Author: Krobea

More demands have been made on the leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to take punitive action against security guards who assaulted journalists at the party’s head office last Thursday. The guards manhandled the journalists in an attempt to stop them from covering a demonstration by some members of the party. A journalist from Media General’s TV3, Godfred Tanam, GhanaWeb and Citi FM were among those assaulted. One of them was later hospitalized but has since been discharged. READ: Journalists assaulted at NPP headquarters; one hospitalised Speaking on TV3’s News 360 over the weekend, General Secretary of the Ghana…

Journalist Rachel Johnson’s been confirmed as the first celebrity to enter the Big Brother house on 2nd January 2018. The 52-year-old is the sister of Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and daughter of politician, author and I’m a Celebrity contestant Stanley Johnson. The new series will feature an all female house for the first time. It marks 100 years since women won the right to vote. It will be called Celebrity Big Brother: Year Of The Woman, but men will be slowly introduced throughout the series. Rachel confirmed the news in her column in the Mail on Sunday, writing: “I’m going…

Ebony’s Di Me Dwa and Kuami Eugene’s Angela were the top songs on the lips of many music fans when asked which they will go for to mark the festivities. Man’s Not Hot by UK-based Ghanaian Big Shaq also had good mentions. Speaking to Media General’s Owusu Worae, the fans also tipped those songs to top nominees for next year’s VGMAs. Some of the fans also mentioned Wutah’s Bronya, Shatta Wale’s Freedom and Captain Planet’s Obi Agye obi Girl as their favourites for the year. Watch below: Source: 3news.com|Ghana Follow @3Newsgh

Liberians are choosing a new president in a run-off vote between Vice-President Joseph Boakai and former international footballer George Weah. Mr Weah, 51, won the first round, but did not secure the required 50% of the vote for an outright victory. Legal challenges delayed the vote to replace Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa’s first elected female president. Liberia, which was founded by freed US slaves in the 19th Century, has not had a smooth transfer of power in 73 years. Polls across Liberia opened at 08:00 GMT and will close at 18:00. More than two million people are eligible to cast…

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia visited two churches on Christmas eve “to celebrate the Christmas festivities with them”. The Vice President, a Muslim, was at the Royal House Chapel in Kaneshie and Nantoma Presbyterian Church in Kanda to mark the day with them. Source: 3news.com|Ghana Photos: @MBawumia

Former President John Dramani Mahama has arrived in Liberia for Tuesday’s presidential run-off between Vice President Joseph Boakai and former football star George Oppon Weah. Ghana’s former leader is leading the Observer Mission Group of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). He was at the first round of polls held on 10 October. On Monday, he held a briefing session with the 25-man group. “The briefing included a presentation by the ECOWAS Technical Support Team that was deployed to assist the Liberian National Election Commission evaluate their voter register and technical capacity.” The Technical Support Team was headed…

The fountain at the Rattray Park in the Ashanti Region capital city of Kumasi is back to function after months following the missing of its USB drive. The fountain, which forms splashes in a form of a dancing figure, was part of the siting of the controversial $4.4 million Park under former Kumasi mayor Kojo Bonsu. The fountain is now being operated manually by an IT worker of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA). He has since changed the computer language of the fountain from Chinese to English. KMA’s Public Relations Officer Godwin Okumah Nyame told Media Gneral’s Antwi Boasiako, who…

Ghana’s insurance industry continues to record low penetration with less than two percent contribution to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). But the Insurance Awareness Coordinators Group (IACG) is poised to help improve the current figure to about five percent by 2025. “The industry’s less than 2 percent contribution to the country’s gross domestic product is worrying even though insurance enhances people’s net worth. It is important to remedy lapses in the insurance industry in order to boost public confidence,” says Wilson Quartey Tei, Chairman of the Group. Speaking at the maiden insurance agents’ capacity building workshop in Kumasi, Mr…