Author: Krobea

Even before official results are declared, Dr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah and Professor Joshua Alabi conceded defeated by congratulating their opponent in NDC’s presidential primary, John Dramani Mahama. The three were among seven aspirants in Saturday’s presidential primary of the National Democratic Congress. Provisional results give Ghana’s immediate past president a commanding lead. Mahama in a comfortable lead with huge margin against 6 others It will take perhaps a miracle for results to go otherwise. First to take to his official Facebook page a few hours after polls closed and counting had virtually been done, Dr Spio-Garbrah, who served under Mr Mahama…

A fierce battle between two-years champions Conquerors SC and Accra Rugby Club ended in a win for Conquerors by 43 points to 17 on Sunday, February 17 \in Accra. This result removed the uncertainty about who will compete in the 2019 Ghana Rugby Club Championship (GRCC) Semi-Finals. Conquerors, at the top of the Accra Pool A Log with 20 points, will face the second-placed Dennis Foundation of the Cape Coast Pool B section. Dennis Foundation managed to get 14 Championship points behind Griffons on 19 points. In the second match of the semi-finals, Griffons will play against Accra-based Dansoman Hurricanes…

The power crisis in Nigeria has reared its head at some polling stations as officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) resorted to lights from smart phones to sort out ballots for counting. In an instance, a car’s headlight was brought in to illuminate a center for counting to begin. TV3’s correspondent stationed in the federal capital of Abuja, Komla Klutse, said poor visibility could affect results. He reported from the Maitama Model Primary Polling Centre that agents of the various political parties as well as electoral officers pulled out their mobile phones to illuminate the centre for counting…

Former flagbearer aspirant of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Ekwow Spio-Garbrah could not amass a single vote at the party’s headquarters in Saturday’s presidential primary. Joining him is Alhaji Nurideen Iddrisu, who also had no votes. The party’s delegates from its foreign branches as well as some national executives voted at the headquarters in Adabraka. Members of the party’s Council of Elders also voted at the additionally created center in the Klottey Korle Constituency. Not surprisingly, former President John Dramani Mahama polled 33 out of the 41 valid votes cast to emerge winner. Coming a distant second is former Chief…

Arsenal will play French side Rennes and Chelsea face Ukraine’s Dynamo Kiev in the last 16 of the Europa League. Rennes are 11th in Ligue 1 while Kiev are second behind Shakhtar Donetsk in the Ukrainian Premier League. The Premier League clubs avoided Serie A’s second and third-placed sides Napoli, who face FC Salzburg, and Inter Milan, who play Eintracht Frankfurt. Arsenal boss Unai Emery’s former club Sevilla face Slavia Prague and Celtic’s conquerors Valencia play FC Krasnodar. Arsenal and Chelsea will both play at home in the first leg on 7 March with the return games a week later.…

Former President John Dramani Mahama has expressed disappointment in his successor, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, for describing the violence during the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election as an “isolated incident”. He said if the president had borne the brunt of the violence, he would not have described the events as such. The former president was commenting on the incident in an interview on Accra-based Radio Gold. Despite the widely condemned violence, President Akufo-Addo had congratulated the winner, Lydia Seyram Alhassan, in a statement. The three-time leader of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) had described events during the by-elections as isolated. Akufo-Addo…

Article 67 of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana mandates the President to deliver a message on the state of the nation to parliament at the beginning of each session and before the dissolution of parliament. The content of this address has been a bone of contention since the inception of the 4th Republic. The nature of the various sectors of the country and the time duration for such an address make it a daunting task for the President to adequately touch on all sectors of the economy. In most cases, Presidents have been chastised for leaving one sector or the…

Eight mourners have died at Asiowkor in the Upper West Akyem District of the Eastern Region. Sixty-three others who have been injured are receiving care at the Asamankese Government Hospital. Three have been referred to the Eastern Regional Hospital in Koforidua. Information gathered indicates that the seven deceased were among some 71 persons who were in a bucket of a Kia Rhino vehicle in a convoy conveying a dead body from Asamankese Government Hospital to Esiokor for funeral rites. The body of the deceased was in an ambulance followed by the Kia Rhino, whose bucket carried the mourners, numbering 61.…

A section of the Makola Shopping Mall was gutted by fire Friday morning. According to TV3’s Stanley Blewu, officers of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) encountered challenges dousing the fire despite the availability of adequate fire tenders. Affected shops include City Gold, City Bridal, Nancylette, among others. The incident caused a huge vehicular and human traffic around that area. The fire was reported to have started around 7:00am. Source: 3news.com|Ghana

Chelsea have been banned from signing players in the next two transfer windows for breaching rules in relation to youth players, Fifa has announced. The ban, until the end of January 2020, does not prevent the release of players and will not apply to their women’s and futsal teams. The Premier League club have been given three days to appeal. They have also been fined £460,000, while the Football Association (FA) has been fined £390,000. It comes following a Fifa investigation into Chelsea’s signing of foreign under-18 players, including former striker Bertrand Traore. The world governing body says it found…