Author: Krobea

Rapper Lil Jon has been using his star power and wealth to help children in underdeveloped countries gain access to a proper education. A school he helped fund in partnership with the charity, Pencils of Promise, broke ground last month in Ghana, Lil Jon told CNN exclusively. “I’m all about helping children,” he said. “Children are our future and every child deserves to have an environment where they can learn and flourish and gain knowledge.” Mafi Atitekpo DA Primary School will enroll 313 children. It is the second of two schools in the village of Mafi Atitekpo in Ghana, according…

Oprah Winfrey has told the US magazine InStyle that she does not “have the DNA” to be US president. She had been widely touted as a future Democratic contender for the 2020 elections after a rousing speech at the Golden Globes earlier this month. But she told InStyle: “I’ve always felt very secure and confident with myself in knowing what I could do and what I could not. “And so it’s not something that interests me.” She gave the interview three weeks before picking up the Cecil B DeMille award for outstanding contribution to entertainment in early January, InStyle said.…

The name ‘Maame Dokono’ will certainly bring up nostalgic memories for anyone who was an ardent viewer of Ghanaian teleplay By The Fireside. When Maame Dokono, real name Grace Omaboe, bowed out from the show, her shoes became virtually impossible to fill. Over the years, she has graced the big screens in high profile movies but nothing can be compared to the life she brought as she sang and danced while narrating the stories of the fabled Ananse. On Wednesday, February 14, Grace Omaboe will be returning to the stage in grand style at the National Theatre in the play…

The police have arrested two of the seven inmates, who escaped from the Kwabenya Police Station on Sunday after a raid by some armed men. Attah Kwadwo, 20, and Prince Osei, 27, were arrested at Worawora in the Volta Region on Tuesday. Two of the men who stormed the police station to aid the escape of the seven persons have also been arrested. They were arrested on Tuesday. Three other persons including a 28-year-old woman by name Nancy Bentaa have also been arrested by the police to aid in investigations. All these were disclosed by the Inspector General of Police,…

Defense Minister Dominic Nitiwul has called on the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to apologize to Ghanaians for hiding the decision to grant the former Guantanamo Bay detainees a refugee status. “Until [Wednesday], nobody in Ghana including [the Speaker of Parliament] knew the NDC government has actually granted refugee status to the two Guantanamo Bay dDetainees and have shifted the goal post.” He said talks about moving them are not possible as the former NDC government had already moved them from ordinary suspects to refugees “and we cannot just throw them away”. He was speaking after the Minister for Foreign Affairs,…

Arsenal came from a goal down to beat London rivals Chelsea 2-1 in the second leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final played at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday. Eden Hazard had put the English Premier League champions ahead as early as the 7th minute. However, an own goal by German international Antonio Rudiger and a goal from Swiss international Granit Xhaka ensured that the Gunners win 2-1. The first leg played at the Stamford Bridge had ended goalless. READ: Arsenal hold Chelsea 0-0 in Carabao Cup semi-final 1st leg Arsenal will, as a result, play English Premier League runaway leaders…

Veteran highlife musician George Darko has dismissed reports that he was arrested by some security operatives Wednesday morning at the Okuapehene palace. According to him, they were only sent to Koforidua but have since returned to the palace. The veteran musician, who is the Tufuhene of Akropong-Akuapim with stool name Nana Yaw Ampem Darko, however, confirmed a raid of the palace by persons believed to be National Security operatives. The operation at the palace, 3news.com gathered, is a follow-up on intelligence that there is a cache of arms stored by a faction in the raging chieftaincy dispute. Nana Yaw Ampem…

A Former Deputy Attorney General, Dr Dominic Ayine, has dared the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, and, by extension, the current government to publicise Ghana’s agreement with the US government on the two former Guantanamo Bay detainees if there is no exit plan. “They are not telling you the entire truth,” Dr Ayine said. “They are playing politics with the agreement.” He was speaking on 3FM’s News Hour on Wednesday in reaction to Ms Botchwey’s statement on the floor of Parliament, earlier in the day, over the fate of the two Yemenis. “It must be…

Ex-US Olympic gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar has been sentenced to 40 to 175 years following testimony from over 150 women who accuse him of abuse. “I will carry your words with me for the rest of my days,” Nassar turned and told his victims in the courtroom. Nassar, 54, pleaded guilty to multiple counts of sexual assault against girls and young women, including Olympians. Judge Rosemarie Aqualina told Nassar during the sentencing he will “be in darkness the rest of his life”. “As much as it was my honour and privilege to hear the sister survivors, it was my…

The government of Anambra, a state in south eastern Nigeria, has banned the drinking of raw garri, which it says can lead to Lassa fever. The disease is transmitted to humans via food and objects contaminated with rodent urine or faeces, according to the World Health Organisation. Garri is a popular Nigerian food made from cassava that can be eaten or drunk. If it is cooked thoroughly, the Lassa fever virus will die. But many Nigerians consume it raw. “The garri you see spread along the highway while you’re travelling is very risky to consume, especially when you drink it,”…