Author: Krobea

Embattled Chief Executive Officer of defunct gold-trading firm Menzgold Ghana Limited Nana Appiah Mensah has been granted bail by an Accra Circuit Court. He was granted the bail to the tune of GH¢1 billion on Friday, July 26. The bail as announced by the judge, Jane Harriet Akweley Quaye, was with five sureties. Three of those sureties are to be justified. NAM1, as he is popularly known, was also ordered to report to the police every Wednesday at 10:00am. After reading the 13 charges to him by Justice Akweley Quaye, NAM1 pleaded not guilty to all. Prior to the hearing,…

As part of strategies to strengthen ties between the United States of America and Ghana, the US Navy Band visited the Western Region capital Sekondi-Takoradi from Sunday, July 21 to Tuesday, July 23 to engage residents in activities that portray the human face of the security agency. The band is touring countries along the Gulf of Guinea, playing music to entertain their audience as well as learning from different cultures. Residents of Sekondi-Takoradi were treated to several music genres; from jazz, samba, to Afro-centric music at a colourful welcome reception on Sunday at the Sekondi Youth Center. Chief Musician First…

Black Stars striker Jordan Ayew has made his move from Swansea City to Crystal Palace permanent. Ayew, 27, penned a three-year contract on Thursday, having spent the 2018/19 season on loan at the south London club. The striker made 20 appearances for the Eagles last season, scoring once in the Premier League. “I am very happy,” the former Aston Villa striker said when he put pen to paper at Selhurst Park. “I really enjoyed myself last season. I enjoyed the stadium, the fans, the boys –they were really good to me – everything here was positive and that’s why I…

Former Minister of Youth and Sports Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye has lashed out at the Minister of Youth and Sports for his “poor” presentation on Ghana’s AFCON 2019 budget in Parliament on Wednesday, July 24. “The presentation [on Wednesday] to me was a sham,” he minced no words. “It was a very poor report.” Speaking on TV3’s New Day on Thursday, the Member of Parliament for Odododiodio Constituency asked the Minister to come again as he believes there is a cover-up on the expenditure. Minister Isaac Kwame Asiamah was in House to present the total expenditure of the Black Stars…

Uganda has lowered academic requirements for police recruits in order to deal with desertion and “deal with indiscipline”, news site Daily Monitor reports. Police spokesperson Fred Enanga said the move was informed by a study done by its human resource division. “The study found out that constables with senior six academic [A-Level] certificates were a bit low on productivity and also use the police as a springboard to other careers,” Mr Enanga said. Officers in the entry level constable rank will now only be required to have an O-Level Certificate instead of the higher Advanced Uganda Certificate of Education. The…

SAGE Ghana held the 14th edition of the National High School Entrepreneurship Competition from the 11th to the 14th of July, 2019 at the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS). This year’s edition saw about 1,200 students from over 50 schools all over the country participate. The students battled against one other for bragging rights and a chance to represent Ghana in either the 2019 SAGE Global competition in San Francisco or the Afroseed Biz Challenge in Abuja, Nigeria. Methodist Girls’ SHS, Mamfe in Eastern Region and Tema Technical Institute, Tema in the Greater Accra Region will travel to San…

The Minister of Youth and Sports has disclosed that in excess of $4.5 million was spent by Ghana at the just ended Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt. Isaac Kwame Asiamah told Parliament on Wednesday, July 24 that over $6 million was approved for the Black Stars’ campaign. He therefore assured that the remainder of the funds will be returned to the government chest for appropriation. Mr Asiamah, who is also Member of Parliament for Atwima Mponua Constituency, was on the floor of Parliament to account for the failed campaign of the senior national men’s soccer team to annex a…

Floyd Mayweather has told Manny Pacquiao to remember who is ‘boss’ after the Filipino challenged him to a money-spinning rematch. Mayweather, 42, attended Pacquiao’s win over Keith Thurman but said he was there for business as Pacquiao is signed with his advisor Al Haymon. “I was only at your fight supervising you, my employee,” he put on Instagram. Referencing his victory on points in 2015, he added: “I beat you mentally, physically and financially!” Mayweather contrasted his last fight purse – a reported $9m (£7.23m) for a 139-second exhibition victory over Tenshin Nasukawa – with Pacquiao’s earnings from his win…

Member of Parliament for Tamale North Constituency Alhassan Suhuyini says the decision to bury former president John Evans Atta Mills was not based on how sustainable it will be. He said the family appeared to have been sidelined in the decision to lay the mortal remains of the late president at the Asomdwee Park, near the Osu Christianbourg Castle. “The decision to put him at Asomdwee Park was not a family decision but was an administrative decision,” he stated on TV3 on Wednesday, July 24. He was speaking on New Day on the 7th anniversary of the death of Ghana’s…

A Gambian soldier has admitted to participating in the 2005 execution of around 50 migrants on the orders of former President Yahya Jammeh, who is reported to have feared the men had come to overthrow him. Lt Malick Jatta was giving testimony before the country’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission (TRRC) which is investigating atrocities committed during Mr Jammeh’s 22-year rule. He earlier admitted involvement in the murder of the journalist Deyda Hydara in 2004 on the orders of the former president. Mr Jammeh – who now lives in exile in Equatorial Guinea – always denied any involvement in the…