Author: Krobea

Digital payment firm Payboy Company Limited has abrogated its agreement with Menzgold Ghana Limited, a few days after the arrest of some of its officials by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO). An emergency management meeting held on Friday, May 29 came to the decision, and not allow any Menzgold customer entry to its premises “on the basis of negotiating and facilitating mutually acceptable payment mode or manner for the indebted client”. Payboy on Friday, February 7 signed the Payment Facilitation Company with Menzgold to facilitate the reimbursement of aggrieved customers whose funds were locked up following the suspension…

Member of Parliament for Tamale Central Constituency Alhaji Inusah Fuseini says the only reason why the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) is bent on compiling a new register is to rig the December 7 elections for incumbent Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. He said it just defies “common sense” for the existing voters’ roll to be discarded when it will be the very one to be fallen back on in case there is a by-election, for instance. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP, therefore, reiterated his party’s stance to resist the compilation of the exercise even with “our blood”. The former Minister…

Management of the Media General Group, Ghana’s leading media company on Friday, May 29 announced new appointments and changes in its senior management team effective Monday, June 1. Francis Doku, the General Manager for MG Digital Limited and General Manager of MG Radio, has been appointed as the new General Manager for MG Television, responsible for TV3 Network and Onua TV. Micheal Oti-Adjei, who is currently the Group Head of Sports, will assume the role of General Manager, MG Digital and will be in charge of the digital direction of the group. Head of Production at Adesa Production Limited Afeafa…

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…