Author: Krobea

The Foundation of Orthopaedics & Complex Spine (FOCOS) held its second annual fundraising event in Ghana, at a colorful ceremony held at the Mövenpick Ambassador Hotel on Saturday, May 19, 2018. Aimed at raising funds to support 100 needy patients who require complex spine surgery, the second FOCOS fundraising dinner brought together over 250 guests from across various industries around the globe. Guests were treated with live performances by renowned poet Chief Moomen and award-winning Ghanaian artiste, Bisa Kdei. The event, which was chaired by Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana National Petroleum Authority, Dr. K.K Sarpong, also brought together…

A social media post by popular dancehall artiste Shatta Wale, calling on the youth to stop the abuse of Tramadol, has sparked debate among some followers. While some believe his call is a good cause, others lashed out at him, claiming he led the youth to abuse the drug, calling him ‘king of Tramadol’. On Tuesday, Shatta Wale posted on Twitter that he is angry by the abuse of the drug especially with fellow artistes who “are teaching their fans tramol life should stop”. He claims the “ghetto youth community” does not belong to the government but him. https://twitter.com/shattawalegh/status/998842046218727424 But…

A Deputy Minister of Communications, George Nenyi Andah, and Founding President of IMANI Africa Franklin Cudjoe have expressed dissenting opinions about the Ministry of Communications’ contract with Kelni GVG. Advancing his views on TV3’s New Day on Tuesday, Mr Cudjoe said the contract was needless and is just a duplication of functions of Subah and Afriwave, whose contracts were signed by the previous government. According to him, the five-year “automatic renewable” clause captured on Page 2 of the contract really gives the Haitian company more than $120 million. Again, Mr Cudjoe said Kelni GVG had no track record anywhere in…

Striker Harry Kane will captain England at the World Cup in Russia, manager Gareth Southgate has announced. Kane, 24, scored 41 goals in all competitions last season as Tottenham finished third in the Premier League. Spurs team-mate Eric Dier and Liverpool midfielder Jordan Henderson have also skippered England recently. “Harry has some outstanding personal qualities,” said Southgate, who told the England squad during a meeting at St George’s Park on Monday night. Kane first captained England in last summer’s 2-2 World Cup qualifier in Scotland before going on to wear the armband on a further three occasions. “I’m so excited…

The staff of the Ghana Highway Authority have threatened to embark on “an industrial action” over attacks they say have been inflicted on their colleagues at the Northern Region office in Tamale. According to the workers, on three occasions some unknown persons have attacked the Tamale office with the latest occurring last Tuesday. “We have also been informed of the same group going about preventing contractors from undertaking their assignment,” a press release by the Senior Staff Association of the Authority pointed out. It demanded: “While we sympathise with the rank and file in Tamale, we are by this press…

The death toll of Cuba’s deadliest air disaster in 30 years has risen to 111 after one of the survivors died of her injuries on Monday evening. Grettel Landrove, 23, was a flamenco dancer and student engineer. The news comes on the same day that Mexico’s civil air authority suspended the operations of a company that owned the plane involved in the crash. Officials said in a statement that Aerolíneas Damojh was under “extraordinary verification”. The charter company had leased the aeroplane in question to Cuban state airlines Cubana de Aviación. Speaking to the BBC outside the hospital, Ms Landrove’s…

Arsenal are set to appoint Unai Emery as their new manager. Manchester City assistant manager and former Gunners captain Mikel Arteta was strong favourite to succeed Arsene Wenger. Emery emerged as the unanimous choice following a recruitment process in which all candidates were spoken to. The 46-year-old Spaniard is available after leaving Paris St-Germain where he won one Ligue 1 title and four domestic cups in two seasons in charge. Previously he guided Sevilla to three consecutive Europa League triumphs between 2014 and 2016. Emery announced last month he would leave French champions PSG when his contract expired at the…

Barack Obama and Michelle Obama are teaming up with Netflix to produce films and TV shows. Netflix say the former US President and First Lady have “entered into a multi-year agreement” with the service. It says the “films and series” will “potentially” include “scripted series, unscripted series, docu-series, documentaries and features.” “Barack and I have always believed in the power of storytelling to inspire us,” said Michelle Obama. Exact details of programming have yet to be announced. The couple have created Higher Ground Productions to produce the content to be aired on Netflix. “One of the simple joys of our…

Highlife musician Gladstorm Kwabena Akwaboah Jnr., popularly known as Akwaboah Jnr., has disclosed that he is open to joining music label Zylofon Media if the deal is right. Akwaboah Jnr, who is currently signed to Sarkcess Music, made this disclosure on ‘After Hours’ on TV3 last Friday. Asked by host Mikki Osei Berko if he would ever consider joining Zylofon Music, Akwaboah responded, “I will think about it first”. “Why, because if the direction I want to go they cannot take me there, then I won’t be on. You read contracts and tell them what you want to do. You…

Ghanaian actress Jasmine Baroudi has disclosed that she gets orgasms anytime she gets a tattoo. Jasmine, who is not new to tattoos, made this revelation on After Hours on TV3 last Friday. She told host Mikki Osei Berko: “I do actually like tattoos. If it wasn’t for my mum, I would have probably covered my whole body with tattoos.” Asked why she likes tattoos considering the pain that is often associated with getting it, she responded: “The pain yeah, people ask me Jasmine, ‘you have so many tattoos are they not painful?’ “They are extremely painful depending on where you…