Author: Krobea

Former President Jerry John Rawlings is offering an additional amount of GH¢25,000 to earlier offers towards reliable information leading to the arrest of the killers of the Assemblyman for Sogakope South Electoral Area, Marcus Adzahli, last Sunday as well as for those who committed another violent robbery in Vume, also in the South Tongu District, about a month ago The Regional Minister and the assembly had earlier offered GH¢10,000 each for the same purpose. The former President expressed disgust at the trend of violent attacks in the South Tongu area, describing the killing of the Assemblyman as a politically related…

The Ghana Trades Union Congress (TUC) has urged all political parties to be measured in their demands on the country’s electoral management body, Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC). The mother workers’ union said the EC by Article 46 of the 1992 Constitution is independent of any person or authority. Therefore, the TUC said, any form of opposition to the EC’s programmes should be in a “more diplomatic manner”. These were contained in a statement issued by Secretary General Dr Yaw Baah in Accra on Tuesday, March 3. According to the statement, those opposing the compilation of a new register must present…

General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Johnson Asiedu Nketia has advised the Chair of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) to learn from the circumstances that led to the removal of her predecessor, Charlotte Osei. According to the NDC General Secretary, Jean Mensa appears to be towing a similar line as regards “procurement breaches”. Addressing journalists in Accra at a press conference organised by the Inter-Party Resistance Against the New Voters’ Register (IPRAN) on Tuesday, March 3, Mr Asiedu Nketia said the Chair of the EC sees the pressure group as enemies. He said because they are opposed to…

New boss, new names. It was inevitable that new Ghana coach C. K Akonnor would throw in new names in his much anticipated squad since he was announced as the new head coach of the Black Stars. That was the case on Tuesday when he faced the media to put the players he would be relying on in the doubleheader Afcon 2021 qualifier against Sudan in Cape Coast and Khartoum. There are five players in line for a debut in those games after the call-ups but some of their numbers and their seasons open up a whole debate about whether…

Black Stars coach Charles Kwablan Akunnor has named a 23-man squad for his first assignment since assuming the role. The former captain will be in charge as the Stars play Sudan in a 2021 Africa Cup of Nations home-and-away qualifier. The home game at Cape Coast will be played on Friday, March 27. In his squad are four locally based players – Asante Kotoko’s Habib Mohammed, Hearts of Oak’s Richard Attah, Ashantigold’s Kwadwo Amoako and Aduana Stars’ goal poacher Yahaya Mohammed. He has also called back among others Mubarak Wakaso and Richmond Boakye Yiadom and has kept faith in 16…

After one of the worst top 4 races in the history of the Premier League which saw Tottenham finish fourth with 71 points in the 2018-19 season, the teams involved in this season’s battle for a spot in Europe’s premier competition, the UEFA Champions League, seem determined to do one worse this campaign. Leicester City are the best of the worst in the battle for Europe this season. The Foxes started the season in threatening form, losing just twice in their first nineteen games and picking up 38 points out of a possible 51 including a 9-0 annihilation of Southampton…

New Year, New Course, same results from the defending champions of the National Sports Cross Country race for the Central and Ashanti regions teams. The Central Region clinched their 2nd straight victory in the 2020 event on Saturday afternoon with a dominating performance during the race. The team had its first two runners crossing the finish line for the second year in a row. The team was led by individual state champion Aziz Mohammad in the male category and he won with a time of 37:28:44 secs in a distance of about 10 kilometers, from the Mando Methodist School Park…

Media General began celebrating the month of March as ‘Ghana Month’ in grand style on Monday. Both on-air and off-air staff were clad in beautiful traditional wear to herald the occasion. Ghana Month, which celebrates indigenous products, services and heritage, is a month-long celebration. “For us at Media General, we are convinced it is our responsibility as the leading Media Company to project our country and also create the needed platform to help in the promotion of Ghanaian businesses and their products,” the Group CEO of Media General Beatrice Agyemand Abbey had said. Source: 3news.com|Ghana

The West Africa Competitiveness Programme (WACOMP) funded by the European Union and implemented by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) will organiz a two-day cosmetics conference for entrepreneurs in the Northern Region, starting Monday. The conference, organized in partnership with the Ghana Trade Fair Company as part of the 24th Ghana International Trade Fair, will take place at the Aliu Mahama Sports Stadium in Tamale and is expected to host over 80 Cosmetics companies and enterprises. Commenting on the conference, the Chief Technical Advisor of WACOMP, Charles Kwame Sackey, said the conference is part of the interventions by the…

The Coalition of Aggrieved Customers of 53 collapsed fund management companies has threatened to hit the streets on March 24 if government fails to show commitment to pay their locked-up funds. The group claims none of its members has received any funds, neither is government giving them any assurances. Addressing the media in Kumasi, the group described as discriminatory government’s resolve to pay customers of defunct savings and loans, and microfinance companies whilst sidelining customers of collapsed fund management companies. “In the President’s own statement on why his government reviewed the decision to now pay full amount to depositors of…