Author: Krobea

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…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed confidence the Black Stars will bounce back despite exiting the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. The Stars lost 5-4 on penalties to Tunisia in the Round of 16 on Monday. In a tweet posted immediately after the match, the president said he is gutted “like most Ghanaians”. https://twitter.com/NAkufoAddo/status/1148363985554673665 He wished the team better luck next time. The president had been hopeful of a successful campaign for the senior national soccer team in Egypt. He was at the Ismailia Stadium for the opening 2-2 draw with Benin after visiting the team in camp The…

Ghana are out of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations after losing 4-5 on penalties to Tunisia in the Round of 16. The match, played at the Ismailia Stadium, had ended 1-1 after extra time. But Caleb Ekuban’s saved penalty saw the Stars bowing out of the tournament to the Carthage Eagles, who converted all their five kicks. The result is a stark contrast to general expectations across Ghana prior to the game, probably as a result of the Black Stars’ record against the Tunisians in the tournament. The best result of the North Africans had been a draw in…

A second-half strike by Crystal Palace forward Wilfried Zaha was the difference in the La Cote d’Ivoire-Mali Round of 16 game played at the Suez Stadium. It was the penultimate last 16 tie at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt. Though dominating play at the start, the Eagles of Mali could not turn their chances into goals. Even a blunder by Sylvain Gbohouo in the early stages of the match could not be capitalised on by the Malians, who topped Group E with six goals and seven points. The two West African sides could not break each other…

Empoli’s combative midfielder Afriyie Acquah has been handed a starting role by Black Stars coach James Kwesi Appiah in the last Round of 16 game at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations. The Stars are taking on the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia in a match to be played at the Ismailia Stadium. With both sides yet to lose a game in the tournament, the match promises to be exciting, especially following a north-and-west rivalry that has become a common fixture in the tournament. Ghana coach Appiah has his centre backs back together again after they both served different suspensions. John…