Author: Krobea

The Director of Legal Division at the National Communications Authority (NCA), Abena Asafo Adjei, has told an Accra High Court that monies withdrawn from the Authority’s account and used in purchasing cyber security equipment did not have the approval of the board. Led in evidence-in-chief by Director for Public Prosecution Yvonne Atakora Obuobisa, Ms Asafo Adjei said minutes of board meetings during the period 2015 till date do not show any request and approval of a sort brought before members of the board. She also added that the only request for external support was in regard to some GH¢2.2 million for the…

Hearts of Oak Head coach Frank Nuttal has heaped praise on his players for their resistance to overcome a tough test from their arch-rivals Asante Kotoko in the FA Cup semi-final tie on Wednesday. The Accra-based side came through with a 4-2 penalty shootout win against the Fabulous boys after a 0-0 stalemate to progress to the final. Nuttal couldn’t hide his joy and says they deserved the win. “It’s another well-fought game by both sides especially when you consider it being a preseason game and both sets of players really worked very hard for the club and that is…

A Canadian woman has been convicted of killing her friend after police discovered the murder weapon used in a picture of the pair on social media. Cheyenne Rose Antoine, 21, pleaded guilty on Monday to killing Brittney Gargol, then 18, in March 2015. Gargol was found strangled to death near a landfill in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, with Antoine’s belt near her body. Antoine was sentenced to seven years for manslaughter. She was identified as a suspect after she posted a selfie on Facebook of the two of them, showing her wearing the belt hours before Gargol died. What happened? The two…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says his administration, over the course of its first year in office, has risen to the challenge, and demonstrated that doing things differently achieves positive results. According to President Akufo-Addo, “we inherited an economy that was in distress, choked by debt, and with macroeconomic fundamentals in disarray. We had to do things differently, and those were my marching orders to all members of the government.” Thus, upon assumption of office, his Economic Management Team set to work to sort out the country’s macroeconomic fundamentals, and to find imaginative ways to deal with the oppressive debt…

It’s January, which means you may have stood on the scales and decided to go on a diet. But what sort? For many years, low-carb diets have been in fashion – based on the belief that eating lots of carbohydrates, particularly in the form of sugary treats such as white bread, rice or pasta, is bad for your waist and for your blood-sugar control. The reasoning is that if you eat lots of carbohydrates and sugars, particularly the sort without fibre that get quickly absorbed, they will rapidly push up your blood glucose (sugar) levels. Unless you burn this glucose…

In what was an extraordinary revelation by Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the President of Ghana claimed he had forgotten about the Dzamefe Commission white paper as he met the press after one year in office. The Dzamefe Commission produced the white paper after its investigation into Ghana’s participation in the 2014 World Cup and the matters that arose after it. After several revelations during the three-month-long sitting, the three-member committee brought up several recommendations that seek to resuscitate football in Ghana and bring an end to the alleged corruption at the Ghana Football Association (GFA) and the Ministry of Youth and Sports. However, according…

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has honoured media giant, Media General Ghana, for its excellent and extensive coverage of the final funeral rites of the late queenmother of the Asante Kingdom, Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II. Led by TV3 Network, Media General provided days of live coverage of the funeral rites to expose the rich tradition and culture of the Kingdom to the world. The company was presented with a citation at a ceremony at the Manhyia Palace to recognize the exemplary services provided by organisations and personalities during the event. The citation expressed appreciation for TV3’s loyal…

Hearts of Oak beat arch-rivals Asante Kotoko 4-2 on penalties at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi on Wednesday to make it to the final of the GHALCA Top 8 tournament. The match, which was the first semi-final encounter, had ended 0-0 in full regulation time. It therefore went into straight penalty shoot-outs. The likes of Malik Akowuah, Patrick Razak and Christopher Bonney scored for the Phobians as they snatched victory from off the backyard of their opponents. Hearts will play the winner of the Medeama SC-Dreams FC semi-final encounter in Sunday’s final. The winner of the second semi-final…

Everton have completed the signing of Theo Walcott from Arsenal in a deal worth more than £20m on a three-and-a-half year contract. Walcott, 28, becomes Sam Allardyce’s second signing of the January transfer window following the £27m paid for striker Cenk Tosun from Besiktas. The move brings to an end Walcott’s 12-year stay at Arsenal, where he scored 108 goals in 397 appearances. “There’s something about this move I’ve just felt good about,” he said. Walcott’s former club Southampton were also interested in a deal. But Walcott, who has not started a league game for Arsenal this season, believes Allardyce…

The fate of the two former inmates of Guantanamo Bay in Ghana is being decided upon by government and a report will be sent to Parliament when it resumes, the president has disclosed. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said the decision to either keep or release the two will be taken “now” and not in months. After being brought for asylum in Ghana in 2016, Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammad Salih Al-Dhuby are expected to be a subject of a decision as their stay expired on Sunday, January 6, 2018. Their stay was only ratified by Parliament…