Author: Krobea

Cambridge Analytica, the political consultancy at the centre of the Facebook data-sharing scandal, is shutting down. The firm was accused of improperly obtaining personal information on behalf of political clients. According to Facebook, data about up to 87 million of its members was harvested by a quiz app and then passed on to the political consultancy. The social network said its own probe into the matter would continue. “This doesn’t change our commitment and determination to understand exactly what happened and make sure it doesn’t happen again,” said a spokesman. “We are continuing with our investigation in cooperation with the…

English Premier League side Liverpool booked a place in the final of the 2018 UEFA Champions League with a 7-6 aggregate win over AS Roma. In the second leg of the semi-final played on Wednesday at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, the Giallorossis won by 4-2 but failed to make it to the final as the first leg – played barely a week ago – had ended 5-2 in favour of the Reds. The visitors opened the score at the fully-packed Stadio Olimpico after just nine minutes of play as Senegalese Sadio Mane completed a quick counter. Though this was…

Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has called for forgiveness and reconciliation during his state of the nation address. “If there was anything I said last year that hurt or wounded you, if I damaged the unity of this country in any way, I ask you to forgive me, and to join me in repairing that harm,” Mr Kenyatta said. Mr Kenyatta was criticized for calling the judges “thugs” after the Supreme Court annulled his election win in August 2017. He won a re-run, which was boycotted by his main rival Raila Odinga. Mr Kenyatta called Mr Odinga “a mad man”. “I…

Debutants Karela United FC added Asante Kotoko to the big sides they have thrashed so far in the Ghana Premier League after beating the Porcupine Warriors 3-1 in midweek. The result of the Match Day 11 game at CAM Park in Aiyinase in the Western Region comes exactly a fortnight after Karela United beat Hearts of Oak by the same scoreline at the same venue. READ: Debutants Karela Utd thrash Hearts of Oak 3-1 in GPL Imoro Ibrahim put the home side ahead in the 22nd minute but Asante Kotoko equalized through Burkinabe import Sougne Yacouba. The home side, however,…

The atmosphere was super charged when the champion touched down at the Kotoka International Airport and made his way through the crowd. Dogboe floored Jessie Magdaleno in the 11th round of the WBO Super Bantamweight title challenge to win the title for the very time at a young age of 23. On his arrival at the Kotoka International Airport Tuesday night, the champion was proud to have won it for his country and highlighted his father as his backbone. “The nation wanted a world champion so badly and God has heard their prayers. It wasn’t a difficult fight for me.…

“At my signal, unleash hell”. We are not going to talk about “Gladiator” movie, but Roma head coach definitely wants to look like Russell Crowe’s epic character and make Liverpool lose their heads in the inferno of Stadio Olimpico’s tonight Champions League match.  Di Francesco hopes his side can pull off another shock, just as they did in the quarter-finals when they fought back from a 4-1 first-leg deficit to eliminate Barcelona. “I would do a copy and paste of the Barca game if it was possible” said Di Francesco. “It is in the mind of the players. In order to compete…

Workers of the Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) at Kaase Inland Port on Tuesday called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to sack board chairman Hackman Owusu-Agyemang. According to the workers, Mr Owusu-Agemang is making work difficult for the Chief Executive Officer, Joseph Boahen Aidoo, and thus hampering the progress of the state firm. Speaking to journalists at the May Day celebrations in Kumasi, Chairman of the Kaase Inland Port Cocobod staff Richard Akomeah stressed: “We are demanding the removal of Mr Hackman Owusu-Agyemang.” He claims “Hackman Owusu-Agyemang does not listen” and it has made it difficult for them to know…

President of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) Bice Osei Kuffour was at his best on Tuesday as he presented TV3’s May Day edition of the midday news bulletin. He definitely made the news scripts musical as he presented the programme with little flaw. The special edition was dubbed Upside Down. Watch below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmKwc1ySUi0 Source: 3news.com|Ghana Follow @3Newsgh

A diet high in carbs could bring on an earlier menopause, a study suggests. Eating lots of pasta and rice was associated with reaching menopause one-and-a-half years earlier than the average age of women in the UK of 51. However, the University of Leeds study of 914 UK women, also found that a diet rich in oily fish and peas and beans may delay natural menopause. But experts say many other factors, including genes, influence timing of the menopause. It’s not clear how big a contribution dietary choices might make and women should not worry about changing what they eat…

The high level of mistrust for banks has long been an issue of statistics placed at a very discouraging figure of 60 per cent, representing the unbanked of population of bankable Ghanaians. But it is a story of an elderly woman in Kpassa in the Nkwanta North District of the Volta Region that epitomises this very mistrust for the banking system. The said elderly woman, who sells water, has been a victim of a financial firm, which absconded with her savings of GH¢4,000. She, therefore, resorted to keeping her cash in a hole dug in front of her house. She…