Author: Krobea

The Volta Regional branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Sunday ended a three-day fasting and prayer session to mark the beginning of 2020 electioneering and political activities. Regional and constituency executives of the Party and some Members of Parliament joined Friday Muslim prayers at Old Zongo Mosque, Ho Workers Estate. They also worshiped with the Xorla Seventh Day Adventist Church before climaxing with Sunday worship at the Winners Chapel International at Ho Dome. Mr James Gunu, the Regional Secretary of the Party, said the spiritual activity was to seek the face of God ahead of the December general election.…

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has condemned the shooting incident at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in the aftermath of Asante Kotoko’s 0-1 loss to Berekum Chelsea on Sunday. “We are saddened by reports of injuries to football fans and the hospitalization of a fan, following an alleged gun shooting incident,” the GFA said on Sunday, January 12. Supporters of Asante Kotoko staged a post-match protest against referee Charles Bulu for the lone goal scored by Kofi Owusu. Before then, fans had thrown objects onto the field when the seventh-minute goal was allowed. The protest resulted in a clash with…

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has responded after US President Donald Trump appeared to take the credit for Mr Abiy’s Nobel Peace Prize. Mr Abiy said he doesn’t have “any clue about the criteria, how the Nobel committee select an individual for the prize”. So he said that if Mr Trump wants to complain he must go to the Nobel Prize committee in Oslo. https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1216366722199904256?s=20 “I’m not working for the prize, I am working for peace, a very critical thing for our region,” he added. Mr Abiy was replying to a reporter’s question in South Africa’s capital Pretoria. In October…

Chief Executive Officer of the Nation Builders Corps (NABCo) Dr Ibrahim Anyars has been named one of the best CEOs in a recently conducted survey. Undoubtedly one of the best-performing state enterprise CEOs by all standards, Dr. Ibrahim Anyars was honoured as a result of the level of workable initiatives laid to bare at (NABCO), that has benefitted over 100,000 unemployed graduates. Dr. Anyars with his expertise and the passion to see his outfit succeed has lived up to the billing and helped the government address graduate joblessness. Dr. Anyars is one of the appointees of this present government whose…

Outlawed gold dealership firm Menzgold Ghana Limited has assured aggrieved customers that it is still committed to its payment schedule contrary to speculations in the media. “Menzgold still remains committed to the payment schedule,” emphasized a statement issued on Friday by the Head of Communications, Nii Armah Amarteifio. After some aggrieved customers from across the country had their protest at the residence of beleaguered Chief Executive Officer Nana Appiah Mensah botched on Wednesday, news circulated that the gold investment firm has suspended its plans to pay customers. The news also said Nana Appiah Mensah, NAM1 as he is popularly known,…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has charged stakeholders in the mass registration exercise of Ghanaians under the National Identification Authority (NIA) to abide by the deadline given. The mass registration began on April 29, 2019 and so far – as of Wednesday, January 8, 2019 – 6.5 million Ghanaians have been registered. The exercise is currently ongoing in the Ashanti Region, having been carried out in the Greater Accra, Volta, Northern, North-East, Savannah, Oti, Upper East, Upper West, Ahafo, Bono and Bono East regions. On Friday, January 10, President Akufo-Addo paid a courtesy call on Intelligent Card Production System (ICPS),…

US President Donald Trump seems to think that he was overlooked for last year’s Nobel Peace Prize. Why, what did he say? “I’m going to tell you about the Nobel Peace Prize, I’ll tell you about that. I made a deal, I saved a country, and I just heard that the head of that country is now getting the Nobel Peace Prize for saving the country. I said: ‘What, did I have something do with it?’ Yeah, but you know, that’s the way it is. As long as we know, that’s all that matters… I saved a big war, I’ve…

The Ghana Federation of Disability Organisations (GFD) has showered praise on the government for its recent directive to metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) to appoint at least one person living with disabilities (PWDs) for service. The directive was issued through the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development on Tuesday, December 24, 2019 in the Ministerial Guidelines. It is intended to open up local governance participation and involvement to more PWDs. A statement issued by the National President of GFD, Mawunyor Yakor-Dagbah, on Friday, January 10 said the Federation considered the directive a “pleasant news”, which has been conveyed…

A day before the district level elections which was held in December last year, I wrote on Facebook praising one man. He had stood for reelection as the Assemblyman for the Atoase Electoral Area in Sunyani in the Bono Region. Isaac Yaw Brenya, affectionately known by many as Koo Zee, was again vying for the seat he had ‘sat on’ for years. “Koo Zee would even use his own money to purchase streetlights if government does not provide such. And, here is a man who could turn himself into a watchman at night to face thieves,” I wrote. Then, as…

Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia left Accra on Thursday night for the United States of America (USA). Vice President Bawumia will be in Texas, to be precise. A statement issued by the Director Communications at his office, Frank Agyei-Twum, said the vice president will “undertake a number of official engagements”. “Amongst others, Vice President Bawumia is scheduled to meet with a number of a number of business leaders, investors and the Ghanaian diaspora.” He is expected to return on Monday, January 13. Source: 3news.com|Ghana