Author: Krobea

After months of anticipation, it has been confirmed that Ghana youngster Mohammed Salisu has signed for Southampton for £10.9 million from Real Valladolid. The deal will keep the 21-year-old at the club for four years. The news was confirmed on the Saints website. Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhüttl believes Salisu will be a great asset to the team. “This is an important signing for us. Mohammed is a player who fits our profile well. He is young and has a great amount of potential, but he is also someone who has the qualities to come in and help the team as…

Three Ghanaian citizens have petitioned the United Nations (UN) over what they say are threats to Ghana’s peace ahead of the December 7 elections. The three – Elikem Kotoko, Stephen Kwabena Attuh and Issifu Seidu Kudus Gbeadese – submitted their petition to the office of the Resident Coordinator of the UN earlier on Wednesday,August 12, 2020. In the detailed petition submitted, the three expressed concerns over pockets of violence in the just-ended viter registration exercise by the Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC). They cited the use of military to intimidate residents at border towns and other places across the country,…

The National Youth Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), George Opare Addo, says the future for the Ghanaian youth is miserable due to the poor economic management by the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP). Cleaning of the banking sector by government, according to Mr Opare Addo, has malformed and collapsed businesses, making lives excruciating especially for the youth. He said the NPP, while in opposition, promised and gave huge hopes to the youth, yet have failed woefully making him shudder at the thought of the future of this country. The Former Municipal Chief Executive for Akuapem North in the…

The Ranking Member of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Environment, Science and Technology has described as “stinky” the assertion by the government that it is 85 per cent through to making Accra the cleanest city in Africa. Ebenezer Okletey Terlabi said a walk through almost every part of the capital city reveals it is engulfed with filth. He therefore wondered the basis on which the Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, rate the sanitation issues in the city. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on assuming office in the year 2017, declared his government’s intention of making Ghana’s capital the cleanest on…

Private legal practitioner and a child right advocate, Bright Kweku Appiah, says the dismissal of students involved in the vandalism in senior high schools is enough punishment for them. This follows the revised punishment by the Ghana Education Service (GES) to the students. According to Mr Appiah, who is also Executive Director of Child Rights International, dismissal is a very serious offense and it takes a certain level of engagement to dismiss a student, accoriding to the GES rules. So going to that extent proves that it’s enough punishment, he told Alfred Ocansey on 3FM’s Sunrise on Tuesday. He also…

Bronx Boxing Club trainer and owner, Carl Lokko, who also doubles as Deputy Technical Director of the Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA), has espoused in detail how Richard Commey and his manager conspired to have him removed as his trainer. Lokko on CITI TV sports show dubbed the TRACKER on Monday, August 10, recounted how he started nurturing Richard Commey when he had chosen to become a footballer at age 13. He narrated how Commey switched from pursuing a career in football and started kick-boxing which then took him to United Arab Emirates (UAE) where he stayed for a while and…

Accra Hearts of Oak goalkeeper Richard Attah has extended his contract with the Ghana Premier League side until 2023. Attah, who joined Hearts of Oak on a free transfer from Elmina Sharks prior to the commencement of the 2019/20 season, will remain with the Phobians for the next three years. A statement from the club read, “Hearts of Oak is happy to announce that goalkeeper Richard Attah has extended his contract to 2023”. His outstanding performance earned him a call-up into the Black Stars under CK Akonnor in March but has yet to see any action in the national team…

Sexuality issues are almost an abominable topic to talk about in a typical African home. It becomes an unspoken rule that sex should not be mentioned in any conversation at home. Parents succeed in painting a demonic picture about sex and sexual identity right from childhood and this makes it difficult for children to open up on their struggles. Church doesn’t help either as it is quick to condemn sex as sin. In most African homes, sex education is absent in children’s upbringing. This makes them vulnerable to ill influence, hearsays and rumours. Kobina Ansah’s musical stage play, THE BOY…

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has named Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate – the first black woman and Asian American in the role. Once a rival for the top job, the California senator of Indian-Jamaican heritage had long been considered the front-runner for the position. The former California attorney general has been urging police reform amid anti-racism protests. Mr Biden will face President Donald Trump in the election on 3 November. Ms Harris will debate Mr Trump’s running mate, Vice-President Mike Pence, on 7 October in Salt Lake City, Utah. Only two other women have been nominated as…

Ghana player Samuel Tetteh has joined New York Red Bulls on loan from Red Bull Salzburg, pending receipt of his P-1 visa and ITC. He will be on loan for the 2020/21 season with an option to buy. Tetteh signed for Salzburg in 2016 and has made more than 100 appearances in the Austrian league, having been loaned to other clubs including Austrian sides FC Liefering and LASK. Head coach of New York Red Bulls Chris Armas said he can’t wait to work with the 24-year-old. “Samuel is a very interesting attacking player,” he said. “He’s intelligent, he can create…