Author: Krobea

Medeama SC’s 4-1 win over Wa All Stars in midweek kept them atop the Zylofon Cash Premier League. The Tarkwa-based side – with one outstanding match – were 3-0 up at half time in their Match Day 14 clash played at the Tarkwa & Abosso Park. Kwesi Donsu broke the deadlock in the 11th minute for the Yellow & Mauves before Kwame Boateng scored two goals in succession. Though Richard Arthur pulled one back for bottom-placed All Stars in the second half, Donsu finished off with his side’s fourth and his second. Medeama are currently two points adrift of second-paced…

A Presidential Staffer, Charles Nii Teiko Tagoe, has taken to Facebook to justify the arrest and subsequent detention of one Reginald Sekyi-Brown for displaying a placard inscribed ‘Open UGMC Now’. The protester displayed the placard during a sod-cutting ceremony by First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo at the Korle Teaching Hospital. He is protesting the recent standoff between government and management of the University of Ghana which has led to the delay in the opening of the University of Ghana Medical Centre for operations. It appears opinions are divided over the action by the security officers to detain the protester. While some…

The First Lady and Head of The Rebecca Foundation, Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has cut the sod for the construction of a new Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra. Speaking at the brief sod-cutting event, she said “there’s nothing more painful or tragic than losing a child. Every parent knows that. We know that tragedy happens sometimes, but when it does, at least we need to assure ourselves that we did all we could”. The Children’s Block at Korle-Bu, for so many years, has been working under some severely tough conditions with the deplorable facilities, extreme…

Goals from captain Thomas Partey and Emmanuel Boateng gave Ghana’s Black Stars a 2-0 win over the Samurai Blue of Japan on Wednesday. The match was a preparation match for the Japanese, who will play in Group H of next month’s 2018 FIFA World Cup. They open with Colombia before taking on Poland and Senegal. Though the match was to test the readiness of Akira Nishino’s side ahead of the world cup, the Africans began the stronger side, opening the score under 10 minutes. Atletico Madrid’s Partey hit a low free kick to beat Gamba Osaka’s Masaaki Higashiguchi in post…

Musician Kwame Asare Obeng has fired a salvo definitely in reaction to a threat issued by the Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, to sue him after Friday, June 1 if he failed to apologise for some earlier comments. In a letter written by lawyers for the Minister Safo & Marfo @ Law, Mr Obeng, known in showbiz as A-Plus, was to apologise for a “defamatory publication” on his Facebook page. READ: Ursula to sue A-Plus over ‘defamatory’ Facebook post if… But a defiant A-Plus, a few hours after the letter was made public, said he cannot be intimidated by threats…

Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah has named a strong starting line-up to face Japan in a 2018 World Cup warm-up on Wednesday. The Black Stars boss handed Emmanuel Boateng his first start for the national team with several players maintaining their respective positions. Goalkeeper Richard Ofori maintained his place with central defenders Rashid Sumaila and Nicholas Opoku protecting the shot stopper. Andy Yiadom returns to his right-back position with Lumor Agbenyenu playing from the left side of the defence. Attamah Larweh and Isaac Sackey will play at the heart of the midfielder with Nana Amponsah and Frank Acheampong playing on the…

Hundreds of school girls and women gathered at the Zimmerman Presbyterian Chapel in Odumase Krobo in the Eastern Region for an empowerment programme as regards menstrual hygiene. The programme, put together by non-governmental organisation Inspire to Rise in collaboration with the Ghana Education Service and the Lower Manya Krobo District Assembly, was to mark Menstrual Hygiene Day on Monday, May 28. The theme for the programme was ‘Empowering Women and Girls Through Menstrual Hygiene Management’. The Special Guest was the Paramount Queenmother for Manya Klo Traditional Area, Nana Aplam II. Source: 3news.com|Ghana Follow @3Newsgh

Hiplife sensation Patapaa says he should no longer be referred by that name. According to him, he should be referred to as Patapeezy or he will start taking legal actions against offenders. In a video made in Austria as part of his tour of Europe, the One Corner hitmaker said he left his showbiz name in South Africa and has adopted Patapeezy, a name given to him by Funny Face. “No one should call me Patapaa again,” he said in the video. “I am not Patapaa again. Call me Patapeezy or I will take you to court,” he added in…

Minister of Communications Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has given musician Kwame Asare Obeng, popularly known as A-Plus, up till Friday to retract and apologise for a Facebook post or face her in court. In a letter written on Mrs Owusu-Ekuful’s behalf by her solicitors Safo & Marfo @ Law, A-Plus is to render the unqualified apology “in the same medium and prominence in the manner that your libelous publication was done”. On Wednesday, May 23, a day after President Nana Akufo-Addo asked the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) of the Ghana Police Service to investigate Ghana Football Association (GFA) President Kwesi Nyantakyi, A-Plus…

Ghana, Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone. In a bleak partnership, privation and natural resources like gold or oil go together in West Africa. It was economist Paul Collier who first identified what he called the “resource curse.” It was his analysis of the paradox of plenty that led me to focus on Bonsaso, a remote town located in the Western Region of Ghana. What struck me most about this town was the level of deprivation and impoverishment. The young men who could not withstand the laborious task of small-scale mining had all abandoned their home in search of elusive jobs in…