Author: Krobea

Chief Executive of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) Mohammed Adjei Sowah says his administration is going to turn attention to Agbogbloshie in a move to transform the country’s biggest slum. He said not only will there be constant sanitation exercises in that community but also by-laws of the Assembly will be enforced so “that we have a clean city”. He made this known on Saturday, April 1 when he joined a handful of people in the National Sanitation Day exercise. He expressed disappointment in citizen participation in the exercise, observing that “the market traders seem not to care about what…

Ford is recalling 52,000 F-250 pick-up trucks over a fault which can cause the vehicle to roll while the automatic transmission lever is in park position. In a statement, the company advised users of the 2017 vehicles, sold in the US and Canada, to use the hand brake when shifting the car into park mode. It said it was not aware of any accidents or injuries associated with the issue. It is the Michigan-based automaker’s third recall in a week. On Wednesday, Ford recalled 211,000 vehicles in North America over potentially faulty side door latches. It also recalled 360,000 vehicles…

Asante Kotoko could not break Inter Allies in their Match Day 9 Ghana Premier League game played at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium on Sunday, April 2. The Porcupine Warriors were hoping to pick up the pieces following their 1-0 loss to Hearts of Oak a fortnight ago. But the Tema-based side may have played the match for their former coach, Herbert Addo, who died last week. Allies was the last team he coached in the League before his retirement last season. The deadlock could not be broken and so the two sides shared the spoils. Though the point puts…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed pride in the manner in which all of his ministers have declared their assets within a relatively shorter period. “It is unprecedented that within two months of taking office, an entire government has been put in place in which all the ministers of that government have declared and filed their assets with the Auditor General.” He said this has been done as an important measure to track ministers in order to make sure none of them capitalizes on government to amass wealth. “It is unprecedented.” President Akufo-Addo made this known on Saturday, April…

Celtic have won a sixth consecutive Scottish Premiership title with eight games to spare after thrashing Hearts 5-0 at Tynecastle on Sunday. Brendan Rodgers’ side needed three points against fifth-placed Hearts to be confirmed as champions after Aberdeen hammered Dundee on Friday. And they did so with a hat-trick from Scott Sinclair and goals from Stuart Armstrong and Patrick Roberts. Unbeaten Celtic have dropped just four points so far during their campaign. “My job when I came in was to win it in the best way we possibly could,” said Rodgers. “We have had many outstanding performances, but we have…

Former Cameroon international Rigobert Song has thanked the country’s fans and President for their support as he arrived back in Cameroon following six months of treatment in a Paris hospital. The former Liverpool player was taken ill in October 2016 when he suffered a brain aneurysm and was hospitalised in Yaounde where his condition stabilised before he was taken to Paris. Song returned to Yaoundé to a rapturous welcome on Saturday where he was met by dignitaries, friends and family. “I’m going to say thank you to the people, to God and President Paul Biya and his wife because he…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said that nothing will hinder his electoral promises. Touting his eagerness to fulfilling all his promises with mantra ‘We go do’, the president urged Ghanaians to have confidence in the government. “Some people cast doubts about my promises,” he pointed out. “I assure you all of them will come to pass”. President Akufo-Addo gave this renewed assurance on Sunday while addressing the Moslem community at the Kumasi Central mosque as part of his three-day visit to the Ashanti Region. The president had earlier visited the St. Cyprian’s Anglican Church and the Ebenezer Methodist Church…

The Ashanti Regional Directorate of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has asked parents of students of Kumasi Academy Senior High School to send the wards back to school. There was commotion at the School on Friday when students demonstrated over the deaths of some of their mates. 3news.com’s visit to KUMACA on Saturday morning saw parents on campus getting their wards home. READ: KUMACA shut down over mysterious deaths But a statement from regional directorate of GES on Sunday, April 2 said “the school has not been closed down as reported by some members of the public”. “Calm has been…

Ghana’s premier university, University of Ghana, seems to be losing its popularity on the African continent as it drops further on the University League table. Legon, as University of Ghana is popularly referred to, has been ranked 21st by uniRank in its latest ranking released this year. Behind Legon is Kwame Nkrumah Technology of Science and Technology (KNUST), which ranked 30th. The top half of the League is dominated by South African universities among which are University of South Africa and University of Johannesburg. The likes of Makere University in Uganda and University of Ibadan in Nigeria ranked higher than…