Author: Krobea

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has adjourned the verdict on the case between Wilfred Osei Kwaku Palmer and the Ghana Football Association (GFA). Osei Palmer was disqualified from the GFA presidential elections by the then governing body of Ghana football, the Normalisation Committee, shortly before the polls. This was due to his refusal to pay Joseph Paintsil 10 per cent commission on his transfer to the GFA as well as his statements about the GFA on unclassified payments. He was later asked to submit an apology letter to the Committee. The Tema Youth owner subsequently filed a protest…

The flagbearer and leader of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has cited the government for bungling up the national response to the coronavirus pandemic. Mr Mahama says increasing cases of community spread of the virus is attributable to the government’s response, which put other considerations ahead of science. The former president was speaking at a meeting with the leadership of Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) in Accra on Wednesday. The meeting was to enable Mr Mahama be abreast of the concerns of nurses and midwives so that the NDC’s manifesto for this year’s elections can…

The Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) has rejected claims that it is using old biometric voter registration (BVR) kits in the ongoing voter registration exercise across the country. According to the allegations made by some individuals including politicians, about 40 per cent of the kits being used for the ongoing exercise are from the ones procured by the Charlotte Osei-led administration. “The EC however wishes to state on authority that the assertions by these individuals that 40 percent of the BVR kits being used are old kits is an outright lie,” the Commission said in a statement released on Thursday, July…

Billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates are among many prominent US figures targeted by hackers on Twitter in an apparent Bitcoin scam. The official accounts of Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Kanye West also requested donations in the cryptocurrency. “Everyone is asking me to give back,” a tweet from Mr Gates’ account said. “You send $1,000, I send you back $2,000.” Twitter said it was a “co-ordinated” attack targeting its employees “with access to internal systems and tools”. “We know they [the hackers] used this access to take control of many highly-visible (including verified) accounts and Tweet on…

For the first time in a while, Ghana has recorded a reduction in the new number of cases of Covid-19. The latest update by the Disease Surveillance Department of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) released on Thursday, July 16 sees the country report 178 new cases. It comes after new cases recently recorded have not been less than 200. The Director Genera of GHS, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, had observed that the average daily infections have been 400. With the addition of the latest infections, the country’s total cumulative case count currently stands at 25,430. The recoveries-cum-discharges are now 21,511 with…

The Director General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), Professor Amin Alhassan, has written to the National Media Commission (NMC) for “urgent intervention” over a directive from the Minister of Communications to reduce the state broadcaster’s otal number of channels on the national digital terrestrial television (DTT) network. The letter dated Tuesday, July 7, 2020 was written upon the express instructions of the board of governors. It comes in the wake of a directive from Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful for GBC to reduce its channels on the national DTT network from six to three. Already, this directive has incurred the wrath…

Talented singer Raphael Camidoh Kofi Attachie, popularly known in showbiz as Camidoh says the Covid-19 has brought him nothing but blessings. Camidoh, speaking in an interview with Miriam Osei-Agyemang on Urban Blend on 3FM, explained how his musical tour in the UK was cut short due to the Covid-19 pandemic. He said he decided to come to Ghana and hence had to undergo the 14-day mandatory quarantine in compliance with Covid-19 protocols to help curb the pandemic. The ‘For My Lovers’ hitmaker revealed that it was during the period of the mandatory quarantine that he came up with all six…

After a meeting held on Tuesday, the Executive Council of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has proposed that the 2020/2021 Ghana Premier League should begin in October. However, this decision is pending approval from the government and the Ministry of Health as coronavirus infections continue to shoot up. It will be recalled that the 2019/2020 season was scrapped due to the coronavirus pandemic. It is likely that the format of the season will change as the GFA wants to cut transportation costs on clubs. Therefore, teams may play in zones in the next season. There will be 8 to 14…

The Artisans Association of Ghana has said although the Covid-19 pandemic has affected all educational sectors across the globe, the most affected sector is the vocational and the technical training institutes, due to the nature of their work and learning process. National President of the Association Gideon Bidor in a statement to members indicated on World Skills Day, which falls on July 15 every year, that the Covid-19 pandemic has increased the already high rate of youth unemployment in many countries as the youth form a larger part of skilled workers in the world market. “In the face of all these difficulties,…

One of the most distinctive sayings kindergarten taught me was “at first, if you do not succeed, try, try again”. It is an extract from William Hickson’s poem ‘Try Again’ of the 1800s. A recital we had to go through every morning – a life lesson. In the case of Isaac Dogboe, he has tried one time and tried a second time but, in professional prize fighting, sometimes you need to move on. There are some fighters you might never be able to go past. Like Riddick Bowe failing on two occasions to floor Andrew Golota or Mike Tyson for…