Author: Krobea

The oil city of Sekondi-Takoradi is expected to go agog as the much-anticipated ‘Community Street Rap Battle 2018’ on Connect FM kick-starts on Saturday, June 23. The first stop will be at Effiakuma in the Effia Kwesimintsim municipality in the Western Region. The project, which is aimed at unearthing talents, will see contestants battling it out to prove their worth. Participating communities include Kwesimintsim on Saturday, June 30, Sekondi on July 7 and Takoradi on July 17. A rap king will be crowned in each community and this will culminate in the crowning of the overall rap king. There will…

Former champions Pope John’s Senior High School and Seminary could not go past a second lifeline to go further in this year’s National Science and Math quiz as they exited in the one-eighth stage on Friday. Pojoba jumped to the lead in Round 1 but lost it to trail behind their Eastern Region rivals Koforidua Senior High and Technical School and even behind TI Ahmadiyya SHS in the following round. But the Daasebre boys climbed above TI AMASS from Round 3 – Problem of the Day – howbeit could not catch up with Mmarima Mma. At the end of the…

Egypt’s football association will make a formal complaint to Fifa about the performance of referee Enrique Caceres during their World Cup loss to Russia. Egypt’s hopes of a place in the knockout stages ended with a 3-1 loss to the hosts in St Petersburg. They claim Ahmed Fathi was pushed before he scored an own goal to give Russia the lead, and they also had a second-half penalty appeal turned down. Egypt FA president Hany Abo Rida said they had a “right to complain”. “We want an investigation into the performance of the whole refereeing team,” he said. Two minutes…

An Accra Human Rights Court has adjourned a case involving two citizens and the Ministry of Communications over the $178.8 million Kelni-GVG contract. The case was adjourned by Justice Anthony Yeboah to Tuesday, July 3, 2018. Before adjourning the case in his chamber, Justice Yeboah bemoaned a late receipt of process hence his inability to study the documents. Sara Asafu-Adjaye and Maximus Amertogoh want the Minister of Communications, the National Communications Authority (NCA), Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Attorney General, the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications and the telecommunications networks to cease the traffic monitoring. The two are requesting from the court “an…

Ghana’s flagship policies might well stimulate the country’s economy but they won’t do much to get rid of poverty, even though that is their stated aim, says a UN human rights expert. “The Government claims that the economic stimulus provided by these programmes will automatically cut the country’s high rates of poverty and growing rates of urbanisation, but the main beneficiaries will be people with capital, and those who are politically well-connected,” said the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Philip Alston. Alston’s comments mark the presentation of his report to the UN Human Rights Council in…

Fashion many a times needs some accessories to be complete. A fashion accessory, however, is an item used to contribute, in a secondary manner, to the wearer’s outfit, often used to complete the outfit. One of these accessories is a fanny pack which is worn recently by artistes during performances on stage and in music videos. However, it’s obvious that the fanny pack, the most scorned member of the handbag family, has been experiencing massive resurgence in recent time. The pack was used by many people to carry food, tools and supplies from place to place as well as money bag…

Member of Parliament for Assin Central Constituency Kennedy Ohene Agyapong says he will show his much-anticipated counter-video to Anas Aremeyaw Anas’ documentary film on Wednesday, June 27. He said he will show the video, dubbed ‘Who Watches the Watchman?’, in the evening between 7:00pm and 8:00pm on a large screen in front of his radio and television stations. Speaking on Oman FM on Thursday night, the maverick lawmaker said patrons will see who sponsored Anas Aremeyaw Anas to carry out his investigation. Most of the sponsors are journalists who wanted Kwesi Nyantakyi out of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), he…

A woman with a rare blood cancer is being denied a life-saving transplant from her brother because he doesn’t earn enough, a charity has said. Shirley Kordie, 33, has hypoplastic MDS and will leave her son, Blessing, four, without a mother if she is not treated. Her brother Joseph, who lives in Ghana, is a “perfect” stem cell match but his visa application was denied due to his “financial circumstances”. The Home Office said it was “urgently reviewing” the case. Ms Kordie said: “My life is in danger – I need to get my life back for my son. “I…

Akon says he’s planning to release a new cryptocurrency named after himself – called Akoin. Speaking at the Cannes Lions Festival on Monday, the Locked Up singer said he believed cryptocurrency could be “the saviour of Africa”. AKoin’s official website says the singer wants the app “on every mobile phone” between now and December. And Akon says he’s also planning to build a “crypto city” in Senegal which he calls “a real-life Wakanda”. The website says Akon has been “gifted” 2,000 acres of land by the President of Senegal to build the city – which is also named after himself.…

Kylian Mbappe’s first-half strike helped France overcome – and eliminate – a resilient Peru to earn a spot in the knockout round of the World Cup. Ricardo Gareca’s side, buoyed on by their passionate support inside the Ekaterinburg Arena, came alive in the second half after falling behind in the 34th minute but ultimately could not find the equaliser that would have prevented their exit. Monaco’s Mbappe was the player to punish the Peruvians when he tapped in Olivier Giroud’s deflected shot, coming after a period of France dominance. But it was Peru who had the upper hand after the…