Author: Krobea

Close to 90,000 voters in Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency will head to the polls today, January 31, 2019, to elect a new Member of Parliament. Emmanuel Kyeremanteng Agyarko, who has been their representative since 2012, passed on in November last year, necessitating the by-election. He was buried last Saturday. Gov’t in glowing tribute as Kyeremanteng Agyarko is laid to rest Representing his party, the New Patriotic Party (NPP), for Thursday’s elections is one of his widows, Lydia Seyram Alhassan. She has to safeguard a seat that has consistently been won by the NPP. But she will have to contest a…

Participating nations at the 2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations have revealed their squads for the tournament. The squads made available to cafonline.com see 21 players each for the eight nations. Ghana’s squad is dominated by members of the 2017 U-17 squad that won Silver in Gabon. Coach Jimmy Cobbina’s Black Satellites will begin battle on Sunday against Burkina Faso, before later taking on Senegal and Mali in Group B. The tournament, however, begins on Saturday with hosts Niger taking on South Africa in Group A. It is scheduled to end on Sunday, February 17. Below is the Satellites’ 21-man…

A High Court in Accra has placed an injunction on the upcoming congregation of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) slated for Friday. According to the Court, the injunction is valid for 10 days after which the plaintiffs may apply for a renewal. The court granted the ex parte motion for injunction after perusing the affidavit of the plaintiff, Eric Amon Neequaye, in support of the motion and upon hearing the submission of the counsel for the plaintiff, Jonathan Sarblah. The order as sighted by 3news.com indicates that the defendants, KNUST, and its affiliate, Africa Institute of…

The locally based Black Stars have been drawn to play their counterparts from Burkina Faso for a place in the 2020 Africa Championship of Nations (CHAN). With the qualifiers set to begin this year, Ghana would have to battle past their neighbours in Western Zone B of the Confederation of African Football (Caf). Three nations are set to qualify from the Zone. The tournament is scheduled to take place in Ethiopia in January/February, 2020. Ghana will seek to be one of the 15 teams to qualify for the tournament from the various zones. Morocco hosted and won the last edition,…

Black Stars left back Abdul Baba Rahman has made a switch to the French Ligue 1 after signing a loan deal with Stade de Reims. Rahman has been on a season-long loan with Schalke 04 from Chelsea FC. Late on Tuesday, Reims announced the deal. https://twitter.com/StadeDeReims/status/1090383528733429760 His mother club Chelsea said the deal is for the remainder of the 2018/2019 season. Rahman hit the limelight during his time at Augsburg, from where he moved to Chelsea. But he was loaned back into the Bundes Liga for Schalke. France will be the third country he will be plying his professional career.…

The Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) has described as untrue accusations by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) that the voters’ register for Thursday’s by-election in the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency is not available. In a press release, the NDC had accused the EC of bloating the register to favour the New Patriotic Party (NPP). “These allegations are baseless and unfounded and we call on the public to disregard them,” the reprisal press release issued by the Commission on Wednesday said. It emphasised that the register is “clean”. The EC explained that the Special Voters’ List, Transfer List and the Proxy…

Former President John Dramani Mahama has raised concern over the increase in the national debt stock under the Akufo-Addo government. He says despite the huge increase in the public debt stock, the government has nothing to show for all the loans it has contracted. Addressing delegates of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) at Kete-Krachi in the Krachi West Constituency as part of his weeklong campaign tour of the Volta Region, Mr Mahama recalled how the then opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) was accusing his government of borrowing to finance major infrastructure projects. He said the GH¢40 billion borrowed by his…

Emmanuel Kwame Anokye, who shot to fame as a lookalike of popular high-life musician Daddy Lumba, has passed away in India. He was battling brain tumour, which had affected his eyesight. DL Junior, as he was affectionately called though later referred to as Anokye Supremo due to a legal challenge by Lumba, died on Wednesday. He had asked for support for surgery in India. The surgery was to remove the brain tumour. It was estimated to cost GH¢10,000. The disease relapsed into coma, from which he could not recover. Source: 3news.com|Ghana

An Ivorian MP and ex-sports minister has been sentenced to one year in jail and fined $520 (£400) for spreading fake news that incited violence. Alain Lobognan had tweeted on 9 January that the state prosecutor had ordered the arrest of a fellow MP. But the prosecutor said this was not the case and the tweet had caused demonstrations and violent clashes. Mr Lobognan, who has been on hunger strike for 10 days, believes the case is politically motivated. His lawyer, Affoussiata Bamba Lamine, said the MP – who was detained on 15 January – intends to appeal against the…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his vice, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, will be seen on stage at a rally to be held on Tuesday. The rally is to canvass for votes for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate in the January 31 by-election in the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency. The by-election was necessitated by the sudden death of Emmanuel Kyeremanteng Agyarko. He was interred last Saturday. MP Kyeremanteng Agyarko dead Not resting on its oars in order to retain the seat, NPP will hold a major rally on Tuesday. The Special Guest of Honour will be President Akufo-Addo. The rally…