Author: Krobea

A five-year-old Oklahoma girl has made history by becoming the youngest person ever to qualify for the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Edith Fuller correctly spelled “jnana” to beat more than 50 contestants in the Scripps Green Country Regional Spelling Bee in Tulsa. She also cracked the words Panglossian, Baedeker, nisei and Croesus. The young spelling master will head to Washington in May to compete with other children across the country. The National Spelling Bee is open to contestants who have not finished the eighth grade. There is no minimum age to compete. “I feel thankful,” she said after winning the…

Reinaldo (in white) got the first goal for Chapecoense Chapecoense have won their first international match since 19 players and staff were killed in November’s plane crash that saw 71 people die. The visitors beat Zulia 2-1 in the Venezuelan city of Maracaibo in their first ever Copa Libertadores tie, South America’s main regional tournament. The win puts them top of Group 7. Chapecoense only won promotion to Brazil’s top division in 2014 but they surprised everyone when they reached last year’s Copa Sudamericana final. They were on their way to the first leg of that match when the plane…

Champions Wa All Stars on Wednesday, March 8 beat debutants Bolgatanga All Stars 3-1 in a Ghana Premier League outstanding game played in Tamale, the adopted home ground of the Upper East Region side. The match was a Match Day Two fixture and was postponed as a result of the champions’ CAF Champions League campaign, which ended in a 5-1 aggregate loss to Libya’s Al-Ahli Tripoli. David Abanga scored twice against the debutants with Richard Arthur also finding the back of the net. Maxwell Frimpong got the consolation for the Bolgatanga side. The win is Wa All Stars’ second this…

Organisers of the Miss Ghana beauty pageant have revealed intentions to host Miss World in the near future. They have therefore asked for government support to make this a reality. Chief Executive Officer of Exclusive Events, organizers of the annual pageant, Inna Mariam Patty, made the intentions known on Tuesday, March 7, when she together with three other former winners called on the president at the Flagstaff House. They were there not only to congratulate President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo but also to wish him well as Ghana marks its 60th independence anniversary celebrations. She told the president how winners…

Smoking is injurious to health! We all know it, but still many people are addicted to smoking and no single day begins or ends without a cigarette. But every time you light one up, you are increasing your risk of lung, bladder, pancreatic, mouth, esophageal and other cancers. Smoking also increases your risk of heart disease, strokes, high blood pressure, diabetes, depression, Alzheimer’s disease, thin bones, obesity and lots more. In addition, smoking affects mental capacity and memory as well as increasing the likelihood of impotence and reducing fertility. Smoking during pregnancy also affects the unborn child. Women who smoke…

Two persons including a pupil were electrocuted on Tuesday evening after a 30-minute downpour in the Western Region twin city of Sekondi-Takoradi. 3news.com’s Williams Benjamin Peters reports that several properties running into thousands of Ghana Cedis have been destroyed. Structures at the Effiakuma police barracks were completely destroyed, rendering many officers homeless. “One police officer got hurt and has since been rushed to the hospital,” our reporter said. The pupil, who was electrocuted, died on the spot while the other, a middle-aged lady, is said to be responding to treatment at the Takoradi SDA Clinic. Nadmo’s worry Meanwhile, the Western…

Petitioners of an online campaign against Marwako Fast Foods have pointed at the failure of state institutions to deal with labour issues as the cause of foreign nationals maltreating Ghanaians in employment. They noted that the foreigners’ ability to compromise these institutions have created room for some of them to flout laws, knowing very well that they will be able to circumvent not only the laws but the justice system and harrowing situations that they put some of their staff through. Speaking exclusively in an interview with ‘Late Edition’ on 3FM 92.7MHz on Tuesday, Courage Kwesi Nobi, the Lead Petitioner…

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has accepted a three-match ban for violent conduct for elbowing Bournemouth’s Tyrone Mings during Saturday’s 1-1 draw at Old Trafford. The Manchester United striker will miss Monday’s FA Cup quarter-final at Chelsea and Premier League games against Middlesbrough and West Brom. Mings was also charged with violent conduct by the Football Association. But Bournemouth have said they will appeal against the defender’s charge. Ibrahimovic, who is United’s leading scorer this season with 26 goals, is eligible to play in the Europa League tie against Rostov in Russia on Thursday. He is due to return in the Premier League…

The Member of Parliament for Ablekuma South, Alfred Okoe Vanderpujie, has called for the constitutional amendment to increase the tenure of the President to a “six- year one term” of office. According to him, a critical consideration must be given to the Article 66(1) and (2) which seeks to limit the term of office of government in Ghana to a term of four years unless “re-elected for a second term”. Speaking on the floor of parliament on Tuesday, March 7, the Ablekuma South legislator argued that every government in Ghana has four years in which to serve and achieve all…

Countries targeted under a new US travel ban passed by President Donald Trump have attacked the move, along with the United Nations. On Monday, President Trump signed a new executive order placing a 90-day ban on people from six mainly Muslim nations. The order was presented as a means to strengthen US national security against terror threats. On Tuesday however, two of the countries, Sudan and Somalia, said the move was unjustified. The directive, which includes a 120-day ban on all refugees, takes effect on 16 March. It follows a previous order, which was blocked by a federal court, that…