Author: Krobea

Universal Music UK on Wednesday announced the launch of 0207 Def Jam, a new frontline label and the UK home of the iconic Def Jam Recordings label, with a stellar cast of executives including the appointment of highly respected industry executives and Ghanaian London-born twin brothers, Alec and Alex Boateng as co-Presidents. 0207 Def Jam, which takes the first part of its name and inspiration from a telephone code in London as a nod to the music, culture and art the UK is famed for, is partnering with the legendary Def Jam label which has shaped and propelled cutting-edge hip hop culture around the world for over…

A group of pro–New Patriotic Party (NPP) lecturers at the Takoradi Technical University (TTU) has opined that recent pronouncements by former President John Dramani Mahama on the Free Senior High School programme are nothing but calculated lies coupled with political gimmicks and only aimed at throwing dust into the eyes of unsuspecting Ghanaians, all to woo them to vote for him and the NDC in the upcoming elections. In an interview with 3news.com, Chairman of Patriotic Intellectuals (PI) Michael Asare Appiah said he is bemused that the former President, who before his defeat in the 2016 general elections was consistent…

The Ashanti Region branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is complaining of being sidelined in security briefings ahead of next month’s special voting and general elections. Regional Chairman Augustus Nana Kwasi lamented that with only five days to the Special Voting, the party is yet to be fully briefed on security arrangements and other special arrangements that are crucial to ensuring free, fair and safe elections. The NDC Chairman while speaking on Akoma FM’s morning show GhanAkoma on Thursday, November 26 told host Aduanaba Kofi Asante Ennin that the regional security council (REGSEC) doesn’t invite the party any more…

The Western Region branch of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has claimed that the only thing that the Akufo-Addo-led administration has given the region are “doses of Sakawa projects”. Addressing a press conference, Communications Director of the NDC in the Region Richard Kirk Mensah said the Akufo-Addo administration has shown gross disrespect to the chiefs and people of many communities in the Region by performing many “matricki wo” sod-cutting ceremonies for landmark projects that otherwise would have changed their fortunes. “On 18th June 2018, the President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo disrespected the Chiefs and…

The Commanding Officer of the 4th Infantry Batalion (4BN), Lieutenant Colonel Kwasi Peprah, has told 3news.com that there will be heavy military presence in areas tagged as hotspots in next month’s polls. The military commander also warned troublemakers not to attempt to mar this year’s election. “There are electoral rules governing this country and must be upheld, so if anyone has plans to cause chaos in this year’s election, we can assure them of similar force to deal with them.” He further advised the youth not to indulge in any violent acts which they may regret in the end “because…

Former Deputy Ghana Ambassador to China Horace Ankrah has pointed to systemic failure for the directive from the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to the Scholarship Secretariat for a student from the Adeiso Senior High School in the Eastern Region to be given a full scholarship. The student, Thomas Amoaning, obtained grade A1 in all eight subjects in the 2020 West African Senior Schools Certificate Examination (WASSCE). Ambassador Horace Ankrah said if the systems were working under the current government, the president should not have given the directives because the system would have notified the WASSCE graduate and come to…

The Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) has published the Special Voters List on its website for the perusal of registered special voters for the December 1 early voting. The List comprises names of registered voters from the security agencies, the media and staff of the EC who will work on elections day, December 7. According to a press release from the EC, soft copies of the List have been provided to the representatives of the organisations to participate in the special voting “to enable members verify their details and locations ahead of time”. “The publication of the Special Voters List will…

Ghana’s Covid-19 active cases have seen a steady reduction despite daily recording of infections in the past week. The latest update from the Disease Surveillance Department of the Ghana Health Service puts the current number of active cases at 775 from 832 as at Wednesday, November 25. This comes after 41 new cases were recorded with 98 recoveries-cum-discharges within the same period. The total cumulative cases, according to the Service, stand at 51,225 with the deaths staying at 323 for over a week now. The total cumulative recoveries-cum-discharges are 50,127. Greater Accra, Ashanti, Western, Eastern and Central regions, in that…

Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya Constituency Sarah Adwoa Safo says her constituency will determine if President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will be given four more years or not. The Constituency has the highest number of voters in Ghana with 172,907 registered for the December 7 elections. At a rally at the Atomic Park in Accra on Wednesday, November 25, Adwoa Safo promised the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Presidential Candidate a total of 120,000 votes to secure victory for him come December 7. “Today, our president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is hear because he has hope in us,” she told the…

The presidential candidate of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has entreated political party leaders to have some level of trust in the electoral process for the sake of peace in the country. Brigitte Dzogbenuku, however, called for a review of the 1992 Constitution to prevent the appointment of the Chair of the Electoral Commission by a political party in power. “There are issues coming up about the non-transparency in the Electoral Commission and the fact the EC is in bed with some political party,” she noted. “It’s a fundamental thing we have to deal with but we all need to…