Author: Krobea

Two of Ghana’s most revered traditional leaders Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II and Okyenhene Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori-Panin II were spotted together sharing some moments of royal camaraderie. The picture seems to have dispelled suspicions that there has been bad blood between the two leaders. It appeared the overlord of the Asante Kingdom and his counterpart of the Akyem Abuakwa Kingdom were on their way for a golf tournament in Kumasi on Saturday. At the golf club, there was more interaction between the two, who were joined by other notable lovers of the sport. They also had some time to dine…

The draw for the 1/8th stage of the 2018 National Science and Maths quiz was held on Saturday after the end of the preliminary round. The stage will see the seeded schools join the action. Eighteen preliminary round losers also joined with the 36 winners all drawn in Saturday’s balloting at the University of Ghana, Legon, where the quiz is being held. Prempeh College will begin a defence of their title on Wednesday, June 27 when they face Saviour SHS and St Francis Xavier Junior Seminary, who apparently beat former winners Pope John’s SHS in the preliminary round. But POJOBA’s…

With less than two weeks to the maiden ECOWAS Athletics Championships at Cape Coast from 22nd to 23rd June, the Ghana Athletics Association has announced that sprint sensation Hor Halutie will lead Ghana’s team at the U-20 championships. Hor came to national and international prominence after becoming the only female African to snatch a place in the final of the women’s 100m event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast 2018. Halutie has been the most consistent female sprinter based in the country since 2016, winning the overall circuit 100m event in 2016 and also winning the circuit 100m and…

After it became clear to the world, who hosts the 2026 world cup, it may have been established that Africans “hate” Africa progress.  We are know the glory, the prestigious football tournament brings to a nation and to an extreme the continent whose nation will be given the nod to host the world cup. If the benefit of hosting a world cup is establish, then why did some Africa nations voted against their own at the FIFA Executive congress which was held in Russia last Wednesday? Does the action taken by these  African nations who rejected Morocco’s bid cement the…

Croatia made a winning World Cup start against Nigeria, as Oghenekaro Etebo’s own goal and a Luka Modric penalty decided a poor Group D match in Kaliningrad. Etebo, who joined Stoke City from Portuguese club Feirense for £6.35m on Monday, turned Modric’s first-half corner into his own net after Ante Rebic and Mario Mandzukic had both got touches. Modric then converted a 71st-minute penalty – Croatia’s first shot on target – after William Troost-Ekong had manhandled Mandzukic at a corner. Nigeria offered little attacking threat, although Dejan Lovren blocked Alex Iwobi’s shot just before half-time, and Odion Ighalo glanced a…

Member of Parliament for Mpraeso Constituency Seth Kwame Acheampong has admonished former president John Dramani Mahama to better stay off talking about the economy. The New Patriotic Party (NPP) MP says he is advising him as a senior brother. This advice comes in the wake of the former president’s mockery of Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia in a tweet over the week. In the tweet, Ghana’s fourth president in the Fourth Republic posted a video of Dr Bawumia lashing out at the then National Democratic Congress (NDC) government over the depreciation of the domestic currency, Cedi, to the US Dollar.…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on Muslim leaders to ensure that as many of their girl children as possible are educated. “I appeal to you to pay as much attention to the education of your female children as you do to the education of your male children.” The President made this appeal while speaking on Friday during the annual Eid-ul-Fitr prayers. Thousands of Muslims including the Chief Imam and the Minister of Inner City and Zongo Development congregated at the Independence Square for the prayers. Addressing the gathering, President Akufo-Addo expressed his government’s commitment to making education accessible…

McDonald’s will replace plastic straws with paper ones in all its UK and Ireland restaurants, starting from September. It is the latest company to opt out of some single-use plastic products which can take hundreds of years to decompose if not recycled. The restaurant chain uses 1.8 million straws a day in the UK. “Reflecting the broader public debate, our customers told us they wanted to see a move on straws,” the firm said. This decision follows a successful trial in selected restaurants earlier this year. The move to paper straws will be completed next year. Environment Secretary Michael Gove…

The 2018 World Cup opened in spectacular fashion as Russia defied their recent poor form to smash five past Saudi Arabia and record the biggest win by the host nation in the opening game of a World Cup since 1934. Stanislav Cherchesov’s team had not won in their past seven matches and had been criticised from all sides, including a series of barbed comments from Russian president Vladimir Putin. But in front of a largely partisan crowd of 78,011 at the Luzhniki Stadium they never looked in danger against a naïve Green Falcons’ side that seemed only too willing to…

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) is not happy with the National Teaching Council (NTC) for initiating moves to register teachers for the licensure exams. Reports say teachers are being registered for next month’s exams at a cost of GH¢220 per candidate. The move is part of a scheme to have all teachers in Ghana licensed. But speaking in an interview with TV3’s Daniel Opoku on Thursday, NAGRAT’s National President, Eric Angel Carbonu, said: “We see this as a rip-off, absolutely unnecessary.” He explained that the areas of examination for the teachers have all been covered in the curriculum…