Author: Krobea

The National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has urged eligible voters to go all out in the remaining four days to register in order to vote out the “tyranny” under the Akufo-Addo-led government. He said there seems to be a deliberate agenda of tribal discrimination, hatched by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to frustrate and disenfranchise Ghanaians of certain tribes. For him, the simple decision come December 7 is to show the current government the exit. “We cannot survive four more years of tribal bigotry, four more years of…

A caller has testified on how constant education on Connect FM saved her from falling prey to a scammer who claims President Nana Akufo-Addo is about distributing GH¢2,000 free of charge to Ghanaians due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and as such persuaded her to transfer GH¢500 to him to guarantee her a share of the money. The caller, with name withheld, phoned host of Omanba Pa Nhyiraba Paa Kwesi Simpson to narrate how the scammer, who was determined to dupe her at all cost, failed in the long run. She explained that she received this strange call at midnight from…

Fulham beat Brentford in the Championship play-off final to secure an immediate return to the Premier League thanks to two extra-time goals from Joe Bryan. The left-back caught Bees goalkeeper David Raya off guard with a free-kick from 40 yards in the 105th minute of the game at Wembley, with the Spaniard expecting a cross and then unable to scamper back and save Bryan’s skidding low effort. With the Bees pouring forward in search of an equaliser, Bryan burst forward and combined with Aleksandar Mitrovic before stabbing past Raya to make the game safe with three minutes remaining. Henrik Dalsgaard…

Ghana Premier league club, Asante Kotoko, will on Friday name owner of Phar Rangers FC Nana Yaw Amponsah as the new CEO of the club. The Porcupine Warriors dissolved their board of directors including the Chief Executive Officer, George Amoako, after the three-year mandate expired this year. After months of searching, it looks like Kotoko have found Nana Yaw Amponsah capable of leading the club. Although it was rumoured previously that he will not get the job because he revealed what was supposed to be kept a secret at his vetting to the media, it seems that reason was not…

At least two foreigners have been convicted by the Ketu Circuit Court in the Volta Region for allegedly registering in the ongoing voter registration exercise, the National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has said. Freddie Blay made this known while addressing the press at an event in Accra Tuesday, August 4. He said the first, a Nigerian by name Okafor Wayo, 47, was convicted for registering for the Ghanaian voter ID card when not qualified to do so. “He has been sentenced to two years with hard labour on May 30,” Mr. Blay said. Another, a Togolese by…

A Deputy Minister of Defence, Major (rtd) Derick Oduro, says the military were not deployed to prevent people from registering and therefore it was wrong for a man in a viral video to have threatened the officers. In a viral video making rounds on social Media, a man is heard telling the military to leave the Banda township in the Bono Region. “The military must leave this town immediately otherwise if they stay in this town for one more day, they cannot bear the consequences. If it is the government that has deployed the military to this town then they…

Former Minister of Youth and Sports Elvis Afriyie Ankrah has broken his silence on the controversial $200 coconut he allegedly bought during the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. He said after the allegations, a forensic audit was conducted by one of the international audit firms but nothing was found against him. The former Minister made the revelations in an interview on Onua FM’s Ghana Dadwene hosted by Nana Yaw Opare on Monday, August 3. “I survived forensic audit by Ernst & Young and there was nothing like buying coconut for $200.” He further explained: “I was the only Minister who…

Greater Accra Regional Secretary for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nii Odarlai Parker has censured officials of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) for masterminding irregularities in the ongoing voter registration exercise. The registration, according to Nii Odarlai, has been flawed at various centers due to “inept and untrustworthy” officials employed by EC to conduct the exercise. He says the EC officials are the reason politicians bus people from one constituency to the other to register them though these people don’t live or work in the area and are not supposed to register there. Speaking on the Yensempa morning show on Onua…

The Head of Programmes at STAR-Ghana has lauded the African Union for its timely response in the fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic among member states. Teiko Sarbah said the continental body stepped up its efforts like never before in making sure that the pandemic does not have a devastating effect like predicted. The World Health Organisation (WHO) had raised concerns in June that the pandemic was “accelerating” on the continent, spreading from capital cities. This called for heightened efforts. WHO Africa head Dr Matshidiso Moeti asked the continent’s leaders to step up efforts by testing more in order to…

Donald Trump says the government should get a cut from the sale of TikTok’s US unit if an American firm buys it. The US president said he made a demand for a “substantial portion” of the purchase price in a phone call at the weekend with Microsoft’s boss. He also warned he will ban the app, which is owned by China’s ByteDance, on 15 September if there is no deal. ByteDance is under pressure to sell its US business after Mr Trump threatened a crackdown on Chinese tech companies. The Trump administration has accused TikTok and others of providing data…