Author: Krobea

The Ghana Premier League resumes on Wednesday after a two-week break. The League also returns with a new sponsor, Zylofon Cash, who sealed a deal with the Ghana Football Association (GFA) last Thursday. Now to be christened the Zylofon Cash Premier League, the top-flight club football in the country will enter Week 13 on resumption. Leaders Medeama SC will travel to the Brong Ahafo Region to face Berekum Chelsea. Their chasers Ashanti Gold SC, who had led the log until the recent break to clear outstanding matches, travel to Cape Coast to face Dwarfs FC. Dreams FC, who are also…

Ghana’s Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has been awarded the prestigious African Finance Minister of the year at the Annual African Development Bank (AfDB) Meeting in Busan, South Korea. The award follows Ghana’s recent macroeconomic performance. Recognised as Africa’s most results-oriented Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta’s prudent economic management has boosted confidence and optimism in Ghana’s economy – hauling it out of a deeply pessimistic economic outlook from a little over a year ago. Investor confidence in Ghana has been bolstered with the country’s strong showing in its recent bond issuance, which raised US$ 2.0bn in 10-year and 30-year Eurobonds of $1.0bn…

A member of the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee in Parliament has raised concerns with the directives by the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) of the Ghana Police Service to arrest President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kwesi Nyantakyi. Mr. Rockson-Nelson Etse Kwami Dafeamekpor, who is the Member of Parliament for South Dayi Constituency in the Volta Region, said the President has no basis to order the CID to arrest the GFA President. President Akufo-Addo on Tuesday reported Mr Nyantakyi to the CID for the immediate arrest of the head of GFA,…

Embattled Ghana Football Association President Kwesi Nyantakyi has offered to be back to Ghana soon to assist the Criminal Investigations Directorate of the Ghana Police Service in investigations regarding his usage of the name of the president to broker a deal. In a yet-to-aired exposé by ace investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas, Mr Nyantakyi is said to have mentioned President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia and other state officials in brokering a shady deal. After watching the video, the president is said to have reported Mr Nyantakyi to the CID to have him investigated. A Deputy Chief…

US President Donald Trump has said there is a “very substantial chance” a historic summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un next month may not happen. He said the North must meet conditions for the summit to go ahead though if it did not, it might happen “later”. Mr Trump was speaking as he received South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in at the White House. The North has said it may cancel the summit if the US insists on it giving up nuclear weapons unilaterally. Mr Trump did not say what conditions the US had set for the summit but, asked by…

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…