Author: Krobea

Ghana Premier League champions Aduana Stars bowed out of this year’s CAF Confederation Cup suffering a 6-0 thumping at the hands of Raja Casablanca of Morocco. The Moroccans needed a win at all cost to qualify to the quarter-finals and they made a statement as early as the third minute, when Mouhcine Iajour opened the score at the Stade Mohammed V. He got his second after just 15 minutes of play. The Ghanaians could not contain the onslaught and there was little motivation as the match was only a dead rubber for them, having lost the penultimate group game against…

The Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Dr Samuel Annor, has said that prosecutorial powers by the Attorney General’s (AG) Department will help his outfit deal with service providers who defraud it by the issuance of false claims. Speaking at the opening of a three-day training in Accra for lawyers of the Authority by the AG’s Department, Dr Annor said prosecutorial powers by the AG became necessary as cases involving false claims by some service providers and clients had been pending in court for many years. This he further stated has brought additional cost to the…

Ghana has been replaced by Uganda in the upcoming T-20 Cricket Cup in South Africa. Ghana received an invitation from Cricket South Africa to take part for the first time in the expanded tournament. However, the West Africa nation cited logistical constraints as reason to pull out. “It is disappointing that Ghana had to pull out of the competition,” said International Cricket Council Africa development officer Justine Ligyalingi. “As it was going to be their debut at this tournament, it would have been a great experience for their national team, but we are glad to confirm the involvement of another…

Management of the newly established Consolidated Bank has assured staff who will be affected by its rationalization and integration programme of capacity building in making them resourceful for other sectors of the economy. Some will be taken through career training to “enable them provide essential outsourced services to the bank where appropriate”. There have been media reports of massive lay-offs by the Bank as a result of a restructuring process. Confirming the process in a statement, Chief Executive Officer Daniel Wilson Addo said the exercise is to rightsize the branch network and rationalize headcount. “Whilst this may involve some reduction…

Facebook’s Watch video-streaming service is rolling out worldwide, just over a year after its US launch. Users will be able to choose from a range of shows – from both established brands and new players – and have the ability to view clips saved from their News Feeds. The firm plans to allow all content creators to feature advertising breaks, so long as they hit certain metrics. Until now, only select publishers had been given the opportunity. To begin with, only videos shown to audiences in the UK, US, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand will have this facility. The revenue…

Organisers of the National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) have released a list of the seeded schools for the 2019 edition. The list is dominated by quarter-finalists of the 2018 edition. Top of the list are 2018 winners St Peter’s Senior High School and losing finalists West Africa SHS and Adisadel College. St Peter’s leapfrogs WASS, Adisco to reclaim NSMQ trophy The 27 seeded schools will not take part in the preliminary round from June, 2019 at the University of Ghana. They will make it directly into the one-eighth round for a place in the quarter finals. Find the schools…

‘ChaleWote” which translates as “Charlie (Friend) let’s go” is the brand name of one of Ghana’s biggest  events that attracts and invites people from many countries. It started in 2011 as a huge climax of the Ga Homowo festival for all Ghanaian artisans and lovers of culture and the unique beauty it reflects. Popularly known as the ChaleWote Festival, every year the event comes with an amazing effect that projects the beautiful African Traditional Culture in the Ghanaian way. Its beauty and inclusiveness by the youth has attracted the aged to also be a part of the history making trends…

The Government of Ghana and the United Kingdom on Tuesday signed a £20 million trade and economic diversification pact, aimed at creating jobs and promoting Ghana’s economic transformation agenda. The Memorandum of Understanding, which represents United Kingdom’s new working programme in Ghana, has been tailored along President Akufo-Addo’s vision of ‘Ghana Beyond Aid’. According to the UK Minister of State for Africa, Harriet Baldwin (MP), who signed the MOU on behalf of the British government, the £20 million programme will focus its attention on four key areas. “It will focus on some of the policy suggestions to make it easier to…

The issue of Ghanaian Music icons being disrespected and  disappointed by Nigerian fans at a Menzgold Concert spells the need for us to rise to not only support our own but to push our own beyond the borders of this country for the  acceptance we crave. In Ghana, we are good at talking and reducing “something” to “nothingness” whilst in other countries, they’re always fighting to put everything that concerns them first. Put Ghana against Nigeria anyday on the issue of “Who Best Supports their own” and Ghana would always receive a knockout in the first round. We live in…

An MPhil student at the Department of History of the University of Ghana, Ishmael Annang, has urged all feuding ethnic groups in the country to amicably settle their differences and learn from the Asantehene’s visit to Kyebi. Otumfoɔ Osei Tutu II on Thursday, August 23 was hosted by Okyenhene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin II at Kyebi in the Eastern Region at a durbar to climax the 75th Anniversary of the late King of Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Area, Nana Sir Ofori Atta. Otumfoɔ’s visit to Kyebi was met with great expectation, that which could be likened to the Singapore meeting between…