Author: Krobea

Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk, Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Thiago Alcantara are in the running for the men’s prize in the Best Fifa Football Awards. Manchester City midfielder Kevin de Bruyne is also in contention as part of the 11-player men’s shortlist. England and Manchester City defender Lucy Bronze is one of the 11 players nominated for the women’s award. Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp and Leeds United counterpart Marcelo Bielsa are on the men’s manager shortlist. Chelsea manager Emma Hayes is in the running for the women’s manager award, along with the Netherlands manager Sarina Wiegman, who will take over…

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) says despite assurances given by the National Security Minister and the Inspector General of Police (IGP) on safety and security before, during and after the December 7 elections, they do not trust them. The largest opposition party says its mistrust is as a result of history of the current “failed, corrupt and dishonest” Akufo-Addo-led government. “We have taken note of assurances given by the Minister for National Security, Mr Albert Kan Dapaah, and the IGP, Mr James Oppong Boanuh, that adequate security will be provided on election day,” NDC’s Director of Elections Elvis Afriyie Ankrah…

Ghana Premier League giants Asante Kotoko have departed the country en route to Mauritania for the first leg of Caf Champions League preliminary round against FC Nouadhibou on Sunday. The Kumasi-based side travelled without captain Felix Annan, who picked a knee injury last Sunday during their Ghana Premier League match against Berekum Chelsea. Defender Habib Mohammed is also suspended for the match, as a result did not make the trip on Wednesday morning. Augustine Okrah and Mudasiru Salifu will all also be out of the first leg encounter. Newly signed Brazilian midfielder Fabio Gama dos Santos and Naby Keita didn’t…

The Prestea/Huni-Valley Municipal Director of Education, Mary Vida Kwofie, has welcomed a 50-seater computer lab facility dubbed Yamoransa Model Lab 8 at Bogoso in the Western Region. She says the facility will be a huge propeller in their quest to ensure that the acquisition of ICT knowledge and skills by school children and teachers are achieved. Ms Kwofie was speaking at the commissioning of the computer lab. The facility is to provide free ICT literacy sessions as well as serve as a conference room for teacher training and workshops. It has a MakerSpace specially designed and installed by TECHAiDE, a…

The trial of the men accused of murdering Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul in 2018 has resumed in Turkey. Twenty Saudi officials, who are not in Turkey, are being tried in absentia. A prominent critic of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Mr Khashoggi was killed by a team of Saudi agents inside the kingdom’s consulate. Turkey says he was suffocated and then dismembered. The defendants include two former aides to the prince, who denies involvement. A close friend of Mr Khashoggi, Egyptian political dissident Ayman Noor, told the court the journalist felt threatened by people close to Crown…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has directed the Ghana Scholarship Secretariat to grant full scholarship to one Thomas Amoaning of Adeiso Senior High School. Master Amoaning is reported to have scored 8As in the 2020 West Africa Senior Schools Certificate Examinations (WASSCE). His plight made rounds on social media given his background. “As a normal practice and taking into consideration the socio-geographical background of the student, HE the President has expressly directed the Ghana Scholarships Secretariat to grant full scholarship award to the student for his tertiary studies,” a release from the Secretariat on Tuesday, November 24 said. “The Scholarships…

The Medical Superintendent of the Tetteh Quarshie Memorial Hospital, Dr Alex Benneh, is confident a public-private partnership would help fill the gap in acquiring essential equipment that would enhance quality healthcare delivery to clients. He pointed out at the unveiling of a bust and commissioning of a 540-kilovolt generator for the Hospital at Mampong-Akuapem in the Eastern Region. The Tetteh Quarshie Memorial Hospital was established in February, 1961. The Hospital, built with funds from the then Ghana Cocoa Marketing Board, will be 60 years. The Hospital is a 150-bed capacity hospital that serves the whole of Akuapem ridge and beyond.…

As part of the efforts to find a cure for the coronavirus, which devastated the globe, CelebrateLAB has collaborated with West Africa Scientists to provide much-needed knowledge for medical laboratory professionals. The virtual training series was hosted in partnership with the Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists (GAMLS) and the Ghana Health Service and in collaboration with other laboratory professionals across West Africa. An average of about 600 Medical Laboratory Professionals from across Africa and outside the continent, participated in each of the six virtual series. The over six-month virtual series made it possible for Medical Laboratory professionals to benefit…

Tension is brewing in the Bekwai Constituency in the Ashanti Region as faceless youth deface billboards belonging to independent parliamentary candidate and lawyer Amofa Agyemang. It is unclear when that happened but Lawyer Amofa’s campaign team accuses incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) Joseph Osei-Owusu of masterminding the act. Lawyer Amofa Agyemang, who confirmed the incident to Kofi Asante Ennin on Akoma FM’s morning show GhanAkoma on Tuesday, November 24, said he has since reported the matter to the police for further action. “We feel intimidated here because my billboard has been destroyed by unknown people. This is very bad. How…

Chair of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) Jean Adukwei Mensa has rejected assertions by some politicians that the nation’s elections management body is working to make sure the incumbent New Patriotic Party (NPP) is retained. She maintained that in the current scheme of things, especially the processes with elections in the country, nobody can rig the elections for any candidate. Mrs Mensa made this known on Tuesday, November 24, when she interacted with some journalists at a training workshop held at the instance of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA). She said journalists must be bold to question politicians who accuse…