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The winner of December’s presidential election in The Gambia says there is no need for President Yahya Jammeh to seek asylum and he is confident direct talks can solve the crisis. Adama Barrow told the BBC he was confident he would be sworn in next week despite his rival’s refusal to give up power. Nigeria’s leader is due in Banjul to try and broker an end to the deadlock. His MPs have voted to offer Mr Jammeh asylum to help negotiations. Mr Jammeh’s term officially ends next Wednesday, but he wants the results annulled after the electoral commission changed some…

The 2017 edition of the African Cup of Nations kicks off on Saturday, January 14 in Gabon with the best 16 football nations on the continent meeting to battle it out for the ultimate prize. 3news.com takes a look at the various groups and how they would be fairing in the tournament. Senegal The Lions of Teranga are looking to – at least – make it out of the group stages of the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time in their last six attempts. The Senegalese faithful will feel that their team should be aiming higher, but the…

Former President John Dramani Mahama on Thursday met his party’s Members of Parliament. The meeting also saw Former Speaker of Parliament Edward Doe Adjaho in attendance. Some executives of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) were also present at the meeting, which was held in a “great atmosphere”. Current leadership of the Minority as well as Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament Alban Sumana Bagbin were all at the meeting. Taking to Twitter later in the day, Former President Mahama expressed how “frank” the discussions were. Spent my Thursday afternoon with the NDC Caucus in Parliament. Great atmosphere, frank discussions and networking.…

The police administration has put in a number of measures to stall the recent takeovers of state installments by some members of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP). Among the measures put in place are the deployment of officers to protect public facilities, gathering of intelligence and prompt response to vandalism. “In some case, the police as a result of intelligence gathered, managed to foil or prevent attempts by some miscreants to either vandalise or seize some state properties,” the police said in a statement on Thursday. “At other times, the police were on hand to quell some acts of…

Ghana has been drawn in Group F in qualifiers for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations to be staged in Cameroon. The draw, which was held on Thursday, pitched the Black Stars against Ethiopia, Sierra Leone and Kenya. Forty-eight teams were put in 12 groups of four. Group winners will automatically qualify for the tournament while four best second-placed sides also join them for the tourney. If Cameroon, paired in Group B, win its group, the other teams in the group – Morocco, Malawi and Comoros/Mauritius – will be ranked without recourse to results against the Indomitable Lions. There are…

The president, Nana Akufo Addo has indicated that his nominees for regional minister positions would be announced after January 24 when parliament resumes. According to the president the names of the persons to occupy these positions have already been penciled but would be handed to parliament which is currently on recess. The president said this at the announcement of the third batch of ministerial nominees on Thursday January 12, 2017. The president however indicated that the names of the third batch of his nominees would also be presented to parliament upon resumption of the house. So far 36 ministerial nominees…

The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested five persons who attempted to stop toll operations in the Central Business District and Makola Market in Accra on Thursday. The arrested men suspected to be members of the Invisible Forces – an appendage of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) – are said to have prevented revenue collectors of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) from discharging their duties and took away GH¢2,000. “The persons who have been arrested shall be arraigned before court to face the full rigours of the law without delay,” Accra Regional Commander ACP Timothy Yoosa Bonga told journalists…

President Akufo Addo has clarified that the six new ministries he has created would be working from his office – The Office of the President and be funded by the budget of the Presidency. According to the president, the decision to create these ministries is in line with the parties manifesto and in tandem with promises made on the campaign trail. Nana Addo said “the six (6) new portfolios that are coming up will to be working under the umbrella of the office of the president. They are not stand-up ministries that are going to be established. “They are all…

The President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Thursday January 12, 2017 named 11 more persons to add to the 25 he has nominated to serve in the various portfolios under his administration. Read short profiles of these personalitiesbelow. PROF. GYAN BAFFOUR – MINISTER FOR PLANNING Professor George Gyan-Baffour is 65 years old, and is currently a Member of Parliament (MP) for Wenchi. From July 2002 to December 2004 he was the Director General of The National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) of the Republic of Ghana where he oversaw the preparation of the first Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy (2003-2005) Paper.…