Author: Krobea

A Malian migrant hailed as a hero after mounting a daring rescue to save a small boy dangling from a balcony in Paris is to be made a French citizen. Mamoudou Gassama won widespread praise after climbing the outside of the building to save the four-year-old. Video showed him being cheered on by spectators as pulled himself from balcony to balcony to the fourth floor. After meeting him at the Elysee Palace, President Emmanuel Macron said he would be made a naturalised citizen. He personally thanked Mr Gassama, gave him a medal for courage and said he would also be…

Spanish giants Real Madrid beat Liverpool 3-1 at Kiev’s NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium on Saturday to win their third UEFA Champions League trophy in a row. The silverware also becomes the 13th Champions League win for the Galacticos. Liverpool’s quest to win a sixth European trophy was worsened by the showing of German goalkeeper Loris Karius, whose mistakes got the winners all their three goals. First, it was a 51st minute howler as he dropped a ball off the legs of French striker Karim Benzema. Karius had safely grabbed a loose cross from Madrid. But he immediately wanted to throw it…

A Professor of History at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, Professor Ademola Ajayi, who is currently a visiting scholar at the University of Ghana, says the dream the likes of Ghana’s Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and Ethiopia’s Emperor Haile Selassie had about a united Africa remains a myth. Professor Ajayi’s comment follows African countries marking Africa Union (AU) Day today, Thursday, May 25. Speaking exclusively with 3news.com, Professor Ademola Ajayi said that lack of trust among Africans greatly contributes to the inability to achieve the unity so desired. “The African don’t trust themselves; mutual suspicion and so on and so forth.…

Indiscriminate sex. Orgies. Flings. One-night stands. Wild sexual adventures with multiple partners. These are garments today’s society is draped in. Morality has almost become outmoded with perversion becoming the newest trend. In today’s world, you can end up with a stranger in bed at first sight with little or no concern about the package of diseases they may be gifting you with. It has become a norm for a first date in a restaurant to end in a bedroom with little regard for the uninvited guest called AIDS. When you live in a generation that fears pregnancy more than sexually…

A man by name Osei Kwame is in the grips of the police in the Central Region after a failed attempt to steal a motorcycle near Ofaakor. The suspect is said to have hired the services of motor rider John Otoo, 18, from Liberia Camp to Annor Town. But on the way, the suspect sprayed powdered pepper in the eyes of the cyclist, which got the two of them plunging down. Suddenly, another person, who is currently on the run, is said to have emerged from the bush and, together with the suspect – hitherto a pillion driver – beat…

True to his earlier threats, the Managing Director of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) has filed a defamation suit at a Kumasi High Court against Sammy Gyamfi, a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). The member of the NDC Communications Team will have to defend comments he made on Adom TV’s Bawdwam on Thursday, April 19 to the effect that the BOST MD, Alfred Obeng Boateng, is engaged in thievery at the company. During his contribution on the show, Mr Gyamfi challenged the Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, to look the side of BOST and arrest…

The Executive Committee of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has thrown its weight behind embattled President Kwesi Nyantakyi. Mr Nyantakyi is undergoing investigations for statements attributed to him in a yet-to-be aired investigative documentary by journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas. After watching some minutes of the documentary titled Number 12: When Misconduct & Greed Become the Norm, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo reported Mr Nyantakyi to the Criminals Investigative Directorate (CID) of the Ghana Police Service for “defrauding by false pretence”. Apparently, the President of the governing body of the most popular sport in the country used the names of the…

Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein is expected to surrender to New York police on Friday on sexual misconduct charges, US media report. He faces arrest following a grand jury investigation, the reports say. He has been hit with numerous allegations, including rape and sexual assault, but has denied non-consensual sex with anyone. It would be the first time Weinstein has been charged since the accusations emerged. The allegations triggered the #MeToo movement which sought to demonstrate and draw attention to the widespread prevalence of sexual abuse and harassment. What will Weinstein be charged with? The charges will stem from an investigation…

Today is a special day for our continent. Today, we remember the courageous step and move taken by our selfless, patriotic and visionary leaders in establishing the Organization of the African Unity now the African Union.  The OAU was established on 25th May, 1963 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia with 32 governments signing on to coordinate and intensify the cooperation of African states for the betterment of the African people, to defend the sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence of African States. The focus of the OAU was to eradicate all forms of colonialism on the continent. The OAU was largely successful…

Embattled Ghana Football Association (GFA) President Kwesi Nyantakyi may not endure the best of moments as almost everything has been against him in the past 24 hours. He has been reported to the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) of the Ghana Police Service by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, which forced him to truncated a trip to Morocco. He returned to Ghana on Wednesday. And then investigations began. He was straightaway picked up by plain-clothed officers, reports say, from the Kotoka International Airport and taken to the headquarters of the CID. Later in the day, when his club, Wa All Stars,…