Author: Krobea

Roger Federer is the first tennis player to top the annual Forbes list of the world’s highest paid athletes, overtaking footballer Lionel Messi. Federer, 38, moved up four places after earning £86.2m in the past year – about £81m of it in endorsements. Cristiano Ronaldo (£85m), Messi (£84m) and Neymar (£77.5m) come next, while American basketball player LeBron James (£71.5m) completes the top five. Boxer Tyson Fury was the highest earning Briton in 11th (£46.2m). Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton came 13th with earnings of £43.7m. Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka was revealed to be the highest paid female…

US President Donald Trump has announced that he is terminating the country’s relationship with the World Health Organization (WHO). The president has accused the WHO of failing to hold Beijing to account over the coronavirus pandemic. “China has total control over the World Health Organization,” the president said while announcing measures aimed at punishing Beijing. Washington will redirect funds to other bodies, he said. The US is the global health agency’s largest single contributor, providing more than $400m (£324m; €360m) in 2019. Mr Trump, who is campaigning for re-election this year and has been criticised for his own handling of…

The latest number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Ghana is 7,616, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has stated. This follows a total of 208,328 tests conducted over the entire period since the disease was first recorded in Ghana on Thursday, March 12. Out of the total confirmed cases, 2,421 have recovered with 34 losing their lives. As a result, the country has 5,161 active cases being treated at various centres with the Ga East Municipal Hospital the biggest treatment facility. So far, the disease has travelled to all but one of the regions of the country. The latest region to…

South Africa’s firebrand opposition politician Julius Malema has urged people not to fall for the “trap” of going to church, saying they will die after contracting coronavirus. Places of worship are set to reopen from 1 June after President Cyril Ramaphosa announced easing of lockdown restrictions to level three – but only 50 or less people will be allowed inside at any time. On Thursday, Mr Malema said the reopening of churches would expose worshippers to infections and urged religious leaders to keep them closed if they cared about the well-being of their people. He advised members of his Economic…

Apple Music has announced its new show Africa Now Radio with Cuppy as host of the show and Nigerian-born DJ and curator. Africa Now Radio with Cuppy, based on the recently launched Africa Now playlist, will showcase the latest African sounds, be it amapiano, afrobeats, highlife, alte, house, hip-hop, afrobongo, or kuduro. Listeners will hear the latest and greatest African artists and new forms of African popular music which fuse traditional and contemporary sensibilities, morphing into hybridized sonic fragments connecting all corners of Africa. “With a DJ background, I’m excited not only to play music but showcase the vast array…

Spain’s La Liga will resume on 11 June with next season starting on 12 September, the league’s president Javier Tebas has said. On Monday, Tebas said a behind-closed-doors derby between Real Betis and Sevilla could restart the campaign. “We’re prepared and the important thing will be the day we finish the league,” Tebas told Spanish newspaper Marca. Tebas also said audiovisual testing was being carried out so fans had a choice of different viewing experiences at home – with the real “silence” from the stadiums or “simulation of the crowds” being played. Source: BBC

Founder and leader of Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG) Kofi Akpaloo has lashed out at the largest opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), for boycotting the recent Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting called by the Electoral Commission (EC). He has described the absence of NDC at the IPAC meeting as a blessing in disguise as all issues tabled for discussion were smoothly and successfully deliberated upon without objections. Kofi Akpaloo disclosed this in an interview on the Yensempa morning show on Onua FM, emphasizing the meeting was orderly, peaceful and successful. He told host Nana Yaw Opare that he…

The World Bank will be meeting with officials of credit rating agencies to discuss possibilities of firms holding on with ratings of countries that are seeking financial help from Bretton Woods Institutions, following the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. The Country Director of the World Bank, Pierre Frank Laporte, told Alfred Ocansey on the Sunrise morning show on 3FM 92.7 Thursday, May 28 that Finance Ministers in Africa have raised concerns to the effect that these rating agencies are likely to put them on their assessment board for taking advantage of the provisions made by the World Bank and other…

Founder and leader of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP) Madam Akua Donkor has revealed that former President John Dramani Mahama in 2016 called her to leave GFP and contest the presidential race as an independent candidate. Her resistance against that suggestion from the then president, according to her, led to her disqualification from the race by the Electoral Commission (EC). Akua Donkor disclosed this on Friday, May 29, while speaking to Nana Yaw Opare on the Yensempa morning show on Onua FM. She stressed that she was thereafter prohibited from meeting Mr. John Mahama at the Flagstaff House, now Jubilee…

The game in which Liverpool could secure the Premier League title could be held at a neutral venue, says the national lead for football policing. Deputy Chief Constable Mark Roberts says up to six matches could be moved at the request of local police forces. They include the Merseyside derby as well as Manchester City v Liverpool. Roberts said discussions with the Premier League had been “positive” with a “shared focus on the priority of public health”. The Premier League is set to restart on 17 June, subject to government approval. The fixtures set to be moved to neutral venues…