Author: Krobea

A 51st  minute header by Samuel Umtiti has sent France into the final of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The goal gave France a 1-0 win over Belgium in the first semi-final game of the tournament in Russia. The goal at Saint-Petersburg on Tuesday is only the third for the FC Barcelona defender in his international career. Playing in front of a packed stadium, which had in attendance French President Emmanuel Macron, Les Bleus had to be plunged into a defence mode by the Red Devils, whose goal-scoring record in the tournament is unparalled. They had put a total of…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday joined the chiefs and people of Adaklu in the Volta Region for a sod-cutting ceremony for the construction of a multi-purpose youth and sports centre. It is one of 10 to be situated nationwide. Minister for Youth and Sports Isaac Asiamah, who was present at the ceremony, explained that the construction of the multi-purpose centres of excellence in the 10 regions of the country is being done at the behest of President Akufo-Addo. The deliberate provision of these facilities, the Minister stressed, “has never happened before in this country. It is a major…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reiterated that there is no political agenda underlying the proposed creation of six more regions in the country. “I am not doing it for votes,” he stressed. “There are plenty of regions in this country where they don’t vote for me. Why would it be any different if these regions are created?” President Akufo-Addo reassured that “there is no political agenda in this matter, and there is no attempt to create ethnic antagonisms or factions in this exercise. It is meant to try and improve the governance of our people.” President Akufo-Addo made this…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has revealed that his government has set up the first cattle ranch in the Afram Plains in the Eastern Region to help deal with the Fulani herdsmen and cattle menace. Speaking at Adaklu on Day 2 of his three-day tour of the Volta Region, President Akufo-Addo stated that his government has begun the construction of the ranches across the country in fulfillment of his pledge in the run-up to the 2016 elections. “The first ranch has been established at the Afram Plains, and we have chosen several sites around the country where we are going…

The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) has responded to claims by the Minority in Parliament that the state’s oil management firm supported its board chairman, Freddie Worsemao Blay, in his campaign to be New Patriotic Party’s National Chairman. In a statement issued in the wake of Mr Blay’s election last Saturday, the Minority demanded a forensic audit into the accounts and activities of GNPC and, consequently, asked Mr Blay to step aside. “We also demand that Mr. Freddie Blay be made to step aside as GNPC Board Chairman in the interim ahead of the forensic audit so as not to…

Much of the corruption related activities are seemingly affiliated to politics with politicians getting the biggest of backlash in the distribution of blames. Corruption is only corruption when it involves a politician, the more reason why the citizenry don’t have the penchant to pursue ‘corrupt’ civil servants the way they do at the mention of a politician. My views in this piece maybe unpopular but I’ll state them regardless. Have you ever wondered the possibility of corruption in academic institutions, their procurement processes and certain ‘questionable’ elements on fees items. What even happens at school fees negotiations? Anyway, this isn’t…

Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo is set to join Juventus, the Spanish club have confirmed. It is understood a deal worth £105m has been reached between the two clubs that will see the 33-year-old Portuguese end a nine-year stay at the Bernabeu. Ronaldo won four Champions Leagues at Real but had a turbulent relationship with president Florentino Perez. “The time has come to open a new stage in my life, that’s why I asked the club to accept transferring me,” he said. Ronaldo joined Real from Manchester United for £80m in July 2009 and scored a club-record 451 goals and…

NATIONAL CHAIRMAN Freddie Blay – 3,021 Stephen Ayesu Ntim – 2,515 Dr Richard Amoako Baah – 18 NATIONAL VICE CHAIRMEN Rita Talata Asobayire – 3,671 Frederick Fredua Antoh – 3,185 Michael Omari Wadie – 3,028 Emmanuel Ken-Wuud Nuworsu– 1,325 George Isaac Amoo – 1,222 Vida Agyekum Acheampong – 1,130 Mrs Agnes Asangalisa Chigabatia – 636 GENERAL SECRETARY John Boadu – 4,277 Richard Ahiagbah – 1,274 NATIONAL TREASURER Kwabena Abankwa-Yeboah – 2,492 Nuhu Bayorbo Mahama – 1,050 Mary Posch-Oduro – 1,004 Hajia Ruka Ahmeed – 467 Abraham Obeng  Amoakohene – 447 Kwabena Oppong Frimpong – 50 NATIONAL…

Three persons with the highest votes in the Vice Chair elections of the New Patriotic Party (NPP)  were declared winners on Saturday, as part of the 26th delegates’ conference. Seven persons had contested for the three positions at the 2018 Annual National Delegates’ Congress held at the Koforidua Technical University. Among the seven was a former Member of Parliament, George Isaac Amoo, and a former regional minister, Agnes Asangalisa Chigabatia. But both experienced politicians failed to secure places on the three vacant positions. With 3,671 votes, Madam Rita Asobayire came first to become the First National Vice Chair. FF Antoh’s…

A popular supporter of Hearts of Oak, Abdul Aziz Haruna Futa, has been elected as the National Nasara Coordinator of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). Aziz, as he is affectionately called, polled 201 votes to beat 13 other contestants in elections held at the Koforidua Technical University as part of the 2018 Annual National Delegates’ Conference of the party. His closest contender was Ahmed Zaruk Nuhu, who polled 123 votes. Aziz Haruna has been known as leader of Hearts of Oak’s Chapter O. But he threw himself into the race for National Nasara Coordinator after Kamal-Deen Abdulai decided to abdicate…