Author: Krobea

A fantastic lobbed through ball from Mateo Kovacic split the Manchester City defence and found N’Golo Kante who had timed his run to perfection. The World Cup winner and former PFA Player of the Year took the ball down and past Fernandinho with his right foot and squirmed it past Ederson with his left, sending Chelsea fans into rapturous ecstasy.  They were after all just eight points behind Liverpool and after accumulating an impressive twenty four points out of the first thirty six available, a win would have meant they were well and truly in the title race. They didn’t…

The Member of Parliament for Takoradi Constituency, Kwabena Otchere Darko Mensah, has berated members of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) who tout themselves as members only when the party is in power. It disgusts him to see people parading themselves as members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) only when they are seeking something for their personal interest. He is particularly incensed that sometimes some affluent members of the party will keep their wealth to themselves when the party is in opposition and watch on while the party struggles for funds for its activities. “It must be said that…

For the first time in the history of music reality shows, the winner of TV3 Mentor Reloaded will receive a posh two-bedroom house. Ordinarily, the bragging rights alone as the winner of the best musical talent in Ghana’s most sought after music reality show – TV3 Mentor – is big enough. Just check the records. But to receive a never done before prize of a luxurious two-bedroom house in a gated community in Accra is one definitely for the history books. It is unprecedented! Six contestants are now in the running for that ultimate prize, the fame, and opportunities that…

Police in Ho have rescued 14 children trafficked from Tatale in the Northern Region to Adjena, near Akosombo in the Eastern Region, to work on vegetable farms. The children, eleven boys and three girls, aged 10 to 16, were rescued in transit at Juapong in the Volta Region on February 07. A press release from the Regional Police Command said the traffickers; Owusu Dever, 42, and Ndonda Nakoja, 74, were standing trial in a Ho Circuit Court. The release said investigations showed that parents of the children would receive GH¢2,000.00 on each child, a year, for working on the farm.…

Lesotho’s Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, 80, is to be charged with the murder of his estranged wife Lipolelo Thabane, police have said. Mr Thabane announced he would be stepping down in July because of old age, without commenting about the case. His current wife Maesaiah Thabane has already been charged with the murder. He would be the first African leader to be charged with a domestic murder while in office, in a case that has shocked the tiny mountain kingdom. Lipolelo, 58, was shot dead two days before Mr Thabane became prime minister in 2017. At the time, he described…

Aduana Stars and Asante Kotoko have been involved in what many have described as a bizarre incident at Dormaa Ahenkro in the Bono Region. The two sides played with ten players apiece instead of 11 on the field for 90 minutes. Aduana defender Farouk Adams and Kotoko midfielder Martin Antwi were seen sitting on the touchline both waiting for the other to enter the pitch first. The two coaches, Maxwell Konadu and WO1 Paul Tandoh for Kotoko and Aduana respectively, turned a blind eye to this incident and when Kotoko coach, Maxwell Konadu was asked why he did not start…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has thanked Hollywood actor Boris Kodjoe and international marketing icon Bozoma Saint John for their immense contribution to the success of the ‘Year of Return’ celebration last year. The President, while addressing Parliament on the State of the Nation on Thursday, acknowledged the two personalities for using their star power to attract thousands to the country. “I should thank two people, in particular, who have embraced their Ghanaian heritage and have played a key role in our effort to building lasting bridges between Ghana and African-Americans: Hollywood star, Boris Kodjoe and international marketing icon, Bozoma…

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) to be led by Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in the December 7 elections has assumed the ambitious task of winning all 275 seats in Parliament. This stems from the desertion of Parliament on Thursday, February 20 at the start of the delivery of the president’s state-of-the-nation address by the Minority Caucus. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) members, who form the Minority Caucus, had claimed they cannot be in Parliament to listen to an oppressor in the president. But despite visibly worried by the action of the Minority members, President Akufo-Addo delivered his address. He concluded…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has underscored the successes chalked by his government after three years. He attributed this to the “competent hands” managing the affairs of the country. “Mr Speaker, we have a good story to tell in many areas,” he said in Parliament on Thursday. President Akufo-Addo was delivering the state-of-the-nation message in fulfilment of Article 67 of the 1992 Constitution. He concluded that the current state of the nation is in good health. “Once moribund state enterprises have been revitalized,” he cited, listing many of these enterprises, which have “been given a new lease of life”. “Digitisation…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured Ghanaians based in China that “if it becomes necessary”, they will be brought home in the face of the coronavirus outbreak. He disclosed that he has already written to his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, to condole with him over the deadly viral diseasse. The outbreak of the novel coronavirus has left in its trail almost 2,000 deaths with over 72,000 confirmed cases recorded. Its epicenter is Wuhan in the Hubei Province of China. That province accommodates about 300 Ghanaian students. Delivering the 2020 state-of-the-nation address on Thursday, February 20, President Akufo-Addo said he…