Author: Krobea

The recent nominee of Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture, Kennedy Nyarko Osei, has been approved by Parliament after facing the Appointments Committee last Thursday. The Akyim Swedru Member of Parliament was nominated by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to replace William Agyapong Quaitoo, who resigned the post in August. Mr Quaitoo, also an MP, resigned following pressure over his comments deemed ethnocentric. Though he had apologized for the comments made in the heat of the fall army worm invasion of farmlands, he tendered in his resignation letter on Tuesday, August 29 to the presidency. Mr Quaitoo’s replacement was advised…

Renowned actress Juliet Ibrahim and boyfriend Iceberg Slim have shared fond joy of their relationship. The two love birds, who first met at a programme in South Africa, seem to be getting along very well, probably reason why the Ghanaian actress spends more time in Nigeria. The two, who are both single parents, seem to have great plans for the future of their love life. They appeared on 3FM’s Urban Blend hosted by Miriam on Friday to talk about the rapper’s new single ‘Oluwa’. But Juliet Ibrahim stated that she is ready to settle down with Iceberg Slim. Their relationship…

Pro-New Patriotic Party (NPP) vigilante group Invisible Forces snatched ballot boxes and caused confusion which resulted in arrests during the record fourth elections to have Sarah Dugbakie Pobee confirmed as District Chief Executive for the Ada East District Assembly. Previous elections had seen Ms Pobee fail to secure two-thirds of votes with the latest on Wednesday, October 25 seeing her only amass 19 out of 36 votes. At Friday’s polls held at the Assembly’s hall after the constitutional 10-day elapsing period, Ms Pobee ramped up her votes to 27, representing 77 per cent to see her finally confirmed as the…

Take a look around your office. Would you classify any of your colleagues as psychopathic? While it may be a term more often associated with film industry depictions of knife-wielding killers like Hannibal Lecter and Dexter Morgan, there is evidence that suggests psychopaths are surprisingly common in the business environment. Studies have indicated that, depending where you look, up to one in five of those filling company boardrooms and senior management positions are hiding psychopathic tendencies, using certain personality traits to charm and manipulate their way through the workplace. Research by New York-based psychologist Paul Babiak’s has suggested up to…

Thanks to the clocks going back, many of us managed to grab a little bit of extra shut-eye over the weekend. And that’s no bad thing because, as a country, we seem to be chronically sleep-deprived. According to the Sleep Council, the average Briton gets six-and-a-half hours sleep a night, which for most people is not enough. Lots of studies have shown that cutting back on sleep, deliberately or otherwise, can have a serious impact on our bodies. A few nights of bad sleep can really mess with our blood sugar control and encourage us to overeat. It even messes…

South African prosecutors are appealing for a longer sentence for Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius for murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. They told the Supreme Court of Appeal the six-year sentence was “shockingly light” and he should get 15 years. Defence lawyers say the sentence handed down by a lower court is appropriate. Pistorius claimed he shot dead Ms Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day in 2013 after mistaking her for a burglar at his home in the capital Pretoria. The lower court justified deviating from the prescribed 15-year sentence by saying mitigating circumstances such as rehabilitation and remorse outweighed aggravating factors such as…

A controversial bill amending Kenya’s election law has come into effect, which makes it more difficult for the Supreme Court to annul elections. Uhuru Kenyatta won last week’s re-run of the election, after the Supreme Court declared August’s poll invalid. President Kenyatta said on Monday that he did not agree with the new election law, however he did not send it back to parliament. Opposition leader Raila Odinga pulled out of the re-run, calling it a “sham”. The Supreme Court said there had been “irregularities and illegalities” in the original poll, which was also won by Mr Kenyatta. Mr Odinga…

Ghana and Barnsley defender Andy Yiadom was close to joining both Swansea City and Huddersfield Town in the summer but could finally get his Premier League chance with West Brom. Yiadom has been forced to wait in order to get his chance in the Premier League. As reported by the Wales Online, the Barnsley full-back was close to joining newly promoted Huddersfield Town in the summer transfer window, only to fail his medical. And a deadline day switch to Swansea City also fell through, as the required paperwork was not completed in time. He may be hoping for better luck during the January transfer…

Head Coach of the Black Stars Kwesi Appiah has called up 23 players for the last Russia 2018 World Cup Qualifier with Egypt. The continuous exclusion of the Ayew brothers has generated lots of debate in the football fraternity. Some Ghanaians have launched a scathing attack at Appiah, insisting he should have included in-form Dede Ayew in the squad. Ex-Black Stars player Sam Johnson, however, says he doesn’t understand what Ghanaians want. “Before [Kwesi Appiah] called [his players], Ghanaians were insulting the Ayews especially Jordan, day and night and now [that] he is still playing good football and he is still not…

Energy experts and heads of utilities in the West African sub-region have gathered in Accra for the 12th General Assembly of WAPP. The West African Power Pool (WAPP) 2017 General Assembly is being held in Ghana on the theme: ‘Regional Electricity Market: Ensuring West Africa Integration’. Addressing delegates at the opening of the Assembly on Friday, Minister of Energy Boakye Agyarko challenged delegates “to think more about challenges to the fulfillment of our common objectives of regional electricity trade and how we can make electricity available to the citizens of West Africa for the socio-economic development of the Ecowas region”.…