Author: Krobea

Ghana-American juvenile boxer, Joseph Awinongya  Jnr, profoundly the future of boxing took his kindness and compassion to another level when he made commitment to financially support Paulina Anokye to undergo surgery to remove a spinal tumor which has affected her mobility and eventually thrown her into paralysis. The 13-old Awinongya Jnr. is currently rated number one and two in the 90lbs and 95lbs divisions in America has won almost all competition he has participated. He has shown superb exhibition of boxing artistry, rare display of boxing IQ, academic excellence and has become the toast of many in Ghana and Chicago…

AK Songstress has called on the Ghanaian media to focus attention a little bit on female musicians who are doing well. She wants these female artistes to be given equal attention given male musicians. In an exclusive interview with Onua FM’s entertainment host Christian Agyei Frimpong, AK Songstress said she can mention a number of female artistes who have good managers, good branding but are not getting the attention from the media. This she says makes her feel the media is still living in the past when the music industry was said to be a male-dominated industry. “In the past,…

Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama has tested positive for Covid-19, the respiratory disease caused by coronavirus. He is a member of a presidential task force on Covid-19 that is coordinating the country’s response to the pandemic. Mr Onyeama announced in a tweet on Sunday that he would be isolating at a health facility. He took the test following a throat irritation – one of the symptoms of the disease. ‘’Did my fourth Covid-19 test yesterday at the first sign of a throat irritation and unfortunately this time it came back positive. That is life! Win some lose some. Heading…

The Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) has cleared the air regarding claims by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) that its agents were prevented from monitoring the registration exercise in some two senior high schools in the Ashanti Region. The NDC had accused the EC of preventing its agents from observing the exercise at Tepa Senior High School and Prempeh College in the Region. “The Commission emphatically states that it did not prevent any party agent from observing the registration exercise at the above-mentioned schools as is being alleged,” the EC said in a statement on Sunday, July 19. It said…

The 2020 West African Senior Schools Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) begins today, Monday, July 20. It begins with the Project Work for Visual Arts candidates. Science students will also follow next with their practicals before the theory examinations begin on Monday, August 3. This year’s WASSCE has been the most talked about as a result of the era it is being written. The country, and, indeed, the world as a whole is battling a deadly viral disease, coronavirus. In the wake of this viral disease came the shutdown of schools across the world. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo decreed the closure…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will resume work from today, Monday, July 20, after completing his 14-day precautionary self-isolation. The president went into self-isolation on Saturday, July 4 upon advice from his doctors after “at least one person within his close circle tested positive for Covid-19” that day. He completed the process on Saturday, July 18. He had conducted key government businesses from the Presidential Villa at the Jubilee House, on one occasion chairing a cabinet meeting virtually from there. Addressing journalists on Sunday, July 19, Minister of Information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said President Akufo-Addo will now resume “out-of-home” engagements.…

The latest case count on coronavirus released by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Sunday, July 19 has seen a sharp rise in the active cases. From 3,871, the active cases are now 4,270, a situation that will be worrying to stakeholders. The Director General of the Service, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, has always insisted the number of active cases would tell if the country is winning the fight against the virus. The increase in active cases mean the recoveries are relatively low. The latest case count puts the recoveries-cum-discharges at 23,249. The deaths have also seen a steady rise in…

Physical fitness is described as a state of health and well-being and more specifically, the ability to perform aspects of sports, occupations and daily activities. Physical fitness is generally achieved through proper nutrition, moderate-vigorous physical exercise and sufficient rest. Before the industrial revolution, fitness was defined as the capacity to carry out the day’s activities without undue fatigue. However, with automation and changes in lifestyles, physical fitness is now considered a measure of the body’s ability to function efficiently and effectively in work and leisure activities, to be healthy, to resist hypokinetic diseases and to meet emergency situations. Emerald Sowah…

Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea endured a Wembley nightmare as Chelsea strolled to victory and set up an FA Cup final date with Arsenal. United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer ditched his usual FA Cup keeper Sergio Romero to keep faith with De Gea – but the experienced Spain international produced two horrendous errors either side of half-time to gift Chelsea two goals. De Gea made a flimsy attempt to deal with Olivier Giroud’s flick in first-half stoppage time then weakly fumbled Mason Mount’s tame 20-yard shot into the net moments after the restart. Chelsea’s excellent performance fully merited this…

A member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has taken a swipe at Convener of the Inter-Party Resistance Against the New Voter Register (IPRAN) Bernard Mornah for taking part in the new voter registration exercise. IPRAN had led several protests and petitioned several personalities including former presidents in a spirited effort to stop the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) from going ahead with its decision to compile the new register. Comments made by Mr Mornah, who is also National Chairman of the People’s National Convention (PNC), prior to the take-off of the exercise landed him in trouble as…