Author: Krobea

The year-on-year inflation rate was 11.2 percent in June 2020, which is 0.1 percentage points lower than the May record of 11. The monthly change rate for June 2020 was, however, 1.0 percent. “Even though year-on-year inflation is still higher compared to pre-Covid-19 inflation, month-on-month inflation and month-on-month Food inflation are lower than the previous two months,” Professor Samuel Kobina Annim, the Government statistician announced at a media briefing on Wednesday. This, he said, indicated that “prices did continue to rise, but not as much as the previous two months”. Inflation is the increase in the price level of consumer…

The Monitoring and Evaluation Team of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM) has intercepted a team of members of the National Small Scale Taskforce Association who were involved in illegal mining activities within the general areas of Obuasi in the Ashanti Region. The 11-member illegal mining team, who were dressed in military desert uniforms with combat gears, was led by one Mr. Adoh Briss. The illegal miners were intercepted on Wednesday during a routine monitoring and evaluation duties. The IMCIM intercepted the team in communities such as Supuma, Supuma Forest Reserve and Kubi, while they were illegally mining. The…

Right To Dream has in previous years produced high quality players from Ghana, with players such as David Accam, Yaw Yeboah, Godsway Donyoh, Thomas Agyepong and Abdul Majeed Waris; but in 19-year-old graduate Mohammed Kudus, they may have finally produced the one to lead Ghana back to our glory years. Mohammed Kudus is currently the most exciting prospect representing the Black Stars. The dexterous 19-year-old playmaker has already scored 12 goals and assisted one in 28 games for Nordsjælland in the Danish Superliga. Kudus can play everywhere in midfield and in attack, and has played in centre forward, centre midfield,…

Real Madrid won their first La Liga title in three years with a game to spare as they edged past Villarreal at an empty Alfredo Di Stefano Stadium. Karim Benzema fired between the legs of Sergio Asenjo and added a controversial second from a retaken penalty. In bizarre fashion, Sergio Ramos had rolled the first attempt for Benzema to smash in but the effort was disallowed. Vicente Iborra pulled one back but it mattered little to Real as the club wrapped up their 34th Spanish title. Zinedine Zidane’s side have won all 10 of their matches since Spanish football restarted…

Founder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Jerry John Rawlings has congratulated former Minister for Education Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang on her selection as the running mate of John Dramani Mahama. The former president said prior to the announcement, he was informed by the party’s flagbearer, Mr Mahama, that following consultations with the party hierarchy, Professor Opoku-Agyemang was the favourite among a list of shortlisted candidates. “If this was the case then there was no reason to stand against it even though I had a few others in mind,” the former President said when the former President and leading party…

The International Criminal Police Organisation, INTERPOL, has issued an arrest warrant for one Samuel Adam Fosters, also known as Samuel Adam Mahama, for his role in the procurement of three military transport aircrafts to the government of Ghana between 2009 and 2015. The warrant was issued on Friday, July 10, 2020. In February, UK’s Royal Courts of Justice pronounced judgement after years of investigations by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) into activities of Dutch firm Airbus SE. Partners of the firm in South Korea, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Taiwan, Colombia, Mexico and Ghana were found guilty to have offered bribes…

A Deputy Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has challenged the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) and the Parent Teacher Associations (PTA) to reveal the names of high schools that do not have personal protective equipment (PPEs) in the wake of the coronavirus. He said as far he is concerned, both junior and senior high schools have been provided with the PPEs to enable them protect staff and students from the virus. He told Alfred Ocansey on the Sunrise morning show on 3FM Thursday, July 16 that if anyone has contrary views and knows of any school that…

Ghanaian international Kudus Mohammed has joined Dutch side Ajax until 2025. This comes on the heels of the youngster signing a five-year deal. Ajax, who are known for developing young talents, agreed to sign the 19-year-old for €9 million. Kudus has been prolific in the Danish Superliga, netting 12 goals in the previous season. Prior to the Ajax deal, he was linked to other top sides like Liverpool and Manchester United but decided to join the 34-time Eredivisie champions. Ajax coach, Erik Ten Haag, will be seeking to boost his team after his talisman Hakim Ziyech left for Chelsea in…

Facing a tough re-election battle, US President Donald Trump has replaced his campaign manager. Mr Trump said Bill Stepien, a field director for his 2016 campaign, would take the place of Brad Parscale. Mr Parscale – who was reportedly blamed by Mr Trump’s inner circle for a poorly attended rally in Oklahoma last month – will stay on as senior adviser. Opinion polls show the president is trailing his Democratic challenger Joe Biden ahead of November’s election. Mr Trump’s statement on Facebook on Wednesday evening said: “Brad Parscale, who has been with me for a very long time and has…

The Chief Executive Officer of the Mental Health Authority, Dr Akwasi Osei, has asked the government and the Ghana Education Service (GES) to provide counselling for students following the spread of the coronavirus in some senior high schools. He said told Alfred Ocansey on the Sunrise morning show on 3FM on Thursday that Covid-19 has brought mental stress to a lot of people, a situation that requires the assistance of metal health practitioners to help deal calm nerves of the students and Ghanaians, in general. Dr Osei was contributing to a discussion on the rising cases of Covid-19 among SHS…