Author: Krobea

Ghana’s Black Satellites have been drawn to play Senegal, Mali and Burkina Faso in Group B of the 2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations. The draw was held on Thursday, December 13 in Niamey, Niger. The Satellites will open their campaign against neighbours Burkina Faso before taking on Mali and Senegal later. Group A has hosts Niger drawn against South Africa’s Amajitas, Nigeria’s Flying Eagles and Burundi’s Little Swallows. The tournament begins on Saturday, February 2 and ends on Sunday, February 17, 2019. Defending champions Zambia failed to qualify for the tournament. Ghana’s last appearance in the tournament was in…

The Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) has released the design of the ballots for the December 27, 2018 referenda. The civil exercise will be held in six areas across the country and it will determine the creation of six new regions. In a press release on Thursday, December 13, the Commission confirmed the date for the exercise and stated: “YES is for those in favour of the creation of a new region, and NO for those not in favour”. “The official colours that represent the issues to be determined are YELLOW for ‘YES’ and BROWN for ‘NO’,” the release signed by…

Solomon Salifu Tampuri’s book titled ‘Gonja’ fits several assumptions about the people of Gonja while it breaks down on a brief history of the people of the Gonja Kingdom. The book simply traces the journey of the people of Gonja from their original home in Mande in modern Mali to their present home in the Northern Region of Ghana. Gonjas, as they are called, have been blessed with a great sense of unity such that all over the world they consider themselves as one people. It is very surprising that irrespective of their social estates, they consider themselves one big…

Former Chair of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) Charlotte Osei has descended heavily on faceless persons spreading an artwork suggesting she will run for the Ayawaso West Wuogon seat. The poster has made rounds on social media as interests are declared ahead of the bye-election, following the death of Emmanuel Kyeremanteng Agyarko. But taking to her official Instagram page, Ms Osei stated: “I have no interest whatsoever in running for parliament and have never had that interest”. The artwork finds her on a National Democratic Congress (NDC) poster. “I am not and have never been a registered member of any…

The Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) has arrested a Zimbabwean woman at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) for trafficking illicit drug. The suspect, Cynthia Lichonja, 30, was arrested by operatives of NACOB at KIA on Monday, December 3, when she disembarked from an Ethiopian Airways flight, No. ET 921. She was accosted while going through arrival formalities. A search on her checked-in luggage in her presence led to the discovery of seven parcels of brownish powdery substances suspected to be narcotics and concealed in false compartments of her suitcase. The substance tested positive for speedball, a narcotic substance with a weight…

Some point to bad career choices. Others simply say it’s a case of becoming the subject of hype early on in a player’s career that the varying degrees to peaking in the profession enhance the levels of obscurity or global stardom. Dominic Adiyiah had blossomed at the 2009 U-20 World Cup, winning the Golden Shoe and Golden Boot awards with his eight goals at the said tournament. Adiyiah’s rise to prominence was quite short-lived, to say the least. Many expected the rising star to find life relatively easier than his peers from Ghana’s colts football but a decade after, it…

Fire has gutted an electoral commission building in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, in the violent run-up to a presidential vote. The cause of the fire, which broke out overnight, has not been confirmed, and the scale of the damage is unclear. Black smoke could still be seen over the site, a warehouse building, on Thursday morning. The campaign to elect a successor to President Joseph Kabila on 23 December has been marred by deadly clashes. The president’s mandate ended in 2016, but elections have been repeatedly delayed. Source: BBC

Hiplife artiste Kwaw Kese has said his health will not allow him to honour invitations for shows during the Christmas festivities. He is therefore refunding fully to all organisers who have booked him. “I will make it up to you at Unity Concert 3/19,” he tweeted on Tuesday. He said the reason for cancelling all shows in December is to allow him “take care of my health”. He had to apologise to show organisers. https://twitter.com/kwawkese/status/1072572931224559616 In another tweet, the ‘Abodam’ hitmaker said he is going to ditch his over 20 years smoking habit. He said that will be his resolution…

Nigeria’s main opposition presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar has signed an accord aimed at ensuring that next year’s elections in the troubled nation proceed peacefully. Mr Abubakar had failed to join his main rival, President Muhammadu Buhari, in signing the accord on Tuesday, with his aides saying he had not been officially invited to the ceremony. The accord was brokered by ex-President Abdulsalami Abubakar and Catholic Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah amid fears that the elections could be marred by violence and vote-rigging. Another opposition candidate, Oby Ezekwesili, also signed the accord after failing to do so on Tuesday. Ms Ezekwesili is…

Since its establishment in 1958, Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation (MASHAV) has contributed in training over 2000 Ghanaian professionals in the fields of education, agriculture, health, and women empowerment. Also, between 2017 and 2018 alone, more than 70 Ghanaian professionals have received training in various MASHAV courses in Israel and Ghana. This was revealed by the Israeli Ambassador to Ghana, Shani Cooper, during a Shalom Club Networking event to celebrate the 60th anniversary of MASHAV and create a platform for the alumni to share their experiences for further collaborations. Addressing the MASHAV alumni at the Shalom Club networking event,…