Author: Krobea

The Western Region Minister and MP for Takoradi, Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, has commended Shout Africa Foundation, a Public Health Advocacy and non-profit organisation, for taking the initiative to sensitize more people on Covid-19 preventive measures in the region. In his endorsement for the campaign dubbed: ‘Western Region Shout Covid 19 Out’ [#WRShoutCovid19Out], the Minister stressed the need for Civil Society Organisations and communities to support government in the fight against the novel coronavirus. He admonished the public, particularly those in the Western Region, to adhere strictly to the preventive measures from the World Health Organisation and the Ghana Health Service…

The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has recorded a 100 per cent recovery of patients on admission at the facility for coronavirus. “The patients were discharged after a series of confirmatory tests returned negative,” a statement issued by the Chief Executive Officer of the Hospital, Daniel Asare, on Monday said. The patients, discharged on Sunday, include a nurse, a doctor, an orderly and a security officer, who were all infected after coming into contact with an index patient. Seven in all, the patients were from Accra and Bolgatanga. “The patients were impressed with the level of care and the contributions of…

A team of immigration officers led by the Asankragwa Municipal Commander of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), Francis Kofi Apaw, together with officers from the Ghana Police Service and the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) on patrols on Friday, May 1 intercepted two Nissan Caravan mini buses with registration numbers GX 2137-17 and AS 1899-17 en route to Kumasi with 18 West African nationals on board. The arrested, all males and aged between 17 and 55 years, are made up of 17 Burkinabe nationals and one Ivorian national. Investigations conducted after their arrest, proved that all the suspects had entered…

The Bio-Safety Level 3 Laboratory at the Western Region Veterinary Services Department is scheduled to commence testing of COVID 19 samples from Monday, May 4. The laboratory will start with the testing of 300 samples a day before they ramp up to over 500. “…this testing facility has biosafety level 3 and biosafety level 2 labs which are required by WHO for testing. As we speak, we are ready to start testing today [May 4, 2020]. The staff have been trained already. All the logistics have been provided by Noguchi. Currently, we are going to start testing 300 samples a…

RuffTown Records act Fantana has described, without mincing words, some female musicians as clowns. According to her, all females involved in beefs currently on-going are clowns. For some days now, ‘MTW’, a song by Sista Afia, has ignited a lot of controversy after its release last week Wednesday. While Sista Afia did not mention names, some people have concluded that Sista Afia took jabs at Sister Derby, Wendy Shay and Efia Odo in the song. The song has seen counter jabs and reactions from Sister Deborah and Akuapem Poloo. Fantana, who says she just got into the music industry just…

Celebrated media personality, staunch Made-in-Ghana campaigner, entrepreneur and PR practitioner, Kobi Hemaa Osisiadan-Bekoe on May 1 reached out to three communities in the Greater Accra Region with her Pad for All Project. Speaking to the media, Kobi Hemaa, who is also the founder of Angeles Foundation, explained that many menstruating girls and women face inadequate access to toilets and water and often lack the most basic materials needed for managing blood flow, such as sanitary pad hence the action. “We’re in the middle of a pandemic, this even makes menstrual hygiene a more pressing concern,” she said. “People will continue…

Yaw Sarpong has said on Onua 95.1FM that featuring an artiste like Sarkodie is a blessing and he has indeed been blessed for featuring him on his latest single ‘Ahobraseɛ’. After Yaw Sarpong had one of the biggest collaboration early this year with multiple award winning artiste Sarkodie, many have argued that it has really projected the legendary gospel musician and has also revived his career as a musician. Expressing his joy on Anigye Mmre, an entertainment talk show hosted by Christian Agyei Frimpong, Yaw Sarpong noted that all those who think his music career was over before featuring Sarkodie “is…

The Member of Parliament for Salaga South Constituency, Adam Braimah Salifu, has debunked claims by former President John Mahama that work on a 60-bed capacity hospital in Salaga has stalled. According to him, work has been steadily progressing since the New Patriotic Party (NPP) took over office in 2017. The project since its commencement has had more than three contractors working on it. Venus Allukin Is the fourth contractor on site. Former President John Mahama in his recent Facebook live interaction last Thursday claimed in Gonja that President Nana Akufo-Addo’s government has abandoned most of his projects with specific emphasis…

Rapper Sarkodie was the biggest winner at the 2020 edition of the 3Music Awards. The rapper swept awards that saw the organisers make history by holding the event virtually from the Fantasy Dome of the Trade Fair Centre in Accra. Organisers were forced to hold the event virtually Saturday night due to the deadly coronavirus outbreak. Sarkodie bagged the ‘Music Man of the Year’, ‘Hip-hop/Hiplife Act of the Year’, ‘Fan Army of the Year’, ‘Best Rap Performance’, and ‘Best Collaboration of the Year’ awards. Even though it was Sarkodie’s night, Kofi Kinaata walked him with the biggest award for the…

Ghanaian boxer Isaac ‘The Royal Storm’ Dogboe has debunked claims that he visited a fetish priest right before his fight against Emanuel Navarrete last May. Dogboe won the WBO Super Bantamweight title in April, 2018 after beating Jessie Magdaleno in an 11th round knockout only to lose the title to Magdaleno’s compatriot Navarrete that same year after just one successful defence against Japanese, Hidenori Otake. A rematch was also not successful. Those two defeats exposed the relatively young boxer’s weakness in the sport with many other blaming it on different things; mainly supernatural. A few days ago, Paul Dogboe, his…