Author: Krobea

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…

A final-year student of Methodist Girls Senior High School in Mamfe-Akuapem in the Eastern Region has lost her life. Cindy Aku Sika Addo, who was a General Arts student, was admitted at the Tetteh Quarshie Hospital at Mampong on Thursday, July 16 for an ailment later diagnosed as acute malaria. According to the Ghana Education Service (GES), her parents were immediately informed and they even went to the hospital to see her. She was later referred to the Koforidua Regional Hospital, where she passed on. GES has assured the family of support in giving their late relative a befitting burial.…

The Ghana Police Service has explained circumstances that led to the shooting of a 29-year-old man by some officers at Gomoa Buduburam in the Central Region. The Central Regional Command Public Relations Officer (PRO), DSP Irene Oppong, said the Kasoa Divisional Police Patrol Team had a distress call in the early hours of Saturday that a young man, armed with two cutlasses, was chasing people at the Gomoa Buduburam taxi station. She said the victim turned on the police upon seeing them. “Police in an attempt to disarm victim shot him in the leg but victim grew more violent and…

The NABCO Trainees Association of Ghana (NABTAG) has petitioned President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to convert their job placements to permanent ones at the expiry of their three-year contract period. Katakyie Dennis Opoku Asiedu, the National President of the Association, led the executives and some members of NABTAG to present the petition to Mr Simon Osei Mensah, the Ashanti Regional Minister, who received it on behalf of the President. Speaking to the media after the presentation, Katakyie Opoku Asiedu, commended President Akufo-Addo for his bold initiative to solve the age-long graduate unemployment situation in the country through the Nation Builders…

The number of new cases of coronavirus rose by almost 260,000 in 24 hours – the largest single-day increase since the pandemic began, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday. According to the WHO, this is the first time the number of new daily infections has surpassed a quarter of a million. The biggest increases were in the US, Brazil, India and South Africa. The global death toll from coronavirus also rose by 7,360 – the largest daily increase since 10 May. The previous record rise in new confirmed cases was recorded by the WHO just one day earlier.…

Managing Director of State Transport Company (STC) Nana Akomea has expressed surprise at the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for descending on the Special Prosecutor for probing the Airbus scandal. He said the NDC and, indeed, its leader John Dramani Mahama should rather be interested in a probe that could clear his name. But as it stands now, he contends, the NDC flagbearer is perceived to have been neck-deep in the deal. The former Minister of Information was contributing to discussions on The Key Points on TV3/3FM on Saturday, July 18. The discussions came in the wake of a Red Notice…