Author: Krobea

Arsenal have held Premier League Champions Chelsea to a goalless draw in the first leg of their English League Cup semi-final match played on Wednesday. The match played at the Stamford Bridge saw the Gunners holding their London rivals at their backyard to give them a slight advantage going into the second leg. That second leg will be played on Wednesday, January 24 at the Emirates. The winner will meet Manchester City or Bristol City in the final to be played at Wembley. Man City came from a goal down to beat the Championship side by 2-1 at the Etihad…

A recent research by the Center for Media Analysis (CMA) has revealed that the Chair of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC), Charlotte Osei, is highly politically bias. According to the research, both the institution and individual set a precedent, which portrayed the chairperson highly mistrusted in the media to the public. Chief Media Analyst at CMA Dr. Messan Mawugbe has observed that political parties and their representatives framed her highly negative. CMA is of the view that unnecessary framing of institutions and individuals could act as a trigger for socio-political conflict in Ghana and should be avoided. The research was…

Traders at the Pedestrian Shopping Mall at Odawna-Circle in the Greater Accra Region have commended the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) for the ongoing decongestion exercise in the capital. They believe that the exercise will compel defiant traders who sell on the streets to have no option than move into the market to safeguard sanity in the city. The decongestion exercise across the capital is to prevent traders from turning the streets into a market place and also to ensure cleanliness in the city. All these are steps to help achieve President Nana Akufo-Addo’s vision of making Accra the cleanest city…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has presented letters of credence to Ghana’s High Commissioner to Malaysia, Akua Sakyiwa Ahenkorah, at a brief ceremony at the Flagstaff House, on Wednesday. In his remarks, after the swearing-in ceremony, President Akufo-Addo noted that Akua Sakyiwa Ahenkorah, a career diplomat, who becomes Ghana’s first female High Commissioner to Malaysia, is deserving of the appointment and eminently qualified to represent Ghana. The President, thus, reminded the High Commissioner of the fact that “the image of our country is high in the comity of nations, and Ghana is a considered a beacon of stability and democracy…

Starting the second term of the 2017/2018 academic year, boarding schools will be served with cocoa beverage as an addition to the Free SHS package. Edwin Delight Foods, the company with the license to supply the National Food Buffer Stock Company, in a letter to Cocoa Processing Company, has requested for 100 metric tons of cocoa powder. The total stock consists of 5,000 bags of 20 kg weight of cocoa powder. This shall be the main beverage for the second term for the feeding of first year students under the government’s Free Senior High School programme. In a letter signed by…

England will play Nigeria at Wembley and Costa Rica at Elland Road in their final friendly matches ahead of this summer’s World Cup. Nigeria will visit on 2 June while England will face Costa Rica at Leeds United’s ground on 7 June. England’s first match at the World Cup is against Tunisia on 18 June. Gareth Southgate’s side also face Costa Rica’s central American neighbours Panama in Russia, with Belgium completing Group G. The England manager said: “We’re going into a World Cup where we will play African and Central American opposition, so we get that with the games against…

Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku is to seek legal advice over claims made by Everton owner Farhad Moshiri that he opted to leave the club after receiving a “voodoo message”. Moshiri told a shareholders’ meeting that Lukaku, 24, received the message from “a pilgrimage to Africa”. Lukaku joined United for £75m in July after rejecting a new deal at Everton. A representative for the player told BBC Sport: “Romelu’s decision had nothing to do with voodoo.” The spokesperson added: “He distances himself from these beliefs and this statement and will now see what judicial steps can be taken in relation…

The governing board of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) has ordered management “not to pursue any activity, or set of processes, leading to the prosecution of any individual for non-payment of the Television License Fee”. This comes on the back of public outcry over the collection of the television licenses and the threats to prosecute defaulting owners. On Wednesday, the board engaged management in an emergency meeting to abreast itself with the challenges that have risen with regard to the collection. A statement issued by Reverend Professor Emmanuel Adow Boateng, the Chairman of the Board, assured the public “not to…

Sri Lanka is to allow women over the age of 18 to buy alcohol legally for the first time in more than 60 years. The government said that it was amending a 1955 law that it agreed was discriminatory against women. The amendment to the law, announced on Wednesday, also means that women will be permitted without prior approval to work in places that sell alcohol. While the previous law was not always strictly enforced, many Sri Lankan women have welcomed the change. Women took to social media to thank the government for its decision, which was announced by Sri…