Author: Krobea

Ghanaian songstress Mzbel stirred controversy on  After Hours on TV3 last Friday when she kissed host Mikki Osei Berko live on TV. Few minutes after she declared that she is now a mature person which has informed her choice of costume and the kind of lyrics, the songstress jumped at the opportunity to have a little fun on set, reminding viewers of the ‘Mzbel’ of old who blazed the trail of nonconformity in Ghana. Born Nana Akua Amoah, the songstress recently revealed that she is not very proud of some of the things she did in the past, insisting that…

Internet services have been shut down in Cameroon’s English-speaking areas after clashes involving separatists. Security forces opened fire on demonstrators who were calling for independence at rallies on Sunday, killing at least eight people A BBC reporter in Bamenda says the city is now in lockdown with no cars or people on the streets. The authorities blocked the internet for three months earlier in the year amid similar unrest. Main opposition leader John Fru Ndi told the BBC he believed that at least 30 people had died in clashes. At least 50 people were wounded and about 200 arrested, reports…

The President of Group Ideal, Dr. Nii Kotei Dzani, has been named Overall Best Achiever at the just ended 40 Under 40 Awards held under the auspices of XODUS Communications. The awards aim at identifying and honouring a cross-section of the nation’s most influential and accomplished young business fellows under the age 40 and who are making impact in the industry they operate. The awards again seek to place emphasis on these individuals’ impeccable results through commitment to business growth, professional excellence and community service. Dr. Dzani took home two awards on the night – ‘The Best Investor Under 40’…

Few years ago in Ghana, it was almost unheard of that someone a bit below a septuagenarian will be entrusted with an important public service position.  The arguments concerning the need to have Ghanaian youths as leaders in modern government seem to be endless. After all, as the cliché posits, we are the leaders of today, not tomorrow, because we have waited for a long time, and this ‘tomorrow’ still remains elusive. But if the recent events of the past years are any indication, the youth will have to wait because the present dispensation of leaders are yet to get…

The Member of Parliament for Bongo Constituency in the Upper East Region, Edward Abambire Bawa, believes the government has collapsed homes with the ban on small scale mining in the country. The MP said “most of these guys who are involved in the small scale mining were licensed so they may have gone for capital and invested into the business but because the government decided to ban them means they have locked their capital”. The Lands and Natural sources Minister, John Peter Amewu, has disclosed that the ban on small-scale mining will be extended. The Minister said initial assessment of…

Ghana coach James Kwasi Appiah has made a donation to the Africa Widows and Widowers Foundation at Nima, Accra. The items, which included bags of rice, cooking oil and detergent estimated around GH¢10, 000, was part of Appiah’s social responsibility to the less privileged in society. Donating the items, the Black Stars coach said that the gesture is “something that has been on my heart always; to support widows, widowers and the less privileged”. “I have been doing similar things in the Brong Ahafo [Region] but this is my first time here in Accra and it is just the beginning.…

Karpowership Ghana Company Limited has connected its 470 MW Karadeniz Powership Osman Khan to the national grid. The Powership, which arrived in August this year, has completed all requisite commissioning works, operational tests and has begun supplying power to the national grid. This will significantly help ameliorate the power supply in the country. The operation of Karadeniz Powership Osman Khan is in consonance with the Power Purchase Agreement signed with the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) requiring Karpowership to supply a total of 450 MW into the national grid for 10 years. Karpowership has a proven track record of supplying…

Ghana has been sanctioned by the world football governing body, FIFA, for breaching articles 5 and 25 of the regulations of the 2018 World Cup qualifiers. Ghana is said to have failed to hoist a flag at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in the 1-1 Group E draw with Congo. According to FIFA, there were no flags even flown at the stadium. FIFA, as a result, slaps the Ghana Football Association with a warning as its sanction. .@ghanafaofficial issued a warning by @FIFAWorldCup for no flags hoisted at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in the 1-1 draw with Congo.— E.…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has congratulated the entire membership of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) “for the successful conduct of their elections”. The elections on Friday saw the retention of Roland Affail Monney as President of the Association. READ: Afffail Monney re-elected GJA Prez President Akufo-Addo congratulated Mr Affail Monney as well as the other officers elected on Friday. He stated, however, that “the losing aspirants are also to be commended for graciously conceding defeat”. “It is my hope that the Ghana Journalists Association and its leadership, over the next four years, will continue to contribute to the growth…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has congratulated Former President John Agyekum Kufuor over the latter’s recent award from the University of Hull. The former leader was decorated with the first ever Wilberforce World Freedom Medal from the University’s Wilberforce Institute. The award is in recognition of Mr Kufuor’s “huge contribution to really putting Ghana on the map, politically and socially”, and also “raising its profile as a centre of democracy and good governance”. In a statement on Monday, President Akufo-Addo – calling the former president “my former boss” – said the award is well-deserved. “The Ghanaian people acknowledge with gratitude…