Author: Krobea

Menaye Donkor, whose MALZ Productions owns the franchise for Miss Universe Ghana, says the raising of funds for winners’ projects for beauty pageants is the responsibility of organisers’. She says it should not be that of the beauty queens. This comes barely a month after some beauty queens – particularly past winners of Miss Ghana – accused organizers of exploiting them for money. Stephanie Karikari (Miss Ghana 2010), Antoinette Delali Kemavor (Miss Ghana 2015) and Giuseppina Nana Akua Baafi (Miss Ghana 2013) opened up to Ghanacelebrities.com about their terrifying experiences in the hands of Inna Marie Patty, CEO of Exclusive…

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has left Ghana for the United Kingdom on the advice of his doctors, a statement from the Presidency says. Dr Bawumia left Ghana on Friday in the company of his wife, Samira. The Vice President was taken ill on Friday. But the statement issued by Chief of Staff Akosua Frema Osei-Opare said Dr Bawumia left the UK “for medical leave”. It did not state when he will return. Source: 3news.com|Ghana Follow @3Newsgh

Stop any random person on the street and ask the person who Asamoah Gyan is. Chances are that the person will tell you who he is and what he does without blinking an eye. Ask the next person who Martha Bissah is, and chances are you will be met with a shrug. The reason is simple. In Ghana, and the world over, football has no rival when it comes to popularity. In Ghana you are more likely to know about a football star who has won nothing for his country than an athlete who actually has won something for her…

Nine persons died on the spot at Yipala in the Northern Region after a Yutong bus with registration number GC-5148-Z collided head-on with a Kia bus with registration number GT-5892-16 at about 12:30am Saturday. Thirty others have sustained various degrees of injury. They have been admitted at the Tamale Teaching Hospital. They were conveyed to the health facility after officers of the Tamale MTTU led by Aspol Debrah arrived at the scene, following a distress call. While one of the vehicles was traveling from Tamale to Kumasi, the other was from Kumasi to Tamale. “The drivers of the buses were not…

­The Chief Executive of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Boahen Aidoo, has presented keys to a brand new motor cycle to Vincent Yeboah, a Community Extension Agent (CEA) responsible for Asankragwa District of the Western South Cocoa region at a short ceremony at Cocoa House in Accra for emerging as the 2017 National Best Community Extension Agent. The motor cycle was awarded to Mr. Yeboah in recognition of his extremely hard work to advance the fortunes of the cocoa industry. Mr Aidoo congratulated Mr. Yeboah for his good work. “This motorbike should aid you in the discharge of your duties…

One of Ghana’s fastest uprising rappers, Kwesi Arthur, has expressed himself happily on how his shirtless brand is pushing him to the top together with his music career. The ‘Grind Day’ hitmaker in an interview on 3FM’s Showbiz927  hosted by Nana Kwadwo Addo confessed that many Ghanaians recognize him very easily because he is always shirtless whenever  he goes on stage or in a music video. He said, “People follow me on social media day-in, day-out because they have love for my shirtless brand and my style of music that I do.” He said listening to Reggie Rockstone, Kontihene, Omahene…

The bitcoin craze has hijacked the media waves for some time now. Though it may seem too good to be true, it tells how dynamic our fiscal world has become and the trend it may soon follow in the years to come. The world of cryptocurrencies has just been molded and it may only wax stronger and stronger. It sounds amazing how such non-physical cash can mean so much to today’s world. Well, it points to the fact that wealth has not always been physical. True wealth is oftentimes not even seen. An example of such wealth is time. Everyone…

The US government has begun shutting down of many of its services after the Senate failed to agree on a new budget. A bill to fund the federal government until 16 February did not receive the required 60 votes amid a bitter dispute over immigration and border security. It is the first shutdown ever to happen while the same party, the Republicans, controls Congress and the White House. The impasse will affect hundreds of thousands of federal workers, and the recriminations have already begun. The White House accused Democrats of “[putting] politics above our national security, military families, vulnerable children,…

Black Stars striker Abdul-Majeed Waris has made a loan switch from French Ligue 2 side Lorient to FC Porto. The deal was snapped up on Friday night. Waris was on the radar of a number of clubs including some in the English Premier League. The move to the Portuguese giants comes as a surprise. Waris is expected to wear the Number 18 jersey. Source: 3news.com|Ghana Follow @3Newsgh

Brazil legend Pele is in hospital after collapsing on Thursday with exhaustion. The 77-year-old was due to travel to London this weekend for a dinner held in his honour by the Football Writers Association (FWA). Pele – the only player to win three World Cups – “has undergone a series of tests which appear to point to severe exhaustion”, said the FWA. “He is on fluids while doctors monitor his recovery. Thankfully there is no suggestion of anything more serious.” Pele has been taken to hospital for kidney and prostate problems in recent years. Widely regarded as the greatest player…