Author: Krobea

In what many are finding a surprising turn of events, hiplife king Sarkodie has asked his followers to download the newly released album of dancehall king Shatta Wale. In a tweet on Saturday, when the album is scheduled to be launched, Sarkodie posted the iTunes link of the song. https://twitter.com/sarkodie/status/1051019167183331329 Before this, however, the multiple award-winning hiplife artiste had released a song to implicitly lash out at Shatta Wale though said to advise him. The song, titled My Advice, dressed down Shatta Wale for his recent pronouncements targeted at some big wigs in the country’s music industry. [Video] Sarkodie ‘advises’…

Former French international Thierry Henry has accepted an offer to be manager of Ligue 1 side AS Monaco. In a post to announce this, Thierry Henry expressed excitement at the opportunity. “It is with great pride that I am delighted to announce that I have accepted the position to become the manager of AS Monaco FC.” He revealed that many “attractive” offers came his way over the last couple of months. Henry began his professional career with ASM, scoring 20 goals in 105 appearances  between 1994 and 1999. He went on to play for English giants Arsenal, where he remains…

National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Wa Central Constituency Dr Abdul-Rashid Pelpuo says the New Patriotic Party (NPP) cannot deny knowledge of the existence of vigilante groups such as Delta Forces within its fold. The former minister of state said it will be a blatant lie for any person to deny the fact that groups such as the Delta Forces, Invisible Forces and Kandahar Boys are backed by the NPP. Dr Pelpuo’s remarks come in the wake of the denial of the formation of the groups by NPP’s Communications Director, Yaw Buaben Asamoah. Mr Asamoah, who is also…

The Black Stars on Friday thrashed Ghana Premier League side Asante Kotoko 3-0 in a friendly game played at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium. Abdul Majeed Waris, Christian Atsu and Emmanuel Boateng were the goal scorers. The match was put together to keep the senior national team busy after the Confederation of African Football (Caf) cancelled the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations back-to-back qualifiers with Sierra Leone. The Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) had failed to meet a FIFA deadline to reinstate its old executives. Black Stars coach Kwesi Appiah began the game with Asante Kotoko goalkeeper Felix Annan in…

The head of the United Nations has demanded “the truth” over the disappearance of the Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Secretary General Antonio Guterres told the BBC he feared such disappearances would happen more regularly and become a “new normal”. Mr Khashoggi, a critic of the Saudi government, vanished on 2 October after visiting its consulate in Istanbul. Saudi Arabia says accusations it ordered his killing there are “lies”. Interior Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, in quotes reported by the official Saudi Press Agency in Friday, said the kingdom was also keen to uncover “the whole…

Doctors’ use of Caesarean section to deliver babies has nearly doubled in 15 years to reach “alarming” proportions in some countries, a study says. Rates surged from about 16 million births (12%) in 2000 to an estimated 29.7 million (21%) in 2015, the report in the medical journal The Lancet said. The nation with the highest rate for using the surgery to assist childbirth is the Dominican Republic with 58.1%. Doctors say in many cases the use of the medical procedure is unjustified. Until recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) suggested that Caesarean section – or C-section – rates of…

A labour expert has made a call for the complete scrapping of the current payment structure for Ghana’s public sector. Ben Arthur says payment by effort and time should be done away with for payment by performance. According to him, the latter is what is enshrined the 1992 Constitution. Mr Arthur made these remarks on TV3’s Midday Live on Friday. He was speaking in an interview on the sit-down strike declared by staff of the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC). Staff, who began the strike on Thursday, claim they are worse off with the advent of the Single Spine…

Whose money is it when men give to God in church? If it’s God’s, do men need to give a hoot about how it is used? If it’s men’s, does the church need to account periodically to those who give?  It’s awkward when modern church leaders try to make it look as though one is being too nosy or carnal when they demand accountability from the church. In the wake of so many “one-man” churches, it’s rare to see many church today periodically brief its members on its financial activities. Irony is when the same church that urges government to…

Princess Eugenie has married her long-term partner Jack Brooksbank at St George’s Chapel in Windsor. The ninth in line to the throne was watched by her grandmother, the Queen, and Prince Philip, along with other members of her family. Celebrities were also among the 850 guests at the ceremony, including Cara Delevingne and Robbie Williams. Guests held onto their hats in strong winds, as the young bridal party struggled to stay on their feet. After the wedding, the couple took a horse-drawn carriage ride through the town, watched by around 1,200 members of the public in the castle grounds, and…

Usain Bolt has scored his first goals for a professional football team, getting two on his first start for Central Coast Mariners in a friendly. The Jamaican eight-time Olympic sprint champion scored the Mariners’ third and fourth goals in a 4-0 win over Macarthur South West and celebrated with his trademark lightning bolt pose. Bolt joined the A-League club in August for an “indefinite training period”. “My first start and scoring two goals, it’s a good feeling,” Bolt, 32, said. “I’m happy I could come here and show the world I’m improving. I’m keen to be a Mariner, to play…