Author: Krobea

Black Stars coach James Kwesi Appiah has expressed surprise at reports that he was attacked in traffic somewhere in East Legon, Accra on Wednesday. “I am surprised to hear a story published by the website that I have been attacked by a fan while driving in East Legon,” he is quoted as saying. “I seriously do not know where that story is coming from because nothing of that sort has happened to me, besides I have not even driven around that area today.” The reports said the under-fire coach was attacked by a football fan for his charges’ abysmal performance…

A joint police-cum-military team is roaming the North Campus of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) apparently to foil a planned demonstration, 3news.com gathers. The officers were seen on Thursday morning. Most of them are in plain clothes but no one can take pictures of them, 3news.com was hinted. The officers are said to have been called in by the Vice Chancellor, Reverend Father Professor Anthony Afful-Broni, following rumours of the townsfolk planning a demonstration on Thursday. The demonstration is said to be against the Governing Council of UEW, whose tenure is said to have expired. The situation on campus…

Some members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Central Region are up in arms against the regional chairman, Robert Kutin Jnr. According to them, Mr Kutin Jnr is working against the fortunes of the party in the 2020 elections. They claim the recent suspension of Central Region First Vice Chairman Horace Ekow Ewusi as per a “faceless petition” is a means to intimidate some members. Addressing journalists on Thursday, July 18, a constituency member of Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese, Amos Nyarko, asked President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to call Mr Kutin to order. He is leading the Coalition of Concerned Members…

Mr. Alhassan Tampuli, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has said that significant progress have been made towards the pilot implementation of the Cylinder Re-circulation Model (CRM) under the National Liquefied petroleum Gas (LPG) policy. He said the pilot phase of the policy is expected to start in October this year in Obuasi, in the Ashanti Region and Kwaebibirim in the Denkyemboa District of the Eastern Region. Mr. Tampuli made this known at a stakeholder engagement on Cylinder re-circulation mode in the Central Region on Tuesday. The engagement, which was held on the theme, “CRM: Creating…

Popular aphrodisiac peddler, Mama Gee, who was arrested last week for selling unlicenced products and making ‘unsubstantiated’ claims about her products, has spoken for the first time after her release. The apparent unfazed woman on Wednesday made a public statement to counter the claims that she was engaged in illegitimate business by producing sexual enhancing products, which some customers say, have saved their relationships. “I’m not a criminal, I haven’t done anything,” Mama Gee said in a Facebook video, adding “I’m doing a legitimate job by selling traditional medicine and some herbs”. The woman who has within the last year…

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has weighed into the controversial appointment of former Ghana Maritime Authority Director-General Kwame Owusu as the board chairman of Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). According to the largest opposition party, the appointment will only offer Mr Owusu the opportunity “to continue his abuse of the public purse”. Mr Owusu was under probe while at GMA for misappropriation of funds. But he went on compulsory retirement having reached the mandatory age of 60. The NDC said in a statement on Wednesday, July 17 that the latest appointment by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is a testament of…

Seventeen people who worked for the gambling industry in Kenya are being deported by the authorities. The government is clamping down on online sports betting which it says is a curse on the country’s youth. Gambling has become a multi-million dollar industry in Kenya, where mobile phone technology has made placing bets very easy. The government has suspended the licences of more than 20 companies, including the high-profile SportPesa company. In part of efforts to enforce the licence suspension, the authorities told mobile phone companies to shutdown the phone numbers used by people to place bets. The privately owned Daily…

World-acclaimed artiste Fuse ODG is in Egypt ahead of his show during the closing ceremony of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. The Ghanaian-born British artiste is billed to thrill fans at the Cairo International Stadium ahead of the final game between Algeria and Senegal. He is in Egypt with his team. https://twitter.com/FuseODG/status/1151391207865507840 Born Nana Richard Abiona, the ‘Antenna’ hitmaker appears upbeat about Friday’s show, which will also have other African artistes performing. The opening ceremony on Friday, June 21 witnessed breathtaking performances from Nigeria’s Femi Kuti, Ivory Coast’s Dobet Gnahori and Egypt’s Hakim. Source: 3news.com

The National Treasurer of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Akane Adams, has assured the rank and file of the party of the readiness of the recently constituted fundraising committee to deliver. “We have enormous confidence in the calibre of persons proposed by the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party to solicit/raise funds for the party’s upcoming national delegates’ conference/congress,” Mr Adams, who is also the Chairman of the Finance Committee, said in a statement on Wednesday. Over the weekend, the opposition party inaugurated a seven-member committee headed by multiple-time flagbearer Dr Edward Nasigre Mahama to help reckon resources and…

A Ghanaian architect by name Dr Ekow Sam, who is the Consortium Coordinator for Design Associates Development Consortium, has written to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to complain about the award of a dozen of government projects to “one foreign architect” Sir David Adjaye. Sir David Adjaye is the Principal Architect of Adjaye & Associates, which has won a number of bids to execute some key government projects including the National Cathedral and the 450-seater chamber for Parliament. According to Dr Sam, government is flouting the Architects Decree, 1968 (NRCD 357) in recognizing Sir David Adjaye to the extent of…