Author: Krobea

Former Power Minister Dr Kwabena Donkor has expressed a strong belief that Parliament has no locus to rescind the power deal government brokered with Africa and Middle East Resources Investment (AMERI) Group in 2015. He said a rescission of the deal could have negative consequences on future investments in Ghana. “I think a rescission will be a disservice to Ghana,” he stressed. Dr Donkor expressed these after facing Parliament’s Mines and Energy Committee over a motion for review of the deal filed by Kobina Tahir Hammond, a Ranking Member of the Committee when the deal was struck. The Adansi Asokwa…

The Black Starlets have dazzled many from the Africa U-17 Championship in Gabon to playing at the FIFA U-17 World Cup in India. Albeit losing to a resilient Mali side in the final of the African tournament, the Starlets won many admirers over the course of the period. They are full of energy, pacy and above all other things have the ability to entertain. Wastefulness in front of goal has been a running theme but that can be forgiven because it is a fledgling career that needs everything else but unnecessary pillorying. The team unit is good, well drilled and…

There are many notable brands in GH. Talk about the Kempinskis, Unilevers and what have you. The mere mention of such brands arouses some pretty good memories… and such is the POJOSS brand! Indeed, I am privileged to be a product of one of the three (3) best high schools in this side of our world. Care to know what these three schools are? Well, Pope John SHS (POJOSS) comes tops, followed by St. Roses SHS and then… the rest. I know I just stoked some endless furnace of debate. Haha. Somewhere in the 2000s, I entered POJOSS as a…

Attorney General and Minister of Justice Gloria Afua Akuffo has revealed that before emplaning for Hamburg, Germany for the judgement on the Ghana-Ivory Coast maritime dispute, she prayed together with her predecessor Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong. She said she had called the former minister “and we said a prayer together”. The two have been lauded for teaming up in an unusual fashion to chalk that historic victory for Ghana. Mrs Appiah-Oppong started it all for Ghana in 2014 when the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) began sitting on the dispute. The change of government in 2017 saw…

The family of the late chief, Naa Salifu Dawuni, has cited the Minority in Parliament for being behind the recent tension in Bimbilla in the Northern Region. The burial of the late chief last Wednesday instead of the originally planned Thursday stirred controversy with the Regent of Bimbilla accusing the Minister of Defence, Dominic Nitiwul, and Interior Minister Ambrose Dery of backing the Nakpa gate. The Regent wanted the two summoned by Parliament. But at a press conference on Thursday, the family of the late Nakpa-Naa rather pointed accusing hand at the Minority NDC in Parliament “whose acts of commission…

Christmas is that time of the year when Christians and many others join family and friends to wine, dine and dance. But hey, what song are you dancing to come this Christmas? Well, you need not worry as award-winning hiplife artiste Flowking Stone says all is set for the release of his latest single for this year’s Christmas. It is dubbed Bronya Ade. “It’s a hiplife song, mostly made up of highlife beat. ‘Bronya Ade’ in Twi or Fante means ‘Christmas gift’. “Since Christmas is just around the corner, I thought it good to do it for the fans. I…

Scores of indigenes of Ashanti trooped to the Kumasi International Airport on Thursday night to welcome Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II back to the Asante kingdom. The elated crowd, most of whom were clad in traditional attires, chanted in praise of Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. It was amidst drumming and dancing. The Asantehene returned from Brazil, where he has been for the past couple of days. It is unclear the reason behind the “happy” welcome for the Asantehene but a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Justin Kodua, explained that the gesture is to symbolize the love the people…

Prosecutors in Brazil have formally charged the former head of the country’s Olympics committee with corruption over the Rio games. A payment of $2m (£1.52m) was allegedly made to secure votes for the Rio bid. Carlos Nuzman denies running a criminal organisation, money laundering and violating currency laws. Lamine Diack, a Senegalese former head of the global athletics body, and his son Papa Massata were also charged, and also both deny wrongdoing. Mr Nuzman was arrested on 5 October. According to the indictment, he and the former governor of Rio state, Sergio Cabral, “directly solicited” the $2m payment from Brazilian…

Kenya’s ruling party has asked for a contempt of court ruling against opposition chief Raila Odinga, saying Odinga and his supporters are trying to obstruct next week’s re-run of the presidential election. The Jubilee Party petitioned the Supreme Court for the contempt-of-court ruling Thursday, as Odinga maintained he and his NASA coalition will not take part in the new election, scheduled for October 26. Odinga said Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) is not prepared for the vote. “Rather than go through a charade, and waste people’s money and time, it is better for us to pull out,” he…