Author: Krobea

Short men are in greater danger of losing their hair early, because both are in their genes. Men who feel they have lost the genetic lottery by being short may be unhappy to hear the same genes could cause their hair to fall out. But the testosterone which can cause boys to stop growing early, by closing the plates at the end of their bones during their teenage years, is also thought to cause baldness. The largest genetic study of male pattern baldness has confirmed four locations in men’s genes which cause them to be both vertically and follically challenged.  Genes…

A 17-year-old boy seen raping a girl, 13, in Talensi in the Upper East Region in a video that has gone viral has been arrested. His 20-year-old accomplice, who is said to have filmed the act, is being searched by the police. According to the Upper East Regional Director of the Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service, David Kofi Gyabaa, the incident happened two months ago at Gbani, a mining community in the Talensi District of the Upper East Region. He said the two boys – one 17 years and the other about 20 years – raped the…

An endangered classroom block is negatively affecting enrolment at the Chirifo-Yilli Junior High School in the Tolong District of the Northern Region. Pupils and teachers fear the block could collapse as a result of severe cracks developed by the structure over the years. Established in 1967, the Chirifo-Yilli Junior High School is among the oldest schools in the Northern Region. The then highly populated school used to serve the entire region before the establishment of other schools in parts of the region. Enrollment has shuffled between 200 and 300 pupils in the last seven years but has dropped further with…

Spanish giants Barcelona booked a place in the quarter-final stage of the UEFA Champions League with an emphatic 6-1 win over French Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday, March 8. The win overturned a 4-0 first leg loss suffered by the former champions in Paris on February 14. Goals from the Blaugrana striking trio of Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez contributed to the win. They qualified on a 6-5 aggregate win. The Catalans began the onslaught in the third minute with Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez finding the back of the net. An own goal by Layvin Kurzawa after…

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Ghana Integrity Initiative, the Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition, and SEND Ghana on Wednesday, March 8 released a survey on citizens’ knowledge, perceptions and experiences of corruption dubbed ‘Corruption Is Eating Us Up: A Call to Action’ in Accra. United States Ambassador Robert P. Jackson joined members of civil society, the Ghanaian government, and the private sector at the launch event, which discussed the survey’s findings and ways to combat corruption in Ghana. USAID supported the Ghana Integrity Initiative and its local partners SEND Ghana and the Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition to conduct the…

The Overlord of Gonjaland Yagbon-Wura Tuntumba Bor-Esa II has called for immediate measures to curb the consistent water shortage faced by residents in West Gonja in the Northern Region. Conveying the message of his Royal Majesty Yagbon-Wura Tuntumba Bor-Esa II to the Northern Regional Minister Saeed Salifu, the linguist at the Yagbon Palace, Alhaji Iddrisu Afuli, revealed the water crisis in Damongo and its environs is now life-threatening as it has deepened each season to the extent that residents can no longer bear the situation. The linguist, who appeared desperate, used a popular Gonja parlance “inchu mo nnta” which literally…

Mother and mates of junior high school student of the Child of Hope Basic School in Tafo in the Eastern Region have expressed shock at the sudden death of Barbara Asante, who is alleged to have committed suicide Tuesday, March 7. 3news.com gathered the incident occurred at about 12pm. A worried Mercy Asare, mother of the deceased, revealed she had prepared food for the deceased and her two siblings after which she went into the room to rest. According to Madam Mercy, she woke up about 3:30pm same day and observed the absence of her daughter. She immediately began to…

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Kumbungu Constituency in the Northern Region has counseled his fellow MPs to eschew arrogance if they want to be MPs for longer years. Ras Mubarak observed that “if you are arrogant, you will lose elections because we have seen MPs lose in the first term not because they are not performing but because they were arrogant”. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP was speaking on Onua FM’s Ghana Dadwene on Wednesday hosted by Nana Yaw Opare. The first-time MP said MPs who want to reign for long must not have to roll up in…

The Akufo-Addo-led government has been asked to apologize to Ghanaians over the promises they believe they cannot fulfill. The Member of Parliament (MP) for Kumbungu Constituency in the Northern Region, Ras Mubarak, who made the call, explained that the then opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) hurled several promises at Ghanaians, resulting in a vote for the NPP. But most of the promises are not achievable in the next four years, he argued. “The NPP should come and apologize to Ghanaians on where they cannot perform because the NPP nearly promised one-man-one wife,” the MP told Ghana Dadwene on Onua 95.1…

Protesters in Kosovo take part in an International Women’s Day march US congresswomen have walked out of work, joining women around the world who are going on strike as part of International Women’s Day. The move by House Democrats is part of a “Day Without a Woman” strike, designed to highlight how crucial women are to the US national workforce. “I think it’s important women in Congress show our solidarity,” said Congresswoman Lois Frankel. Schools in some districts were forced to close after staff walked out. International Women’s Day has grown from a labour movement with its roots in a…