Author: Krobea

Veteran musician Diana Hopeson has disparaged attacks by musician Gyedu-Blay Ambolley that she was unfit to be the president of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA). According to her, allegations that she was handpicked by some ‘mafias’ at the musicians’ body are baseless and are borne out of envy. Gyedu-Blay Ambolley had stressed in an interview on Showbiz 927 on 3FM with MzGee that Diana Hopeson was unfit to be president of MUSIGA. He further alleged that Madam Hopeson was part of a group of mafia, which included former president of the Union Alhaji Sidiku Buari, which handpicked and groomed…

Zongo Chiefs in the Upper East Region have commended President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for nominating the first Ghanaian Muslim to the Supreme Court. The chiefs find this as history-making in Ghana. Justice Issifu Omoro Tanko Amadu was nominated alongside two others – Clemence Honyenuga and Yoni Kulendi – to the country’s apex court barely a week ago. Led by the Sarkin Zongo of Bolgatanga, Alhaji Sulemana Tanko, the Zongo chiefs thanked the president and his vice, Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, for what they considered an honour done the people of Zongo. They also commended government for securing scholarships for…

Ghana’s Black Princesses bowed to a 3-2 defeat against the Morocco senior women’s national team in the International Women’s Cup match on Sunday. Striker Milot Abena Pokuaa took advantage of a poor clearance to put the Ghana Under-20 ladies in the lead just three minutes into the game at the Mohammed VI Football Complex. But the hosts recovered and went ahead via a penalty and free-kick strikes in the 32nd and 77th minutes respectively. Faustina Akpor pulled parity for the Princesses but the Moroccans had the last laugh as they scored, from open play, six minutes from time. The match…

An aspiring parliamentary candidate for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ayensuano Constituency in the Eastern Region has expressed shock that the incumbent Member of Parliament is the Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Roads and Transport while 99 per cent of roads in the Constituency are in deplorable state. Madam Josephine Awuku Ansaah said the name of the District capital is ‘Coaltar’ but none of the roads in the constituency has not seen tarring with coal. The aspiring candidate made the observations in an interview on Onua FM’s Election Command Centre on Monday. The Ayensuano Constituency…

Sudan’s prime minister has survived an assassination attempt after his convoy was attacked in the capital, Khartoum. “An explosion hit as Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok’s car was driving by but thank God no-one was hurt,” Ali Bakhit, in the PM’s office, told AFP. Mr Hamdok was appointed to head Sudan’s transitional government last August, a few months after the overthrow of long-time President Omar al-Bashir. He has reportedly been moved to a safe location. Pictures on state television showed several damaged vehicles at the site of the blast, the AFP news agency reports. According to the Reuters news agency, witnesses…

A German tourist has died from the coronavirus in Egypt, becoming the first fatality of Covid-19 to be recorded in Africa. The 60-year-old had arrived in Egypt a week ago and complained of a fever. He was taken to a hospital in the Red Sea resort of Hurghada for treatment where he was diagnosed with coronavirus. The AFP news agency reports that his breathing was affected by “acute pneumonia”. The patient died after refusing to be transferred to an isolation ward. On Saturday, Egypt’s ministry of health announced that there were 45 new cases of coronavirus involving travellers who were…

The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers-Ghana (COPEC) is demanding that government make the recent steady decline in oil prices on the international market reflect at the pumps. The Chamber said the prices appear to be manipulated by the powers that be while the deregulation programme seems ineffective. “The implication of paying higher prices in the current window when prices should have declined at all pumps means that the expected reliefs petroleum consumers in Ghana should have benefited from the full price deregulation programme is hardly being realized nor sustainable and thus unexplainable as prices have often headed south anytime these two…

Twenty-eight people were burnt beyond recognition from an accident involving a Yutong bus and a Mercedes Sprinter on the Kintampo highway of the Bono East Region. The Yutong bus was from Bawku to Kumasi while the Mercedes Sprinter was from Kumasi to the northern part of the country. Six of the victims who survived the accident have been rushed to the Kintampo Government Hospital for medical care. The accident occurred in a head-on collision at around 3:30am Monday on the Kintampo to Gulumpe stretch of the road. The Kintampo Divisional Police Crime Officer, DSP Prosper Gbagbo, who revealed this to…

The Western Region Office of the Microfinance and Small Loans Center (MASLOC) has disbursed loans to some 625 petty traders in Takoradi. Each person received GH¢1,000 to help them continue with their trading activities. “Government cannot employ all Ghanaians. So, one of the many initiatives it has initiated aimed at bringing financial independence to the masses is to give soft loans to especially petty traders. So, these monies we are giving to these women is to support them in their trading activities,” Western Region Director of MASLOC McDaniels Nyame said. At a ceremony to hand over the cheques to the…

Western Region recorded a total of 23,000 disaster cases in 2019. Regional Director Abdul Ganiyu revealed his outfit was able to offer relief items to only 10,000 of the victims. “The remaining victims, we could not support because there were no items to give,” he said. “It is unfortunate but we could only help 10,000 of the victims. That is why it is important that people become conscious of their actions and do well to protect themselves and property from disaster. Of course, sometimes the disaster is natural but largely what we have is man-made. So, we all have to…