Author: Krobea

Disgraced ex-sports doctor Larry Nassar has been jailed for another 40 to 125 years for molesting young gymnasts. Nassar already faced a lifetime in jail for two prior sentences for sexually abusing girls at USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University. The judge said while it ends Nassar’s criminal legal proceedings, “it does not end the emotional and physical suffering he has caused”. The number of women who accuse Nassar of abuse has grown to more than 265. With Monday’s sentence, Nassar has now been given at least 300 years in jail for his crimes. He was sentenced to 60 years…

Watford scored three late goals to make manager Javi Gracia’s first home game an “unforgettable night” and increase the pressure on his Chelsea counterpart Antonio Conte. The Blues played an hour with 10 men after Tiemoue Bakayoko’s red card capped a dreadful individual 30-minute performance – in which he gifted Watford four chances. The Hornets – who had won only one of their previous 12 Premier League games – led controversially as Gerard Deulofeu went down easily under keeper Thibaut Courtois’ challenge and Troy Deeney scored the penalty. Chelsea, who brought on Olivier Giroud for a debut in the second…

Reverend Nana A. Perbi has brought down the curtains on his glittering MTN career after 12 years and 3 months of diligent and unrivalled commitment to service. The success story of MTN Ghana, the biggest telecommunications network giant in Ghana, cannot be written without such a towering gentleman. Starting off from the Warehouse & Logistics Department, Rev. Perbi served his best and later moved to MTN Foundation, where he contributed to most of the successes, awards and initiatives the MTN Ghana Foundation has become synonymous with. He recently celebrated with MTN Ghana Foundation 10 years of brightening lives in Ghana and…

Originator of the Ghanaian music genre that became known as HIP-DIA Sony Achiba has described how radio presenter Fiifi Banson formerly of Peace FM downplayed his music live on radio because he couldn’t give him money to play the song. This discouraged him to leave the music scene in Ghana to settle in the United Kingdom. Speaking to award-winning Christian Agyei Frimpong, the host of Accra-based Onua 95.1 FM’s Anigye Mmre, Sony Achiba said, “Money was a problem for me as at that time. I pushed all the money I have into the production of the song ‘Wo Ne Me…

A decision to lift life bans for doping on 28 Russian athletes was “extremely disappointing and surprising”, says International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach. On Thursday, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) overturned the suspensions of 28 Russians, and partially upheld 11 other appeals. “We would never have expected this,” said the 64-year-old German. He said Olympic officials had asked Cas for an explanation for their ruling. Cas ruled there was “insufficient” evidence the athletes had benefited from a system of state-sponsored doping at the 2014 Winter Games, hosted by Russia. Speaking at a news conference in Pyeongchang, South…

The Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Local Government, Kennedy Osei Nyarko, has warned that the common fund for the disabled are not meant for food to feed the recipients but rather for economic generated activities. Mr Nyarko, who doubles as a Deputy Minister of Agriculture, said the disabled should at a point in time exit from the programme and be on their own having gotten some vocation through the common fund. The Committee is embarking on a fact-finding mission to check on the Local Government Ministry and all the agencies under the Ministry. All the regions with the…

A Deputy Minister of Agriculture has admonished that national policy issues must be discussed devoid of politics since that is one of the surest ways of developing the country. “We will only develop and move forward as a nation if we start to discuss national policies devoid of politics and slander,” Kennedy Osei Nyarko said. “We must start to think of the national interest and not what will benefit our political agenda. There must be the nation first agenda,” added the Member of Parliament for Akim Swedru Constituency. He was speaking on Onua FM’s Yen Nsempa on Monday. It comes…

South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has defied his party and refused to step down, according to media reports. He and senior members of the African National Congress (ANC) held talks on Sunday but no details of their meeting have been released. Facing corruption allegations, Mr Zuma was replaced as ANC leader in December. Party leaders, who may be trying to oust Mr Zuma before his State of the Nation address later this week, will hold an emergency meeting on Monday. Julius Malema, an opposition leader and former ANC member, said on Twitter that Mr Zuma had been asked to stand…

Morocco became the first host nation to claim the African Nations Championship (CHAN) title with a convincing 4-0 win over 10-man Nigeria in Sunday’s final. Key moments either side of half-time turned the match in the hosts’ favour as Morocco’s Zakaria Hadraf scored just before the break with Nigeria’s Peter Eneji Moses sent-off for a second yellow card just after. Walid El Karti and Hadraf – with his second – added to Morocco’s lead in quick succession on the hour mark. The rout was completed by Ayoub El Kaabi, who had hit the woodwork twice, scoring his ninth goal of…

The number of men dying from prostate cancer has overtaken female deaths from breast cancer for the first time in the UK, figures show. An ageing population means more men are developing and dying from the disease. Prostate Cancer UK says advances in the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer are paying off, and increased funding could benefit prostate cancer. The biggest cancer killers in the UK remain lung and bowel cancer, with prostate now in third place. The latest figures from 2015 show there were 11,819 deaths from prostate cancer compared with 11,442 from breast cancer. Although deaths from…