Author: Krobea

The Western Region Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Nana Toku, has charged journalists to use the same yardstick they used to measure the performance of the past Mahama administration in assessing the Akufo-Addo administration. Nana Toku said it is regrettable that some media practitioners, who viciously criticized the past NDC government for certain decisions they deemed bad for the country, have gone quiet and are watching on while the same and, according to him, even worse decisions are being taken by the Akufo-Addo-led government. The regional chairman expressed the concern when he and his regional executives met…

Members of the National Fisheries Association of Ghana (NAFAG) have given the Fisheries Commission 48 hours to withdraw the new licence fees announced for 2020. Among other reasons, NAFAG says members were given too short a notice for implementation of the decision. The Fisheries Commission, in a notice on Tuesday, December 31, 2019, announced a chargeable rate of $200 or its equivalent at the prevailing Bank of Ghana rate as licence fees for all industrial fishing vessels. According to the notice signed by Michael Arthur-Dadzie, the Executive Director of the Commission, the new licence fees were approved by the Ministry…

It’s news that does not surprise many, but it certainly changes the landscape in the national football circles in Ghana. Not one but as many as seven head coaches of the various national sides all lose their jobs in one massive clear-out. The biggest fish in the pond, however, is Kwesi Appiah, whose contract had expired, nevertheless. Not all second comings end well. They usually don’t. Think of Harry Redknapp at Portsmouth. He guided them through the unthinkable in his first stint, but after returning from Southampton for a second assignment, he could not save them from relegation. Jose Mourinho…

Black Stars coach James Kwesi Appiah is no longer in charge of the senior national men’s soccer team after the Ghana Football Association (GFA) dissolved all technical teams of the various national teams. The decision, which takes immediate effect, “affects both male and female national teams,” a statement from the Communications Department of the Association on Thursday said. The decision means all coaches handling all the national teams – together with their backroom staff – will have to renegotiate new deals if an opportunity is given. Head coach of Black Stars B Maxwell Konadu has since joined former side Asante…

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is planning a series of mass actions to stop the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) from changing the country’s voter management system, its Deputy General Secretary has hinted. Peter Boamah Otokunor said scores of disenchanted Ghanaians will be rallied by the largest opposition party to stop the EC from going ahead with its plan to replace the voters’ register. The Commission through its Deputy Chairman in charge of Operations, Samuel Tettey,on Tuesday, December 31, 2019 reiterated the need for a new system to manage the register, saying the current system cannot meet the requirements to support…

Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, became $4.3 billion richer in 2019 as his fortune continued to grow on the back of investments in cement, flour and sugar. The 62-year-old Nigerian businessman and Africa’s most prominent industrialist ended the decade with a net worth of almost $15 billion, making him the 96th wealthiest man in the world, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Born into a wealthy Muslim family of traders in the north, Dangote incorporated his own business selling cement at 21. He shifted to manufacturing the building material in the 1990s, helped by government policies that encouraged ways to…

A Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Boamah Otokunor, says the largest opposition party is leading almost every poll released in connection with the 2020 elections. “Polls that have been released this year indicate that the NDC is leading [in] chances to win 2020,” he told TV3’s Selorm Amenyah in an interview on Thursday, January 2. Asked which polls made the predictions, Mr Otokunor mentioned particularly the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) and “several online polls” as predicting such an outcome in December. The Registrar of Ghana Institute of Social Democracy (GISD), NDC’s training school,…

Celebrated media personality Kobi Hemaa Osisiadan-Bekoe has been adjudged TV Personality of the Year 2019 at the Ghana Leadership Awards. At the event held at the Accra City Hotel, the entrepreneur, PUBLIC RELations practitioner and a consistent Made-in-Ghana campaigner received commendations from high profile personalities. Ghana Leadership Awards is a prestigious event that seeks to celebrate and recognize most outstanding and exemplary leadership that positively impacts the development of Ghana and Africa as a whole. This year’s event was held under the theme: ‘The Leadership Future of the Ghanaian and the African Youth’. According to the organizers, the honours were conferred on…

Popular dancehall artiste Shatta Wale has been billed to perform on Friday at the Accra Sports Stadium ahead of the Ghana Premier League clash between Legon Cities FC and Asante Kotoko SC. It is a Match Day 2 fixture for the two sides in the 2019/20 League. The performance by the ‘My Level’ hitmaker forms part of the campaign to get fans throng the various stadia as the Ghana Football Association (GFA) wants to #BringBackTheLove. Tickets to the clash sell as low as GH¢10. It starts at 6:00pm. Legon Cities FC, formerly known as Wa All Stars, drew 2-2 with…

Richard Commey lost his IBF Lightweight title in crushing and humiliating fashion, suffering a comprehensive second round beating at the hands of Teofimo Lopez at the Madison Square Garden in New York.  The Ghanaian was floored a minute into the second round, before stumbling and regaining his composure but was then subjected to a flurry of punches that forced the referee to stop the fight and call time on his short reign as a world champion. https://twitter.com/OtiAdjei/status/1206061797339521025?s=20 Commey had spoken about how he just could not fail and how much he was going to give everything to retain his title.…