Author: Krobea

Cristiano Ronaldo returned from injury with a goal as Serie A champions Juventus maintained their unbeaten start to the season by beating SPAL. Ronaldo had missed the win over Brescia with an adductor problem, but powered home a header in the second half. Juve took the lead through Miralem Pjanic’s stunning curling strike on the stroke of half-time. SPAL keeper Etrit Berisha made stunning saves to keep out close-range headers from Aaron Ramsey and Sami Khedira. Meanwhile, legendary goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, 41, played his 903rd career game, a record for an Italian player, surpassing former AC Milan defender Paolo Maldini.…

The District Chief Executive of Pusiga, Abdulai Zubeiru, had to be rushed to the Akunye Memorial Hospital in Pusiga on Saturday, September 28 after he fainted. Mr Zubeiru fainted immediately he was declared loser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) primary in the Pusiga Constituency. Mr Zubeiru polled 197 votes, just seven votes short of winner Abdul Karim Dubure’s. Per the results, Mr Dubure will face Laadi Ayi Ayamba in the 2020 elections. The DCE is said to have harboured high hopes of winning Saturday’s primaries. But his hopes were dashed after his closest contender polled 204 votes of the…

Bernard Nii Anyaa Brown has won the Ablekuma South Constituency primary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). He beat Samuel Sarbah Lartey to set up a showdown with former Accra mayor Dr Alfred Oko Vanderpuije in the 2020 elections. The NPP held parliamentary primaries in ‘orphan’ constituencies on Saturday, September 28 in good time for the 2020 elections. ‘Orphan’ constituencies are those whose seats are held by the National Democratic Congress (NDC). The party has scheduled January, 2020 to hold primaries for its main seats. Mr Anyaa Brown, who is an administrator with the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), polled…

Despite scheduling to hold parliamentary primaries in what it terms ‘orphan constituencies’ on Saturday, September 28, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has put on hold the exercise in six constituencies. In a circular issued by the General Secretary, John Boadu, “compelling reasons” have necessitated the suspension of the primaries in the six constituencies. The ‘orphan constituencies’ are those with seats held by the National Democratic Congress (NDC). In all, there are 106 of them. But as a result of the circular by the General Secretary, primaries will be held in 100 constituencies on Saturday. The primaries in the constituencies which…

The Northern Region branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has taken on Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia over his call for Dagombas to vote for President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in the 2020 elections. According to Dr Bawumia, it took President Akufo-Addo to restore peace to Dagbon after several years of conflict. The vice president was speaking at the annual Bamba Quranic recitation in Tamale over the weekend. But the NDC in the region has taken exception to the comments by the Vice President, saying he should not make political capital of the fragile peace in Dagbon. In a…

In the latest episode in the saga of where Zimbabwe’s former President Robert Mugabe will be buried, the family has reversed a decision to have him interred at Heroes Acre in the capital, Harare. Instead he will be buried in his home region of Zvimba. The location of his grave became a source of tension between the Mugabe family and the government. They blame the current leadership for Mr Mugabe’s overthrow in November 2017. He was toppled after 37 years in power and replaced by current President Emmerson Mnangagwa. At his funeral, family member Walter Chidhakwa said he had died…

Knighted Ghanaian-British architect David Frank Adjaye has justified the need for a national cathedral for Ghana and said that will be “a symbol of hope” for citizens. He has also welcomed public criticism over the siting and construction of such an edifice, saying the “naysayers” will get to know how important a national cathedral is for a country like Ghana when it is up. For him, the laying in state of Ghana’s son, Kofi Annan, for instance, at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) did not dignify such an illustrious son. “When Kofi Annan was laid in state, it was…

Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah climbed up the podium. Eyes up, looking to the skies with a sort of bewilderment and disbelief for what she had achieved. Ghana’s high jumper, aged 17, had just won gold at the Africa Games for finishing a height of 1.84m. Soon, the Ghana national anthem began ringing through the bells of live trumpets and through the well connected sound system at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat. Finally, after a modest soupcon of success at the Games, it was Ghana’s moment. Fifteen hours later, the men’s relay team were in the dressing rooms holding each…

Gospel artiste Chosen YesuBa, known in real life as Listowell Acquaye, has released Soul Grind music video off his 7-track Last Days EP. The fast-rising Gospel Contemporary/Urban artiste released the Last Days EP on Saturday, September 21, 2019. According to Chosen, ‘Soul Grind’ is a piece that speaks about the day-to-day lifestyle of all Christians. The video was shot by Director Tee, fast rising video director with over 25 music videos to his credit for the past 5 years in the showbiz industry. The music video focuses and touches on a lot of social vices that many have accepted to…

Ghana won two prestigious awards at the ongoing International Civil Aviation Organization, ICAO, 40th Assembly in Montreal, Canada. Ghana was awarded the International Civil Aviation Organization Council President’s certificates for maintaining one of the highest aviation safety and security standards globally. The safety award is in recognition of Ghana obtaining Africa’s highest score in Aviation Safety Oversight after scoring a provisional Effective Implementation (EI) rate of 89.89 percent. This was after the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) concluded its Coordinated Validation Mission (ICVM) on April 3, 2019, in line with the United Nations Aviation Agency’s Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme. The award…