Author: Krobea

Ghana’s Ambassador to India has stated that the Dome-Kwabenya Constituency is calling for a change, a change that will spike developments in the constituency. Mike Oquaye Jnr, who successfully filed his nomination forms to contest in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) primary, says his closest rival, the Deputy Majority Leader must be ready to support him should he win. Should he sail through his vetting, Mike Oquaye Jnr will be going toe-to-toe with Sarah Adjoa Safo to determine who represents the NPP in the December parliamentary elections. This will be the second time the two will be facing off in…

It promises to be a night of electrifying performances when six young and talented musicians mount the stage at the Accra International Conference Centre on Sunday 23rd February 2020 for the grand finale of currently the biggest music reality show in Ghana, Mentor Reloaded. After thirteen weeks of entertainment on Ghana’s leading television network, TV3, the six finalists will be battling it out on the night for the ultimate prize of a luxurious two-bedroom house located in a gated community in Accra. Apart from the thrilling performances from the six finalists, some of Ghana’s most sought after musicians will mount…

Is Erling-Braut Haaland’s super season a fluke or the genesis of something truly special, the beginning of football’s next big super star? Paris Saint Germain vs Borussia Dortmund was always meant to live up to the ionospheric hype and expectations surrounding it. It was supposed to be an epic showdown between Kylian Mbappé of PSG and Jadon Sancho of England; two players who have been widely tipped to take over from Messi and Ronaldo as the best players of the next generation. The night did prove to be memorable, but for another reason altogether, as Dortmund’s Norwegian teenage sensation Erling…

The Member of Parliament for the Effia Constituency in the Western Region, Joseph Cudjoe, has jeered at his parliamentary opponent for daring to contest him despite his glaring and towering developmental accomplishments in the constituency. He is convinced his contender is ill-informed since he maintains a simple assessment of his work as the Member of Parliament for Effia for the past eight years would have “jolted her from her slumber that she is embarking on a suicidal mission trying to contest me”. “I’m surprised that I am being contested because the performances are there to see and you can even…

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has condemned the recent demolishing carried out in the precincts of the Ghana Trade Fair Centre. In a statement issued by General Secretary Johnson Asiedu Nketia, the NDC said the move seems a “bizarre” and “capricious” application of state power by the Akufo-Addo-led government. In the early hours of Monday, February 17, the Ghana Trade Fair Company carried out its warnings to 21 companies to demolish their buildings despite pleas. One of the companies is Color Planet Limited, run by Raymond Archer, formerly of the Enquirer newspaper. “This is clearly an act of cowardice…

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed an interlocutory injunction seeking to stop the construction works being carried out in relation to the National Cathedral at Ridge in Accra. The Supreme Court unanimously held that Article 2 (2) of the 1992 Constitution makes provision for adequate remedy in case the action of the defendant failed or is declared unconstitutional. “In order not to prejudice the substantive matter, we will refrain from touching on the legal issues, the application for injunction is however dismissed,” the SC ruled. Jonathan Holm a businessman had gone to the SC on the basis that government has…

The Christian Council of Ghana (CCG) is to report to the police a journalist who authored a publication alleging that the Council has received an amount of GH¢145 million from the government to carry out election-related activities towards the December polls. The Council says it wants the journalist to provide “further and better particulars” of the allegation to the police because it has not received any money from the state. The Council on Tuesday denied receiving any such money from the government or any other state institution to carry out election-related activities. “No such amount had been credited to the…

Low-skilled workers would not get visas under post-Brexit immigration plans unveiled by the government. It is urging employers to “move away” from relying on “cheap labour” from Europe and invest in retaining staff and developing automation technology. The Home Office said EU and non-EU citizens coming to the UK would be treated equally after UK-EU free movement ends on 31 December. Labour said the “hostile environment” will make it hard to attract workers. But Home Secretary Priti Patel said the new system would mean “the brightest and the best will be able to come to the United Kingdom”. The government,…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated emphatically that the peace and stability of the nation which is being enjoyed by the Ghanaian people will be maintained in the aftermath of the 7th December general elections. President Akufo-Addo was speaking at the 20th anniversary celebration of the founding of the Tertiary Students Confederation (TESCON), on Tuesday, February 18, in Ho, in the Volta Region, in response to assertions made by the former President John Mahama to the effect that there will strife, conflict and chaos in the aftermath of the December 7 elections. Addressing a packed Ho Technical University auditorium,…

The Head of the Virology Department of Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Professor William Kwabena Ampofo, says seven out of the 21 cases tested for coronavirus showed symptoms as outlined by the Ghana Health Service despite all proving negative. He, therefore, called for vigilance and heightened effort as the disease is closer than probably thought. For him, Ghana is safe for now but measures have to be put in place to fight the disease in case of an outbreak. He admitted that the symptoms of the coronavirus disease are hard to tell and therefore makes the viral disease hard…