Author: Krobea

In the Bible, the story is told of how Potiphar’s wife did everything possible to lure young Joseph into her bed. After several failed attempts, she finally got hold of his shirt as the lad fled from the clutches of her seduction. Out of shame and pain, she concocted the story that he had wanted to rape her! At this point, Potiphar’s wife seemed believable. She had Joseph’s shirt as evidence. She seemed to be all truthful… until Joseph presented his side of the story. Though Potiphar’s household never took his word for it, his side of the story explained…

The embattled Chief Executive Officer of Menzgold Ghana Limited has been arrested, according to the Ghana Police Service. Nana Appiah Mensah, popularly known as NAM1, has been arrested since Friday, December 7, 2018 by police in Dubai, a statement from their Ghanaian counterparts said. The information was relayed to the Service just on Sunday, January 13. His arrest was to facilitate investigations into suspicion that he had been involved in a gold-trading deal, which had gone bad, in Dubai. “Ghanaian officials have visited NAM1 in the custody of Dubai Police,” the statement said. Since an order for the shutdown of…

“When the man who stole your bag of beans went out of the building, did the officer follow him outside?” asked Samson Luhila, the police commander at the Lusaka Central Police Station. “He did, yes he did,” answered Nasula. In his book, A Cowrie of Hope, Binwell Sinyangwe says Nasula’s eyes blurted. A notorious confident trickster named Code Silavwe had cunningly succeeded buying the poor woman’s beans not with money but sugar-coated words and had bolted. We are told in that rich novel that the woman’s name [Nasula] meant ‘mother of Sula’ and Sula’s name translated as ‘Let things be.’…

A joint police and military team is patrolling the streets of Yendi in the Northern Region following disturbances late Friday. This is to instill calm after the disturbances led to the death of one person, the police have said. A similar disturbance cranked up by youth said to be from the Abudu gate led to the burning of some houses on Thursday night. One person lost his life while three persons sustained various degrees of injury. One dies in fresh Yendi crossfire Friday’s disturbances, which erupted after Jummah prayers, is said to have been triggered by the demand of keys…

Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas has joined Ligue 1 side Monaco, managed by his former Arsenal team-mate Thierry Henry, on a three-and-a-half year deal. The 31-year-old Spaniard captained the Blues in the FA Cup against Nottingham Forest on Saturday and was in tears as he applauded fans at the final whistle. He joined Chelsea from Barcelona in 2014, having played 303 times for Arsenal between 2003 and 2011. Fabregas described the move as “a new project”, calling it a “great honour”. “I’m here to help the team, I’m looking forward to starting. I am very excited,” he added. BBC Sport understands…

A former Ghanaian diplomat and Minister of Foreign Affairs, James Victor Gbeho, has called on the delegates of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to concentrate on how to quickly return the party to power by winning the next Presidential election with the selection of a winnable presidential candidate. “And the winnable candidate is the great man you’re seeing here, Professor Joshua Alabi,” he said. According to the veteran diplomat, the struggle by the NDC in the hope of returning to power in 2020 will be successful when the party elects Prof Joshua Alabi in the January 26 primary. Ambassador Gbeho,…

The defeated opposition candidate in DR Congo’s presidential election has vowed to challenge the result in court. Martin Fayulu told the BBC the people of the nation deserved to know the truth of the election, which he said had led to a “coup”. Another opposition candidate, Felix Tshisekedi, was declared the winner amid accusations of a power-sharing deal with the outgoing president. Several deaths and injuries have been reported in the wake of the results. The election was to choose a successor to Joseph Kabila, who has been in office for 18 years. The result, if confirmed, would create the…

Police in Las Vegas have issued a warrant for a DNA sample from Cristiano Ronaldo as part of their investigation into the rape allegations made against the Juventus forward. The 33-year-old’s lawyer, Peter S. Christiansen, told BBC Sport it was a “very standard request”. The Wall Street Journal says the warrant was recently sent to the court system in Italy. Ronaldo denies assaulting Kathryn Mayorga at a Las Vegas hotel in 2009. “Mr Ronaldo has always maintained, as he does today, that what occurred in Las Vegas in 2009 was consensual in nature, so it is not surprising that DNA…

Lady Gaga has apologised for working with embattled R&B star R Kelly, and vowed to remove their duet, Do What U Want, from streaming services. It comes after the broadcast of a new documentary about Kelly, which detailed allegations of sexual and physical abuse against women and underage girls, spanning several decades. Gaga called the stories “horrifying” and “indefensible”, adding: “I stand behind these women 1000%”. Kelly has denied all the allegations. His lawyer also dismissed the documentary as “another round of stories” being used to “fill reality TV time”. But film-maker Dream Hampton said the film depicted how Kelly…

Tension seems to be mounting in Yendi in the Northern Region as the Andani Royal family readies to commence final funeral rites for the late overlord of Dagbon, Ya-Naa Yakubu Abdulai Andani. One person, whose name has only been given as Ali, is said to have been caught in a cross fire around 6:40pm on Thursday and killed. Though the exchange of gunshots are not directly linked to the Abudus and Andanis, it is believed that sympathisers of the two families are behind it. It all began, according to 3news.com’s correspondent, when some youth pelted stones at the convoy of…