Author: Krobea

The President of the Drunkards Association of Ghana has confirmed that most of their members are drivers, a reason why they will intensify their sensitization drive at lorry stations during the Yuletide. Moses Onyah, however, indicated that anyone who has “kissed a glass [of wine]” is a drunkard. Mr Onyah says from Thursday, December 20, they will embark on what they term “Responsible Drinking Tour (RDT)” to reduce road crashes during the Christmas and New Year holidays. He said efforts of similar nature last year yielded positive results, reducing road traffic offences. Mr Onyah was speaking on TV3’s Midday Live…

It ended England 2, Italy 0 on a tense night of decisive Champions League group games on Tuesday. Liverpool advanced to the round of 16 by beating Napoli 1-0, though it relied on a stoppage-time save by goalkeeper Alisson Becker. Tottenham is also in Monday’s draw after defying expectations in Barcelona thanks to Lucas Moura’s 85th-minute leveler in a 1-1 draw. Even with that point, Tottenham still needed Inter Milan to fail to beat winless PSV Eindhoven — and it ended 1-1 in San Siro. Both English teams overcame nervous endings to finish runner-up in their groups, and edged head-to-head…

“I started school at Bible Faith Experimental School, Anyaano-Kumasi but completed my basic education at Rockanje Presbyterian Experimental School, 4 Miles, Tafo-Kumasi, all in the Ashanti Region,” says one of Ghana’s finest radio presenters. He is stoutly built, dark skinned and a fashionista with an addictive style of fedora-wearing which is almost becoming his trademark. Nonetheless, you may probably not make him out in town with any of these attributes in mind. Trust me! The first day I saw him in person was at the Agape Seventh Day Adventist Church in Sunyani. It was not after he had spoken that…

Former President John Dramani Mahama has taken his campaign to Parliament, meeting the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Members. He commended the leadership and members of the Minority for their sterling performance in holding the government to task. Addressing them on Tuesday as part of his stakeholders’ campaign for the January 26, 2016 primary, Mr Mahama said the Minority has given the party a very good representation in Parliament. He added that they have “done what an opposition and a minority should do” and it is therefore imperative that its remarkable performance is publicly acknowledged and appreciated. He said the next…

Nigeria’s main opposition presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar has boycotted an event to commit candidates to promote peace during what is expected to be tightly contested elections next year. The peace pledge was signed by President Muhammadu Buhari. It is not clear why Atiku Abubakar and his party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), failed to sign the accord brokered by National Peace Committee, which is headed by former President Abdulsalami Abubakar. The pact specifically mandates candidates to publicly speak against religious, ethnic and electoral violence. In 2015, a similar accord is believed to have helped in ensuring peaceful polls which led…

Former Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has left Olympiakos, just three months after rejoining the Greek club. The 35-year-old’s contract has been terminated by “mutual agreement”. Toure, who was a free agent in the summer after leaving City, chose to join Olympiakos in September, where he spent the 2005-06 season. The former Ivory Coast international, who also played for Barcelona, made just two starts and two substitute appearances while in Athens. “Olympiakos and Yaya Toure would like to announce to the fans that they have mutually agreed to end their cooperation,” the club said in a statement. “Yaya is leaving…

The first batch of successful applicants into the Ghana Police Service has been directed to report at the police headquarters on Friday for appointment letters. One thousand applicants who went through medical screening and vetting were deemed successful. “The first batch of 1,000 applicants are likely to begin their training from Friday 21st December,” the police said in a news release on Tuesday. “The remaining qualified applicants who have not received any email will be notified in due course.” Thousands of applicants went through the medical screening in June/July. The police is expected to complete the recruitment process by the…

Asante Kotoko have left Accra for Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, for Saturday’s CAF Confederation Cup qualifying match. Kotoko play Kariobangi Sharks at the Kasarani Stadium in the first leg of the first round of qualifiers. Sharks scaled past Djibouti’s Solar7 in a 9-1 aggregate win to reach this stage. The Porcupine Warriors, on the other hand, had a walkover after Cameroon failed to meet a deadline to present a second team for the competition. As a result, Kotoko are yet to kick a ball in competitive action ahead of the game. They have not played since Ghana has been without domestic…

Despite the assurance to announce hosts by December 31, 2018, the Confederation of African Football (Caf) will do that next year rather. An extraordinary meeting has been scheduled for Wednesday, January 9 to decide which country hosts the 32nd edition of the tournament. Caf stripped the original hosts, Cameroon, of the rights after declaring them not adequately prepared for the continent’s flagship international football tournament. With the expansion from 16 teams to 24, Caf was looking out for a nation with adequate facilities for the tournament, which has moved from January-February to June-July. Interested countries have been given up to…

Madison Square Gardens, the venue of some of boxing’s greatest feats was supposed to re-affirm Isaac Dogboe as the next boxing super star from Ghana and the African continent. Instead it has exposed everything from his tactical flaws to his management. Dogboe stepped into the ring for the fourth time in his most defining year, the year he climbed to the apex of his profession convinced that this would be another day that underlined his growing status the best super bantamweight around. What he had not bargained for by his own admission was just how good his Mexican opponent and…