Author: Krobea

It was a galaxy of stars as both former and current footballers gathered in Accra for the Aiteo Caf Awards. There were other celebrities who joined the party of footballers to crown the best in the year 2017. Egypt’s Mohamed Salah beat Liverpool club mate Sadio Mane and Dortmund’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to be crowned the African Footballer of the Year. Watch photos below: Credit: Kelvin Kojo Carrey|3news.com|Ghana

Ex-German international Gerald Asamoah has expressed disappointment in Ghana’s failure to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The Schalke 04 legend maintains there exists great talents in Ghana therefore stringent measures must be adopted to ensure such talents do not leave the shores of Ghana to play abroad. The 38-year-old became the first African-born player to debut for Die Mannschaft in 2001. In an era when the German national football team was dominated by whites, Gerald Asamoah denounced his Ghanaian citizenship mainly to make a difference and made a strong case for blacks. He scored on his debut and…

Former Chief of Defense Staff Brigadier General (Rtd) Jospeh Nunoo-Mensah has denied media reports that he endorses Ekwow Spio-Garbrah to lead the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2020 elections. Brigadier-General Nunoo-Mensah said he never said he was in support of Dr Spio-Garbrah’s bid to lead the NDC but rather he supported the initiative by the former Trades Minister to help young people to be on their own. At a media event on Wednesday at the launch of Spio-Garbrah’s ‘Forward Agenda’ campaign, the former Security Advisor  is alleged to have endorsed Ekwow Spio-Garbrah as the best person to lead the…

North-eastern parts of the US are bracing for record-breaking cold weather as the deadly “bomb cyclone” is set to continue into the weekend. Efforts are under way in New England to clear roads of ice and snow with temperatures expected to plunge below -20F (-29C), according to the National Weather Service (NWS). Giant waves and flooding on Friday also added to serious travel disruption. The storm has so far been blamed for up to 19 deaths, US media report. Deaths were recorded in North Carolina, Wisconsin, Kentucky and Texas as a result of traffic accidents and exposure to the bitterly cold…

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has told the BBC that he has been invited by the new Liberia president George Weah to his inauguration later this month. Wenger was Weah’s manager at French side Monaco between 1988 and 1992 but he is not sure he will able to attend. “I have been invited by George to come to the day where he will be the President,” he said. “I believe I will be busy but if I am suspended (for his comments on referees) I will have time to go.” Wenger is facing a Football Association disciplinary hearing for various comments he made about…

As you carefully read Our Motherland, there is one lesson that should guide your thinking and cause you to have deep reflections. That lesson is shared in the pages of this book and goes as follows: “we are only caricatures when we dress up in borrowed clothes, we should be proud of ourselves and act who we are.” These words are shared by Dr. Joseph H. Silver, Sr, President of Silver & Associates and Former President of Alabama State University, in a Forward to the latest book of Kojo Yankah entitled, “Our Motherland, My Life”. The 232-page autobiography of the former Ashanti Regional…

The suspended General Secretary of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Atik Mohammed, has explained that the move by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to meet leaders of political parties means there is cooperation by political parties in the country. He said all the leaders that went to the Office of the President did not behave as if they were there for their political parties but were there for Ghana. President Akufo-Addo met with leaders on Thursday to seek their views on some governance-enhancing measures his administration intends to take. The political parties represented by their chairpersons and general secretaries were…

Egypt captain Mohamed Salah was on Thursday night crowned African Player of the Year 2017 by the Confederation of African Football (Caf). At an awards gala held in Accra, the leading goal scorer in the English Premier League beat competition from Liverpool club mate Sadio Mane and Dortmund goal poacher Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to emerge winner. This adds up to the 2017 BBC African Player of the Year award he won last month. Salah’s national team coach, Hector Cuper, was also named the Coach of the Year. The Pharaohs, who qualified to the 2018 World Cup at the expense of Ghana’s…

Liverpool team mates Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah have touched down in Accra for the 26th Caf Awards. The two are the leading contenders for this year’s awards. The third shortlisted nominee is reigning king Pierrre-Emerick Aubameyang of Gabon and Dortmund. Addressing journalists in Accra, the Reds team mates quashed reports of rivalry between them. Top favourite Egyptian Salah says Mane, the Teranga Lions captain, has been of tremendous help to him since joining the Merseysiders from AS Roma. He said they get along so well. The winner will be announced Thursday night at a ceremony to be held at…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has revealed that Ghana supported a regime change at the top echelon of the Confederation of African Football (Caf). He said the staying in office of Issa Hayatou for almost three decades was “a long time”. That is why Ghana supported Dr Ahmad Ahmad during the elections in March, 2017, he hinted. Addressing a delegation from Caf on Wednesday at the Flagstaff House in Accra, President Akufo-Addo congratulated Dr Ahmad Ahmad for his election to the top job and pledged Ghana’s support for his administration. “As you know we supported very clearly your election,” he…