Author: Krobea

Public Relations Officer (PRO) for the Presbyterian Church of Ghana Reverend George Larbi says the 60-year-old man, who bonked himself to death, was not an elder of the Church. The late William Osae-Ansah of Ascension Congregation of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana in Koforidua in the Eastern Region was reported to have booked a hotel at Nkrukan two weeks ago. He allegedly decided to sneak in with a 40-year-old woman, who is said to be a member of his church in order for both to satisfy their lustful pleasures. Unfortunately, he met his untimely death. Speaking to Bright Akwesi Asempa…

Janet Jackson has opened up about her struggle to find happiness, saying she “fell easily into despair” but found contentment after becoming a mother. In a candid letter for Essence magazine, the pop star said she had suffered low self-esteem and “intense” depression throughout her life. “Depression is a tenacious and scary condition,” she wrote. “Thankfully, I found my way way through it.” The 52-year-old thanked God and her infant son for helping her find peace. “The height of happiness is holding my baby son in my arms and hearing him coo, or when I look into his smiling eyes…

The maiden Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) U-20 Athletics Championships is heating up with the arrival of teams. The championships is scheduled to be held from Friday, June 22 to Saturday, June 23 at the Cape Coast stadium. As of Thursday, June 21, majority of the teams had arrived at the games venue in Cape Coast. The arrivals include officials and athletes from host Ghana, Liberia, Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Togo, Nigeria, Cape Verde, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Niger, Gambia, Nigeria and Senegal. This is the second time Ghana is hosting a major ECOWAS competition, having last hosted the…

https://twitter.com/dw_sports/status/1009348669718630400 A female reporter groped live on air at the World Cup has spoken out about harassment by sports fans. Colombian correspondent Julieth Gonzalez Theran was working for DW Espanol in Moscow when a man grabbed her breast and kissed her cheek. She continued her report without interruption but has since addressed the incident online. “We do not deserve this treatment,” Gonzalez Theran said. “We are equally valuable and professional.” She told her employer, Deutsche Welle, she had been on the scene for two hours preparing for the broadcast. “When we went live, this fan took advantage of the situation,”…

Former National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Adentan Constituency Kojo Adu Asare says despite the mention of NPP in a confession by the prime suspect in the case of the murder of JB Danquah Adu, heads must remain calm. He says though the confession implicates his party’s arch-rivals, it will be too quick to jump out in jubilation. “It is a bit farfetched for me,” he stated on 3FM’s morning show, Sunrise, on Thursday. He says the prosecution must rather consider the confession as a very invaluable piece of evidence in the trial. At an Accra District Court…

A Nigerian university has sacked a professor who was caught on tape allegedly demanding sex from a female student in exchange for upgrading marks. Accounting professor Richard Akindele was fired by Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in southwest Nigeria after an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct, the university said. The vice chancellor Eyitope Ogunbodede said in a statement that it had confirmed the voice on the tape soliciting his student Monica Osagie for sex was Akindele’s. Akindele had “acted in a manner that… compromised his position as a teacher and examiner… his conversations with Miss Osagie were about examination scores…

The joint task force of Operation Vanguard has arrested four Chinese nationals and five Ghanaians engaged in galamsey. The nine persons were arrested on Wednesday and Thursday at Prestea/Huni Valley and Upper Denkyira West districts. Three of the Chinese were arrested together with five Ghanaian collaborators at an illegal mining site at Ensasi in the Prestea/Huni Valley District. They are Wei Chan, 55, Lin Chao, 30, and Lin Chintong, 21. The Ghanaians are Appiah Dankwah, 23, Samuel Baba, 39, Adingo Azuma, 20, Mohammed Mustapha, 30, and Atia Yendo, 30. Items seized from them were a Lingong excavator, a Sany excavator,…

If you’re going to invite a bunch of Instagram’s biggest “influencers” to an event, you better make it Instagrammable to the extreme. And artisan food, fancy coffee and quirky sets were all in place at IGTV’s San Francisco launch. The longer-form, vertical video service – which will work as a bolt-on feature to Instagram as well as having a standalone app of its own – is enormously important to parent company Facebook. Facebook’s main service is increasingly seen by teenagers and 20-somethings as a place better-suited for their parents, or even grandparents. They gravitate instead to Snapchat for quick social…

Academic ace Gwendolyne Brown arrived in at the Kotoka International Airport Tuesday night to much fanfare and traditional choreography from students of Seven Great Princes Academy, her alma mater. She made an epoch-making history at the Southampton University in the United Kingdom by becoming the first Ghanaian to score a 100 per cent in English Literature. Ms Brown, 21, scored this at the Advance Subsidiary level in the British curriculum. She was met on arrival by her mother, Mrs Brown, together with some officials and students of Seven Great Princes Academy. She is expected to pay a courtesy call on…

Second Lady Samira Bawumia, last Wednesday, launched Ghana’s Nurturing Care Framework for Early Child Development. The event was convened by the Ministry of Health, with support from USAID, UNICEF and WHO. The Framework provides an evidence-based roadmap for action, and outlines how policies and services can support parents, families, other caregivers and communities in providing nurturing care for young children. Ghana officially endorsed the Nurturing Care Framework at the World Health Assembly on May 23, 2018. To reach their full potential, children require good health, adequate nutrition, safety and security, responsive caregiving, and opportunities for learning. This is particularly important…