Author: Krobea

A sorrowful dark evening filled with pain and anguish it was, four years ago, when the twin Fire and Flood Disaster hit the heart of the nation, Accra. About 160 people lost their lives while a lot more others lost their livelihoods and maimed for their entire lives owing to the heavy downpour witnessed at the then infamous Goil Fuel Station at the then Kwame Nkrumah Circle. Many workers and traders alike who had closed from work – seeking   shelter after seeing the dark clouds and thereafter the heavy rains – have transitioned into eternity untimely. In this piece, I…

Ghana Post, the country’s designated postal services operator and a member of the West African Postal Conference and Universal Postal Union, is recently supporting entrepreneurs with their e-commerce platform. The Postshop platform (www.postshop.com.gh) is a user-friendly online marketplace. The cosmetic image of the page is immensely populated with a locally manufactured product, which constitutes about 73 per cent of the general product population. The premium Ad section on display allows the Postshop website to promote business through advertising communication. Just after few months of operating, the Postshop website seeks to find and provide a trustworthy medium for the buying and…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has admonished Muslim youth to mark this year’s Eid-ul Fitr with caution. “The nation needs you alive,” he stated This was contained in a short statement released on Wednesday to congratulate Muslims as they mark the end of Ramadan. Muslims across the country joined their global counterparts to observe 30 days of fasting, beginning Monday, May 6. The religious exercise, observed by Prophet Mohammed as contained in the Quran, ended in the evening of Tuesday, June 4. “I congratulate the Muslim Ummah of Ghana, and, by extension, the entire Muslim population of the world, for…

Ghana’s senior national men’s soccer team, the Black Stars, continued their pre-AFCON training on Tuesday at Dubai’s Jebel Ali Centre of Excellence. The team held its first training on Monday, June 3 with 23 players. On Day 2, the players came out full-circle to keep in shape for the tournament, which begins on Friday, June 21. Find pictures below: Source: 3news.com|Ghana

The Minority in Parliament has given the clearest indication yet that it will challenge the trial of Member for Bawku Central Constituency by an Accra High Court. Mahama Ayariga is standing trial at the Court for tax evasion and procurement allegations – at the instance of the Special Prosecutor – but circumstances that led to his subpoena on Tuesday made the Minority mull other options. According to Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu, the Court’s presiding judge, Afia Serwaa Asare Botwe, did not have the locus to interpret Article 118 and 117 of the 1992 Constitution. For him, interpretation of those articles…

The Ghana Police Service has been commended for the “swiftness” with which they arrested the youth who forced out the District Chief Executive of Krachi West Assembly, Douglas Osei-Nti. The police announced last Thursday that five persons namely Mathias Banyolonso, Sarfo Sunkwa, Amos Eseikor, Tijani Shaibu and Murtala Yakubu have been arrested for causing the commotion. They have been charged for assault by imprisonment, offensive conduct and causing unlawful damage, among others. In a statement issued on Monday, June 3, the Centre for Local Governance Advocacy (CGLA) highly commended the police. The Centre also expressed concerns about the action of…

The Paramount Chief of Saboba, Binalibiemi John Mateer, has revealed there is an ongoing discussion for him to meet with the Regent of Chereponi, Jaminja Ndakar. A novelty that will be, the meeting will afford both traditional rulers the opportunity to brainstorm on possible measures to restore the once harmonious coexistence between the Anufors and Konkombas. “I am in talks with the District Chief Executives of both Saboba and Chereponi and my chiefs to see how I can meet with the Regent of Chereponi Jaminja Ndakar for us to discuss what is bothering us and identify how to end this…

The funeral of former Arsenal winger Jose Antonio Reyes has been held in his home town of Utrera, Seville. The former Sevilla captain died in a car crash aged 35 on Saturday, while a relative was also killed. The ex-Spain international’s coffin was taken to Sevilla’s Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan stadium on Sunday where it was visited by more than 11,000 fans. Later that night, thousands outside the stadium paid their respects as the coffin made its journey to Utrera. His coffin spent Sunday night in Utrera’s town hall, where according to Sevilla, “he spent the whole night accompanied by family and…

Since 2015, my team and I have worked tirelessly at producing rich Ghanaian theatrical pieces that have been staged in Accra, Tarkwa and Kumasi and this July God willing, we will unveil our sixth play, THE BOY CALLED A GIRL, at National Theatre. In February 2015, we staged our first play, This Family Is Not For Sale Season 1, followed by its Season 2 later that year. We went ahead to stage I Want To Sue God! and My Wife-in-law in 2016. Tribeless was a 2017 production which was re-run in 2018. We are here in 2019 and we have…

US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump are meeting the Queen on the first day of their state visit to the UK. The pair are at Buckingham Palace for a private lunch and welcome ceremony. Mr and Mrs Trump arrived on Air Force One earlier on Monday and were taken to the US ambassador’s home in central London, where they are staying. Minutes before touching down, Mr Trump criticised Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, with whom he has clashed in the past. He tweeted that Mr Khan – who had earlier said the UK should “not roll out…