Author: Krobea

The Queen will meet senior royals in Sandringham later to discuss the future roles of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Prince Harry, the Duke of Cambridge and the Prince of Wales will all attend, while Meghan is expected to join the discussion by phone from Canada. The Sussexes say they plan to step back as senior members of the Royal Family. BBC royal correspondent Jonny Dymond described the meeting as “royal history in the making”. It is hoped the talks will produce a “next step” on the way to defining the couple’s new relationship with the Royal Family -…

Every new year comes with its own excitement. While many of us are expectant of our dreams coming to pass, many more are so certain things will be better just because it is a new year. Unfortunately, nothing changes in a new year except the calendar. A day is still made up of 24 hours. 7 days still make a week whether it is a new year or not. Until we change our habits in 2020, thus, nothing about it will be any different from 2019. Until we resort to new strategies and inculcate new habits, we will keep getting…

The Volta Regional branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Sunday ended a three-day fasting and prayer session to mark the beginning of 2020 electioneering and political activities. Regional and constituency executives of the Party and some Members of Parliament joined Friday Muslim prayers at Old Zongo Mosque, Ho Workers Estate. They also worshiped with the Xorla Seventh Day Adventist Church before climaxing with Sunday worship at the Winners Chapel International at Ho Dome. Mr James Gunu, the Regional Secretary of the Party, said the spiritual activity was to seek the face of God ahead of the December general election.…

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has condemned the shooting incident at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in the aftermath of Asante Kotoko’s 0-1 loss to Berekum Chelsea on Sunday. “We are saddened by reports of injuries to football fans and the hospitalization of a fan, following an alleged gun shooting incident,” the GFA said on Sunday, January 12. Supporters of Asante Kotoko staged a post-match protest against referee Charles Bulu for the lone goal scored by Kofi Owusu. Before then, fans had thrown objects onto the field when the seventh-minute goal was allowed. The protest resulted in a clash with…

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has responded after US President Donald Trump appeared to take the credit for Mr Abiy’s Nobel Peace Prize. Mr Abiy said he doesn’t have “any clue about the criteria, how the Nobel committee select an individual for the prize”. So he said that if Mr Trump wants to complain he must go to the Nobel Prize committee in Oslo. https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1216366722199904256?s=20 “I’m not working for the prize, I am working for peace, a very critical thing for our region,” he added. Mr Abiy was replying to a reporter’s question in South Africa’s capital Pretoria. In October…

Chief Executive Officer of the Nation Builders Corps (NABCo) Dr Ibrahim Anyars has been named one of the best CEOs in a recently conducted survey. Undoubtedly one of the best-performing state enterprise CEOs by all standards, Dr. Ibrahim Anyars was honoured as a result of the level of workable initiatives laid to bare at (NABCO), that has benefitted over 100,000 unemployed graduates. Dr. Anyars with his expertise and the passion to see his outfit succeed has lived up to the billing and helped the government address graduate joblessness. Dr. Anyars is one of the appointees of this present government whose…

Outlawed gold dealership firm Menzgold Ghana Limited has assured aggrieved customers that it is still committed to its payment schedule contrary to speculations in the media. “Menzgold still remains committed to the payment schedule,” emphasized a statement issued on Friday by the Head of Communications, Nii Armah Amarteifio. After some aggrieved customers from across the country had their protest at the residence of beleaguered Chief Executive Officer Nana Appiah Mensah botched on Wednesday, news circulated that the gold investment firm has suspended its plans to pay customers. The news also said Nana Appiah Mensah, NAM1 as he is popularly known,…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has charged stakeholders in the mass registration exercise of Ghanaians under the National Identification Authority (NIA) to abide by the deadline given. The mass registration began on April 29, 2019 and so far – as of Wednesday, January 8, 2019 – 6.5 million Ghanaians have been registered. The exercise is currently ongoing in the Ashanti Region, having been carried out in the Greater Accra, Volta, Northern, North-East, Savannah, Oti, Upper East, Upper West, Ahafo, Bono and Bono East regions. On Friday, January 10, President Akufo-Addo paid a courtesy call on Intelligent Card Production System (ICPS),…

US President Donald Trump seems to think that he was overlooked for last year’s Nobel Peace Prize. Why, what did he say? “I’m going to tell you about the Nobel Peace Prize, I’ll tell you about that. I made a deal, I saved a country, and I just heard that the head of that country is now getting the Nobel Peace Prize for saving the country. I said: ‘What, did I have something do with it?’ Yeah, but you know, that’s the way it is. As long as we know, that’s all that matters… I saved a big war, I’ve…

The Ghana Federation of Disability Organisations (GFD) has showered praise on the government for its recent directive to metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) to appoint at least one person living with disabilities (PWDs) for service. The directive was issued through the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development on Tuesday, December 24, 2019 in the Ministerial Guidelines. It is intended to open up local governance participation and involvement to more PWDs. A statement issued by the National President of GFD, Mawunyor Yakor-Dagbah, on Friday, January 10 said the Federation considered the directive a “pleasant news”, which has been conveyed…