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Life is variety and variety is the spice of life. What makes life all spicy is how different each of us is. We all can’t think same just like we can’t belong to the same place. The beauty of life is in its diversity. Earth would have been such a boring place to live if we all were same! We are first of all human before any other trait divides us into races, ethnic groups and what have you. We may not be related by blood but being human defines relationship better than any other. As long as we all…

?#BBCAfricaEye on your screens. Tune in to TV3 and on DStv Channel 279. Now… pic.twitter.com/jRJl5C1Nsm — #NewsOnTV3 (@newsontv3) June 7, 2018 Your favourite network TV3 held Ghanaians spellbound between 9:00pm and 10:00pm on Thursday, June 7 with the screening of investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas’ latest piece on corruption in football. A slight variation from the one showed at the Accra International Conference Center, the documentary, franchised by international partners BBC, attracted millions of eye balls. The documentary film is captioned ‘Betraying The Game’ and it is part of the Africa Eye series of BBC Africa. It exposes corrupt match…

Despite releasing names of referees for this weekend’s FA Cup matches, the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has backtracked, calling off all those matches – both men and women. The postponement of all the matches is indefinite, according to Ghanafa.org. Government had taken immediate steps to dissolve the FA, following an exposé by investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas. But the FA appeared to have defied the order and released the list of match officials for the Round of 32 games in the MTN FA Cup and the Round of 16 games in the Sanford Women’s FA Cup. https://twitter.com/Benjami48367106/status/1005111518508322816 But moments after…

President of the Ghana Football Association Kwesi Nyantakyi has apologized “unreservedly” to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, ministers and deputy ministers “for indiscretion in associating them with the private conversations on the video”. The apology was contained in his resignation to the Executive Committee of the Association on Friday. Mr Nyantakyi has been under fire in recent times after investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas showed his latest piece to President Akufo-Addo. The president immediately reported Mr Nyantakyi to the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, who have since been investigating the issue. They…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says he is steadily fulfilling his promises though some were labelled impossible. He stressed that by the end of his tenure, all other promises will be fulfilled. President Akufo-Addo gave the assurance while addressing a min-durbar at Kojina in the Western Region. On Friday, he began a three-day tour of the Region, cutting sod for the construction of a 24.3km Kojina-Chirano-Akoti Road in the Bibiani/Anhwiaso/Bekwai Constituency. According to President Akufo-Addo, in the run-up to the 2016 elections, he decried the poor nature of the roads not only in the Western Region, but across the country,…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has begun a three-day tour of the Western Region. This follows the completion of a similar tour undertaken in the Brong Ahafo Region from May 18 – 20. Day One of the President’s tour will see him cut the sod for the construction of the 24.3 kilometre Kojina-Chirano-Etwebo Akoti road. He will also launch the Ghana Agriculture Census. The President is also expected to meet with Chiefs from Sefwi-Wiawso, Bibiani, Anhwiaso, Bekwai, Juaboso, Bia East, Bia West, Beodi, Akontombra and Suaman. On Saturday, the President will cut the sod for the construction of the 30km…

World football-governing body FIFA has handed a 90-day provisional ban to embattled Ghana Football Association (GFA) President Kwesi Nyantakyi from engaging in any football activity. The decision was taken on Friday upon the request of the chairperson of the investigatory chamber of FIFA’s Ethics Committee, Claudia Maria Rojas. “The duration of the ban may be extended for an additional period not exceeding 45 days,” a media advisory released by the Committee on Friday said. “During this time, Mr Nyantakyi is banned from all football activities at both national and international level (administrative, sports or any other). “The ban comes into…

World football-governing body Fifa is yet to meet over the corruption allegations that have hit some officials of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), most notably its president, Kwesi Nyantakyi. After a documentary film by investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas was publicly screened on Wednesday and Thursday, the government took immediate steps to dissolve the country’s football governing body. Moves like that have attracted Fifa sanctions for many countries, most of the times being bans. 3news.com’s editor Emmanuel Kwame Amoh on Thursday contacted FIFA to glean its reaction as regards the developments so far. Alois Hug of FIFA Media stated in…

It was a tale of two halves as Ghana held 2018 World Cup qualifiers Iceland to a 2-2 draw in an international friendly played at Laugardalsvöllur in Reykjavik. The game, played on Thursday, was to prepare the Europeans for their maiden world cup. Strakannir okkar dominated play in the first half after Kari Arnason and Alfred Finnbogason got their names on the score sheet. Lawrence Ati-Zigi was in post for the Black Stars for the first time. But the Africans, who failed for the first time in 12 years to qualify for the global tournament, rallied from the 0-2 first…

US President Donald Trump said he would consider inviting North Korea’s Kim Jong-un to the White House if their summit in Singapore goes well. Mr Trump made the comment after meeting Japan’s PM Shinzo Abe to discuss the 12 June summit. Mr Trump said it was possible an agreement to end the Korean War could be reached, though he called that “the easy part” of the negotiations. “It’s what happens after that that is really important,” he told reporters. The US and its regional allies wants to see North Korea give up its nuclear weapons but Mr Trump acknowledged that…