Author: Krobea

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced the reopening of schools for only final year students from Monday, June 15. This is part of a “phased approach” to easing the restrictions imposed across the country in the outbreak of the coronavirus disease. According to the President, who was addressing the nation on Sunday, May 31 in his 10th update, final year senior high school (SHS) students will report to school on Monday, June 22 while their junior high school (JHS) counterparts will report the following week – Monday, June 29. Final year university students will be the first to report…

Ghana football legend Abedi Ayew Pele broke down while in an interview with the nation’s broadcaster lunch time on Sunday. The legendary former Ghana captain captured the eyes of many football fans while talking about his time as a footballer for the Black Stars, his club career and many other topics. Abedi began his career at Great Farkus Football Club. In his formative years, he was one of the best and it was a trait he carried along all the way till he retired. He was drawn to tears when his former coach and the man who discovered him, Herbert…

If you like your Ghanaian football history, the last few weeks have been amazing. Big names, big interviews, big characters, great stories. They have felt like high speed trips down the greatest memory lanes but none of that matched the feast Abedi Ayew Pele served on Sunday afternoon. For the Black Stars, he was an incredible player. A leader on the pitch, the man who could drag the team out of any situation and win games. He had his critics too but when he talks you listen. That is what three Africa Player Of The Year titles get you. That…

Anthony Yeboah has issued a damning verdict on the quality of Ghanaian referees and urged Ghana Football Association (GFA) President Kurt Okraku to channel as much effort and resources into improving it. The former Leeds United striker says his time as a club owner in the lower divisions of Ghana football convinced him that referees were having an undue influence on games long before Anas Aremeyaw Anas’ Number 12 documentary blew the lid on it. “They should help the referees because when the referees don’t have money, they are easy to get to,” he told GTV. “They have to try…

Thirty-five out of the 231 Ghanaians who were recently brought home from Kuwait have tested positive for coronavirus. A mandatory quarantine and its concomitant tests saw all the returnees tested for the deadly viral disease. They are to be in quarantine for 14 days. According to the Ghana Health Service (GHS), the initial test of the returnees had 35, translating into 15.15 per cent of them, emerging positive. All of them are in quarantine at the Ghana Football Association’s Ghanaman Soccer Centre of Excellence in Prampram. The result has added up to the country’s total case count from 7,768 to…

A day after a 70-year-old hypertensive lost her life to Covid-19 in Ghana, another death has been recorded. This involves a 93-year-old man, who is also hypertensive. But he suffered prostate cancer as well and was admitted to a hospital in Accra. This came to light after the Ghana Health Service (GHS) announced the latest update on the country’s coronavirus case count. “[The patient came] with a complaint of difficulty in breathing and cough. “Covid-19 was suspected and patient isolated at the emergency room. Covid-19 samples were taken on 26th May, 2020 and results then confirmed as positive.” This brings…

Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Yaw Buaben Asamoa has urged supporters of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to “cut off” their leadership for leading them astray as regards the issue of the new voter register. The opposition party has strongly argued that the move by the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) to compile a new register for the December 7 polls is needless. It said even in the compilation of a new register, the existing voter’s ID card should be one of the mandatory documents to be allowed for registration, a departure from EC’s NIA cards and…

Curfews have been ordered in cities across the US to try to stem unrest sparked by the death of a black man in police custody. But they have been defied in many areas, with shops looted, cars burned and buildings attacked. Riot police have used tear gas and rubber bullets. President Donald Trump urged “healing” over the death of George Floyd but said he could not allow mobs to dominate. A white ex-policeman is charged with murdering Mr Floyd, 46, in Minneapolis. Derek Chauvin, 44, is due to appear in court on Monday. In video footage, Mr Chauvin can be…

Several traders were stranded at the Beposo Market Friday morning following the ban of market days at Beposo and Abuesi. The Shama District Assembly on Thursday announced its decision to suspend the weekly market days effective Friday, May 29 until Tuesday, June 3. Fridays and Tuesdays are special market days at Beposo and Abuesi but the decision to place a ban on these days was necessitated by the non-compliance to the adherence of the safety and health protocols especially with the compulsory wearing of nose masks and social distancing by the traders. A team of security personnel was stationed at…

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) have offered “unequivocal support” to Convener of the Inter-Party Resistance Against A New Voter Register (IPRAN) Bernard Mornah for comments he made at a recent press conference in Accra, for which the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has invited him. Mr Mornah, who is also the National Chairman of the People’s National Convention (PNC), is said to have threatened to resist the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) in its bid to compile a new voter register for the December 7 elections. He told journalists on Tuesday, May 26 that IPRAN will make…