Author: Krobea

The British government has suspended its funding of the Commonwealth Secretariat, the body that runs the international organisation from London, the BBC has learned. UK diplomats have told Lady Scotland, the secretary-general of the Commonwealth, that Britain’s annual £4.7m voluntary contribution will be withheld until her secretariat improves its financial procedures. The Secretariat insisted it was implementing recommendations made by external auditors. The UK decision came after Lady Scotland was criticised by auditors for “circumventing” usual competitive tendering rules when she awarded a lucrative consultancy contract to a company run by a friend. The auditors also discovered that procurement rules…

Former President John Dramani Mahama will on Wednesday, February 12 be part of a forum to be organized by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Accra. The forum, part of the Policy Dialogue Series of the largest opposition party, will see stalwarts talk about corruption in Ghana’s energy sector. It is dubbed: ‘State of Ghana’s Energy Sector: Confronting Corruption and Ensuring Wealth Creation For All, Not A Few’. It is scheduled to start at 1:00pm. The party’s leader and 2020 flagbearer took to Facebook to invite followers to the programme. The last of the Series was held last year. Source:…

Black Queens midfielder Priscilla Okyere made three assists on her debut for FC Gintra Universitetas in Lithuania as they thrashed MFK Kauno Žagiris 7-0. The 24-year-old was handed a starting berth and she impressed in her first outing for the club in the Lithuanian Women’s Winter Tournament. After the game, she took to Twitter to express her excitement. “Happy to have assisted three goals on my debut for FC Gintra Universitetas against MFK Kauno Žagiris. More coming your way in subsequent matches. God is the reason #KAKA14.” She joined the club on a one-year deal from Spanish side Rayo Femenino.…

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has predicted that the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) will come hard at him after delivering an address at the Government Townhall Meeting and Results Fair in Kumasi. But he called on participants of the Fair to challenge the NDC to back their “contrary” opinions with data. For him, the NPP has outperformed the NDC in every sphere of the economy when you compare the two governments. “I have no doubt that the NDC will come out and challenge what I have said here today,” Vice President Bawumia predicted. “But when they come out, ask…

Referee Hamid Sessay has been handed a four match ban in respect of the Ghana Premier League match between Great Olympics and WAFA in Accra. The GFA Referees Committee took this decision after receiving two complaints from Great Olympics on the performance of the Referee. The first complaint was on a penalty claim after Gladson Awako “was heavily brought down” on 62 minute inside the penalty box. The second complaint relates to a foul on the same player in the 70th minute which Olympics again felt they deserved a penalty. After a critical review, the Committee found that the referee…

The World Health Organization says the official name for the disease caused by the new coronavirus is Covid-2019. “We now have a name for the disease and it’s Covid-19,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters in Geneva. It comes after the death toll from the virus passed 1,000. Tens of thousands of people have been infected. The word coronavirus refers to the group of viruses it belongs to, rather than the latest strain. Researchers have been calling for an official name to avoid confusion and stigmatisation of any group or country. “We had to find a name that did…

Two school girls have been reported missing in Mallam and Gbawe, in the Greater Accra Region. According to a report from the Accra Regional Public Affairs Unit of the Ghana Police Service, the children – Betty Afanyibo and Theresa Koranteng – left home for school last Friday. But their guardians – Desmond Afanyibo and Stephen Okoampah respectively – said they have not returned since. Both children are said to be 15 years of age. All efforts to find them have proved futile, according to the police. Therefore, they are appealing to the public for information on the girls’ whereabouts. The…

Supreme Court justice Gertrude Torkornoo has admonished students of the Faculty of Law of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) to prioritize integrity as they develop themselves to be future lawyers.  Addressing this year’s Legal Luminaries’ Platform of the Faculty as the keynote speaker, Justice Trokornoo advised students to stick to integrity as they are being trained to become future leaders. “When a person walks with integrity, there is a lack of duplicity. There is a lack of deception but consistent presence of conduct and truth-telling. What you see is what you get and there is no divineness,” she said.…

Society, oftentimes, has subtle ways of reminding you that you aren’t growing any younger. Inasmuch as it’s awesome to marry early, it is more important to consider walking down the aisle when you are ready. Would anyone ever get ready for marriage? Of course yes. One needs to be prepared physically, financially, mentally and even spiritually. Even though marriage is not rocket science, it is not an alphabet recitation either. It is hard work. It is teamwork. Poor preparation has always been the best recipe for divorce. Marriage is for the mature. It is not for those who can’t keep…

Mr Herbert Mensah, President and Board Chairman of Ghana Rugby, announced the holding of a “Ghana Rugby Stakeholders Congress” from his office in Accra. According to Mensah, the very first thing he and his administration did in June 2014 when they took over the reins of Ghana Rugby was to hold a similar Stakeholder Congress. “The Stakeholder Congress we held in 2014 formed the basis of the 2014 Ghana Rugby Blueprint we put together which eventually resulted in most of what we did, including the ten-team domestic league, resuscitation of women’s rugby and the youth development “Get Into Rugby Programme,”…