Author: Krobea

A former Deputy Minister of Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has officially declared his intention to contest the Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese parliamentary seat. Already, there have been fliers of his making rounds on social media. But on Thursday, the member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Communications Team tweeted a copy of the flier and stated: “It’s official. I am running”. https://twitter.com/FelixKwakyeOfo1/status/1149318714153668608 The NDC is expected to elect its parliamentary candidates for the 2020 elections on Saturday, August 24. After picking nomination forms at GH¢2,000, male aspirants will pay GH¢25,000 as filing fee. If he emerges winner of the primaries on August 24,…

Two-time champions La Cote d’Ivoire were on Thursday knocked out of the Africa Cup of Nations by Algeria’s Desert Foxes in a 4-3 penalty shootout, following a 1-1 quarter-final game that went into extra time. The match, played at the Suez Stadium in Suez, was to determine the opponent of Nigeria in Sunday’s semi-finals. By the qualification, Algeria are going into the semi-finals as the strongest side as they are yet to lose a game in the Cup of Nations. It was a clash of the tournament’s favourites as many pundits believe the winner of the penultimate quarter-final match could…

The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has congratulated St. Augustine’s College for emerging winners of this year’s National Science and Mathematics Quiz (NSMQ) competition. St Augustine’s College beat former winners Presbyterian Boys’ SHS and St Peter’s SHS to annex their second ever trophy. “St. Augustine’s College after battling dozens of competitors in this year’s competition deserve laurels for exhibiting knowledge and a captivating performance as well as proper sportsmanship,” NUGS said in a statement on Thursday. “We commend the teachers and scholarly teams that competed in this year’s event from all across our country.” NUGS expressed appreciation how successful…

Mining giants Goldfields Ghana have commissioned the recently reconstructed 33-kilometer road from Tarkwa to Damang in the Western Region. The asphalt road built at a cost of $27 million is the largest public infrastructure project funded by the global gold firm. The rehabilitation of the road was inspired by Goldfield’s shared value project of leaving a positive footprint in its operational area. The road is therefore expected to significantly impact on the lives of over 40,000 residents in communities along the stretch by facilitating easy movement with the possibility of the springing up of new businesses and a boost in…

Champions St Peter’s Senior High School from the Eastern Region will have to defend their National Science and Maths Quiz title today, Thursday, July 11, at the National Theatre. But they have got Presbyterian Boys’ SHS and St Augustine’s College to beat to achieve the feat. It will be the final of the science and mathematics quiz competition that holds a huge chunk of the Ghanaian population spellbound. St Peter’s are in the final again just a year after beating West Africa SHS, who failed to go past the one-eighth stage this year, and Adisadel College, who were knocked out…

Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has held a day’s seminar for its Chartered Accounting staff at Cocoa House in Accra with a call by the Chief Executive Officer, Joseph Boahen Aidoo, to embrace emerging trends in the financial fraternity. He also charged them to continue to build a formidable team in handling cocoa revenues. Mr Boahen Aidoo disclosed that COCOBOD is undergoing some transformation and the Board needs a lot of financial resources to do so, noting that this requires time and money to be saved. He therefore called for the cutting down of losses and improvement in revenue generation. He…

A 2-1 win over South Africa’s Bafana Bafana on Wednesday took Nigeria’s Super Eagles into the semi-finals of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. Despite South Africa cancelling a Samuel Chukwueze’s 27th minute goal through a video assistant referee (VAR), Udinese’s William Troost-Ekong capitalised on a goalkeeping error by Ronwen Williams to clinch the winner for the Eagles. The error was from a corner kick in the 89th minute. The Bafana Bafana had pulled a shocker in the Round of 16 by beating seven-time champions and hosts Egypt going into Wednesday’s game. Stuart Baxter’s charges, less fancied against their opponents,…

A 70th minute strike by Everton midfielder Idrissa Gana Gueye booked a semi-final ticket for Senegal in the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations. The strike was the only goal as the Teranga Lions beat Benin 1-0 in the first quarter-final match of the tournament on Wednesday. Benin have had a good run in the tournament, drawing against four-time champions Ghana, the defending champions, Cameroon, at the group stage, as well as scaling past one of the favourites, Morocco, in the Round of 16. Michel Dussuyer’s men were, therefore, upbeat going into the quarter-finals especially after qualifying with 10-men from their…

The Ghana Utilities Manufacturing Company (GHUMCO) in the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis of the Western Region has been closed down for failing to adhere to safety gas discharge protocols, resulting in a gas leakage Wednesday morning. According to workers of GHUMCO, at about 6:50 Wednesday morning, they heard a loud blast from where their tank farm is located. Before long, they saw their colleagues working at that section running helter-skelter amidst screams of a gas leakage. Due to past experiences, they also joined in and ran out of the compound. In an interview with 3news.com, Former Workers Union Chairman Charles Eshun explained…

Sir Kim Darroch has resigned as UK ambassador to the US, as a row over leaked emails critical of President Trump’s administration escalates. Theresa May said Sir Kim’s departure was “a matter of deep regret” after the ambassador said it was “impossible” for him to continue. Meanwhile, one minister said Boris Johnson had thrown Sir Kim “under a bus” by not fully supporting him. President Trump said on Monday that the US would not deal with Sir Kim. The US president had branded him “a very stupid guy” after emails emerged where the ambassador had called his administration “clumsy and…