Author: Krobea

A group supporting Nigeria’s 75-year-old President Muhammadu Buhari has rubbished a claim by his US counterpart Donald Trump who reportedly described him as “lifeless”. The Buhari Media Organisation said in a statement: “President Muhammadu Buhari is fit and capable to run for the 2019 elections and oversee the affairs of the country for four more years President Donald Trump’s hate speech notwithstanding.” It added that it was not unusual for the US president to make derogatory remarks at the expense of other leaders. “We are aware that President Trump’s disrespect for world leaders is not new; his comments on Canada’s…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says in order for the African continent to meet the aspirations of the African peoples and open up opportunities for all, priority must be given to key institutions of state. According to President Akufo-Addo, “we must prioritise our budgetary arrangements to ensure that funds are available to strengthen key institutions of state, such as the Legislature, Judiciary, fiscal institutions, amongst others”. In the case of Ghana, the president indicated that since he came into office, budgetary allocation to Parliament has been increased by 82 per cent , using 2016 as the base year. The Judiciary,…

Levante and Black Stars forward Emmanuel Boateng has made a quick recovery from injury and would be ready for the team’s third game against rivals Valencia on Sunday. Boateng, who was expected to be fit and ready for the fourth game against Espanyol, confirmed to TV3’s Nana Akua Amankwaa that he had returned to full training and was ready for Sunday’s game. According to him, the injury that kept him out of coach Kwesi Appiah’s selection against Kenya was over and he looks forward to a more interesting and successful season. “I am now back to full time training, feeling…

The State of Israel has appointed Shani Cooper as the new Ambassador to Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Ambassador Cooper replaces Ami Mehl, who ended his term of service in July 2018. Ambassador Cooper comes to Ghana with 12 years of diplomatic experience having served in Egypt, Cyprus, Turkey and Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Representing Israel in Ghana will be her fourth diplomatic posting. In a video released by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs to promote her appointment, Ambassador  Cooper mentions that, “she was born in an agricultural village in Israel, where farming was not easy, but the…

WBO Super Bantamweight champion Isaac Dogboe has received a congratulatory message from President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. This comes barely a day after Dogboe knocked out Japanese Hidenori Otake to successfully defend the coveted title he won from American Jessie Magdaleno. The bout over the weekend did not travel beyond the first round as the youngster punched the 37-year-old into heavy dizziness. Dogboe knocks out Otake in first round to retain world title Taking to Twitter on Monday, Ghana’s president congratulated Isaac Dogboe nicknamed the Royal Storm. President Akufo-Addo stated that Ghana is indeed proud of him “and wish him…

The immediate past General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana, Reverend Dr Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong, says the new national cathedral proposed to be built will be at the cost of Christians and other interested parties and not government per se. “This cathedral is not going to be built by government,” he stressed. Speaking on TV3’s Midday Live on Monday, the Lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology said government only offered to facilitate the process of land acquisition. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo announced the construction of a national cathedral as part of Ghana’s 60th independence anniversary.…

A private security officer and a resident of Kansaworado in the Sekondi Takoradi metropolis might still be licking his wounds in wonderland after being robbed of his Infinix mobile phone by a Facebook friend. The victim, Ali Baba, laments on Connect FM’s OMANBAPA morning show the lady, who uses the name sister Naadea on Facebook, requested to pay him a visit after being friends with her for about a year. “I invited the lady to my work place on Sunday morning, August 26, 2018 when after closing, the lady requested to go and see where I live,” he recounted. According…

The West African Examinations Council (Waec) has released school results of the 2018 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). According to a press release signed by Agnes Teye-Cudjoe, the Deputy Director of Waec’s Public Affairs, on Friday, the entire results of 2,061 candidates have been withheld pending the conclusion of investigations. However, those of 83 candidates were cancelled “for bringing mobile phones into the examination hall and receiving external assistance”. One hundred and thirty-four had their subject results cancelled for bringing foreign materials into the exams centres. Others among the 134 had their subject results cancelled for collusion and engaging in…

President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s win in last month’s polls has been upheld by Zimbabwe’s Constitutional Court. The opposition MDC Alliance had brought the legal challenge saying the vote was marred by “mammoth theft and fraud”, but this was rejected by the court. Delivering the verdict, Chief Justice Luke Malaba called allegations of tampering “bold and unsubstantiated”. It was Zimbabwe’s first election since long-time leader Robert Mugabe was ousted from power last year. Two days after the vote, at least six people were killed in clashes between the army and MDC Alliance supporters, who alleged that party leader Nelson Chamisa had been…

I meet infallible people often on Saturdays. Dressed in spotless tuxedos, they don’t talk. They don’t engage in any conversation. As humble as they seem, they don’t reply any comment made at them; whether good or bad. These infallible people are soon packaged into graves where they’ll exist for the rest of their stay on earth because they are corpses! Perfect people don’t talk lest they offend others. They don’t walk lest they step on others’ toes. They don’t stare at anyone lest others take offense. Perfect people are perfect because they do no wrong. What they do all day…