Author: Krobea

Ghana’s U-17 women’s team, the Black Maidens, booked one of the three places for Africa at the 2018 FIFA Women’s World Cup in grand style on Sunday. The Maidens beat their counterparts from Djibouti 10-0 at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium in the second leg of their final round qualifier. The first leg – played a fortnight ago – had ended 0-9 in favour of the Ghanaians. Ghana’s qualification is the sixth in a row. Cameroon and South Africa will be the other representatives for the continent at the tournament to be hosted by Uruguay. It is scheduled to be…

Of a truth, social media is great. It’s one great platform for establishing new connections and reestablishing lost ones. Thanks to social media. Today, many personalities who we could only dream of ever meeting have been brought closer― only a click away. The merits of this virtual world are undoubtedly overwhelming. Social media has brought the private lives of others even closer. Their weddings, achievements and possessions are always in our face. They flood our timelines with their seemingly rosy lifestyles and tours around the world. They seem not to only have our dream jobs. They literally seem to be…

Karpowership Ghana Company Limited has held a series of stakeholder engagements with various community groups within the Sekondi and Takoradi municipality. The aim of the engagement sessions was to sensitize stakeholders in the areas about the operations of Karpowership and its contribution to communities. According to the Company’s Corporate Communications Specialist, Sandra Amarquaye, the engagement was in line with Karpowership’s principle of having transparent, trustworthy and sustainable relationship with its stakeholders. “Karpowership will deploy its 470MW Karadeniz Powership Osman Khan to the Sekondi Naval Base by the second half of this year. This is in line with government plans to…

Four Chinese and three Ghanaian illegal miners operating in the Pra River in Twifo Abuboi in the Central Region have been arrested. The illegal small-scale miners were arrested by the Twifo Atti-Morkwa District Assembly’s Anti-Galamsey Task Force, part of which is the Twifo Praso Police. They were handed over to the Regional Police Command for further action. Speaking to Onua FM’s Central Region correspondent after the arrests, the District Chief Executive of Twifo Atti-Morkwa, Robert Agyemang Nyantakyi said the exercise was necessary to clamp down on illegal mining popularly known as galamsey in the district. According to him, the foreign…

Last Wednesday, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Ministry of Food and Agriculture hosted a forum to review progress made on the development of a pilot food safety and certification system in Ghana. Developing a sustainable traceability system was a crucial recommendation that supported lifting the ban on exports of five vegetables from Ghana to the European Union in December 2017. The event brought together various participants from the Government of Ghana, development partners, farmers, and the private sector. At the event, the Deputy Minister of Horticulture from the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, George Oduro…

Ghana’s Black Queens put the opening day 1-0 defeat to host Ivory Coast behind them as they thrashed their Nigerien counterparts 9-0 in WAFU Women’s Cup. The match was played on Friday at the Robert Champroux Stadium. Three players – Portia Boakye, Janet Egyir and Jane Ayieyam – scored two goals each while Priscilla Okyere, Ruth Appiah and Grace Asantewaa scored a goal each. Niger is technically out of the tournament after recording a 5-1 loss to Burkina Faso, who later face the hosts. Ghana will face the Burkinabes in the final Group A game on Sunday. Source: 3news.com|Ghana Follow…

A national state of emergency has been declared in Ethiopia just one day after the unexpected resignation of Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn. A statement by the state broadcaster said the move was necessary to stem a wave of anti-government protests. Hundreds of people have died in three years of unrest in the country. A 10-month state of emergency that ended last year failed to stop the protests, as did the release from jail of thousands of opposition supporters. No details were given of how long the latest state of emergency will last or what the restrictions are. The government has…

New Edubiase United President Yakubu Abdul Salam has debunked a statement attributed to him that Kurt Okraku does not have the potential to become GFA President Kwesi Nyantakyi’s successor. “Kurt Okraku has not reached the level of becoming the president of Ghana Football Association so he should stop bragging on various radio stations and television stations that it is his time to be the president,” Yakubu Abdul Salam is quoted as saying. But he has cleared the airwaves, saying he has a good relationship with Kurt Okraku but only thinks George Afriyie is the right person after Kwesi Nyantakyi. He…

Public Relations Officer for Hearts of Oak SC Opare Addo has waded into the ongoing speculations that former defender Vincent Atinga will complete a move to archrivals Asante Kotoko. It has been speculated that the robust defender has reached an agreement with the Porcupine Warriors and he is set to play for the Kumasi-based side. Atinga will join Asante Kotoko as a free agent as he is currently not tied to any team if the deal sails through. He refused to extend his contract with the ‘glorious’ Hearts of Oak at the end of the 2016/2017 Ghana Premier League season.…

The Medical Director of the Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital, Dr Eugene Dordoye, has denied being removed from his position as the conclusion of a meeting with the Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyemang Manu, on Friday. Dr Dordoye’s removal was confirmed to Media General’s Daniel Opoku by the Public Relations Officer of the Ministry of Health, Robert Cudjoe, after an emergency meeting. READ: Director of Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital removed to appease staff The meeting stemmed from the withdrawal of services by nurses on Wednesday. According to the nurses, until an “oppressive, illegal, degrading, abusive” Dr Dordoye was removed, they would not return…