Author: Krobea

The Black Princesses have geared up preparations for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, which is scheduled to be held in France from August 5 – 24. The team has been camping at the Ghanaman Soccer Centre of Excellence in Prampram ahead of the tournament. On Wednesday, July 25, the team will leave Ghana for Spain to continue preparations towards the U-20 Women’s World Cup. Coach Yusif Basigi and his girls will play a couple of friendly matches with some female clubs in Spain before leaving for France for the tournament. Ghana is in Group A and have been…

A new drug to treat malaria has been given the green light by authorities in the United States. The medicine is specifically for the recurring form of malaria – caused by the parasite plasmodium vivax – which makes 8.5 million people ill each year. This type of malaria is a particular challenge to get rid of as it can remain dormant in the liver for years before reawakening many times. Scientists have described tafenoquine as a “phenomenal achievement.” Regulators around the world will now look at the drug to see if they can recommend it for their populations. Relapsing illness…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has admitted that infrastructure at the senior high school level have not increased as rapidly as to meet the growing numbers of students in the face of the Free SHS programme. Introduced in September last year, the programme led to 90,000 more students enrolled. The number is expected to double this year, government has hinted. Already ,efforts have gone into meeting the demands of the numbers with government announcing the employment of 8,000 more teachers in the 2018/2019 academic year. Ninety-six thousand four hundred and three mono desks, 33,171 dining hall furniture, 3,033 tables and…

Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil has quit international football, citing the “racism and disrespect” he has faced in Germany over his Turkish roots. The 29-year-old was criticised after being photographed with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a London event in May. He says he received hate mail and threats and was being blamed for Germany’s disappointing World Cup. “I am German when we win, but I am an immigrant when we lose,” Ozil said. German football chiefs have yet to respond to Ozil’s claims. The third-generation Turkish-German was born in Gelsenkirchen and was a key member of his country’s 2014…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured the entire country and, indeed, residents of Asawase, in the Ashanti Region, that, the recommendations that will be made by the Committee of Inquiry set-up to investigate the alleged killing of seven young men by the Police will be fully enforced and implemented. Speaking on the matter for the first time, President Akufo-Addo, on Sunday, July 22, 2018, at the sod-cutting ceremony of the 1-Village-1-Dam Integrated Agriculture with Renewable Energy for Poverty Eradication Project, in Savelugu, in the Northern Region, indicated that disturbances of such nature constitute a threat to the peace and…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the 2018/2019 academic year is expected to see a double of enrolment figures at the senior high school level due to the free education policy. At its implementation in 2017/2018, 90,000 more students were enrolled across various SHSs in the country, records show. “This year, the number will be doubled to 180,000 more young men and women in our secondary schools,” President Akufo-Addo told a gathering in Janga in the Northern Region. “We are also extending rapidly our teacher population,” he announced. “We are employing 8,000 more teachers this year to take care of…

As part of efforts to improve healthcare delivery in the country, Van Moorhouse Foundation, an NGO committed to enhancing lives of the underprivileged in the society, has extended its charity arm to the Renal and Oncology Units of the Child Health Department of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital with assorted items worth GH¢10,000. It has also presented an unspecified amount of cash to support the payment of hospital bills including drug prescriptions among others of the disadvantaged children. The items included cartons of bottled mineral water, clothes, toiletries, toys, books, mackintosh bed, diapers and food. The idea was borne out…

Some physically challenged persons in the Bosomtwe District of the Ashanti Region have received support from the local assembly to expand and establish small businesses. The Assembly has used the 3% of its Common Fund allocated to the physically challenged to purchase start-up items for beneficiaries to go into economically viable venture. The items include refrigerators, sewing machines, food stuff for provision stores, farm inputs, baking machines, hairdressing kits, and capital for expansion of businesses. The beneficiaries, mostly unemployed, are hopeful the assistance will make them economically independent. “The items given to me will empower me economically and enable me…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has lent his “complete support” to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) for his swift action against the police officer who visited violence on a lady with a two-month old baby at Midland Savings and Loans. A video of the incident triggered public outrage after it went viral on social media Friday. https://youtu.be/0oIMVtgsbd8 The IGP, David Asante-Apeatu, directed the immediate arrest of the officer, Lance Corporal Godzi Federick Amanor, and initiated criminal processes against him. In a statement issued on Friday, the police high command issued a stern warning to all officers “reminding them to…

US president Donald Trump has called for NFL players to be banned for a season with no pay if they kneel for the national anthem. In May, the NFL introduced a new policy with teams fined if players fail to stand during the anthem. Since 2016, some players have knelt to protest against police treatment of African Americans. “Isn’t it in contract that players must stand at attention, hand on heart?” President Trump wrote on Twitter. “First time kneeling, out for game. Second time kneeling, out for season/no pay!” The NFL policy also asked that players who would refuse to…