Author: Krobea

After producing Abedi Pele, one of Africa’s most prominent players, the Tamale Kaladan Park in the Northern Region quickly became one of the most iconic football grounds in Ghana. But what has the story of this taled grounds been? This has been a real football ground in Ghana. Before the construction of the Aliu Mahama Sports Stadium in 2008 for that year’s Africa Cup of Nations, the Kaladan Park served the north for decades. Hosting club games in the Ghana Premier League for Real Tamale United, the Kaladan Park was the pride of the north. These days, the decent grass…

National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram Constituency Samuel Nartey George has urged Ghanaians to disregard reports making rounds that the International Criminal Police Organisation, INTERPOL, has issued an arrest warrant for Samuel Adam Foster, also known as Samuel Adam Mahama. “The Interpol has not issued any warrant for Adam Mahama,” he strongly stated on TV3’s New Day on Friday, July 17. He was speaking in the wake of reports on Thursday that Interpol has been alerted by its local office in Ghana to cause the arrest of Ghanaian-British citizen Adam Mahama, who is widely known to be…

The quest for a new voters’ register has been one of the biggest controversies in the run-up to Ghana’s 2020 general elections. Origin of controversy The idea for a new voters’ register pre-dates the 2020 election cycle. The then opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) first made the claim that the register that was used for the 2012 election was bloated. At the time, General Secretary Kwabena Agyapong claimed, “The electoral register in its current state is incurably flawed and cannot be relied on for the all-important 2016 election.” He further added that, “a fresh registration will go a long way…

Brazil has now tallied more than two million confirmed virus cases. It was less than a month ago that Brazil reached one million cases – and there is little sign that the rate of increase is slowing. Brazil, which is home to around 210 million people, is the second worst affected country behind the US. But President Jair Bolsonaro, who tested positive for the virus, has continued to play down its health risks and fought against social distancing orders. More than 74,000 people have died from the virus – and the true figures are believed to be even higher. Meanwhile,…

Professor Ransford Gyampo of the Department of Political Science, University of Ghana, has argued that Ghana’s quest to tackle Covid-19 must first begin with a sophisticated awareness of the caliber of people who constitute the population of the nation. He noted that one of the several distinguishing features of developing countries all over the world is that they have a huge chunk of their population being ignorant. Failure on the part of policy makers to appreciate this would always be a recipe for policy failure, as the ignorant ones will rise to oppose the very intervention aimed at making them…

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…