Author: Krobea

South American champions Chile beat European Champions Portugal 3-0 on penalties to make it to the final of the FIFA Confederations Cup. La Roja started the semi-final game at the Kazan Arena on a slow pace as A Selecçao led by Cristiano Ronaldo dictated pace in the first 15 minutes. But the Chileans took over by shading possession 54 per cent at the end of the first half, though nothing by way of goal could separate the two sides. The score remained the same but not without close chances to both sides with Chile ending the extra time the stronger…

Asante Kotoko on Wednesday clinched a crucial away win over Cape Coast’s Ebusua Dwarfs in mid-week action in the ongoing Ghana Premier League. The match was a reverse fixture of the 0-0 draw at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Match Day 11. Baba Mahama scored the only goal at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium to give the Porcupine Warriors all the three points. It was gloom for Kotoko’s arch-rivals at the Accra Sports Stadium as Ashant Gold SC came to conquer Hearts of Oak. Daniel Gozar secured the vital points as he scored the only goal for the Miners,…

Josephine Akosua Frempong of TV3 Network Limited has received nomination for the 2017 edition of the Ghana Shippers Awards slated to come off on Friday at the Movenpick Ambassadorial Hotel. She has been nominated under the Reporter of the Year category together with Della Russel Ocloo of Daily Graphic, Ken Mornah of the New Maritime and Transport Digest, Dorothy Frempomaa of Radio Gold and Patrick Painstil of Business and Financial Times. GCNet, West Blue Consulting and Borderless Alliance have also been nominated in the Anas Aremeyaw Anas Transparency category while Alex Atakorah  (Amaris Terminal), Kofi Amoah-Abban (Rigworld Group) and Richard…

“So, which aspect of journalism do you consider majoring someday?” friends, family and well-wishers have asked me times without number. Oftentimes, I give them an answer that makes them turn to suggest to me that, perhaps, I must see the curer of sick heads. “My ultimate aim is to be a war reporter [preferably with Aljazeera].” “War reporter? And you consider marrying to raise a family? Solomon, please stop having this dream. You are too young for this,” a classmate back in Ghana Institute of Journalism once told me. I fantasize at war reporters wearing their bulletproof vests and helmets…

Joyce Blessing is set to join Becca, Stonebwoy and Kumi Guitar as a member of the  Zylofon Media record label family, 3news.com has gathered. Joyce Blessing is scheduled for a signing ceremony today, June 28 to officially join the record label. Zylofon Media joined the creative arts industry in Ghana a few months ago and has already signed on three top arts, who seem to be happy with the new management. The sensational gospel musician recently launched her new album ‘AGYEBUM’  produced by  Davejoy Productions. By Roberta Acquah-Imbeah|3FM 92.7|3news.com|Ghana Follow @3Newsgh//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

For the second year in a row, Tigo is running its internship programme – Tigo Internship Programme (TIP), which empowers young students and graduates to develop their skills and introduce them to the professional environment. TIP attracted over 600 applications from various tertiary schools including KNUST, University of Ghana, GIMPA, UPSA and the Pentecost University. Sixty interns were selected after detailed review of their video resumé and one-on-one interviews. They have since started work and have been assigned to various departments including Corporate Affairs, Tigo Business, Commercial, Mobile Financial Services, Engineering and Human Resources. They were taken through a three-day…

The Ghana Premier League returns on Wednesday in eight midweek actions. It will be Match Day 20 of the 2016/2017 league season. Resurgent Ashanti Gold SC will travel to the Accra Sports Stadium to play Hearts of Oak in a match that the visitors’ coach, Charles Akunnor, will take seriously. The former Black Stars captain had coached the Phobians in 2012 but was relieved of his post. A win for the hosts could see them go just behind leaders West African Football Academy (WAFA), who host Elmina Sharks at Sogakope. The Miners could also go top of the bottom half…

The Ministry of Energy has set up an eight-member investigative committee to unravel circumstances that led to the release of 5 million litres of off-spec fuel by the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Limited (BOST). The committee is expected to recommend, among others, whether the Managing Director of BOST, Alfred Obeng Boateng, should be interdicted. Mr Boateng has been accused of endorsing the release of the contaminated fuel via his private companies. The committee is also to determine the circumstances that created the off-spec product. The committee has 30 days within which to complete work, according to TV3’s Rabiu Alhassan,…

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) says it is intensifying its monitoring operations at retail outlets of petroleum products to arrest the recent phenomenon of contaminated fuel. Reports of the discharge of contaminated fuel has hit hard at the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Limited (BOST), which has been accused of releasing 5 million litre of off-spec fuel into the system. NPA says it has conducted investigations into the reports but seeks to intensify its monitoring activities “to ensure that the quality of fuel sold to the consumers is not compromised”. It also said it will take legal action against two…

Adisadel College will seek to successfully defend their National Science and Maths quiz title on Thursday as they contest in the final. It is the third successive final for the Santaclausians as they seek to equal the record of Presbyterian Boys’ Senior High School set in 2008, when they successfully defended their title. The Presecans, however, hold the title of record champions, having won the title five times. Adisadel College made it to the final after seeing off regional counterparts University Practice Senior High School and Ghana National College on Monday. It is was a nail-biting semi-final contest for the…