Author: Krobea

After confirming Ghana’s total case count at 5,408 on Wednesday, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) says 122 more persons have been infected with the deadly coronavirus disease. The Head of Public Health of the Service, Dr Badu Sarkodie, announced on Thursday, May 14 at the Ministry of Information’s bi-weekly press update that the total number of infections has risen to 5,530. The number of recoveries has jumped to 674. The number of deaths also remains 24. Out of the new infections, 57 were recorded in the Greater Accra Region, whose total tally is now 4,204. Sixty-two were recorded in the…

The Ghana Maritime Authority in collaboration with the Marine Police and the Western Naval Command has arrested eight persons suspected to be engaged in illegal oil bunkering along the coast of the Western Region. They were arrested by a patrol team on Wednesday dawn while returning to their base after their daily routine. But the patrol team spotted a wooden boat in an unusual position, approached it and saw eight persons on board. Upon a search, they discovered that the specially made wooden boat had thousands of litters of oil – referred to as “remaining on board” – beneath it.…

Founder and owner of Ghana Premier League side King Faisal Babes Alhaji Karim Grunsah has revealed that the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has a minimum wage for players in the top-tier league. But in an interview with Franklin Oteng-Appau Papin on Wednesday, May 13, Alhaji Grunsah said he pays some of his players less than the GH¢600 while others receive more depending on each player’s quality. This comes in the wake of a statement by former Ghana goalkeeper Abukari Damba on the need for the FA to structure a minimum wage policy for Ghanaian players. Alhaji Grunsah told the host…

The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture is to deal with the miscommunication with the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) administratively, sector Minister Barbara Oteng Gyasi has hinted. The GTA on Wednesday issued directives, asking drinking bars to begin operation contrary to an earlier directive by the president that such businesses should remain closed. The directives from the GTA was later reversed by the Tourism Ministry with a counter directive to consolidate what President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo had pronounced. In an interview on Onua TV’s Maakye on Thursday, May 14, the Tourism Minister said the GTA should have run the…

Lesotho has confirmed its first case of coronavirus – becoming the last country in Africa to record the virus. The mountain kingdom is completely surrounded by South Africa, which has 11,350 cases of Covid-19, the respiratory illness caused by coronavirus. The single case resulted from tests done on 81 travellers from South Africa and Saudi Arabia, the health ministry said in a statement. For weeks there have been questions about how Lesotho had managed to stave off the disease in spite of the frequent movement of people between the two neighbours. Hundreds of thousands of Basotho work in South Africa.…

Former Black Stars goalkeeper Abukari Damba has said that there should be a minimum wage structure for players in the various leagues in Ghana. Abukari Damba said clubs need to meet some criteria before they can be licensed and player’s minimum salary is one of such criteria. In an interview with Franklin Oteng Appau Papin on Onua TV, the former Black Stars goalkeepers’ trainer said the club licensing system insists on minimum wage for players and if clubs do not follow the right structure, bodies like the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and FIFA can take them on ‘’I Damba…

Former Hearts of Oak coach Cecil Jones Attuquayefio’s legend precedes him. His accolades are many and the successes he chalked makes light of how much of an incredible man he was. May 12 marked 5 years since the legendary coach passed away and on social media, his stories were shared many times. One of the stories that stood out though was one about his handkerchief. Attuquayefio held that handkerchief in many games, waved it and at times it could be found strapped to the side of his trousers. Many football fans believed it was some sort of hoodoo that allowed…

President of the Ghana Football Association Kurt Okraku is urging calm among clubs as the body battles with the devastating impact of coronavirus on the sport locally. Football activity in Ghana has been rocked by the outbreak of the pandemic and with social gatherings banned until at least end of May in Ghana, the wait for the various leagues including the Ghana Premier League to resume is taking longer than usual. The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has given itself up to the end of June to be clear on what to do with the league and its president is clear…

Renowned and outspoken legal practitioner Maurice Kwabena Ampaw has described the verdict on former Director General of the National Communications Authority (NCA) William Tetteh Tevie and two others by an Accra igh Court as “lenient and kind”. Lawyer Maurice Ampaw says Mr. Tetteh Tevie and his colleagues deserve more jail terms per the gravity of the case and charges leveled against them. He wanted each of them to have been slapped with at least 20 years in prison to serve as a deterrent and get everyone in the country talking. That he believes would have sent a signal to whoever…

The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) appears to have eased the restrictions on some services following the president’s address last Sunday. According to some guidelines issued on Monday, May 11, the Authority says hotels can operate as normal and host their guests. This would, however, be subject to “specified elevated hygiene protocols” as well as social distancing. The ban on social gathering, extended by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in his address last Sunday, saw restaurants and drinking bars closed though the former delivered pick-up services. But the GTA in the guidelines said food chains and restaurants can operate sit-in as…