Author: Krobea

The Kasoa Central District has arrested one Abdulai Hakuy, a Nigerien for attempting to obtain a Ghana Card at the ongoing National Identification Authority registration exercise at Adam Nana a suburb of Kasoa last week. According to the District Police Commander of Kasoa, Superintendent Samuel Odame, on February 20th, the suspect appeared at the registration centre with one other person by name Nurudeen Mohammed, who claimed to be a Ghanaian to guarantee for Abdulai Hakuy (the suspect). He said however, the registration officials became suspicious and decided to interrogate the two people. The commander said in the course of the…

Government through the Ministry of Finance has released GH¢5 billion to the receiver of the defunct Savings and Loans and microfinance companies to “fully settle all validated claims due depositors”. This was contained in a statement issued by the Ministry on Monday, February 24. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo had hinted in his message on the state of the nation in Parliament last Thursday that measures have been put in place to settle the customers from Monday. According to the statement, by the release of the funds “all depositors will now be paid in full”. This comes after government spent…

Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of two counts in his sexual assault trial. Weinstein, 67, was convicted on lesser charges of third-degree rape and a criminal sexual act in the first degree and faces up to 25 years in prison. But he was acquitted of the most serious charges of predatory sexual assault. He had denied all charges. He still faces more charges in Los Angeles of rape and sexual assault of two women in 2013. More than 80 women, including famous actresses, had accused him of sexual misconduct stretching back decades. What happened in court?…

Dredging works for the construction of the Takoradi Integrated Containers and Multipurpose Terminal at the Port of Takoradi has begun. The construction of the terminal, to be known as Atlantic Terminal, is being done by a wholly Ghanaian company, Ibistek Company Ltd. The contractor, Jan De Nul, is projecting to finish the work by April 2020 to allow for the commencement of the construction of the quay wall for the terminal. Jan De Nul commenced dredging works in February, 2020. A Cutter Suction Dredger (CSD) known as ‘CSD Zhen He‘ is cutting the basin of the sea where the terminal…

The BBC is seeking a rising star of African journalism for the BBC World News Komla Dumor Award, now in its sixth year. Journalists from across Africa are invited to apply for the award, which aims to uncover and promote fresh talent from the continent. The winner will spend three months at the BBC headquarters in London, gaining skills and experience. Applications close on 16 March 2020 at 23:59 GMT. The award was established to honour Komla Dumor, an exceptional Ghanaian broadcaster and presenter for BBC World News, who died suddenly aged 41 in 2014. This year’s award is being…

Three World Rugby Trainers under leadership of Denver Wannies (South Africa) with Johnbosco Muamba (Kenya) and Dr Ben Mahinda embarked on a historic mission in Ghana to start training local candidates to also become Trainers. According to Ghana Rugby President and Board Chairman, Herbert Mensah, the occasion was momentous as it will liberate the Union from the need to wait for the availability of Rugby Africa Trainers to undertake Level 1 training of coaches in Ghana. “Given the ambitious drive to penetrate schools with the World Rugby “Get Into Rugby” (GIR) youth education programme and plans for the expansion of…

Minister of Education Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh and USAID/Ghana Mission Director Sharon L. Cromer last Friday, February 21 launched the end-line impact evaluation report for the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Early Grade Reading programme.  The ceremony, hosted by the Minister at the Ministry of Education (MoE), also saw the launch of the Distribution and Production of instructional materials for the Transition to English (T2E) activity. The collaboration between USAID/Ghana and Ghana’s Ministry of Education is one of the key partnerships between the Republic of Ghana and the United States of America focused on promoting a quality education…

Life can be good sometimes. At other times, it may hurt us so badly. Life can be one whole jolly ride at a point… and before one knows, so many vicissitudes have ambushed them. There are ups and downs in this life. They are our fat and lean seasons. We can’t have it all every time. Life can’t be rosy all through even though we wish it were. There will be times for enjoyment and times for managing scarce resources. There will be times of abundance and those of lack. Like in the days of Joseph in Egypt, there will…

Gospel singer, rapper and spoken word artiste Chosen YesuBa has hinted of the release of a new music video from his recent Last Days EP mixtape. The Last Days EP is a gospel rap piece which was released last year with one video titled ‘Soul Grind’. The gospel mixtape album had seven songs. Chosen YesuBa after some media tour and ministrations is bouncing back to the scenes with another amazing music video from the mixtape. The music video was shot and edited by Director Tee, the new music video sensation in the industry. Watch Soul Grind video by Chosen Yesuba…

Have you ever thought of what the Black Stars would have looked like in the past or now with Marcel Desailly, Memphis Depay or the many players with Ghanaian heritage who have played for other countries? The Black Stars in recent years have had their nests raided for young talent by the predators of the West. Memphis Depay, Jerome Boateng, Mario Balotelli and Danny Welbeck are some notable stars in a galaxy of others who have chosen to shine with the colours of a foreign nation instead of their own motherland Ghana. The poaching of our talent from the ‘big’…