The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) has begun testing its boats for monitoring and rescue mission on the tributaries of the Volta Lake in the West Mamprusi district of the Northern Region under its Operation Thunderbolt project. It follows the declaration of the three northern regions as a highly disaster areas. NADMO has thus resolved … Read more
The coach, Steve Polak, was returning to Kumasi with the players and officials of the club when their bus was involved in an accident at the Nkawkaw stretch of the Accra-Kumasi highway at about 9:45pm. Polak is among team management members, including team manager, Godwin Ablordey and driver Berchie who are in critical condition and … Read more
Both security forces and Kamwina Nsapu militiamen are accused of murder, mutilation, rape, and destruction of property. The death toll is in the hundreds, 1 million people have been displaced, thousands of children have been drafted in to fight. More than 40 mass graves have so far been found. On 29 May this year, the … Read more
The occasion of the signing, which took place on 2 June, was attended by staff of Zylofon, including head of operations Enoch Attakorah, head of PR and media Samuel Atoubi Baah (also known as Sammy Flex) and CEO Nana Appiah Mensah. Representatives from MTV Base, Sound City Nigeria and Trace TV were also present. Mensah … Read more
Ghana is to establish a national cyber security council to tackle the increasing rate of cyber-crime in the country. The initiative is part of the government’s effort to build a comprehensive cyber security governance arrangement involving all key public and private sector stakeholders. The National Cyber Security Council will be an independent advisory body made … Read more
A jihadist accused of masterminding a deadly attack in Ivory Coast is also suspected of having planned a major assault in Burkina Faso’s capital last year, a senior official said Friday. Ivorian officials believe Mimi Ould Baba Ould Cheikh organised the gun and grenade attack that left 19 people dead last March at the beach … Read more
Personnel of the Sekyere Rural Bank at Jamasi in the Ashanti Region had a shock of their lives when they opened up for business on Monday as they found a machete-wielding young man inside one of the locked offices. He was threatening to butcher anybody who came close. It took a lot of effort by … Read more
The Minister of Interior has dismissed reports that he has sacked the head of the National Fire Service, Chief Fire Officer, Dr. Albert Brown Gaisie and replaced him with one Kwame Kwartin as alleged by a newspaper known as Daybreak. According to the Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery, the newspaper further lied that one DCFO William … Read more
The Finland Embassy in Ghana has partnered Nokia and the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) to launch the Africa Codebus training program for young children in some selected schools in Accra. The 4-day training event, which is currently underway at MEST is geared towards training the young pupils in internet coding and other adventures … Read more
National Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Kofi Adams has written to the Acting Inspector General of Police to use his high office to order the release of his five vehicles from police custody. According to Mr Adams, the vehicles are in the custody of the police unlawfully. In the letter intercepted by 3news.com, … Read more
Zylofon Media a creative arts company has unveiled High Life Singer Kumi Guitar known in real life as Nana Yaw Kumi at a brief ceremony at the Company’s premises in East Legon. The 5-year deal, will set the singer on the path to international recognition among other benefits. The break into two singer was formerly … Read more
The Ivory Coast government has just thumbed its nose at the efforts by the U. S. to expand its role in assisting in the development of the Ivory Coast infrastructure. Over the last several years the U.S. has made sustained efforts to assist the Ivory Coast in health programs for the Ivory Coast people under … Read more
The Chronicle yesterday carried a story which had it that Ghana, lately the aviation fuel hub for most airlines, was suddenly facing the challenge of shortage of the commodity. Aviation fuel, otherwise called Jet-A1, is a specialized type of petroleum-based fuel used to power aircraft. It is generally of a higher quality than fuels used … Read more
Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) has disbursed GH?886,400 to 89 women groups in the Upper West Region, to improve their livelihood in line with government’s transforming Ghana and changing lives policy. The 89 recipient groups representing 2,225 women were drawn from Jirapa, Lambussie, Nandom, Daffiama, Issa and Bussie communities. The rest are from Wa … Read more