Author: Krobea

Ghana and Crystal Palace striker Jordan Ayew has lauded the efforts of former Ghana striker Tony Yeboah in the English Premier League. Ayew shot up on the goal charts this season after some impressive performances for Palace in the League. The goal numbers this season has made him now the highest scoring Ghanaian in the Premier League only surpassing Yeboah by one goal. Anthony Yeboah himself was an outright Ghana star in the 90’s – scoring all types of goals. His tally reads 24 goals in 47 matches with Ayew hitting 25 goals in 129 matches for Swansea, Aston Villa…

He is the only person who can look John Dramani Mahama in the face and rebuke him if he goes wrong. Any other person will be a ‘Yes man’, simply because he/she wants to succeed him after 4 years. He is a lawyer. Mahama in his last term will require someone who will read in between the lines of any deal he signs. Mr Mahama himself knows how he left issues to some people and they let him down. He needs a solid Vice President to check mate all the praise singers. He was the Speaker of Parliament. A very…

The Auditor-General has written to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to reconsider his decision asking him to proceed on accumulated leave. Daniel Yaw Domelevo believes that the president’s decision was taken due to the embarrassment his government was suffering because of his work, as evidenced in a correspondence from the Chairman of the Audit Service Board together with public pronouncements by ministers. In his letter addressed to the Secretary to the President, Nana Asante Bediatuo, Mr Domelevo rejected the fact that he had accumulated annual leave of 123 working days, as captured in the Presidency’s statement. “My knowledge of recent…

A mobile money vendor, Jakpa Brakinso Fuseini, believed to be in his 30s has been stabbed multiple times by an unknown masked man at Fufulso in the Central Gonja District of the Savannah Region. He was stabbed while struggling to retrieve his money bag from the unknown man. The incident happened around 9:00pm Wednesday at the Fufulso Lorry Station. According to the victim, who is currently receiving treatment at the Yapei Health Center, he was at his sales point when the young man in mask approached him and ordered him to hand over his money bag to him. “By the…

The coronavirus pandemic is still capturing our near full attention with many reports suggesting headway in the fight against the pandemic and its related crisis. Around the world, millions of lives have been severely affected with no hope in sight when life will return to normal.  Businesses around the globe are folding up or either laying off their staff as part of a downsizing measure aimed at minimizing their operations in a bid to ensure business continuity. And this accounts for thousands of families that have lost and continue to lose their livelihoods on a daily basis. For businesses to…

The cancelation of the Ghana Premier League follows through a worrying trend that has defined the competition for some years now. Legal tussles, corruption expose, and now the coronavirus have played their part in the abrupt cancelation of the campaigns. The current season was looking promising. Records lay in wait to be smashed, the fans had picked up their hobbies of watching football again, while the organizers enjoyed very good publicity for bringing back the love. And so for them and the many others who stood to benefit from a finished season, the news of cancelation news will be a…

The Co-Chairman of the Abossey Okai Spare Parts Dealers Association has chastized the Greater Accra Region Minister, Ishmael Ashitey, for doing nothing to help in the fight against the coronavirus as far as the spare parts enclave is concerned. Mr. Samuel Siaw Ampadu said much attention is needed at the spare parts enclave due to quantum of people who troop in and out of that place daily but the regional minister has not even visited them, let alone come to their aid. The Chairman made these allegations in an interview with Onua TV on how the spare parts hub is…

Vice President Dr. Alhaji Mahammudu Bawumia on Friday registered in Walelwale in the North East Region as part of the ongoing registration exercise by the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC). The Vice President got his named captured at the Kperiga Presby D/A Primary School Registration Center in Walewale, where he hails from. After fulfilling his civic responsibility, Dr Bawumia expressed satisfaction particularly with the abiding by of all covid-19 protocols by the citizens. “I have registered in Kpariga by hometown, and I’m happy that people are respecting social distancing.” The Commission started the registration exercise on Tuesday, June 30 as part…

The death is reported of consultant surgeon, Dr Rchard Kisser. Until his untimely death, Dr Kisser was practising at The Trust Hospital in Accra. He had been taken ill for Covid-19 and was receiving treatment at the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC). But he passed on Thursday, July 2. The Hospital confirmed the sad incident on Friday. Since the outbreak of coronavirus in Ghana, it has claimed 117 lives, among whom are health workers. The first major casualty in the health fraternity was Dr Jacob Plange-Rhule, who was the Rector of the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons. He…

MobileMoney Limited has extended the fee waiver on MoMo on-net transfers up to GH¢100.00 daily till September 30, 2020. The extension of the MTN and Bank of Ghana COVID-19 initiative gives opportunity to MoMo customers to continue sending money transfer value up to GH¢100.00 daily to MoMo wallets for free. A statement issued in Accra and signed by Mr Samuel Koranteng, Corporate Services Executive, MTN said, however, transactions on interoperability would attract normal charges. It said apart from the free transactions, the revised limits on daily transactions and wallet balances would remain the same as approved by Bank of Ghana…