Author: Krobea

Black Stars players Christian Atsu and Daniel Amartey have been named as part of the best eleven players at the just-ended Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon. The selection was made by the Technical Study Group of the Confederation of African Football (Caf) after the tournament, which was won by Cameroon after beating Egypt 2-1 on Sunday. While Atsu made a third successive tournament in Gabon, Leicester City midfielder Amartey was making only his second appearance at the tournament. Atsu was named the Most Valuable Player in the last tournament in Equatorial Guinea but lost that accolade to Cameroon’s Christian…

Cameroon came from a goal down to beat record African champions Egypt 2-1 in the final of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday. Goals from Nicolas Nkoulou and Vincent Aboubakar ensured that the Indomitable Lions cancel Mohamed Elneny’s first half goal to win their fifth African title. Egypt had won Group D and had beaten Morocco and Burkina Faso – the eventual third-place winners – prior to the final. Their opponents had moved out of their group as Group A runners-up, devouring Senegal’s Teranga Lions and Ghana’s Black Stars in the knock-out stage. The Pharaohs were favourites going…

Suspended Black Stars midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng has lamented Ghana’s fourth-place finish at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, describing it as “unbelievable”. “I hope now we will see all those big changes we all hope for,” he tweeted on Saturday, February 4 after the Stars lost 0-1 to Burkina Faso in their final game at the tournament. Ghana had aimed at ending a 35-year wait for the continental title prior to the tournament. But that dream was crashed in the semi-final by Cameroon. Hitherto nonchalant fans raised their voices to express disappointment with some calling for the head of goalkeeper…

The US federal appeals court has rejected the Trump administration’s request to reinstate a travel ban blocked by a federal judge on Friday. The late night ruling means the travel ban will remain suspended until the full case has been heard. The court gave the White House and the states challenging it a deadline of Monday to present more arguments. Two states argued that the travel ban, affecting people from seven mainly-Muslim countries, was unconstitutional. In its appeal, the Justice Department said Judge James Robart had overreached by “second guessing” the president on a national security matter. It also argued…

Vetting of the third batch of ministerial nominees by Parliament’s Appointments Committee begins from Monday, February 6. Three each will be vetted daily from Monday up to Wednesday with two vetted on Thursday, February 9. Minister-designate for Tourism, Arts and Culture Catherine Afeku is expected to be the first of the third batch to be vetted. She will be followed by a familiar person to the Appointments Committee, Osei Kyei-Mensa-Bonsu, who until the current Parliament was the Minority Leader. He is the Majority Leader. He has been nominated by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as Minister for Parliamentary Affairs. Minister-designate…

Approximately 3,000 newly recruited officers of the Ghana Police Service have had their enlistment revoked. These recruits are said to have fallen short of meeting the academic requirements to be enlisted into the Service. The affected recruits include those under training at the National Police Training School (NPTS) in Accra and the Service’s training schools in Kumasi, Ho, Koforidua and Pwalugu in the Upper East Region. A letter sighted by 3news.com and written to Commanding Officer of the Pwalugu Police Training School by COP Beatrice Vib-Sanziri, the Director-General in charge of Human Resources, said all the recruits who submitted only…

The Public Relations Officer of Charter House, organizers of the prestigious music awards, VGMA, has called the bluff of singer Ohemaa Mercy, asking her to do whatever she pleases with her awards. This follows a fresh threat by management of the gospel artiste to return the awards due to a statement by George Quaye. Speaking on 3FM 92.7 in an interview with Miriam Osei-Agyemang on the station’s mid-morning show Urban Blend over the week, George Quaye was surprised at such a threat from the multiple award-winning gospel songstress. According to him, “to every artiste who has won a plaque before,…

When 3FM News Central Region stringer, Perry Baka, hinted a school building in the region had collapsed, I got winced and terrified. It was at the Jamra Methodist Primary School in Breman Jamra of the Asikuma Odobeng Brakwa District. Four pupils had been killed on the spot and two others died when rushed to the hospital. It was Tuesday morning January 31, 2017. I had not an iota of courage to download pictures he sent which told the story of the tragic incident. ‘How would parents of these kids receive this breaking news’? I quizzed myself. I have read and…

An Alain Traoré freekick in the last-minute clinched the Bronze medal for the Stallions of Burkina Faso at the expense of the Black Stars in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. The match played on Saturday at the Stade de Port-Gentil was the third-place playoff of the tournament. Avram Grant rung the changes with his predictable starting line-up, bringing on goalkeeper Richard Ofori for Razak Brimah. Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu, who captained the side, Bernard Tekpetey and Ebenezer Ofori also started for the first time in the tournament. Harrison Afful and Daniel Amartey kept their starting roles, making them the only two…