Author: Krobea

Ghana is set to host the prestigious Hockey Africa Cup for Club Championship (ACCC) tournament at the Theodosia Okoh Hockey Stadium from Saturday, January 20 – 28. The Africa Hockey Federation (AfHF) handed Ghana the right to host the rest of Africa at its last congress in November, 2017 in Egypt. This will be the fourth time Ghana is hosting the competition. The men’s category will have clubs from Ghana, Egypt and Nigeria compete while the female category will have clubs from Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria compete. The Director General of the National Sports Authority (NSA), Robert Sarfo Mensah, says…

Two firms have launched portable pumps to help breastfeeding mums collect their milk on the move. Women who use breast pumps often apply them several times a day and for periods of about 20 minutes or more. However, generally they have to be plugged into a power socket and the pump mechanism is noisy. Both Willow and the Freemie Liberty pump are designed to be worn more unobtrusively – placed inside a woman’s bra. Unlike traditional pumps, they are powered by rechargeable batteries and are very quiet. They are both on show at the CES tech trade fair in Las…

Former referee and Assistant Coach of the Black Queens Mercy Tagoe has been appointed as interim coach of the senior women’s national team. Mercy Tagoe made the ascent to the top following the resignation of current coach Mas-Ud Didi Dramani, who according to reports will be joining Danish side FC Nordsjaelland as assistant coach. Mercy Tagoe’s appointment means this will be the first time a female will handle the Black Queens. The Technical Committee at the Ghana Football Association will sit to have further deliberations on who will take up the job permanently. The Black Queens are in the same…

The Deputy General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho, has rubbished findings of the Political Science Department of the University of Ghana over a survey. He said the survey was “not deep enough”. According the NDC Deputy General Secretary, “you cannot use 11 days  to do any deep research”. He admitted, nonetheless, that it adds on to the discourse. The survey revealed that 62 per cent of Ghanaians were pleased with the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government’s performance in office so far. The findings of the survey also revealed that 64 per cent of respondents backed the…

Prior to his nomination as the Special Prosecutor, Martin Alamisi Amidu won national admiration from the articles he wrote to expose corruption in the previous government. He later complemented the articles with Facebook videos. But his articles and Facebook videos invariably centered on measures to be put in place to protect the national purse especially during the Mahama-led administration. He embarked on a crusade against businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome, who was a beneficiary of a judgement debt of GH¢51.3 million. In 2017, when the New Patriotic Party (NPP) returned to power, Mr Amidu churned out 22 articles on varying topics.…

Former Attorney General and Minister of Justice Martin Alamisi Benz-Kaiser Amidu has been nominated by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as the Special Prosecutor. President Akufo-Addo made the announcement at the Flagstaff House on Thursday. The announcement comes less than 10 days after the president assented to the Office of the Special Prosecutor Bill, together with four other bills. President Akufo-Addo underscored the efforts of Mr Amidu, especially his challenge of the judgement debt payment to businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome at the Supreme Court. “[Mr Amidu has] the requisite integrity, competence, courage and independence of character to discharge effectively the…

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…