Author: Krobea

The Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP) intends to prioritise agriculture and solar energy to generate more revenue for the country and create jobs. Flagbearer Henry Herbert Lartey explains that the decision forms part of the domestication policy championed by GCPP to make Ghana self-sufficient. “The domestication philosophy is the best policy in Ghana and Africa. As a country, we have political independence but need economic independence as well to be self-reliant. This can be achieved when we major in production rather than importing almost everything including food. “We are speaking to a company that is prepared to partner Ghana to…

A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Otchere-Darko, has admonished members of the party to move away from the issues surrounding Martin Amidu and get back to the campaign trail. “You have a positive story to tell and to secure a second time,” he tweeted in the heat of the fallout from the resignation of Martin Alamisi Amidu as the Special Prosecutor. Mr Amidu’s resignation letter was responded to in a nine-page letter from the Office of the President on Tuesday, November 17 but he has since replied. In a recorded telephone interview on Thursday, November 19,…

Family of the suspect in the Ayeduase shooting incidence Francis Azabanga is calling for an independent probe into the shooting incidence to establish whether the suspect really shot himself. Speaking on Akoma FM’s morning show GhanAkoma on Thursday, November 19, sister to the suspect Lydia Azabanga told host Aduanaba Kofi Asante Ennin in Twi that the family “suspects the police shot and killed my brother contrary to what they came out to tell the media”. They said Francis Azabanga did not shoot himself after an altercation in traffic contrary to the preliminary report of the police. Scenes captured in a…

Former Special Prosecutor Martin Alamisi Amidu has warned his attackers to stop forthwith or else he will defend himself, which may be “unpalatable” for the government. In an interview with journalist Umaru Sanda on Thursday, November 19, Mr Amidu says he had resolved not to go to press with most of his grievances. “Please, I have said since I left office that I was not going to give any press interview about my resignation,” he confessed. “I was not going to talk to the press. I am being pushed by so-called responses to me, which contains reference…to speak. But I…

Personnel from the Asokwa Divisional Command of the Ghana Police Service on Thursday morning stormed Akoma FM studios during a live programme to pick up the former Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Ejisu, Afrifa Yamoah Ponkor, following a scuffle with the Member of Parliament for Bantama, Daniel Okyem Aboagye. The show, which is a battle of ideas stemming from issue-based, results-oriented, facts-and-figure discussion, ended with former Ejisu/Juaben MCE being almost bundled up by three police officers from Asokwa Divisional Command following a call by Mr Okyem Aboagye for his arrest. According to the police, they had distress call from their…

A total of 9,263 out of 11,692 households representing 80 percent of households in the Kpandai District of the Northern Region have household toilets. As Ghana joins the world to celebrate World Toilet Day, 3news.com takes a look at how the Kpandai District has moved from 11 communities with open defaecation-free (ODF) in 2016 to 190 in 2020. The United Nations General Assembly officially declared the World Toilet Day in 2013. The Day is to inspire actions taken by member countries to tackle the global sanitation crises. Worldwide, an estimated 4.2 billion people live without safely managed sanitation. Out of…

The Chief of Army Staff in Ghana, Major General Thomas Oppong Peprah, has assured Ghanaians of their preparedness to ensure that there is absolute security in the country. The Army Commander noted his men are poised to protect Ghanaians from internal and external threat before, during and after the elections. “The Ghana Armed Forces is poised to support the security agencies in dealing with any form of threat and anything that will disturb the peace of the country.” Major General Oppong Pepprah gave the assurance to the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, on Wednesday when he a paid a courtesy…

One of Media General’s Ashanti Region correspondents, Ibrahim Abubakar, has been honoured by the Rickmes Foundation on his reports on children living with hydrocephalus. Ibrahim Abubakar’s passion for writing on the health condition has attracted support for victims, one of such stories drawing the attention of the Foundation to fully pay the surgical expenses of a nine-month-old baby, who had his condition corrected. Little Elisha’s parents needed GH¢10,000 as cost of surgery to correct the condition. Though a medical condition, parents of Elisha were accused of using their child for rituals. After the story, some individuals, who were touched by…

A swatch is making rounds as a sample of the official cloth to be used for the funeral of the late former president Jerry John Rawlings. The swatch has a picture of the late former president with his nickname ‘Papa J’ imprinted. It also has the Coat of Arms printed on it. The official date of the funeral is yet to come out. There has not been any official statement on the cloth Already, government on Thursday, November 12, when the sad death of the former president was announced, declared seven days of national mourning with all national flags to…

The Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) says it is working hard to have the results of next month’s elections known within 24 hours. Director of Electoral Services Dr Serebour Quaicoe said all things being equal, the Commission wants all results declared by close of the following day. He made this known at a national dialogue on electoral violence held at the instance of Youth Bridge Foundation in collaboration with the EC. If delivered, this will be the fastest time in the history of Ghana for results to be declared. The elections are scheduled to be held on Monday, December 7. It…