Author: Krobea

The Ashanti Region Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Sam Pyne, has charged former caterers under the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) to be honest to themselves. The NPP man said the former caterers of the Programme are creating the impressions that no money has been paid to them ever since their contracts were abrogated by the current government. The former caterers on Tuesday petitioned the Gender, Children and Social Protection Ministry over arrears owed them by government. The women embarked on a protest walk to press home their demands. Commenting on the development on TV3’s New Day hosted…

Loud mouth local boxer, Braimah Kamoko, aka Bukom Banku, has stated emphatically that he is willing to return the favour of Bastie Samir to fight him in a rematch after their ‘Make or Break’ bout on October 21. Bastie had said after Saturday’s bout that he was willing to accept a rematch if Banku proposed one. The talkative Banku was handed a seventh round knockout in front of huge crowd at the Bukom Boxing Arena on Saturday night. It was a moment of truth as Bukom Banku sat on the stool in the red corner with a deep cut on…

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger predicted a bright future for teenager Edward Nketiah after his two goals helped the Gunners edge past Championship side Norwich City in extra time to reach the Carabao Cup quarter-finals. Substitute Nketiah, 18, scored twice after Norwich had taken the lead when James Maddison’s pass released Josh Murphy, who dinked a shot past Gunners debutant goalkeeper Matt Macey. The Canaries, sixth in the second tier, had chances to make it 2-0, but Macey pushed away Nelson Oliveira’s curled effort with Murphy and Mario Vrancic also missing chances. Those misses proved crucial as Nketiah grabbed a late…

Former President John Dramani Mahama appears to have been tickled to laugh out loud (LOL) at the manner some media firms are referencing the Kwesi Botchwey Committee report. The report essentially reviews the 2016 elections and adduces reasons for the loss of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). The report has not yet been made public but some media houses appear to be quoting, and subsequently publishing, some portions, a situation that made Mr Mahama LOL. “It appears ‘KB report’ has been adopted by some media as the new handbook for any challenge facing GH,” he tweeted on Tuesday. “In the…

Ghana’s Black Queens were walloped Monday night by their French counterparts in a friendly match played at the Auguste Delaune Stadium in Reims, France. The friendly formed part of the two sides’ preparations for respective future tournaments, which they incidentally host. While the Europeans are waiting to host the world in the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup, Ghana will host Africa in the 2018 African Women’s Cup of Nations. But it was the world’s fourth-ranked side that dominated play in Reims. Ouleye Sarr opened the scoring for Les Bleues in the 36th minute to end the first half 1-0. They…

The Institute of Public Relations (IPR) Ghana held its 24th Annual General Meeting (AGM) last week in Kumasi. The two-day event, which was the first of its kind to be held by the Institute outside Accra, started with a student outreach programme at the Christian Service University College on Thursday, October 19 and was climaxed with a meeting of Public Relations (PR) practitioners from across the width and breadth of the country on Friday 20th October. A statement signed by Mr Charles Adjei Tetteh, the Executive Secretary of IPR Ghana, said the meeting discussed among other things the financial position…

Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo has beaten Barcelona striker Lionel Messi and PSG attacker Neymar to win The Best FIFA Men’s Player of the Year. Held on Monday night, the awards also saw the Portugal captain named in the FIFA FIFPro XI. In the year under review, Cristiano Ronaldo led A Seleccao to their maiden continental trophy after they beat hosts France in the final to win the 2016 European Championship. He also led Real Madrid to the 2016/2017 UEFA Champions League – a successful title defence – and the Spanish La Liga. The award is Ronaldo’s second consecutive accolade…

A student of the University of Ghana by name Malik S. Y. Basintale has petitioned the president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, over the recent sanctions imposed on defaulting radio stations by the National Communications Authority (NCA). Dated Monday, October 23, 2017, the petition accused the Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, of breaching some sections of the 1992 constitution in imposing the sanctions. According to the petition, the NCA failed to secure parliamentary approval though it had constitutional backing in sanctioning the over 130 radio stations. After the sanctions were announced in September, the Ministry of Communications gave a mass reprieve…

US-based Ghanaian boxer Michael Gbenga Emla has challenged Bastie Samir for a bout after the latter beat popular boxer Braimah Kamoko, alias ‘Bukom Banku, over the weekend. Michael Gbenga Emla, who suffered his first career loss to Bukom Banku back in April 2005, had a message for Bastie Samir before ‘Doobia’ defeated Bukom Banku on Saturday: “Is that a set up for Bastie-Gbenga?” In a non-title bout scheduled for 12 rounds, Bastie produced the performance of his career to end Bukom’s undefeated record by stopping him in the 7th round at the fully packed Bukom Boxing Arena on Saturday night.…