Author: Krobea

South African football chief Danny Jordaan  has hailed the efforts of Ghana at the 2010 World Cup and the general contribution the country made in changing the continent’s fortunes in the tournament. As Africa celebrates 10 years since hosting the World Cup, this week has been filled with reliving the memories of the past tournament and Ghana has been the centre of it all – given the strides the Black Stars showed at the tournament. “When the Bafana Bafana dropped out, it left us with only one African team and that was Ghana and we had hoped that Ghana was going…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured the country’s university community that all support will be given by government in ensuring that the intended reopening from Monday, June 15 is successful. “And if it succeeds and it works, then the country will be reassured that we will step up the confidence to the future that beckons for all of us.” President Akufo-Addo expressed this optimism on Thursday, June 11 when he met Vice Chancellors Ghana (VCG) at the Jubilee House. Schools across the country were shut on Sunday, March 15 as a result of the outbreak of Covid-19 in Ghana.…

A Political Science Lecturer at the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) in the Central Region, Dr. Isaac Brako, says the unrelenting protest and resistance by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) against the intended new voter register would affect the party’s prospects of winning back power in the December 7 polls. He says it would largely affect the party, especially their incumbent Members of Parliament as well as parliamentary candidates at orphan constituencies, if attention is not shifted towards mobilizing the party’s supporters to massively partake in the exercise when it commences. The UEW Lecturer made this known on Yensempa on…

The African Development Bank has announced that Dr. Jennifer Blanke, Vice President for Agriculture, Human and Social Development, will be leaving the Bank effective July 4, 2020. Blanke joined the Bank in early 2017 and has overseen a number of the Bank’s key programs. “I thank President Akinwumi Adesina for his strong leadership, guidance and support which have undoubtedly motivated and helped my team and I to play a key role in the transformation of the Bank. “I feel privileged to have been given an opportunity to contribute to the Bank’s agenda for accelerating Africa’s social and economic transformation,” Blanke…

The Spokesperson of the King of Dagbon, Yaa-Naa Abukari Mahama II, says the eminent king did not support outright calls for the inclusion of the existing voters’ ID cards for the upcoming registration. Baba Issifu told Stephen Anti on TV3’s Midday Live on Tuesday, June 11 that what the Yaa-Naa said was that the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) must ensure that a large section of the voter population is covered during the registration. A group calling itself Anchoring Democracy Advocacy Movement on Wednesday petitioned the revered King of Dagbon over the EC’s resolve to compile a new register without recourse…

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Coast Archbishop Charles Gabriel Palmer-Buckle has made a strong case for the renewal and transformation of the minds of Ghanaians in order to achieve government’s vision of Ghana Beyond Aid. He said as an ardent fan of the late reggae sensation Bob Marley’s, emancipation from mental slavery at all times must go hand-in-hand with the renewal of minds in order to put Ghana beyond over-dependence on foreign aid. Archbishop Palmer-Buckle was speaking at a virtual forum hosted by the Office of the Senior Minister on Thursday, June 11 on how the country can brace the coronavirus…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the spread of the coronavirus pandemic is “accelerating” in Africa, which has so far been the least affected continent. The outbreak is being driven by 10 countries, which accounted for two thirds of about 200,000 confirmed cases on the continent, WHO Africa head Dr Matshidiso Moeti said. South Africa was the worst hit, with the situation in the Western Cape looking similar to Europe. Most of the continent’s Covid-19 cases are concentrated in and around capital cities, but infections are now also spreading outside major urban areas, Dr Moeti added. She warned…

Ahafo Region became the final region to record a case of coronavirus in Ghana after a 38-year-old man was confirmed positive. As a result of the latest confirmation, Ghana has now officially recorded a case in each of the 16 regions. The patient is said to be an ambulance driver who transported a patient to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) on Thursday, May 21. The driver and health workers aboard did not know the status of the patient sent to KATH. It was on Monday, May 25 that the patient was confirmed Covid-19 positive. “Nineteen staff who came into…

The Medical Superintendent at the Ga East Municipal Hospital, Dr Eben Oduro Mensah, has revealed that the centre is reducing the number of Covid-19 patients at the treatment base because of limited space for the increasing numbers. He told Alfred Ocansey on the Sunrise morning show on 3FM Thursday, June 11 that the facility only has 20 out of the 100 beds left to accommodate the patients, hence the need to send some of them, especially the asymptomatic ones to other treatment centres. The number of Covid-19 cases in Ghana has gone up to 10, 358, the Ghana Health Service…

The country’s coronavirus case count continues to rise after hitting the 10,000-mark last Tuesday. The latest update from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has seen 157 new infections recorded. This brings the total cumulative number of confirmed cases to 10,358 after almost three months since the first two cases were recorded in the country. The disease has since spread nationwide as all 16 regions have recorded at least a case. Recoveries over the past few days have not been impressive as only 69 recovered from the latest update by GHS. There were no new deaths, fortunately, keeping the number at…