Minister for Roads and Highways Kwasi Amoako Atta has announced that works on the much anticipated PTC Roundabout in Takoradi in the Western Region will begin in September this year. According to him, this will be after the Vice President, Alhaji Dr. Muhammadu Bawumia, has performed a sod cutting ceremony on Tuesday, September 1. Giving […]

Many may not realize it, but there are still countries in Africa that live in darkness without access to electricity. According to The Economist, the continent is home to almost a fifth of the world’s population, but only accounts for less than 4 percent of global electricity use, and urban communities are faced with the […]

Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection Cynthia Mamle Morrison has said she would not allow the propaganda by members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to distract her from the good work she is doing in serving Ghana. The Agona West Member of Parliament says she is determined and focused in delivering her mandate […]

The National Youth Organiser for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), George Opare Addo, has on behalf of the party, apologised for the cancellation of the teacher trainee allowances while Mr John Dramani Mahama was in office. He assured the people of Ghana that if elected again, Mr Mahama will not repeat such a decision. He […]

Former Ghana sprinter Emmanuel Tuffuor has said he is proud to have represented the country as an athlete at the international level. The 53-year-old, in an interview with 3news.com, said he feels the nation showed him enough appreciation during his track and field years. “People recognize me wherever I go and I feel proud to […]

The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Savannah Region has called for the arrest of the First Vice Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Chief Sofo Azorka, for threatening to shed blood. According to the NPP, the comments made by Chief Azorka should not be taken for a joke since he has over […]

Media personality and a former High Commissioner to Namibia and Botswana, Alhaji Harruna Attah, has authored a book on the life of former president John Dramanai Mahama. The book is in two parts, ‘The Homeland Briefs’ and the ‘Diplomatic Briefs’. Independent of each other, they are held together by what the author calls the “Mahamarabilia” […]

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will in the coming days unveil an upgraded version of the 2010 National Youth Policy. This was revealed on TV3’s New Day on Tuesday August 18 by Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the National Youth Authority (NYA) in charge of Programs and Operations, Nelson Owusu-Ansah. He explained that the new […]

Estimates from satellite data show global gas-flaring increased to levels not seen in more than a decade to 150 billion cubic meters (bcm), equivalent to the total annual gas consumption of Sub-Saharan Africa, the World Bank has said. According to the Breton Woods institution, the 3% rise, from 145 billion cubic meters (bcm) in 2018 […]

Nearly all businesses have been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Health workers, security operatives and other small businesses are feeling the pinch. But persons who pick waste on landfill sites and other dumpsites have a more dangerous task today than ever. They have to deal with a great horde of waste some of which could […]

Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, has  described as, shoddy and lazy, work put into the production of the controversial  book by former Local Government Minister,  Professor Kwamena Ahwoi. The Special Prosecutor says he cannot hold himself, hard as he may try, to critique on works of people  who hold themselves out as scholars, academics or mainstream […]

Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, has  described as, shoddy and lazy, work put into the production of the controversial  book by former Local Government Minister,  Professor Kwamena Ahwoi. The Special Prosecutor says he cannot hold himself, hard as he may try, to critique on works of people  who hold themselves out as scholars, academics or mainstream […]

US-based South African singer and songwriter, Joss Austin, has revealed that American Rapper, Sean Kingston has a good heart and is always ready to help underprivileged ones in society. Speaking on the 3FM Drive Friday August 15, he said from afar, Sean Kinsgton comes across as an intimidating personality but  that it is not the […]

Michelle Obama has launched a stinging attack on US President Donald Trump as Democrats prepared to crown Joe Biden as their White House challenger. “Donald Trump is the wrong president for our country,” said the former US first lady in an emotional recorded message to the Democratic convention. Disaffected members of Mr Trump’s Republican party […]

The National Peace Council (NPC) is being hypocritical given the timing of their call for investigations into the violence that characterised the just-ended voter registration exercise, Deputy National Youth Organizer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Eric Edem Agbana, has said. He said the Council remained mute when calls were being made to them […]

Former President John Mahama has asked the people of the Volta Region to vote massively for him in the upcoming elections on December 7. He asked the electorates in the NDC stronghold not to be intimidated by anybody ahead of the elections. Mr. Mahama said this while addressing residents of Mepe in the North Tongu […]

The National Peace Council (NPC) has called on the police to quicken the investigations being conducted into the circumstances that led to the violence associated with the just-ended voters registration exercise. The Council in a statement to the Inspector General of Police said there was the need to speed up the investigations in order to […]

Three persons are reportedly dead with several others injured in an accident that occurred on Sunday, August 16 at Yeboah Apatem, near Akumadan, on the Kumasi-Techiman highway. The three persons included a man from Europe. The injured were sent to health facilities in the Ashanti and Bono regions. The police said in a statement that […]