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Football is evolving and as competitions become keener, so are the errors. FIFA, in an attempt to rid the competition off some of those errors, has undertaken some initiatives with the aid of technology, which the football governing body believes would help make the game better. FIFA introduced Goal Line Technology a few months ago which has received positive response across the globe, with the latest being the Video Assistant Referee (VAR). The VAR though has been met with a myriad of reactions from football players, coaches and fans alike. Whereas some see it as a good innovation, others consider…

Miami FC midfielder Kwadwo Poku will join the Black Stars team for their upcoming friendly matches against USA and Mexico. Poku will join the team’s camp when they arrive in the United States over the weekend. The former New York City midfielder comes in to replace deputy skipper Andre Ayew and Jordan Ayew who will not travel with the team for the matches. The two players and Leicester defender Daniel Amartey have all been excluded from the match after requests from their respective English Premier League clubs. The Black Stars will play Mexico in a friendly game on Wednesday, June…

The Minority in Parliament is challenging the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod), Joseph Aidoo, to make public funds accrued so far under the Cocoa Stabilisation Fund. The Fund, according to the Minority, was introduced during the tenure of John Dramani Mahama – precisely in October, 2014 – “as a risk-mitigation mechanism against declines in the international cocoa prices”. The primary objective of the Fund was to apply it to sustain the earnings of cocoa farmers and to cushion them, should the market price begin to decline. Addressing journalists on Wednesday, Minority Spokesperson on Food, Agriculture and…

Saudi Arabia’s king has appointed his son Mohammed bin Salman as crown prince – replacing his nephew, Mohammed bin Nayef, as first in line to the throne. King Salman’s decree also means Prince Mohammed bin Salman, 31, will become deputy prime minister while continuing as defence minister. Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, 57, has been removed from his role as head of domestic security, state media say. He has pledged allegiance to the new crown prince, his younger cousin. Why is this significant? Saudi Arabia has typically been ruled by kings in their 70s or 80s. Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s rapid…

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Monday, June 26 is to be observed as a statutory public holiday, according to the Minister of Interior. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Ambrose Dery said the day marks Eid-ul Fitr, the end of the 30-day Muslim fasting. Ramadan began in Ghana on Saturday, May 27. It ends on Sunday, June 25 with a celebration to be marked across the country the following day. Source: 3news.com|Ghana Follow @3Newsgh

Assin South District Chief Executive Derick Owusu Ambrose has inaugurated the Muslim Council for the District in the Central Region. The Council, which is tasked with the responsibility of ensuring coordination, development and welfare of the Muslim communities in the Assin South District, has representatives from the three main Muslim sects namely Ahmadiyya, Ahlusunna and Tijaniyya. The nine-member Council has Sheikh Mustapha Adam Suleyman, Assin South Chief Imam of the Ahlusunna as its Chairman with Mr Issah Adam Cann, Assin South President of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission as secretary. The rest of the members are Mallam Nuhu Ahmed, Assin South…

A Ghana native who was arrested in April after telling his date that he was a terrorist and would blow up her University of Massachusetts dormitory pleaded guilty on Monday to a single charge of threatening to commit a crime. Abdul F. Ismail entered the plea in Eastern Hampshire Court, admitting to his role in the April 11 incident. He avoided any jail time as Judge Thomas Estes placed his conviction “on file” for the next 12 months, meaning no sentence will be imposed if he stays out of trouble over that time. However, Ismail was taken into custody by United State…

The Minister for Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Catherine Afeku, has hinted of government’s plans to subsidise electricity bills for operators in the hospitality industry. The Minister was responding to concerns by some hotel operators about the exorbitant energy tariffs, which they say is gradually crippling their businesses. Koku Adjatey Odupey of Western Plus Hotel in Takoradi says “the energy cost for running a hotel is very high that something needs to be done about it”. “I’m suggesting to the minister that they need to come up with policies to support big hotels. If not it will collapse…and already in the…

After several meetings with the youth of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Savelugu Constituency, government has managed to get new Chief Executive of the Savelugu-Nanton Municipal Assembly Hajia Ayishetu Seidu accepted. There have been bloody protests in the municipality following the endorsement by the assembly members of President Nana Akufo-Addo’s nominee. But youth of the party claimed she bribed her way through and that they don’t see her as a true member of the party in the Constituency. Not even a government delegation led by Minister of State at the Presidency Bryan Acheampong would get them to budge…