Author: Krobea

National sprint star Benjamin Kwaku Azamati lived up to the billing after clinching Gold in the men’s 100m final in the ongoing GUSA Games. Azamati, representing the University of Ghana, clocked a time of 10.60s to beat University of Cape Coast’s Edwin Gadayi (10.64s) and University of Development Studies’ Fuseini Ibrahim (10.67s). Coincidentally, Azamati had raced the two in the heats earlier on Wednesday, January 8. He, however, did a better time of 10.56s to beat Gadayi (10.67s) and Ibrahim (10.71s). Azamati was a member of Ghana’s 4 X 100m team that won Gold at the All Africa Games last…

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have announced they will step back as “senior” royals and divide time between UK and North America. In a statement released by Buckingham Palace, the couple said they plan to “carve out a progressive new role within this institution”. They said they intend to “work to become financially independent”. Last October, Prince Harry and Meghan publicly revealed their struggles under the media spotlight. In their statement, also posted on their Instagram page, the couple said they made the decision “after many months of reflection and internal discussions” “We intend to step back as ‘senior’…

A Tamale magistrate court presided over by Amadu Issifu on Wednesday, January 8 remanded Dramani Zakaria and Abdul Rahaman into prison custody. The two were charged with murder, the Salaga District Police Commander, DSP David Kofi Kumah, revealed. Suspects Abdul Rahaman Yussif and Dramani Zakaria were picked up from different locations on Sunday evening and Monday morning respectively, DSP David Kofi-Kumah said. While Dramani Zakaria was arrested at Kpembe, Abdul Rahaman Yussif was picked from his hideout. Two persons died in a clash between natives of Kpalbusi and Mujipe in the North East Gonja District of the Savannah Region on…

The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) says a compilation of a new register by the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) without the utilization of the National Identification System will be a wasteful venture. The second largest opposition party said its position on the new voters’ register had been contingent upon the beginning of the implementation of the Ghana Card by the National Identification Authority (NIA). “It is in this respect that we were gravely concerned and disappointed at the news that the Parliament of Ghana approved the budget for the Electoral Commission to compile a new voters’ register for the 2020 elections,”…

The University of Education, Winneba (UEW) has responded to recent comments made by former President Jerry John Rawlings on the occasion of the commemoration of the 31st December 1981 revolution. Mr Rawlings had called for the immediate interdiction of the Vice Chancellor, Reverend Professor Anthony Afful-Broni, whom he accused of trampling on the rights of some other senior members of the university. “From the records of EOCO and other state agencies, the affected individuals were exonerated as there was no evidence of misconduct established against them,” the former president told a gathering at Winneba in the Central Region. “Ironically, the…

I feel obliged to throw my hat into the ring of grading the Akufo-Addo government. I take on this task after carefully observing three other similar ratings, only one of which was based on any meaningful data. The scores, however, tell on both our expectations and how much we are willing to excuse Ghana’s current administration. The government led by son of a former ceremonial head of state under the Second Republic obviously deserves an A++ rating for turning the West African nation into a new haven where not much seems to be working. As promised during the electioneering, the…

Senegal captain Sadio Mane has beaten competition from Egypt’s Mohamed Salah and Algeria’s Riyad Mahrez to be crowned the 2019 African Footballer of the Year. At an awards ceremony held in Egypt on Tuesday, January 7, the Senegalese was named as successor to his Liverpool FC mate Salah, who has won the award in the past two years. Despite losing the final of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, settling for Silver for the Teranga Lions, Mane helped his club to the 2018/2019 UEFA Champions League and the 2019 Super Cup as well as the FIFA Club World Cup. “I…

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has congratulated the newly sworn in Chief Justice, Kwasi Anin Yeboah. Justice Anin Yeboah has been known by the football fraternity for his previous roles right from the chairmanship of the Disciplinary Committee of the Eastern Region FA to the chairmanship of the GFA’s Disciplinary and Appeals committees. “We are profoundly proud, but unsurprised by the achievements and the well-deserved elevation of Justice Anin Yeboah,” a statement from the country’s football-governing body said on Tuesday, a few hours after the Supreme Court judge was sworn in. New CJ takes office today According to the GFA,…

The Paramount Chief of Asokore Asante in the Ashanti Region, Nana Dr S.K.B Asante, has called for chiefs being given a representation in governance at the District Assembly level. According to him, government would need the help of traditional rulers to carry out successful developmental projects in the country. The lawyer, whose stool name is Nana Susubribri Krobea Asante, said multi-party system of governance should not be an impediment to development. Therefore, he called for a national development plan to guide politicians in order to, for instance, reduce the rate of dissolution of various boards of institutions when a new…

The Head of the Currency Processing Operations at the Bank of Ghana, Dominic Owusu, has disclosed that Bank of Ghana has no intention of setting up a printing facility to print Cedis anytime soon. “We don’t have the capacity and it is a very expensive venture,” he stated. He said the Bank of Ghana will “continue to leave that capital intensive, highly technologically advanced and sophisticated job to the experts for now”. Mr. Owusu’s comments follow growing concerns from the public for Bank of Ghana to consider printing the Cedi in the country. The concerns were renewed after the introduction…