Author: Krobea

A member of the Communications Team of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Fred Agbenyo, believes the Akufo-Addo-led government has failed in achieving its promises. “Point to one thing that this NPP government has done since they came to power apart from announcing policies,” he dared on TV3’s New Day on Tuesday. According to him, many have grown so disappointed in the current government that they would wish the 2020 elections took place “tomorrow”. “Ghanaians would have wished that tomorrow is 2020.” And he predicts that the NDC would topple the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government anytime elections are held. He…

It was almost inconceivable at the beginning of the season but Liverpool have now reached the Champions League semi-finals without suffering a single defeat so far in the competition. They face AS Roma, Mohamed Salah’s former club, and a team with a storied European history against Liverpool, including a meeting in the final of the competition in 1984. Tuesday sees the Italian side travel to Anfield for the first leg in what will no doubt be a tightly contested pair of matches. Liverpool should be wary of allowing the Romans any chance to get that dangerous away goal because that’s…

A team of US doctors has successfully carried out the world’s first total transplant of a penis and scrotum. Surgeons at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, performed the operation on a soldier who had been wounded by a bomb in Afghanistan. They used a penis, scrotum and partial abdominal wall transplanted from a deceased donor. They say the soldier should be able to regain sexual function, which is impossible with penis reconstructions. The team of 11 surgeons performed the transplant over 14 hours on 26 March. It is the first surgery on a combat veteran injured on duty and…

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has commissioned a $20 million expansion works on the Albert Bosomtwi-Sam Fishing Harbour at Sekondi in the Western Region. The project is aimed at strengthening the capacity and functions of the Sekondi Fishing Harbour through improvement and expansion of harbour facilities to promote efficient coastal fishery operations. The first phase of the Albert Bosomtwi Sam Fishing Harbour was constructed in 1998 through the Japanese Grant Aid Cooperation at a total cost of $13.5 million. It included the construction of a 200m breakwater, 50m landing berth, 115m resting berth, 76m canoe jetty, 490m driveway and…

As defined by Wikipedia, Primary healthcare (PHC) refers to “essential health care” that is based on “scientifically sound and socially acceptable methods and technology” which make universal health care accessible to all individuals and families in a community. Primary healthcare to some extent is based on the full participation of the individuals involved , and is delivered at a cost that the community and the country can afford to maintain. In short, primary healthcare is the basic health care that is rendered to a community or a group of people in a way such that it is tailored to meet…

A Theatre of Dreams indeed for Dawu, Hearts of Oak’s miserable form ahead of the big game against Asante Kotoko and how the once mighty Aduana Stars have fallen. Michael Oti Adjei has the major talking point from the weekend Ghana Premier League games. Dawu is indeed Theater of Dreams for Dreams FC New Ghana Premier League boys Dreams FC know how to work the hype machine but they are not just hype. They are having an absolutely blistering season. On Monday they beat Aduana Stars 2-0 in another game that highlighted the poor form of the champions on the…

Father of late dancehall artiste and posthumously crowned Vodafone Ghana Music Awards Artiste of the Year Ebony has slammed critics for saying he sacrificed his daughter for rituals. In an interview with Accra-based Onua 95.1 FM’s Emmanuel Agyemang on Anigye Mmre, Nana Opoku Kwarteng stated that he is a Christian and a member of Assemblies of God Church and cannot do such a thing. “How can I be responsible for Ebony’s death? Am I God? Nobody will have a daughter like [Ebony] and will be responsible for her death,” he stated. The father of the celebrated songstress also responded to…

The US’s first black President Barack Obama will deliver the annual Nelson Mandela lecture in South Africa’s main city, Johannesburg, on 17 July to honour the centennial of the anti-apartheid icon’s birth, the Nelson Mandela Foundation has said. https://twitter.com/NelsonMandela/status/988352919413157891 The foundation’s chief executive, Sello Hatang, said the foundation had been looking for someone with “an Africa heritage” to deliver the address. “We thought who can [better] represent the legacy of Madiba than the person who we believe took on the baton when he became president of his own country,” Mr Hatang said, referring to Mr Mandela by his clan name.…

Later this year, one Ghanaian footballer could make the journey of a lifetime after Rexona launched the Be The Next Champion campaign with a place in an Africa XI side at stake. The campaign, part of Rexona’s partnership with Chelsea, is a skills-based competition with former Ghana international Laryea Kingston as the official coach and ex-Chelsea star Michael Essien as the brand ambassador. The winner will represent Ghana on an Africa XI team that will face a team of Chelsea legends and spend time training with Chelsea’s coaches at Cobham. One fan will also travel along to meet the Blues…

The President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Ahmad Ahmad, has touched down in Accra ahead of an event to confer on him an honourary doctorate. Ahmad arrived at the Kotoka International Airport on Monday. He was met on arrival by Ghana Football Association President Kwesi Nyantakyi, who is the First Vice President of Caf, and Anthony Baffoe, a Deputy General Secretary, among other Ghanaian Caf officials. There were also members of the Executive Committee of the Association. The Malagasy will be honoured by the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) on Wednesday. He is expected to pay a…