Black Stars midfielder, Emmanuel Agyemang Badu is pleading with Ghanaians to put the infamous Brazil saga behind them, and rally round the team to restore to boost the players’ morale to qualify for the next World Cup in Russia. The Stars ahead of their final group game against Portugal in the Brazil 2014 World Cup, … Read more
Even though the global market for dairy products is growing steadily and is expected to generate revenues worth over US$400billion in 2019, Ghana continuous to lag behind, thereby losing out on this global goldmine. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reports that in the last three decades, world milk production has increased by more than … Read more
The game will be Ghana’s first game in the group stage of their quest for a fourth successive World Cup appearance. The task is more arduous given the fact that no African team has qualified for the tournament for a fourth straight time. The world cup qualifying game slated for Octovber 7 will come off … Read more
Neymar gets his 300th goal for Brazil Neymar scored his 300th career goal on Thursday as gave Brazil an early lead against Bolivia in World Cup qualifying. The Barcelona star linked with Manchester City-bound forward Gabriel Jesus to lauch a counter-attack that ended with Neymar rolling the ball into an empty net. It was the … Read more
“Corruption is an insidious plague that has a wide range of corrosive effects on societies. It undermines democracy and the rule of law, leads to violations of human rights, distorts markets, erodes the quality of life and allows organized crime, terrorism and other threats to human security to flourish” (UN 2003). In his State of … Read more
If Mahama isn’t the most corrupt president, who is? By K. Badu ……Why Mahama qualifies as the most corrupt leader ever “Corruption is an insidious plague that has a wide range of corrosive effects on societies. It undermines democracy and the rule of law, leads to violations of human rights, distorts markets, erodes the quality … Read more
Sports Head of Radio Imagine at Ploshchard Vosstaniya in Saint Petersburg, Evgeny Lykov has expressed his indignation about how countries politicise sports for monetary gains. According to him, although the current state of global sports is regrettable, he is hoping for a fair festival in Russia. Ghana became infamous in the international news during the 2014 … Read more
Former national team coach Fred Osam-Duodu has passed on. The 1978 African Cup of Nations-winning coach died at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital on Tuesday, October 4 after a short illness. This was confirmed to 3news.com by a family member. Fred Osam-Duodu last coached the Black Stars at the 2002 Nations Cup in Mali, where … Read more
The apathy towards the Black Stars has credible roots but latest world cup qualifiers should force a change of fan but crucially player attitude towards the national team There was a time when we used to be genuinely excited about Black Stars games and world cup qualifiers. It meant everything, we were obsessed, we gave … Read more
Mahama can take no pride in botched CHRAJ Report One of the happenings in society that interested me in politics as a boy growing up was the return of one-time opposition leader Kofi Abrefa Busia from exile in Europe, after the February 24, 1966, coup d’etat, and heading the Centre for Civic Education – fore-runner … Read more
The race to find protection against the Zika virus is fueled by something often missing from tropical disease research: the potential for big profit. The prospect of a blockbuster vaccine against a mosquito-borne virus has accelerated the pace of development and attracted the interest of big drugmakers, including Sanofi SA (SASY. PA), GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK.L) … Read more
Last Thursday, the President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kwesi Nyantakyi, became a member of the Executive Council Board of the world governing football body, the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA), after winning an election to that effect. The GFA boss won one of the two seats available for Africa on the FIFA … Read more
For more than two decades, Russia has been struggling to regain its Soviet-era economic influence, but such efforts have hit stumbling blocks which policy experts and Russian authorities themselves admittedly attributed to inadequate knowledge of investment and economic possibilities in Africa. Quite recently, Keir Giles, an associate fellow (on the Russia and Eurasia Program) at … Read more
Turkish club Antalyaspor lifted Samuel Eto’o’s suspension and included him in the squad to face Galatasaray on Sunday, after warning him over his future conduct. Former Cameroon captain Eto’o was suspended by the club until further notice last month after allegedly accusing the club leadership of racism on social media. Antalyaspor chairman Ali Safak Ozturk … Read more
Ghana midfielder Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu believes the Black Stars have what it takes to reach a fourth successive Fifa World Cup. Avram Grant’s side will continue their quest to make it to the 2018 global fiesta with a match against Uganda at the Tamale Sports Stadium on October 7. The fixture will be followed by games … Read more
The yield on the Government of Ghana 182-day treasury rate edged up by 0.01 per cent to settle at 24.70 per cent at the auction in the week ending September 23. However, the rest of the yields on the government treasury securities remained unchanged. The government accepted GH¢976.79 million worth of bids for the auction. … Read more
Gerard Pique netted a second-half winner as Barcelona came from behind to beat Borussia Monchengladbach 2-1 in the Champions League after Arda Turan cancelled out Thorgan Hazard’s opener. Gladbach were thrashed 4-0 by Manchester City in their Group C opener earlier this month, while Barca hammered Celtic 7-0 on matchday one, but the Bundesliga side … Read more
Emirates rejects naira in payment for flight in Nigeria Emirates Airlines has rejected the Nigerian currency, naira, for payment by travellers to Brazil. The Dubai-based airline is rather demanding a credit card mode of payment from passengers at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The development, which caught many passengers unawares, caused some of … Read more
Since the inception of the 1992 constitution ,I have purposely refused to call any member of parliament “Honorable” because about 80 percent don’t deserve the title. The lack integrity and intelligence. In 1994 as a young journalist. I saw the caliber of persons elected into our parliament. Majority at the them lack the character and … Read more
Executive Secretary of the Coalition of SADA Zone Civil Society Organisations Bismark Adongo Ayorogo has alleged that monies meant for the Pwalugu multi-purpose dam in the SADA area is being diverted by government. He explained that the NDC mentioned in their manifesto to construct the Pwalugu multi-purpose dam and Juale in the Northern Region but … Read more