Author: Krobea

Kenya’s tourism minister has clarified that hotels and resorts are allowed to sell alcohol in rooms. The minister Najib Balala clarified that the establishments were allowed to sale alcohol “only on room service basis”. He said the clarification was with regards to hotels that have checked-in clients. The minister warned that the rest of the establishments should strictly adhere to the president’s directive and not to sale alcohol. President Uhuru Kenyatta banned the sale of alcohol in hotels and restaurants while extending nationwide curfew to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Hotels and restaurants that had opened to holidaying visitors had…

Former Communications Minister Dr Edward Kofi Omane Boamah has denied claims that he was part of a group of politicians purposely engaged to respond to former President Jerry John Rawlings over his attacks on late Professor John Evans Atta Mills. In his book titled ‘Working with Rawlings’, former Local Government Minister Professor Kwamena Ahwoi names some politicians including Dr Omane Boamah as being recruited by him to “talk back” at former president Rawlings during the Mills’ era. “Respectfully, I need to place on record that this claim is wholly and completely inaccurate and untrue,” the former Minister of Communications said…

For a second time, the Court of Arbitration for Sport has postponed the verdict announcement in the case between Wilfred Osei Palmer and the Ghana Football Association (GFA). According to a statement released by CAS, the verdict will now be heard on September 1, 2020. The international tribunal set aside to hear misunderstandings in sports was initially scheduled to give a verdict on the matter on July 17 but it postponed it to August 4, 2020 but once again CAS postpones to September 1. Palmer was disqualified from the GFA Presidential race by the then stand-in administrators of Ghana football,…

Indigenous bank UMB has recorded an impressive 194 per cent increase in profit for the half-year ending June 2020, despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the operations of businesses. The measures taken by various national governments to contain the coronavirus pandemic across the world have heavily impacted thousands of businesses, especially in Ghana where small businesses make up the majority. Despite the devastating impact of the current pandemic, the Bank’s profit after tax increased from GH¢5.5 million in June 2019 to GH¢16 million in 2020, representing a 194 per cent increase year-on-year. UMB also grew its asset base…

Former Ghana international John Paintsil has congratulated his former club Fulham on gaining promotion to the Premier League. The West London club gained promotion back into the Premier League after a year’s absence. They beat London rivals Brentford to the final place in the playoff finals on Tuesday night. The Cottagers won 2-1 in an exhilarating game at Wembley. Ghana defender John Paintsil played 91 times for Fulham and says the club is right back where they belong. He has also hailed the immense work of manager Scott Parker in the promotion process. “I think Fulham gaining promotion to the…

Ghana’s coronavirus cases are now 39,075. This is the latest update released by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Wednesday, August 5. It came after 574 new cases were confirmed. These follow over 700 cases posted on the Service’s website earlier in the day. From the latest case count, eight persons have died from the virus, increasing the death toll from 191 to 199. The recoveries-cum-discharges are now 35,563. This leaves the active cases for the country at 3,313. The tally for the nation’s capital region, Greater Accra, has increased to over 20,000. The 20,080 cases with 1,888 active ones…

Professor of Political Science H B Martinson has revealed that there was no political party called United Party (UP) before 1957, the year Ghana gained independence. He told Alfred Ocansey on the Sunrise show on 3FM Tuesday, August 4, which marked the Founders’ Day celebration, that the claim by some political scientists and researchers that the UP was formed before 1957 is erroneous and should be disregarded. He also clarified that the UP was not formed in the Ashanti Region as being claimed  but rather it was formed in the Greater Accra Region. The United Party was the main opposition…

The Bole Magistrate Court, presided over by His Worship Andrew Prince Cudjoe, has remanded spiritualist Hajia Serena Mohammed into police custody. Hajia Serena Mohammed was at the forefront of the lynching of a 90-year-old woman, Akua Denteh, at Kafaba in the East Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region. The incident occurred on Thursday, July 23. The spiritualist is to reappear in court on Thursday, August 20. She was arrested in Yeji on Tuesday after police mounted a manhunt for her. Her arrest brought to 7 the number of accused persons who have been grabbed by the police. All except the…

After a successful launch and four weeks of zonal auditions in Connect FM’s Community Street Rap Battle Season III – Virtual Edition, 22 rappers have qualified. The 22 qualified out of 68 rappers from the four zonal auditions in Effiakuma, Kwesimintsim, Sekondi and Takoradi. Debby Sway, the only female rapper for the auditions, made it to the next round from the Sekondi Zone. Two eviction shows would be held on consecutive Saturdays starting August 15. The number would be pruned down to eight rappers for the grand finale on September 13/20, 2020. There would be two review shows. The first…

Former President Jerry John Rawlings appears not happy with Professor Kwamena Ahwoi for references the latter made to Kojo Tsikata and Paul Victor Obeng in his recent book. In the book titled ‘Working With Rawlings’, Prof Ahwoi had inferred that the former president referred to him, former National Security Advisor Tsikata, the late former Chairman of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) PV Obeng, his brother, Ato, former Finance Minister Kwame Peprah and former Information Minister Kofi Totobi-Quakyi as the “greedy bastards” he constantly talked about in the Mills administration. “I was informed by one of the persons I talked…