Author: Krobea

Organisers of the annual Miss Ghana beauty pageant Exclusive Events and its Chief Executive Officer, Inna Maria Patty, have dared former beauty queens to name the men they claim have been pimped to them. Exclusive Events say the names and addresses of the men involved will help them take a legal action against these “big men”. This comes in the wake of the abdication of the crown by Miss Ghana 2017 Margaret Dery. Previous winners had accused Ms Patty, who is a former queen herself, of using them for her selfish gain. READ: Inna Patty ‘uses’ Miss Ghana girls for…

Ghanaian sprinter Janet Amponsah has won her first individual medal on the continent after placing second in the final of the 2018 African Senior Athletics Championships. Amponsah’s feat in Nigerian city of Asaba – where this year’s Championships are taking place – comes after making consecutive finals in the past two editions. She placed 2nd in a time of 11.54 seconds behind Ivorian Marie-Josee Ta Lou, who is the world leader in 100m with 10.85s. She, however, won Thursday’s final in 11.15s. Another Ghanaian Hor Halutie missed out on a medal placing after finishing 4th with a time of 11.61s.…

Minister of Youth and Sports Isaac Kwame Asiamah is adamant Ghana will not lose the hosting rights for the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations. He was speaking ahead of a crunch meeting with the President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Dr Ahmad Ahmad next week. The meeting with the CAF boss is expected to border on the turbulence in Ghana football. And while the corruption investigations that have brought Ghana football to its knees will feature highly, the subject of the 2018 Women’s Nations Cup will also be a major talking point. Asiamah will seek to allay…

The Football Association is considering putting England forward as a potential host for the 2030 World Cup. The last major tournament played in England was the 1996 European Championship, 30 years after the country hosted its only World Cup. FA chairman Greg Clarke says the governing body’s board has agreed to start work to see if a bid is feasible. “This work will take place during the new season and no decision will be made until 2019,” added Clarke. Wembley is already hosting seven games during Euro 2020, and the FA has bid to host the European Women’s Championship in…

The Vice President, Marketing, of A1 Bread, Nana Poku Osei, popularly known as Hammer, and his team on Tuesday, August 1 donated an undisclosed amount of money to 3 Foundation and gave 500 loaves of their new wheat bread to the staff of Media General. “We are donating some money for the hole-in-heart foundation. We usually give back to society but this is the very first time we are hearing about the foundation. That is why we are here today.” According to Hammer, they could not come empty-handed and have not come to TV3 to officially announce their presence. They,…

Tema-based Ghanaian rapper and early proponent of the ‘Twipop’ Darlington Kwasi Agyekum, popularly known in showbiz as D.Cryme, says he always walks around with condoms. He said he carries condoms around because during crucial times, most guys forget to protect themselves, advising that using condoms protects one from contracting diseases and also prevents unwanted pregnancies. “I always walk around with condoms, condoms are like handkerchiefs. [If] you don’t even get to use them, you lend them out.” The ‘Kill Me Shy’ hit-maker reiterated that he always has condoms in his pockets all day, every day and passes it on to…

‘Wish Me Well’ hitmaker Kuami Eugene has finally acted upon the countless social media trolls he gets for his manner of dressing. He has employed a new fashion stylist, who is said to be Nana Aba Anamoah’s baby daddy, Osebo, to help his wardrobe become a bit more trendy and excuse him from the countless critics he gains for his dressing. Richard Brown, popularly known as Osebo, owns ‘247 Boutique located at North Kaneshie and is the father of Nana Aba Anamoah’s 16-year-old son. According to sources, the ‘Angela’ hit maker has employed Osebo to rebrand himself since he has…

Takoradi-based water bicycle inventor Frank Darko, who was in the news in the early part of this year, is making strides in the industry. He has invented a children version of the bicycle at the request of a Germany-based Ghanaian medical practitioner. The smaller bike, which is a modification of the first invention, has a brand name embossed on it. According to Frank Darko, the new additions, which are four in number, would be sent to Gomoa Fetteh in the Central Region to be used by some school children, who have challenges crossing water bodies to school. Frank tells Connect…

The Bank of Ghana has established Consolidated Bank Ghana Limited to take over the assets of five banks said to have been plunged into a liquidity crunch. The banks are Beige Bank, Construction Bank, The Royal Bank, Sovereign Bank and uniBank. Addressing journalists in Accra on Wednesday, Governor of the Bank of Ghana Dr Ernest Addison said his outfit is dedicating GH¢450 million as minimum capital for the new bank ahead of the GH¢400 million requirement at the end of the year for all banks. “It takes away the uncertainty and anxiety we have seen in the market,” Dr Addison…

The Executive Secretary of the Importers and Exporters Association of Ghana, Samson Asaaki Awingobit, has expressed disappointment in the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, following his presentation of the mid-year budget review on Thursday, July 19, 2018. According to Samson Asaaki Awingobit, the Finance Minister left parliamentarians in suspense since he did not explain and state the percentages of the levies that were indicated in his presentation. Speaking on 3FM’s Sunrise on Wednesday, Mr Awingobit stated that in 2017 during the first mid-year budget presentation by Mr Ofori-Atta, Ghanaians were assured of an abolishment of certain taxes but barely a year…