Author: Krobea

Former President John Dramani Mahama has called on the chiefs and elders of Fiaga and Tongor in the South Dayi District of the Volta Region to enjoin all eligible citizens to register when the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) begins this year’s registration. “Whichever registration exercise it is, I will plead with Torgbe to beat the gong-gong and ask all our people to come out and register so that in December they can exercise their vote.” The National Democratic Congress (NDC) leader made this appeal on Monday, June 22 when he paid a courtesy call on the chiefs and elders of…

World number one Novak Djokovic has become the latest tennis player to test positive for Covid-19. It comes after Grigor Dimitrov, Borna Coric and Viktor Troicki all revealed they had coronavirus after playing at Djokovic’s Adria Tour competition. Djokovic, 33, played fellow Serb Troicki in the first event in Belgrade. Great Britain’s Andy Murray said the positive tests were a “lesson for us”, while Australian Nick Kyrgios called playing a “bone-headed decision”. A statement on Djokovic’s website said: “Immediately upon his arrival in Belgrade Novak was tested along with all members of the family and the team with whom he…

Bubbly musician MzVee, born Vera Hamenoo-Kpeda, turned 28 on Tuesday, June 23. The hearty singer, while being flooded with goodwill messages and presents on her special day, never imagined that a prank will be part of the catalogue of gifts. The Urban Blend on 3FM hosted by Miriam Osei Agyemang carefully orchestrated a plan to add a little more spice to MzVee’s birthday and it worked. The singer was called live on the show by Miriam, who pretended to be the CEO of Smileys Pastries. She told MzVee that she had received an order to deliver a huge cake to…

Speaker of Parliament Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye has admonished members who lost their party’s primaries over the weekend to be diligent and perform their duties with “promptness” from now till the end of the year. He said the outcome of the primaries is usual of politics and so they should not let the defeat affect their contributions to proceedings in the House. The members of the Majority Caucus in Parliament were up for contests on Saturday, June 20 in their party New Patriotic Party’s primaries to elect candidates for the December 7 elections. Over 60 of them including the Leader…

A Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Mohammad Habibu Tijani, has revealed that the findings of the investigations into the circumstances that led to the flattening of the Nigerian High Commission building in Accra will be released later today, Tuesday, June 23. The building was demolished late Friday, June 19 in the cover of darkness, a move that has been widely condemned by the government of Ghana. Mr Tijani told Alfred Ocansey, host of the Sunrise morning show on 3FM: “By the close of today (Tuesday) the committee investigating the demolition of the Nigerian High Commission building would…

Young Ghanaian rapper and internet sensation, AY Poyoo, has said that Patapaa Amisty has been a great inspiration to his career. The duo is set to release their first featured single titled “My Lady” in one of the most anticipated collaborations in Ghanaian music. According to AY Poyoo known in real life as Emmanuel Yeboah, Patapaa came into the limelight with his own brand and uniqueness, something which inspired him to create his own uniqueness. “Patapaa is unique in his own way and doing a great job in the music circles and I applaud him for that. “I gathered from…

Nigeria’s leading opposition party People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has blamed the demolition of a building said to belong to the country’s High Commission in Accra on the “sheer incompetence” of President Muhammadu Buhari. PDP said in a statement issued by National Publicity Secretary Kola Ologbondiyan that President Buhari could have stopped the situation if he had engaged his Ghanaian counterpart at the highest level of diplomatic relations. The building was demolished late Friday, June 19 in the cover of darkness, a move that has been widely condemned by the government of Ghana. But the PDP said it holds the demolition…

What was supposed to be the colourful opening of a branch of Electroland in Ashaiman turned nasty when some unidentified persons stormed the venue to disrupt the event. The persons barged into the venue just when Afrobeats artiste Kelvyn Boy had just started performing. The fracas caused an abrupt end to the performance, forcing the young talented artiste to flee for his life. https://twitter.com/i/status/1275072999306129409 The relationship between Stonebwoy and Kelvyn Boy, who was once under the former’s Burniton Music Group label, has been very frosty for some months now. In September last year, Stonebwoy, after weeks of speculations, revealed that…

US President Donald Trump has extended a pause on some green cards and suspended visas for other foreign workers until the end of 2020. High-skilled tech workers, non-agricultural seasonal helpers, au pairs and top executives will be affected. The White House said the move will create jobs for Americans hurting economically due to the pandemic. But critics say the White House is exploiting the coronavirus pandemic to tighten up immigration laws. Who’s affected? In a briefing for reporters, the administration said the freeze, in place through the end of the year, would impact about 525,000 people. That includes an estimated…

The Ministry of Education (MoE) is urging parents, guardians and students who were stranded in their various schools to be calm because everything is under control. The Ministry said due to the rush by the students to these school, some students got stranded but that does not mean measures were not put in place for the partial reopening. Final year Senior High School (SHS) students and Gold-Track Form 2 students have returned to their various schools to complete their academics. While the final year students are to prepare and write their West African Senior Schools Certificate Examination (WASSCE), the Gold-Track…