Author: Krobea

If I would not be (mis)taken for exaggeration, I would have said that almost every blessed day I get no less than two people asking me the same questions I have been asked repeatedly. “Are you NAM1? Is he your brother?” people whom I never knew before would just ask me on my first time meeting them. On January 23, 2019, I passed through the domestic terminal of the Kotoka International Airport [KIA] as I checked in for a flight en route Tamale in the Northern Region. One of the security personnel at the check-in point signaled that I dropped…

Russia’s sports ministry has refused to include cricket on its register of officially recognised sports. The order was issued on 15 July – the day after England’s dramatic Cricket World Cup final win over New Zealand. Among the sports officially recognised in Russia are petanque, draughts and mini-golf. Exclusion from the official list does not amount to a ban, but does mean cricket will not be eligible for support from the sports ministry. Alexander Sorokin, a member of the Moscow Cricket Sports Federation, said the refusal was down to errors in its application for inclusion on the ministry’s register. He…

Popular award-winning actor John Dumelo has filed his nomination to contest the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary primary in the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency. According to Mr Dumelo, “it is time to listen and serve the interest of the people”. https://twitter.com/johndumelo1/status/1152119966646308864 The self-acclaimed farmer was at the constituency office on Thursday to file his forms. The long-time candidate of the largest opposition party, Delali Kwasi Brempong, failed to pick the GH¢2,000 forms to contest again. Mr Dumelo and Suzzy Afua Adoboe were the only aspirants to pick nomination forms last week to contest the primary on Saturday, August 24. The…

Popular dancehall musician Shatta Wale has revealed that after he had a call from the management of Beyoncé to feature him on a song, for about five minutes he thought he was asleep. The self-acclaimed dancehall king explained that he was trying to really check if he was asleep or awake at first. According to him, he thought maybe they wanted to call R. Kelly or Jay-Z and called him by mistake. He made this revelation in an interview on Accra-based Onua 95.1 FM’s entertainment talk show Anigye Mmre. “I relaxed, thought about the work, went through the necessary things…

Even before the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations draws to a close on Friday, July 19, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has released the groups for the qualifiers for the next edition. The draw was held after CAF’s Executive Committee meeting on Thursday. The Black Stars have been drawn in Group C with the Bafana Bafana of South Africa and the Jediane Falcons of Sudan. They will be joined by the winner of the Mauritius-Sao Tomé and Principé preliminary qualifier. AFCON 2019 finalists Algeria and Senegal are in Group H and Group I respectively. The Desert Foxes will play…

The Minority in Parliament has issued a strong warning to the government ahead of the mid-year budget review to be delivered in Parliament by the Minister of Finance. In a statement issued on Thursday, July 18 by the Ranking Member on the Finance Committee, Cassiel Ato Forson, the budget to be delivered by Ken Ofori-Atta on Monday, July 22 should address the hardships Ghanaians are currently facing “and not the announcement of populist, vote-buying gimmicks”. According to the statement, the 2018 mid-year budget review saw a “blatant” breach of fiscal discipline by the government in order to fulfill ‘frivolous” campaign…

Member of Parliament for Assin Central Constituency Kennedy Ohene Agyapong says interest rates charged by banks in Ghana are too high, thereby raising the cost of doing business in the country. As a result, he continues, Ghanaian traders will not be able to compete with their counterparts from India, China and Nigeria who access loans at lower rates. The New Patriotic Party (NPP) MP was contributing to a statement tabled by Manhyia North MP Collins Owusu Amankwah on the floor of the House over the involvement of foreigners in retail trade. “The reality is that it is very easy for…

Black Stars coach James Kwesi Appiah has expressed surprise at reports that he was attacked in traffic somewhere in East Legon, Accra on Wednesday. “I am surprised to hear a story published by the website that I have been attacked by a fan while driving in East Legon,” he is quoted as saying. “I seriously do not know where that story is coming from because nothing of that sort has happened to me, besides I have not even driven around that area today.” The reports said the under-fire coach was attacked by a football fan for his charges’ abysmal performance…

A joint police-cum-military team is roaming the North Campus of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) apparently to foil a planned demonstration, 3news.com gathers. The officers were seen on Thursday morning. Most of them are in plain clothes but no one can take pictures of them, 3news.com was hinted. The officers are said to have been called in by the Vice Chancellor, Reverend Father Professor Anthony Afful-Broni, following rumours of the townsfolk planning a demonstration on Thursday. The demonstration is said to be against the Governing Council of UEW, whose tenure is said to have expired. The situation on campus…

Some members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Central Region are up in arms against the regional chairman, Robert Kutin Jnr. According to them, Mr Kutin Jnr is working against the fortunes of the party in the 2020 elections. They claim the recent suspension of Central Region First Vice Chairman Horace Ekow Ewusi as per a “faceless petition” is a means to intimidate some members. Addressing journalists on Thursday, July 18, a constituency member of Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese, Amos Nyarko, asked President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to call Mr Kutin to order. He is leading the Coalition of Concerned Members…