Author: Krobea

Gospel artiste Chosen YesuBa has released the long awaited Extended Play project titled ‘Last Days EP’. He released the 7-track gospel rap mixtape on online music platforms on Saturday, September 7. According to Chosen YesuBa, the project is to serve as a call of awakening to all believers in the present day church. The project delves into many issues in the house of God; lots to do immorality, extortion, hate, envy, sexual immorality and many other vices smuggled into the house of God. The ‘Last Days EP’ is a believer’s companion to stay on guard in order not to fall…

The final of the second edition of the Connect FM Community Street Rap Battle came off last Saturday in the Western Region capital. After hotly contested battles including one-on-one rap confrontations, Yaw King of Effiakuma beat nine others to emerge winner. He takes the mantle from Chichiz, who won the maiden edition. Below are pictures of the event at Positive Action Bay: It was the second edition and the battle lines were drawn. . . Others did not want to hear the ‘noise’ from their opponents. . . The creativity round really produced the best from the finalists. . .…

The Black Meteors are through to their first ever U-23 Africa Cup of Nations after a good display at the Setif Stadium to eliminate the Fennecs of Algeria. The Algerians had played out a 1-1 drawn game at the Accra Sports Stadium days before so the general chorus was that the Meteors will be eliminated. But Coach Ibrahim Tanko and his boys defied all the naysayers to sail through. Yaw Yeboah strike qualifies Black Meteors for CAF U-23 tourney The road to reaching this far has been tough. The Meteors had to scale several hurdles including backlash from fans to…

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh, has assured the public that findings by the committee tasked to investigate the illegal felling and export of rosewood would be made public. At the Meet the Press Series on Wednesday, Mr Asomah-Cheremeh insisted the seven-member committee will work diligently as it is bent on ending the illegal rosewood trade. The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources on August 26 inaugurated the committee to probe allegations of rosewood smuggling in Ghana. This followed a US-based Environmental Investigations Agency’s (EIA) publication which alleged rosewood smuggling is rampant in the country despite a…

A Senior Lecturer at the History and Political Science Studies Department of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dr. Samuel Adu Gyemfi, has strongly panned and opposed a decision by the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) to review the voting duration ahead of the 2020 elections. According to the Chair of the Commission, Jean Mensa, the move to reduce the duration from 7:00am-5:00pm to 7:00am-4:00pm – though not approved yet – is to improve the security at the polls. Speaking at the opening ceremony of an ECOWAS-UN Workshop on Tuesday, Ms Mensa said: “The Commission will discuss the idea…

A second half strike by captain Yaw Yeboah has sent the Black Meteors through to the Africa U-23 Cup of Nations to be staged in Egypt. The goal gave Ghana a 2-1 aggregate win over Algeria. Ghana drew 1-1 with the North Africans in the first leg played at the Accra Sports Stadium last Friday. After the Algerians scored an early goal in that game, Ghana’s Olympic football team had things difficult as Yeboah failed to convert a penalty. Though the Meteors equalized through another spot-kick, the journey to Algiers was going to be a tall order given West African…

The WHO Strategic Advisory Group on Malaria Eradication has indicated that the world stands at a crossroads in the fight against malaria. “As we complete our work in 2019, we recognize that the world stands at a crossroads in the fight against malaria.” The Strategic Advisory Group on Malaria Eradication (SAGme), is a group of scientists and public health experts from around the world brought together to advise WHO on future scenarios for malaria, including whether eradication was feasible. The group was formed in 2016, at the request of the WHO Director-General. After a 3-year study of trends and future…

The Tema Regional Police Command has busted two suspects who notoriously rape and rob within the Ada Foah area of the Greater Accra Region. The suspects, Dakeh Winfred Mohammed, 24, and his accomplice, Petiafor Abraham, 19, an undertaker apprentice, are said to lure unsuspecting young ladies, mostly Nigerians. They then sexually abuse, rob and abandon them at the Colonial Prison Quarters building at Ada Foah. Investigations revealed that on Wednesday, August 28, unemployed Mohammed Dakeh, lured a 21-year-old Nigerian to the abandoned building and together with his accomplice, gang-raped her and forcefully took her purse containing an amount of GH¢400…

The Acting Finance Officer of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), Bruno Bajuase Chirani, has petitioned the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) as well as the Auditor General’s Department to investigate Vice Chancellor Reverend Father Professor Anthony Afful-Broni. This comes barely a week after the Vice Chancellor terminated his appointment following the appointment of Francis Obeng as the new Finance Officer. According to the pair of petitions, Rev. Fr. Afful-Broni illegally approved a withdrawal of GH¢5.7 million from the university’s accounts to cover honorarium for some staff. In the one to EOCO, Mr Chirani cited UEW Registrar Paul Osei-Barima,…

TV3’s team on its way from Tamale in the Northern Region to Accra has narrowly escaped a robbery attack at Babato in the Bono Region. The team was returning from official assignment in the Northern and North East regions but upon reaching a sharp curve between Babato and Nante at exactly 2pm Tuesday, it was signaled by two young men who were also running for their lives to make a U-turn as robbers were plundering passengers of two MAN Diesel trucks. Minutes after the team had turned back towards the north, a police vehicle headed for the scene. The team…