Author: Krobea

Controversial artiste Belinda Nana Ekua Amoah, known in showbiz as Mzbel, says that regardless of her admiration of the excellent talent and vocal abilities of young female musicians, she notices that they are too cautious. She feels that attitude holds them back from greatness. “…music is like a spirit, you have to let yourself go and allow the song to carry you,” she said Explaining in clearer terms, she cited Ebony as an ideal example of one who went all out and that paid off in the success she chalked within the very short period of time. “It is not…

Leadership of Persons With Disability (PWDs) in Abura/Asebu/Kwamankese in the Central Region in collaboration with the local assembly is mapping out a strategy to disburse the District Assembly Common Fund (DACF) to their members. In an interview with Kwame Kakraba, the District Chief Executive of for Abura/Asebu/Kwamankese District Assembly, Aba Hagan, urged leadership of various associations in charge of disability common funds across the country to be transparent in dealing with its members. The government has increased the allocation of DACF to PWDs from 2 per cent to 3 per cent. Speaking during the presentation of items in Abura/Asebu/Kwamankese, Ms…

A former Chief Executive Officer of the National Identification Authority (NIA), Osei Kwame Griffiths, says the public-private partnership (PPP) agreement for the National Identification System (NIS) project is “highly inappropriate”. He also says the contract is overpriced. “In its current form, I have serious doubts the contract will pass a value for money audit,” he said in a release on Monday. The release is to react to assertions by NIA on the project, which failed to roll out last Monday. The Authority apologised for the outcome. READ: Registration for Ghana Card suspended indefinitely after failed roll-out Mr Griffiths contends that…

“…I don’t know why God decides to give us so many lives…” [Rawlings narrating the events of June 4 on its 35th commemoration] Perhaps the exact thoughts of the Former President informed this article. Having had no encounter whatsoever with this ‘defining’ event of our history, as a young inquisitive person I cannot but help muse over what our country could have become if events did not unfold as we know it today. Perhaps the very popular 2006 science fiction thriller ‘Deja Vu’ that featured Hollywood’s most celebrated, Denzel Washington, has had so much influence on me. But as one…

The tackle which forced Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah to leave the pitch 30 minutes into the Champions League final last week has featured as a question in a law exam, it’s been reported. Syrian pages on Facebook circulated images from the General Penal Code exam sat by first-year students at the University of Damascus. The question reads: “Sergio Ramos injured Mohamed Salah in the 2018 European Champions League final. Naturally, Ramos cannot be held to account for this action from a criminal law perspective due to four conditions that make the use of violence justified in sports. State these conditions.”…

Songstress Mzbel seems to have had enough of religious controversies. She has in the recent past expressed disbelief in the Christian Messiah, Jesus Christ, and has described Christianity as idol worshipping. The vocal singer has taken it a step further, describing speaking in tongues as utter nonsense. In a new song, ‘Tongues’, produced by Hydraulix, Mzbel, born Belinda Nana Akua Amoah, begins with a few lines in a strange language – considered tongues. While responding to why she was poking fun at Christians and tongue-speaking, she said: “Tongues itself is play. It is very silly… when you go to church…

“A discourse for the discerning patriot…” Apart from Church and doing some personal soul searching with solemn music on a weekend, nothing arrests my attention more than watching or discussing football. I love the game of football not because it is a popular sport. I admire the game because it feeds the wells of my organizational skills with more tactical approaches. In my wildest of moods during a football game, I sometimes feel like a student in class taking lecture notes. As a young journalist with a wild dream of becoming a best-selling writer someday, I have tried to make…

Former President John Dramani Mahama has wished students writing the 2018 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) well. The examinations began on Monday as candidates wrote English Language and Religious and Moral Education (RME). They will continue with Integrated Science and Basic Design and Technology (BDT) on Tuesday. The exams are expected to end on Friday with Social Studies. “It’s exams week,” Mr Mahama tweeted on Monday before the start of the exams. “Wishing all candidates in this year’s BECE the very best of luck.” https://twitter.com/JDMahama/status/1003579110222856192 He asked parents, teachers and invigilators to help calm the students “to ensure that they…

Serena Williams pulled out of the French Open before her fourth-round match with Maria Sharapova because of an injury that affected her serve. The 23-time Grand Slam winner recently returned to tennis after giving birth to her first child, but looked in good form in her opening matches. “I’ve had issues with the right pectoral muscle to the point where I can’t serve,” said the 36-year-old. “I’ll have a scan. I won’t know about Wimbledon until I get the results.” Williams said she first felt the problem during her third-round win over German 11th seed Julia Gorges on Saturday. She…

Boss of Miracle Films, a movie production company based in Kumasi in the Ashanti region, Rev. Samuel Kwesi Nyamekye says the fall of actor Adu Kofi, popularly known as Agya Koo, in the movie industry affected him more than any other movie producer in Ghana. Speaking in a live studio interview with Christian Agyei Frimpong, the host of Anigye Mmre on Accra-based Onua 95.1 FM, Rev Samuel Nyamekye said he was the one who featured Agya Koo in mainstream movie. He also said he was the only movie producer who made lots of sales anytime he featured Agya Koo in…