Author: Krobea

Spain beat Australia 95-88 in double overtime to claim a place in the Basketball World Cup final in China. The second-ranked team were on the verge of going out before Australia’s Patty Mills missed one of two free throws with 4.7 seconds of regulation time left to leave the game tied 71-71. Spain took control in the second of two added periods to reach their first final since their 2006 win. France take on Argentina in the second semi-final later on Friday. Spain’s NBA champion Marc Gasol was his team’s top scorer, the Toronto Raptors star hitting 33 points in…

What is pain? Pain is an uncomfortable feeling that tells you something may be wrong. The International Association for the Study of Pain’s widely used definition defines pain as “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage”. It is one of the body’s most important communication tools. Imagine, for instance, what would happen if you felt nothing when you put your hand on a hot stove. Pain can be mild or severe, and it serves to motivate the individual to withdraw from damaging situations, to protect a damaged…

The Minister for Inner City and Zongo Development, Dr. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, is set to address a gathering as the keynote speaker at the launch of Bissa Fitness Club next month in Accra. Slated for October 5, the event will be themed: ‘Uniting Bissa Youth of Ghana through Fitness and Well-being, Education and Empowerment to facilitate meaningful Development.’ During a courtesy call on the minister by executives of the club, Dr. Abdul-Hamid expressed excitement at the gesture, and for the club’s initiative, and congratulated its members. “I am truly excited that young people like you have taken up such steps to…

Presidential staffer Alex Martey is promising to deliver the Ningo-Prampram seat for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) if voted as the parliamentary candidate on Saturday, September 28. Mr Martey, who is with the Operations Directorate at the Jubilee House, said he is on a rescue mission. He made the comment in an interview with 3news.com. He says his campaign is in the form of a summer hat with a roof of three pillars which points to the world as he intends to rescue Ningo Prampram from the hands of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). The three pillars are to “empower”…

Zimbabwe’s former President Robert Mugabe will be buried in the National Heroes Acre monument in Harare, his family says, following a row with the government over his final resting site. Family spokesman and nephew Leo Mugabe says the date is yet to be determined. Before that there will be a public ceremony at the state cemetery in Harare on Sunday, followed by a ceremony at Mr Mugabe’s home village. Mr Mugabe, who was 95, died last week while being treated in Singapore. His body is now lying in state at the Rufaro football stadium in the capital. What did Mugabe’s…

The Chief of Gomoa Buduburam in the Central Region has hailed the joint police-military swoop at Buduburam, near Kasoa, in which some 141 people were arrested. Nana Kojo Essel I is urging the joint police-military not to end such exercise but make it routine to rid the area of criminals. “The president showed he is the father of the country. We appreciate the police and military operations and it should not be a one day wonder.” The joint police-military swoop was conducted on Thursday, September 12, 2019. The suspects, which include 15 females, are currently undergoing screening at the Police…

2019 VGMA Artiste of the Decade Sarkodie will gun for the Best International Flow Award at the 2019 BET Hip Hop Awards next month  following his nomination on Thursday. The category has just been introduced with Sarkodie becoming the first Ghanaian artiste to be nominated. It will also highlight artistes from different countries such as Nigeria, UK, France, South Africa and Canada. The Awards return to Atlanta’s Cobb Energy Centre on October 5, 2019 after two years in Miami. Ghana’s Sarkodie will battle Falz (Nigeria), Ghetts (UK), Kalash (France), Lil Simz (UK), Nasty C (South Africa) and Tory Lanez (Canada)…

The Bangyili gate of Bimbilla has pledged commitment to ensuring that the Togbe Sri mediation process in the Bimbilla chieftaincy succession dispute achieves the needed results. The family says Bimbilla has been lagging behind in development for years due to the insecurity in the area. Addressing a press conference in Bimbilla, the spokesperson for the Bangyili gate, Gbei Naa Amadu Mustapha Zakari maintained that the gate will cooperate in any form for peace to be restored in Bimbilla. He indicated that they do not understand why  President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government is being…

Barely a month into the 2019/2020 English Premier League season, Jordan Ayew has been voted as Crystal Palace’s Player of the Month for August. The 28-year-old has two goals from his three appearances in the League so far, scoring the winner in the Eagles’ last league outing against Aston Villa, as well as bagging the crucial opener for the club’s historic victory against Manchester United at Old Trafford. He won the award with an 84% majority from more than 1,000 fans who voted on the club’s official app. The Ghanaian forward was a hugely important figure in helping push Palace…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has hinted at standing for presidency again in the 2020 elections. He has therefore reiterated the independence of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) in conducting “free and open” polls to allow electorates make a credible choice. “I said it to you and I repeat,” he told Chair of the Commission Jean Adukwei Mensa, “I don’t need an Electoral Commission to win an election.” “I don’t want to win an election in Ghana because of the Electoral Commission. I want to win an election in Ghana because of the people of Ghana, that they make a…