Author: Krobea

The Chief Executive Officer of Rufftown Records, Ricky Nana Agyemang, who is also the manager of late dancehall songstress Ebony has stated that his client always had a premonition about her early death. Speaking in an interview on Accra-based Okay FM, Bullet as he is popularly known said the late songstress had prophets and others warning her of her untimely death. “Ebony said a woman told her she was going to be a big star but she will die at the peak of her career,” Bullet said. Ebony, real name Priscilla Opoku-Kwarteng, did not survive a car crash last Thursday…

The Member of Parliament for Bolgantanga East Constituency, Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, has dragged President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s nominee of Special Prosecutor to the Supreme Court. Dr Ayine, a Deputy Minister of Justice in the previous government, is contending that it will be ineligible for Martin Alamisi Amidu to be appointed as a public office holder given his age. He has also sued the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Gloria Akuffo. Mr Amidu, 66, was nominated Special Prosecutor by President Akufo-Addo on Thursday, January 11. He was scheduled to be vetted by Parliament on Tuesday, February 13. But…

Utility service providers including the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) in the country are demanding an upward adjustment in their tariff. The figure they are asking for translates to about 200 per cent increases in what was approved for them in 2015. Their demand comes despite assurances from the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to reduce electricity tariff, in particular. At a joint consultative meeting organized by the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC)  in Accra, the utility  service providers  presented their proposals for upward tariff adjustment and justified the need for it. ECG is requesting for…

Veteran actress Grace Omaboe, popularly known as Maame Dokono, has revealed that dancehall artiste Shatta Wale was a gong gong beater in popular children’s drama series ‘By the Fireside’. In an interview with Mikki Osei-Berko on ‘After Hours’ on TV3, Maame Dokono revealed that Shatta Wale is among the numerous people who have passed through her hands before becoming a star. “Shatta Wale was a gong gong beater in By the Fireside…he’s one of the numerous persons I have helped,” she revealed. Maame Dokono also revealed that she made sure the Black Stars Captain, Asamoah Gyan, and his brother, Baffour…

As a news editor, I keenly listen to speeches and addresses of newsmakers with the hope of reading in between the lines to convey the correct message to the eagerly awaiting public of news consumers. In fact, when the reading of the speeches are shown on television, my eye also does a good extra job by panning side-to-side to see if I could capture any details most people ordinarily would not see. Well, it turned out that I was hit by the many descriptions the president gave to some ministers he mentioned in his State of the Nation address to…

Ghana Premier League champions Aduana Stars went down to a first half Mahmoud goal at Egypt’s Petro Sport Stadium, where they played Libyan side Al-Tahaddy in the preliminary round of the CAF Champions League on Sunday. The match was played in Egypt as a result of the political tension in Libya. The Libyans hit the back of the net after 35 minutes from Moroccan referee Samir Guezzaz’s blast of the whistle for the start of the game. The Ghanaians tightened their defense to keep their opponents at bay. The game ended 1-0. The second leg is scheduled to be played…

Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia joined the congregation of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC) in Abossey Okai, Accra to thank God for a successful medical leave in the UK. Dr Bawumia returned to Ghana on Thursday, February 1, having spent 12 days in London after being taken ill. He was flown to Europe on the advice of his doctors. On Sunday, when he attended church at ICGC’s Christ Temple, he said he was healed purely by the prayers of Ghanaians. “I believe that the hand of God healed me,” he told the gathering, among them some government functionaries…

Today, doing right almost seems wrong. As adults, it sometimes seems almost impossible to hold on to the same values we held in high esteem when we were younger. It’s great to have values but it is even greater when we dutifully stick to these values. Everyone needs a standard in their life… and these standards should be standard. They shouldn’t vary according to where we find ourselves. Our standards should be same whether in our closets or in public. Society’s standards fall when our standards fall. We all need a yardstick in our life that shouldn’t be lowered no…

Ghana Premier League side Asante Kotoko had to wait till injury time to score the only goal in their CAF Confederation Cup qualification game against Congo’s CARA Brazzaville on Sunday. The goal came from the fifth penalty of the game at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium. Substitute Yakubu Mohammed converted to win back the hearts of the teeming fans, who had hitherto lost hope in the side for failure to convert three penalties. The match was the first leg encounter of the preliminary round of qualification. Saddick Adams, Amos Frimpong and Baba Mahama had missed all previous penalties that came…

Popular Ghanaian prophet Isaac Owusu Bempah has told Onua 95.1 FM that he had a revelation about Ebony’s death last year and asked her to inform him about all of her itinerary. But he said Ebony didn’t inform him about her recent deadly trip to the Brong Ahafo Region. Speaking to Christian Agyei Frimpong, the host of entertainment talk show Anigye Mmre, Rev Dr Owusu Bempah said he invited Ebony to his house after he had a revelation about her when he was listening to her being interviewed by radio presenter Abeiku Santana. “When I first met Ebony, I gave…