified what he called the “resource curse.” It was his analysis of the paradox of plenty that led me to focus on Bonsaso, a remote town located in the Western Region of Ghana. What struck me most about this town was the level of deprivation and impoverishment. The young men who could not withstand the laborious task of small-scale mining had all abandoned their home in search of elusive jobs in…

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari will approve a new law to reduce age limits in political office, which could make it easier for younger candidates to run in next year’s election. The move comes after intense pressure from youth groups, which pushed the government to adopt the legislation, saying they were politically marginalised. “In (a) few days to come, I will be joined by many promising young Nigerians to sign into law the ‘Not Too Young To Run’ bill,” President Buhari, 75, said in a speech to mark the country’s annual Democracy Day public holiday. Last month President Buhari said that…

Some highlife legends have expressed displeasure about how radio presenters keep referring to their songs as ‘Adadamu songs’, to wit old school. In an interview with Christian Agyei Frimpong, the host of Anigye Mmre – an entertainment talk show on Accra-based Onua 95.1 FM – Abirekyieba Kofi Sammy, Teacher Boateng and Baffour Kyei protested the reference as derogatory. Veteran musician Baffour Kyei noted that though there has been increase in airplay for indigenous in radio stations dedicating a day for highlife music, “they play for only a few hours”. “Then, the presenters keep referring to our songs as Adadamu songs,”…

Beleaguered owner and Chief Medical Officer of Obengfo Hospital Dominic Kwame Obeng-Andoh is on admission at the Police Hospital after reporting of ill-health hours after he was picked up by the police. Dr Obeng-Andoh is under investigation for the death of Stacy Offei Darko, who was the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Plan (NEIP). She is reported to have died on Monday, May 21 at the advanced body sculpt centre. Obengfo Hospital’s Chief Medical Officer was picked up by the Homicide Unit of the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) of the Ghana Police Service to aid…

The Minority in Parliament says government is desperate to fulfill the many promises it made to Ghanaians as it has resorted to spending a huge chunk of the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) for its flagship projects. According to the Minority, government has written to metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) to allocate 80 per cent of the DACF for its priority projects. The Minority says that by this directive, every assembly will be left with only GH¢713,385.81 on the average for discretionary spending. The Minority expressed this worry on Tuesday when it met journalists in Accra. Led by the…

Fredie Blom spent most of his life as a labourer – on a farm and in the construction industry – in apartheid South Africa but he might soon be recognised as the world’s oldest man, as the BBC’s Mohammed Allie reports from Cape Town. Although he gave up drinking many years ago, Fredie Blom is still a regular smoker. “Every day I still smoke two to three ‘pills’,” – local slang for tobacco tightly rolled into a cigarette-length piece of newspaper. “I use my own tobacco because I don’t smoke cigarettes. “The urge to smoke is so strong. Sometimes I…