Author: Krobea

There was wide gamut of sporting action over the weekend and 3news.com’s Yaw Ofosu Larbi picks his five major highlights. EPL title race thrown open Conventional wisdom is that the English Premier League title is Chelsea’s to lose. Crystal Palace ripped that conventional wisdom apart on Sunday with a well executed comeback win over Chelsea. The Blues still sit pretty on the top of the standings with a seven point advantage over closest rivals Tottenham Hotspurs. But with games to come against Man City on Wedneday, plus Spurs and Manchester United later, it looks like there will finally be a…

It is one news item that has succeeded securing a spot on almost every aspect of Ghana’s news media. Ordinarily, topical issues in my country take at most a week to be talked about in the media then we find it a ‘resting’ place. However, like the dreaded disease called Ebola, illegal mining popularly referred to as ‘Galamsey’ in the Ghanaian parlance has had the young and the old chatting around it with a great concern. Pressure group, Occupy Ghana in its own way has waged war on the illicit activity that has seen many of our water bodies extremely…

Hugo Broos has been summoned by the Federation of Cameroonian Football (FECAFOOT) and the sports ministry of Cameroon over links to the vacant coaching job in Ghana. Broos is one of the three coaches who underwent interview over the weekend for the next coach of the Black Stars. He was interviewed via Skype by the six-member panel tasked to get a qualified person to occupy the position. But passes made by the Belgian at the Ghana job have not gone down well with FECAFOOT, which had initially invited Broos over comments made about the indomitable Lions’ preparations towards their 1-2…

Ghana Football Association President Kwesi Nyantakyi will be endorsed as one of the two Vice Presidents of the Confederation of African Football (Caf) on Tuesday, April 11, 2017. Mr Nyantakyi, who is an Executive Committee member of Caf, is expected to be nominated by new President Ahmad Ahmad. In an interview with TV3 Sports on Monday, April 3, Mr Nyantakyi, though being cautiously optimistic, said: “I am pretty confident that based on the discussions we had, there is a great consensus on [my nomination]”. The nomination will be voted on by the Confederation’s Executive Committee on April 11. Incidentally, Kwesi…

South Africa’s credit rating has been cut to junk status by the ratings agency S&P Global. The agency said that political upheaval, including the recent sacking of finance minister Pravin Gordhan, was endangering the economy. S&P also expressed concern over government debt, and in particular the expense of supporting the state energy firm Eskom. The news put more pressure on the rand, which was down 2% against the dollar. The sacking of Mr Gordhan, seen as a safe pair of hands and with a reputation for financial prudence, led to a 4% fall in the rand on Friday and prompted…

US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is in Baghdad to meet Iraqi leaders and be briefed on the fight against the Islamic State group. Mr Kushner, the president’s senior adviser, joined US Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman General Joseph Dunford. The Marine general said he invited Mr Kushner to hear about the situation on the ground “first-hand and unfiltered”. He was also travelling on behalf of the president to express his support for Iraq’s government, a spokesman said. Navy Captain Greg Hicks, Mr Dunford’s spokesman, said during meetings with Iraqi officials 36-year-old Mr Kushner would affirm US commitment to…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Monday, April 3 swore in Dr. Ernest Kwamina Yedu Addison as the new Governor of the Bank of Ghana, after consultation with the Council of State. At a brief ceremony at the Presidency, which had the Vice President of the Republic, Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Chief of Staff Akosua Frema Osei Opare, Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Maafo, Minister for Monitoring and Evaluation Anthony Akoto Osei and Secretary to the President Nana Bediatuo Asante all in attendance, President Akufo-Addo noted that the new Governor had joined the ship of state in very difficult circumstances. “There…

National Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Kofi Adams has filed a suit at an Accra High Court, citing Network Broadcasting Company Limited, managers of Accra-based Radio Gold, and four members of the party for defamation. According to Mr Adams, who was NDC’s 2016 Campaign Coordinator, the four called him a thief and said he is engaged in a crime of stealing money and cars, at a press conference on Monday, March 27. The press conference organised by Action Movement was broadcast live on Radio Gold, according to Mr Adams. The four who are said to have addressed the…

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Road transport fares have been increased by 15 per cent, 3news.com can confirm. The new fares take effect from Thursday, April 6, a release from the Road Transport Operators said on Monday, April 3. This is in line with the administrative instrument on public transport fares, the release explained. The fares cover intra-city, inter city and taxi operations. Jointly signed by representatives of the Ghana Private Roads Transport Union (GPRTU) and Ghana Roads Transport Coordinating Council (GRTCC), the release asked members to post the fares at their terminals and possible in  their vehicles “to avoid confrontation with the travelling public”.…