Author: Krobea

Four persons have been picked up by the Ashanti Regional Police Command over the killing of a police officer at Manso Abodom in the Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region. COP Bernard Antwi was shot in the head by robbers on Monday, August 19 while on his way to Antoakrom. He was said to be travelling in the private vehicle of a small-scale miner when they were accosted at Dome Junction to surrender their belongings. Addressing journalists on Wednesday, the Deputy Ashanti Regional Police Commander, ACP David Agyemang Adjem, said the four persons arrested are aiding in investigations. According…

Ghana’s Black Satellites failed to win their second game at the ongoing All Africa Games in Morocco after falling 0-1 down to Senegal. An early strike by the Senegalese through Ibrahima Drame sealed their first win at the tournament. https://twitter.com/i/status/1164210948791570432 They had drawn goalless with Mali in the opening game while the Satellites had beaten Burundi. Satellites off to winning start in Morocco Sports journalist Akosua Addai Amoo told TV3’s Thierry Nyann on Sports Unlimited that Ghana’s team still possesses some brilliance. She, however, raised concerns about the slowness of the defence. Ghana will have to secure a win against…

Juventus and Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo remains unsure when he will retire, saying it could be as soon as next year or he could play into his 40s. Ronaldo, 34, has continued to star after joining Juve last year, scoring 28 goals in 43 games in all competitions and helping the Italian giants win another Serie A title in 2018-19. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner is uncertain when he will stop playing, although the star forward said it may not be far away. “I don’t think about that,” Ronaldo told TVI on Tuesday. “Maybe I can leave my career next…

The University of Ghana branch of the Graduate Students’ Association of Ghana (GRASAG) has descended heavily on businessman Senyo Hosi for comments he is said to have made about the school at its own programme. Mr Hosi, the Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors of Ghana, described the premier university in derogatory terms at a programme to mark its 70th anniversary. In a statement issued on Wednesday, August 21, GRASAG Legon said the outbursts by Mr Hosi dampened the spirits of the students who were among the audience. “As an alumnus of the University, who has…

The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development and the Fisheries Commission with support from the United States Government, through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), organized a three-day conference, from August 19-21, 2019, in Accra to highlight and discuss successes, lessons learned, opportunities, and challenges in the fisheries sector in Ghana. The conference, entitled ‘Fisheries and Coastal Management in Contemporary Times’, was designed to strengthen policy linkages and create a platform for fostering discussion among policymakers, resource managers, fishermen and fishmongers, researchers, journalists, and think-tanks in connection with the sustainability and productivity of the fisheries sector in Ghana. Minister…

Residents of Elmina are up in arms against the government for revoking the license of GN Savings and Loans. They claim President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is scheming to render the Chairman and President of Groupe Nduom, Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, poor. The residents say they consider Dr Nduom their father, son, helper, caretaker of the jobless and father of orphans in the coumminity and would not sit for his business to be collapsed. According to them, Dr Nduom even has a business in Kyebi, the hometown of the president, and so revoking the license of his group will affect…

Major stakeholders in Ghana football are due to gather for an Extraordinary Congress in two weeks but even before then the stage has been set for one last confrontation over the statutes that the Normalisation Committee has designed for elections and future running of the sport in Ghana. The proposals put forward as the future statutes by the Normalisation Committee of Ghana football will change a few things but in a significant way. They include the structure of the football association, the criteria for the election of its head, the substitution of the constitution of Congress, amongst others. For instance,…

The Ashanti Regional Police Command of the Ghana Police Service has declared a 38-year-old man wanted over the killing of the Asamponhene of the Asante Kingdom, Nana Oheneba Kwadjo Afodour. Police say the man, full name Saddat Mohammed and popularly known as Alhaji, was spotted on Sunday, August 18 with the deceased shortly before he was killed. The Asamponhene was found dead in the back seat of his car at Ebuom on the Ejura-Nkoranza highway. He had been stabbed multiple times. Asantehene’s Asamponhene ‘stabbed to death’ The police said three persons have so far been arrested as part of investigations.…

Beneficiaries of the AKER Energy-GNPC Scholars Program will be increased from 150 to 200 students for the 2019/20 academic year. The increase is to expand the scope of the scholarship programme to cover more brilliant but needy students in the six coastal districts of the Western Region. The AKER Energy-GNPC Scholars Program was instituted in 2012 to provide scholarship to students whose attainment of secondary school education had become a challenge due to the inability of their parents or guardians to provide funds. Since its inception, the Scholars Program has supported close to 700 students in the six coastal districts…

Since the shutdown of Menzgold Ghana Limited up till now, 23 customers have given up the ghost. “Most of them are also bedridden,” a customer has disclosed. He, therefore, called on the Chief Executive Officer of the defunct gold dealership firm to take frantic efforts to settle the remaining customers before the worst happens. The customer spoke during an event that saw Menzgold boss Nana Appiah Mensah unravel to journalists steps he has taken to settle his debts. “Customers’ expectation is just to get their monies,” the customer told NAM1, as the CEO is affectionately called. Customers have staged a…