Author: Krobea

WBO Super Bantamweight champion Isaac Dogboe has received a congratulatory message from President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. This comes barely a day after Dogboe knocked out Japanese Hidenori Otake to successfully defend the coveted title he won from American Jessie Magdaleno. The bout over the weekend did not travel beyond the first round as the youngster punched the 37-year-old into heavy dizziness. Dogboe knocks out Otake in first round to retain world title Taking to Twitter on Monday, Ghana’s president congratulated Isaac Dogboe nicknamed the Royal Storm. President Akufo-Addo stated that Ghana is indeed proud of him “and wish him…

The immediate past General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana, Reverend Dr Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong, says the new national cathedral proposed to be built will be at the cost of Christians and other interested parties and not government per se. “This cathedral is not going to be built by government,” he stressed. Speaking on TV3’s Midday Live on Monday, the Lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology said government only offered to facilitate the process of land acquisition. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo announced the construction of a national cathedral as part of Ghana’s 60th independence anniversary.…

A private security officer and a resident of Kansaworado in the Sekondi Takoradi metropolis might still be licking his wounds in wonderland after being robbed of his Infinix mobile phone by a Facebook friend. The victim, Ali Baba, laments on Connect FM’s OMANBAPA morning show the lady, who uses the name sister Naadea on Facebook, requested to pay him a visit after being friends with her for about a year. “I invited the lady to my work place on Sunday morning, August 26, 2018 when after closing, the lady requested to go and see where I live,” he recounted. According…

The West African Examinations Council (Waec) has released school results of the 2018 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). According to a press release signed by Agnes Teye-Cudjoe, the Deputy Director of Waec’s Public Affairs, on Friday, the entire results of 2,061 candidates have been withheld pending the conclusion of investigations. However, those of 83 candidates were cancelled “for bringing mobile phones into the examination hall and receiving external assistance”. One hundred and thirty-four had their subject results cancelled for bringing foreign materials into the exams centres. Others among the 134 had their subject results cancelled for collusion and engaging in…

President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s win in last month’s polls has been upheld by Zimbabwe’s Constitutional Court. The opposition MDC Alliance had brought the legal challenge saying the vote was marred by “mammoth theft and fraud”, but this was rejected by the court. Delivering the verdict, Chief Justice Luke Malaba called allegations of tampering “bold and unsubstantiated”. It was Zimbabwe’s first election since long-time leader Robert Mugabe was ousted from power last year. Two days after the vote, at least six people were killed in clashes between the army and MDC Alliance supporters, who alleged that party leader Nelson Chamisa had been…

I meet infallible people often on Saturdays. Dressed in spotless tuxedos, they don’t talk. They don’t engage in any conversation. As humble as they seem, they don’t reply any comment made at them; whether good or bad. These infallible people are soon packaged into graves where they’ll exist for the rest of their stay on earth because they are corpses! Perfect people don’t talk lest they offend others. They don’t walk lest they step on others’ toes. They don’t stare at anyone lest others take offense. Perfect people are perfect because they do no wrong. What they do all day…

The Kwesi Appiah Foundation has received a donation worth GH¢180,000 from Ashanti Foam Factory (Ashfoam) Limited as part of their corporate social responsibility to support the foundation with its aim of helping old footballers. Ashfoam has teamed up with the Black Stars head coach’s foundation to provide GH¢80, 000 annual financial packages for former national players who blazed the trail in their prime. Some of these aged players who were present at the ceremony held at the offices of Ashfoam in Accra on Thursday included Willie Klutse, Alhaji Ibrahim Sunday, Rev Osei Kofi, Anas Seidu and Awuley Quaye Snr. Fifty…

Veteran actor Psalm Adjeteyfio has revealed that many of the people who made promises on social media and on television to support his ailing health condition did not live to expectation. He spoke to a journalist and final year student of the African University College of Communication, Listowell Acquaye, who put out a campaign to raise funds to support the health condition of the veteran actor. Genesis Some few months ago, Psalm Adjeteyfio was moving from one media house to the other pleading with benevolent Ghanaians to come to his aid financially due to his deteriorating health condition. For weeks,…

Chinese smartphone maker Huawei says the Australian government has banned it from providing 5G technology for the country’s wireless networks. It said fellow communications firm ZTE had also been banned, both reportedly because of national security concerns. “This is a extremely disappointing result for consumers,” the company said on Twitter. Faster data download and upload speeds are promised with 5G, which is the next stage of mobile internet connectivity. Wider coverage and more stable connections than current 4G technology are also highlighted as benefits. What’s the issue? Several countries are preparing for the roll-out of 5G mobile networks, although analysts…

The Deputy Head of Communications at the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC), Yussuf Ayuba, says there are reasons why letters for the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting arrived late. According to him, it was because the internal records delayed in dispatching the letters. The first meeting of the Committee under the new Chair of the EC on Wednesday was boycotted by the National Democratic Congress (NDC), citing they receiving the invitation letter less than 30 minutes to the meeting. According to NDC’s Director for Elections, Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, his party received the invitation letter for the meeting at 12:40pm and the meeting…