Author: Krobea

Low key political rallies and gatherings are expected to dominate due to the coronavirus pandemic. The political trend has slowed because the norm in Ghana has been large crowd for aspirants to address them on policies and achievements. But not much of this trend will be seen because currently there is a ban on public gathering involving huge numbers. Whether Covid-19 or not, voting will take place on December 7, 2020 and so political parties would embark on campaigns virtually or physically but observe the health safety protocols. Those who cannot join the campaign virtually and physically must also know…

Boxing world champions, football world champions, record African football title winners, Olympic medalists, Commonwealth Games medalists, you name it, at one point in time or the other, Ghanaians have held these accolades. In sixty-three years of nationhood, in spite of the political turbulence in a large part of its history, Ghana has quite a bit to be proud of in the sporting sphere. Among the older folk, very few could forget the joy David Kotei “Poison” brought to this country when he became our first boxing world champion. From him down to perhaps the greatest African boxer of all time…

One of the soothsayers who led the lynching of 90-year-old Akua Denteh, Latifa Bumaye, has said she was possessed by a spirit and did not know she was abusing the old woman.  This comes in the wake of her arrest on Thursday. According to her, she was at the river bank with her sibling washing when the spirit entered her. She confessed she assaulted the woman but said she did so unknowingly. She also explained the old woman is a family relative. Latifa Bumaye was among soothsayers invited to Kafaba to exorcise the community of witches, whom the youth claim…

Former President John Dramani Mahama has descended heavily on member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Otchere-Darko, for criticising his campaign poster. Mr Otchere-Darko had criticised the inscriptions on the poster, calling on “whoever is leading NDC campaign publicity” to do a better work. “Clearly, incompetetence can be both chronic & incurable, transcending electoral cycles,” Mr Otchere-Darko wrote. But Mr Mahama did not take kindly to this as he tweeted: “Clearly some psychosis can lead to unrestrained obsession.” He sarcastically referred to Gabby Otchere-Darko as “our PM”. https://twitter.com/JDMahama/status/1289092170956386304?s=20 Source: 3news.com|Ghana

Ghanaian singer and songwriter Noella Wiyaala says she loves how her body looks and she uses that to her advantage. Reacting to critics after her ‘Rock my body’ music video was released, she said she can’t be everybody’s favourite but she loves herself. In an interview on Sunrise on 3FM, she waived all negative feelings of people who criticized her and apologised to her fans for making that music video. “Even if people insult me, I forgive them from the bottom of my heart. “I want to apologise to my fans for that video because some of them were surprised.”…

On the morning of Monday August 14, 2017, Ghanaians woke up to news that the Bank of Ghana had revoked the licenses of two prominent indigenous banks – Capital Bank and UT Bank. At the same time, the Bank of Ghana (BOG) had approved a Sale and Purchase Agreement that allowed GCB to immediately take over the assets of the distressed two banks. That was just a tip of the iceberg. Issues and interventions The first major hint of crises in the financial sector was given when Dr. Mahumudu Bawumia revealed in a 2016 lecture that the BOG’s asset quality…

The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu, has been touring constituencies in the Upper West Region as well as the Upper East and North East regions of the country as part of his nationwide tour of registration centres to monitor the ongoing voter registration exercise. His first stop was the Upper West Region, where he was accompanied by the Upper West Regional Minister, Dr. Hafiz Bin Salih, and the regional party executives led by Regional Chairman S. B Kangberee to tour Wa Central, Nadoli Kaleo, Dafiama-Busie-Issa, Sissala West and and Sissala East constituencies. In Wa Central,…

The Chief Executive Officer of Engineers & Planners Ltd, Ibrahim Mahama, has donated food items and undisclosed amount of money to the Muslim community in Tamale. The beneficiaries include the Jamiu, Ambariya, Albayan mosques, the Tamale Children’s Home and the Tamale Prisons Service. Donating the items on behalf of Mr. Mahama, his aide, Rafik Mahama, said the donation is to support the Muslim community and the vulnerable for the celebration of this year’s Eid al-Adha. The Northern Regional Chief Imam, Sheik Abdul Salam, expressed gratitude to Mr. Mahama for remembering the Muslim community during this festive period. Prayers were said…

About 95 nurses from Ghana were shuttled off a chartered flight into the Grantley Adams International Airport on Thursday. The 95 Ghanaian nurses arrived via Azores Airlines. The chartered flight was scheduled to arrive at 5.50 pm. Prior to the arrival, originally it was communicated that the cohort of nurses would arrive earlier this week. The nurses went straight into the Gate 14 area after sanitizing their hands and going through the thermal scanning. The direct flight to Barbados came out of Accra, Ghana. The Ghanaian nurses are initially on a two-year contract. Sharing this was Nursing Officer Lorraine Atopley.…

American R&B singer Beyoncé has released the video of Already, the song on which she featured Ghana’s award-winning dancehall artiste Shatta Wale. The song was released last year as part of ‘The Lion King: The Gift’ album. But the video, shot in Africa was released on Friday, July 31. Find it below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agCgvFTJeRs&feature=youtu.be Source: 3news.com|Ghana