Author: Krobea

Ghana are one of the three African nations that dropped out of the top 50 in the latest FIFA ranking released on Thursday. Ghana dropped to 54th from the 50th placing last month. African champions Cameroon and Burkina Faso are the other nations to have dropped out of that bracket. The Indomitable Lions dropped six places to 51st while the Stallions plummeted 13 places to 57th. Tunisia’s 23rd position in the global ranking makes them the continent’s Number 1-ranked side. They are followed by fellow FIFA World Cup returnees Senegal, who dropped three places to 27th. DR Congo are the…

Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has resigned unexpectedly, saying he hoped to end years of unrest and political upheaval. In a televised address, he said his resignation was “vital in the bid to carry out reforms that would lead to sustainable peace and democracy”. Mr Hailemariam, who has led the country since 2012, also stepped down as chairman of the ruling coalition. Hundreds of people have died in three years of anti-government protests. Demonstrations first spread across the country in 2015 amid calls for political and economic reform and an end to state corruption. Most of the unrest has centred…

Cyril Ramaphosa has become South Africa’s president a day after embattled leader Jacob Zuma resigned. He was the only candidate nominated by parliament, which is dominated by his African National Congress. MPs broke into song at the announcement. In his first presidential speech, Mr Ramaphosa, 65, said he would tackle the corruption which allegedly became widespread under Mr Zuma. The ANC had told Mr Zuma to step down or face a vote of no-confidence. Mr Zuma faces numerous corruption allegations but denies any wrongdoing. One allegation is that he allowed the wealthy Gupta family, who whom he has personal ties,…

The government of Ghana is to lose a tax revenue of GH¢47.90 million on petroleum by the passage of the Special Petroleum Tax Amendment Bill 2018 on Thursday. Before the passage of the Bill in Parliament, the Chairman of the Finance Committee, Mark Asibey Yeboah, noted that an expected revenue loss of GH¢ 47.90 million per annum will result from the fiscal impact of the Bill if passed into law. The Committee believes that the bill is in tandem with government’s aim of shifting the focus of tax policy from the introduction of new taxes to improving tax compliance as a…

Management and staff of Groupe Ideal, a leading and fast growing finance and non-finance institution with over 13 subsidiaries in Ghana, shared their Valentine’s joy with the children of Osudoku Global Orphanage and the Child Protection Centre. Valentine’s Day is a day set aside to show appreciation to the people we love; while some take their loved ones on romantic dinner dates , others propose marriage, send cards, chocolate, flowers, and jewelry; the staff of Groupe Ideal celebrated the day in the most spectacular way. It was all joy for the children of the Osudoku Orphanage and the Child protection Center…

‘Dangerous Highway’ is a comprehensive road safety documentary that focuses on the George Walker Bush Highway in Accra six years after it was opened to the public. The six-lane George Walker Bush Highway of 14.1 km links the Tetteh Quarshie Interchange to Mallam Junction. The project was initiated in 2008 by then President John Agyekum Kufuor and completed in 2012. It was completed under late President John Evans Atta Mills with $175 million funding from the United States government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation. Exactly six years on, TV3’s Portia Gabor, the 2017 Komla Dumor Most Promising Journalist of the Year, explores…

South Africa’s embattled President Jacob Zuma has resigned his office with immediate effect. He made the announcement in a televised address to the nation on Wednesday evening. Earlier, Mr Zuma’s governing ANC party told him to resign or face a vote of no confidence in parliament on Thursday. The 75-year-old has been under increasing pressure to give way to Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, the ANC’s new leader. Mr Zuma, who has been in power since 2009, faces numerous allegations of corruption. His resignation came at the end of a long speech in which he said he disagreed with the way…

I cried out for Your mercy the other day. You held me up from the ground, washed me, treated my wounds, cleansed all stains on me, wiped all tears on my face, took away everything that had burdened me, healed my heart, gave me hope to live again, made a new me out of the same me. You put Your beautiful snow white garment on me and Your crown on my head. Your host rejoiced and You were pleased. As I stepped out majestically from Your throne room, I dumped myself into dirty mud like a trash ready to be…

Long-time Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has passed away aged 65. Tsvangirai died on Wednesday at a South African hospital, where he was being treated for colon cancer. Last week, local media quoted family sources as saying the former Prime Minister’s health had deteriorated as he suffered weight loss, exhaustion and muscle thinning. READ: Zimbabwe’s Tsvangirai ‘critically ill’ Spokesperson for Tsvangirai’s party, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), Luke Tamborinyoka, asked for national prayers for the opposition leader. He asked the nation to brace for the worst when Tsvangirai – Zimbabwe’s 2nd and last Prime Minister –  was taken ill last…

Nurses and physician assistants at the Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital in the Central Region have decided to stay away from work with immediate effect. In what they describe as “removal” from “danger”, the workers say their mental and physical health is at risk due to the “illegal, oppressive, traumatic, degrading, abusive, embarrassing and general egocentric behaviour of the Hospital Director, Dr Eugene Dordoye”. In a letter to the Chief Executive Officer of the Mental Health Authority (MHA), the workers said their action is not a strike action. “We are taking this action under Section 119 of the Labour Act, 2003 (Act…