Author: Krobea

When asked what may be the greatest reason behind our glorious retrogression as a people, a chunk of us may attribute it to some demons somewhere― considering how spiritual we are. A lot more may blame it on lack of resources while others may claim that it is a headache of bad leadership. Give a people one of the best leaders that has ever lived. If they are not ready to change their attitude to suit that leader’s visions, they are going nowhere. Give a people all the freedom they may ever need. If they are not ready to turn…

Hours after Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan’s decision to quit the national team due to unresolved issues with captaincy, Ghana is faced with another problem as in-form player Alfred Duncan was ruled out of AFCON 2019 with an ankle injury. The midfielder, sources say, has had an issue with his ankle all through the season but has managed to work carefully with it. He endured a knock to the ankle when he played last weekend for his side in a game against AC Milan. Duncan, off the back of the season, had looked like a sure bet to start for…

It was quite a long journey to the Akyemansa District in the Eastern Region. I have hardly taken a detour on the Accra-Kumasi road towards Asamankese, Adeiso and towns on that stretch. Going to Akim Oda en route to Ayirebi Senior High School for the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) meeting of my ward was going to be such an experience for me, I thought. Indeed, it was an experience! But not what I expected. I was disappointed especially when I got to Akim Oda. Is this the constituency the current Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo-Maafo, superintended over for over a decade? Infrastructure…

Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan has announced his retirement from the senior national men’s soccer team. Gyan, who made his international debut in 2003 against Somalia, appears to be uncomfortable with a decision by the technical team to give the team’s captaincy to another player for next month’s Africa Cup of Nations tournament. “As an active footballer yet to retire, I have been in the team since 2003 and have played with some members of the technical team who were my seniors,” he said in a statement released on Monday, May 20. “Through such periods, there were no times substantive…

The Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) has scheduled Friday, June 7 to Thursday, June 27 as the period to undertake this year’s limited voter registration ahead of the 2020 polls. According to the Chair of the Commission, Jean Mensa, the limited voters registration is to afford Ghanaians who have attained 18 years since the last registration exercise as well as those who for one reason or the other never registered to do so. Addressing journalists immediately after an Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting on Monday, May 20, 2019, Madam Jean Mensa said the exercise will include Saturdays and Sundays. It will…

To complement effort to address challenges girls face in managing their menstruation, Inspire to Rise, a non-governmental oragnisation has educated two schools on Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM). The schools were Saint Peters Anglican School and Adenta Community School in the Greater Accra Region. Ms Wendy Laryea, a UNICEF Menstrual Hygiene Influencer who addressed the students in separate sessions said the menstrual hygiene had effect on women and girls’ reproductive health, ultimately affecting progress on gender equality under the Sustainable Development Goals. Ms Laryea, who is also the Founder of Inspire to Rise, described Menstrual Hygiene Management as the practice of…

Founder and leader of the All People’s Congress (APC) Hassan Ayariga has had his house flooded after heavy rains in Accra on Monday. Parked cars at his residence in West Legon are stuck as frantic efforts are being put into draining the floods. The intermittent rains have also resulted in floods in some areas of the country’s capital city. Adabraka, Haatso, Ashongman and Madina are among the areas flooded by Monday’s downpour. Source: 3news.com|Ghana

The Musician Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) has blamed the rift between Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy on the media. MUSIGA said the media’s love for controversies between the two erupted into the disturbances that rocked the 2019 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA) in the early hours of Sunday, May 19, 2019. The Accra Regional Police Command on Sunday afternoon detained the two in connection with the disturbances at the Accra International Conference Centre for investigations. Shatta Wale, born Charles Nii Armah Mensah, and Stonebwoy, born Livingstone Etse Satekla, were embroiled in a scuffle, causing the latter to pull out a gun…

Ecuador has begun giving the US some of Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange’s possessions left behind following his stay in its London embassy. The country’s foreign minister José Valencia authorised the seizure of equipment earlier this month. The material includes manuscripts, legal papers, medical records and electronic equipment. Mr Assange’s lawyer said the move was “completely unprecedented in the history of asylum”. “Ecuador is committing a flagrant violation of the most basic norms of the institution of asylum by handing over all the asylee’s personal belongings indiscriminately to the country that he was being protected from,” added lawyer Aitor Martinez. Mr…

Students of Adonten Senior High School (ADONSCO) and Aburi Secondary Technical (Aburi Sec Tech) in the Akuapem South District of the Eastern Region have for the past two weeks been engaged in perennial free-for-all fights resulting in injuries. Currently, five students have sustained knife injuries, the most serious affecting the scrotum and testicles of a student. The fight, according to Media General’s Castro Amoako, who is stationed at Aburi, normally happens at nights. The situation, according to some parents and residents of Aburi, may affect the ongoing West African Secondary Schools Certificate Examinations (WASSCE). In an interview on Onua FM’s Yen…