Author: Krobea

The Premier League Board (PLB) has condemned the circumstances that led to the abrupt end of the Match Day 8 fixture between Elmina Sharks and Medeama SC at the Nduom Sports Stadium last Wednesday. The center referee, Nuhu Liman, was said to have been attacked by home fans, a report which has been squarely denied by Sharks. According to the Central Region club, referee Nuhu Liman “tripped and fell on one of the policemen present’s baton”. But PLB will take no explanations, referring the matter to the Ghana Football Association’s Disciplinary Committee. “While expressing our profound sympathies to referee Liman…

Arsene Wenger is to leave Arsenal at the end of the season, ending a near 22-year reign at the club. The Frenchman departs a year before his latest contract was due to expire. The Gunners are sixth in the league and set to miss out on a top-four spot for the second straight season, with their hopes of reaching the Champions League resting on winning the Europa League. Wenger, 68, won three Premier League titles and seven FA Cups, including the Double in 1998 and 2002. “I am grateful for having had the privilege to serve the club for so…

Award-wining TV Show Celebrity Fanzone will organize its maiden edition of the campus town hall meeting at the Wisconsin University on 26th April, 2018 at 6pm prompt. The event, which is being led by hosts of the show Chantelle Asante, Akosua Hanson and Jessica Opare-Saforo, will be engaging the youth on social issues pertaining to gender disparity, human rights and health and skin care. The town hall meeting is expected bring together students on campus and a guest speaker who will focus on the main theme: ‘Stepping into the Real World’. Celebrity Fanzone is recognized as the leading platform for…

Dawu-based Dreams FC kept their outstanding form in the Ghana Premier League after beating Liberty Professionals 1-0 in Sogakope on Thursday. Zuberu Sharani’s first half strike was enough to give the visitors the maximum points. The win takes Dreams FC to 14 points, same as leaders Ashanti Gold SC and Karela United FC, who stunned Hearts of Oak in midweek. Liberty Professionals, on the other hand, double their trouble in their relegation fight, staying 15th with seven points. They are only better on points than Wa All Stars. They, nonetheless, remain the only side to have beaten leaders AshGold. While…

There are not many people in the world who are able to change the name of a nation. But King Mswati can – he is one of the world’s few absolute monarchs. King Mswati III of Swaziland announced on Wednesday that he was renaming the country “the Kingdom of eSwatini”. The monarch announced the official change in a stadium during celebrations for the 50th anniversary of Swazi independence. The celebrations also marked the king’s 50th birthday. The new name, eSwatini, means “land of the Swazis”. The change was unexpected, but King Mswati has been referring to Swaziland for years as…

Last year, if you missed the ever-inspirational stage play, TRIBELESS, you have the opportunity to see it now. The four-cast play shows this June at National Theatre! Yaaay! Having carved a niche for himself in the creative industry, particularly theatre, Kobina Ansah has always had a queer way of churning conversations around his themes. In his recent play, he touches on using what you’ve to get what you want. Woven around four ghetto friends who are almost fed up with life, TRIBELESS is about getting what one wants with what they have… with the right conscience. The musical is laced…

True to its commitment to support tertiary education in Ghana, the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) on Friday, April 13, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) at the GNPC Foundation Head office in Takoradi. The ceremony, marking yet another remarkable collaboration between industry and academia, would see GNPC commit $250,000 each year to UMaT for the next four years to establish a Professorial Chair of Mining Engineering and to support research. Signing for GNPC, Chief Executive Officer Dr. Kofi Kodua Sarpong reiterated the Corporation’s long-term vision to establish a Research Centre of…

Miguel Díaz-Canel has been sworn in as Cuba’s new president, replacing Raúl Castro who took over from his ailing brother Fidel in 2006. It is the first time since the revolution in 1959 that a Castro is not at the helm of the government. Mr Díaz-Canel had been serving as first vice-president for the past five years. Even though Mr Díaz-Canel was born after the revolution, he is a staunch ally of Raúl Castro and is not expected to make any radical changes. ‘The Revolution continues its course’ He was elected by the members of the National Assembly, all 605…

The 2018 edition of the Students for Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship (SAGE)-Ghana for entrepreneurs at the senior high school level has opened. Students are expected to form a team of three with a teacher as patron and submit a one-page description of a business idea as part of entry forms. Deadline is Tuesday, May 15, according to an announcement from SAGE-Ghana. The defending champions are a team from Methodist Girls School known as Grandeur with Save Sense from Early Bird School following as the runners-up. Among former winners are PRESEC-Legon and St Augustine’s College. This year’s winners will not only…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged the chiefs and people of the Ngleshie Alata Traditional Area to work together in peace and harmony so as to give Oblempong Nii Kojo Ababio V a peaceful and befitting burial. He said the late chief was not only for the Ngleshie Alata Area but was also for the whole of Ghana. The President said this when a delegation of Chiefs and Queen mothers of Ngleshie Alata Traditional Council paid a courtesy call on him at the Presidency to officially inform him of the demise of Oblempong Nii Kojo Ababio V, the Paramount…