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All the political parties in Ghana have been given copies of the voters register to be used for the December 7 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections, Dr Bossman Asare, a Deputy Commissioner at the Electoral Commission (EC) has said. He revealed this while debunking claims by some quarters that political parties have not yet received the register from the Electoral Commission few weeks to the elections. The main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) have questioned the elections management body for failing to make available the roll to the parties ahead of the polls. But Dr Asare told TV3’s Roland Walker…

A former Mayor of Accra during the Rawlings administration, Mr Nat Nunoo Amarteifio has said the late former president Jerry John Rawlings always joined his men on the field to work in order to achieve results. According to him, Mr Rawlings was not just interested in sitting in the office and issuing instructions to his appointees, rather, he supported them in person whenever necessary. Mr Rawlings died at the Korle Bu Teaching hospital on Thursday November 12 after suffering a short illness. Speaking in an interview with Johnnie Hughes on the Community Connect on 3 FM in relation to the…

The Ghana Football Association released fixtures for the upcoming Ghana Premier League season on Thursday, October 8 evening and as expected, it came with interesting pairings including exciting local derby games. There is nothing more exciting than a derby game in the Ghana Premier League. As usual the 2020-2021 league season will have some games between neighbours which will come with intense rivalry and controversies which will remain memorable in the minds of the fans. 3Sports takes you through games that will be fiery between neighbours. Berekum Chelsea vs Aduana Stars – Bono Derby Located at the Brong Ahafo Region,…

The 2020-2021 season of the Ghana Premier League (GPL) started over the weekend. 3Sports takes you through some questions that will be running through conversations surrounding the topflight league. Hearts of Oak to break league jinx? Accra Hearts of Oak won their last league title in 2009- that is some 11-years ago. They have always had a topsy turvy campaign since their last league triumph. The closest they have come is placing third on two consecutive seasons –2015-2016 and 2016-2017. They go again this season with high hopes of breaking the long-term drought, but can they? Top scorer for the…

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) is challenging the Africa Education Watch to provide evidence that over 60,000 students who sat for the West Africa Senior Schools Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) have had their results withheld. Head of Public Affairs of WAEC Agnes Teye-Cudjoe, who spoke to Alfred Ocansey on 3FM’s Sunrise morning show said the Africa Education Watch must provide their sources so the claims are verified. According to Africa Education Watch, WAEC must release the full results of the over 60,000 students withheld from 122 Senior High Schools across the country in the just ended WASSCE. The organization said…

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has called on African countries to speak loud and clear against the current unfair structure of the global financial system. He described the current financial system as not fit for purpose for the future, a situation that requires the countries to stand against. The global financial system is the worldwide framework of legal agreements, institutions, and both formal and informal economic actors that together facilitate international flows of financial capital for purposes of investment and trade financing. He expressed these sentiments during a signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of Ghana…

KOTOKO NEED TO IMPROVE AND FAST When the referee whistled for the end of the game, a few shoulders were dropped. The players knew they had to deliver and they didn’t. It was hard to take for many of the players. A look to the VIP end of the stadium showed quite a number of the new management members clad in full Kotoko kit, looking on – not particularly happy. But a draw was a fair result given how unsatisfactory Kotoko were in the game and how good Techiman Eleven Wonders held their own to grind out the result. As…

City authorities have ordered work on an ongoing six-storey building project in Ashaley Botwe, a suburb of Accra in the Adentan Municipality, to be stopped following the failure of the developers to obtain a permit before commencing the project. Residents of the area said the building poses a danger to them if immediate steps are not taken to tackle the issue. The Director for Inspectorate at the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), Richard Amo Yartey, told TV3’s Komla Adom in an interview on Monday, November 16 that his checks revealed that the developer had no permit to put up such…

Deputy Chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana in charge of Corporate Services, Dr. Eric Bossman Asare, has brushed aside allegations by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that the commission is scheming to overprint ballot papers for the December 7 polls. The NDC had alleged that the Commission was secretly increasing the number of ballots being printed above the prescribed five percent, to aid the ruling party rig the December polls. They claimed the Assembly Press, one of the contractors printing the ballot papers, was secretly printing more ballot papers on the blind side of party agents monitoring the process.…

Secretary General of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) Professor Vincent Nmehielle has said that the bank is committed to helping African countries deal with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on economies. He stated that building a resilient Africa after the pandemic will be high on the agenda of stakeholders at next year’s meeting. He said these during the signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of Ghana and the African Development Bank Group, for the hosting of the annual meetings of the AfDB Group in Accra from the 24th to 28th May 2021. “COVID has…