Author: Krobea

One person has lost the battle to coronavirus in Ghana as the deaths rise to 145. Record of the latest casualty was contained in the latest case count released by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Saturday, July 18. The new fatality follows five others announced in the last update given on Friday, July 17. The were 488 new cases recorded, bringing the total cumulative number of cases to 27,060. Out of this number, 23,044 have either recovered or been discharged, leaving 3,871 cases under care and management. These active cases are being managed at various health facilities across the…

Private legal practitioner Maurice Ampaw is insisting that the mother of missing musician, Castro is suffering despite her denial. In an earlier media engagement, Maurice Ampaw claimed that Castro’s mother had been abandoned and therefore was still reeling under a lot of pain. According to the lawyer, he had learnt this first hand from his interaction with the family of Castro. However, his claims were rejected by the family of the musician. The mother of Castro in a conversation on Onua FM dismissed the claim of suffering posited by Mr. Ampaw and further denied ever meeting the controversial lawyer. This…

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta outmanoeuvred his mentor Pep Guardiola as the Gunners reached the FA Cup final with victory at Wembley. Arteta, who left his job as Manchester City assistant manager to succeed Unai Emery at Arsenal in December, now has a chance to mark his first season in charge with major silverware when they face Chelsea or Manchester United in the final on 1 August. The match-winner was Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, the world-class striker Arsenal are desperate to secure on a new long-term contract, as he ruthlessly exposed City’s defensive deficiencies. Aubameyang had already shot straight at Ederson with one…

Mother of missing hiplife musician Castro Lydia Tagoe has debunked assertions made by celebrity lawyer Maurice Ampaw on Accra-based Onua FM that her life is miserable. Lawyer Ampaw had stated that he visited Castro’s mum and she looked miserable, so he had to give her some money because she was depending on her son and things are not like before since he got missing. According to Castro’s mother, who spoke to Christian Agyei Frimpong on entertainment talk show Anigye Mmre, she does not know Lawyer Maurice Ampaw. “I have never seen him before let alone he bring me money.” She…

The Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) has relieved two temporary officials arrested in the Savannah Region on Friday, July 17 of their positions. The two – Mumuni Abilla Yusif and Mohammed Yushaw – are alleged to have smuggled their biometric voter registration (BVR) kits from Tantulani in the North East Gonja District in the Savannah Region to Viting in the Northern Region. They were handed over to the police, who immediately launched investigations into the arrest. Twelve persons are said to have been registered on the BVR kits at the time of arrest. A statement issued by the EC on Saturday…

Ghana international and new Ajax signee Mohammed Kudus has made it to the 80-man shortlist of the 2020 Golden Boy Awards . Italian Sports paper, Tuttersport, which established the award in 2003, earlier nominated 100 players but cut the list down to 80. The award is given by selected sports writers to Under-21 players who have played spectacularly well over the season. Kudus has been included in the 80-man shortlist and will be hoping to make it to the last 20 and eventually win the award. The 19-year-old was impressive at his previous club, FC Nordsjaelland, where he scored 11…

International televangelist Lawrence Tetteh has decoded the reason why some people find it difficult to find their partners when they are of age. Speaking on New Day on TV3 on Friday, July 17, the Founder and President of Worldwide Miracle Outreach said some may have entered into mysterious relationships while young and these may be having an effect on them now. He told host Berla Mundi that some are even spiritually married to deities including rivers, animals and trees and same prevent them from physically getting hooked up. Rev. Dr. Tetteh said no one should be deluded spirituality does not exist. “When…

Renowned Ghanaian legal practitioner Maurice Ampaw has advised women particularly those working in corporate offices and institutions to have a secret gadget that would record rapist or men who would force to have sex with them without mutual understanding. He says footages are used as vidence to buttress usually claims after the incident. The legal practitioner wants ladies to provide evidence like footages or soundtracks to sturdily fight perpetrators of sexual harassment in court. Speaking on Yensempa on Onua FM on Friday, July 17, Maurice Ampaw strongly advocated that women should be brave enough to clandestinely record men who forcibly…

Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram Constituency Sam Nartey George says if erstwhile government officials are being cited in the Airbus scandal, then Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu, who was Attorney General and Minister of Justice then, should also be blamed. He also says the Deputy Minister of Defence, Major (rtd) Derrick Oduro, has be interrogated as he was in the thick of affairs when the deal was sealed. For him, Samuel Adam Foster also known as Samuel Adam Mahama, widely alleged to have been the intermediary when the deal was brokered, was not in anyway found guilty by the Serious Fraud…

The Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has called for cool heads to prevail as she resolves to engage further with stakeholders in the impasse over her directive for the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) to reduce its digital terrestrial channels. She, however, said the National Media Commission (NMC) cannot resolve the matter. The Director General of the state broadcaster, Professor Amin Alhassan, on the instructions of the board of governors, had written to NMC to intervene. “Complying with the request of the Minister will mean GBC has to lose 3 of these channels. It will virtually mean that GBC will have…