Author: Krobea

Where from this sense of entitlement? I have seen comparisons drawn between the scenario Black Stars find themselves in and that of Ghana’s last AFCON-winning team and how history may repeat itself. What about what happened in 2006? The Black Stars needed to beat Zimbabwe to qualify – or draw with Zimbabwe in the event Nigeria beat Senegal, which they did. What happened? Benjani Mwariwari. Remember him? Yeah that dreadlocked striker who played for Manchester City and Portsmouth in England. He led Zimbabwe to beat Ghana by the odd goal in three. So while it is tempting to think history…

Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah is in no doubt that the Black Stars will defeat the Djurtus of Guinea Bissau in his final group game of the competition. The Black Stars have drawn two games and pressure has begun mounting on the team. Many fans believe the team has not played at a good level since the competition began but Appiah is hopeful that things will change on Tuesday when the Black Stars walk out on the Suez Stadium to face Baciro Cande’s men. The Guineans have also proven a hard nut to crack in games. They were beaten in the…

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) is urging consumers to be calm as it charges the utility companies to come out with modalities on what to expect in the new increments. The PURC said it is waiting for the companies to furnish the outfit with reckoning which will enable the PURC come out with education on the implementation. Consumers of electricity and water across the country will be paying more for utilities following the upward tariff adjustment announced by the PURC last month. The PURC approved an 11.17% and 8.01% for electricity and water respectively, taking effect from Monday, July…

In life, many things require our attention. We have dreams to achieve. We have bills to pay. We have expectations. We have targets to meet at the end of a period and sometimes, we unfortunately have to trade a piece of our peace to worry about how all such can be attained. Indeed, a lot of issues can give us headache. It may be us fighting for our life. It may be the loss of a loved one. It may even be a debt to pay. Though there may be many bills to pay, worrying about how to get them…

Government has been urged to give a deliberate rethink to the use of “operatives” of National Security Council in some operations. According to civil society group Africa Centre for Security and Counter Terrorism, the National Security is following a trend of acting “as if independent of the statutory state security agencies”. The Centre issued a statement on Sunday in the wake of the recent raid at the offices of online portal firm Modern Ghana. The raid on Thursday, June 27 saw two editors of the firm picked up by officers said to be from National Security. The Secretariat has since…

The authorities in Nigeria’s Lagos state are searching for survivors after a boat with at least 17 people on board, capsized on Saturday night. In a statement they say they suspect that it capsized due to overloading adding that the vessel “was overturned by the heavy current”. The passenger boat had been travelling from Ajah on Lagos Island to Ikorodu on the mainland when the incident happened. The state’s Emergency Management Agency says three people have been rescued and have been taken to hospital, while the body of one of the passengers has been found. Many people in Lagos use…

Carrying more fat on legs compared with the stomach protects postmenopausal women from heart disease, a study says. Women of a healthy weight with the highest risk of stroke or heart disease had the most belly fat and the least hip and thigh fat, the European Heart Journal research found. The scientists said “apple-shaped” women should try to lose belly fat and become more “pear-shaped”. More research is needed to find out why the link exists, a heart charity said. What did the researchers do? The research followed 2,600 women who were a healthy weight – with a body mass…

The biggest casualty in the one-eighth contest of the National Science and Maths Quiz so far was recorded on Friday, June 28 as former winners St Thomas Aquinas Senior High School were ousted. The Cantonments boys failed to progress to the quarter-final after losing the final round of their contest to Achimota School. Aquinas won the contest in 2013 and finished runners-up to Prempeh College in 2017. Though overtaking Achimota School before the final round, Aquinas failed to answer any of the riddles in the final round, allowing Achimota School – who answered two on the trot – to leapfrog…

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has named Ethiopian Bamlak Tessema Weyesa as the centre referee for the second group game for Ghana and Cameroon in the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations. The tough battle between the two giants, in Group F, will be played on Saturday at the Ismailia Stadium. Bamlak, 38, has so far officiated one match in the tournament. He was the man in charge of the 1-1 draw between Tunisia and Angola in Group E. He was assisted in that match by compatriot Samuel Temesgin and Sudan’s Waleed Ahmed Ali. He will, however, be assisted by…

Somewhere in 2002 at the eye clinic at the old Sunyani Municipal Hospital in the Bono Region, I sat together with persons we all shared a common problem. We all had problem(s) with our eyes in one way or the other. While we waited patiently to go see the optometrist – individually – a young man of about 28 years old walked into the eye clinic with newspapers. He was selling them. “Yes, Graphic, Ghanaian Times […],” the man announced his presence. He wanted us or perhaps any of us to buy his papers. The man, whose name I did…