Author: Krobea

A scramble for the ball in the Cameroonian penalty area between Ghana’s Habib Mohammed and Kwabena Owusu culminated in the former hitting the back of the net to rescue a point for the Black Meteors in their opening game at the Africa U-23 Cup of Nations. The Cameroonians had taken the lead in the 59th minute with a sublime free-kick from Franck Evina. This put pressure on Ibrahim Tanko’s men to draw level in order to harbour hopes of qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Games as hosts Egypt had beaten Mali 1-0 in the earlier Group A game on Friday…

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Groupe Nduom Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom has expressed disappointment in a decision by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to revoke the license of Blackshield Capital Management. The company was named so out of Gold Coast Fund Management after the latter came under stress from aggrieved customers, leading to suspension of operation by SEC. On Friday, November 8, Blackshield Capital Management was named among 53 fund management companies whose licenses were revoked by SEC. SEC cracks the whip; revokes licenses of 53 investment firms According to a notice by the Commission, Blackshield Capital Management…

Gold Fields Ghana Limited through its foundation is spending a total of $500,000 to train 47 university graduates from its host communities in mining and its related fields of work for the next two years. Dubbed the Gold Fields Ghana Foundation Graduate Trainee Programme, the training intends to create a pool of rich human resource for the extractive sector by enrolling university graduates who have completed National Service on a two-year structured and on-the-job training and development. To guarantee better learning outcomes the Learning and Development Department of the company has structured the training to enhance the learning experience by…

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Benjamin Agordzo, who is standing trial for treason, has been interdicted, 3news.com has gathered. The former Director of the Police Transformation Office was interdicted as his trial is against the code of ethics of the Ghana Police Service. This was communicated to him Friday after a Kaneshie District Court dismissed his application challenging his remand. Court overrules Dr Agordo in ‘coup plot’ case; proceeds to remand him Per the Service’s regulations, CI 76 of 2012, a serving officer facing criminal charges must be interdicted or in other words relieved of his post for 90 days…

Director of Communications at the Jubilee House Eugene Arhin has rubbished reports of the president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, being rushed to hospital last Wednesday. A video has been making rounds on social media and said to have captured the president at Nyaho Clinic in Accra for medical attention. “For the avoidance of doubt, no such thing happened,” Mr Arhin wrote on his Facebook page on Friday, November 8. He explained that President Akufo-Addo was indeed at the Nyaho Clinic but was there to visit a staunch member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Tommy Amematekpor, who was on admission…

The Black Meteors will be hoping to begin their campaign at the Cairo International Stadium with a flyer when they face their counterparts from Cameroon later tonight. This competition, set up in 2011 as the qualification ticket for the Olympics, is an eight-nation tournament Ghana has never played in. This is the first time the Black Meteors have qualified for the showpiece and are hoping it goes according to plan so they can end the country’s 15-year absence from the Olympic Games. “I have confidence in the team I have put out and I believe the boys can grab the…

The contagion effect of Ghana’s financial crises appears to have hit the operations of Credit Reference Bureau’s in the country. Checks by TV3 Business reveal the closedown of banks and other financial institutions have greatly impacted on the bottom-line of the three credit reference bureaus (CRBs) namely XDS Data, Dun and Brudstreet and Hudson Price Data Solution. The CRBs make their monies largely based on charges on subscription with unlimited usage. XDS Data, for instance, which had over 200 clients before the revocation of licenses now has just about 83 active client user base with the closure of some banks,…

A family of one of the dead Takoradi girls has met the police administration requesting the skeletal remains for interment. Both parents of Ruth Abekah say they are satisfied with police investigations and ready to bury the child, who they believe is dead. In August this year, a team from the Ghana Police Service in the company of a psychiatrist visited the family of Ruth Abekah, the fourth missing girl, to take samples for the DNA test. Subsequently, the police DNA and forensic report confirmed the death of the girls including Ruth Abekah. But families of three of the girls…

Newly elected GFA President Kurt Edwin Simeon Okraku says defeated aspirant Amanda Akuokor Clinton has something to offer and she is likely to play a role in his administration. The British-trained lawyer did not get any votes, just like George Ankomah Mensah, in the October 25 elections that saw the Dreams FC owner elected head of the country’s football-governing body. She has since offered herself up to serve in any role by the new administration. Amanda Clinton wants GFA post; spent almost $5,000 on campaign And this offer appears to be coming her way as Kurt Okraku has promised to…