Author: Krobea

A die-hard fan of music legend Kojo Antwi’s had a memorable moment in her life when she was ushered unto the altar by her music icon, the Maestro himself, during her wedding. Efia Antwiwaa Kajah, a staff of one of the telecommunication companies in Ghana, will forever consider Saturday, August 22, 2020 as a memorable day as her dream of getting closer to Kojo Antwi was accomplished. Traditionally, the father of Efia Antwiwaa should have ushered her to the altar but Kojo Antwi took that position because of the love the adorable lady has for him. According to Efia, it…

Italy’s former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, aged 83, is in hospital with early-stage double pneumonia after testing positive for coronavirus, Italian media report. He spent the night in hospital in Milan for checks, having tested positive on Wednesday. Earlier his right-wing Forza Italia party said his condition was not a cause for concern, and “he is fine”. The media tycoon’s partner and two of his children also tested positive. Berlusconi has been in self-isolation with his 30-year-old partner, the Forza Italia MP Marta Fascina, at his villa in Arcore near Milan, after holidaying in Sardinia. The infection rate in Sardinia…

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has written to Asante Kotoko SC and AshantiGold SC to confirm their participation in next season’s CAF inter-club competitions. This follows a communique dated August 31,2020 from the continent’s football governing body, to Member Associations to confirm their engagement in the 2020/2021 CAF Total Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup respectively. According to CAF, Member Associations that did not complete the season 2019/2020, are allowed to enter the same teams qualified from the said Association in the last CAF International Competitions season 2019/2020 taking into consideration the quota of each Association according to their ranking.…

The Overlord of the Mion Traditional area, His Eminence Alhaji Abdulai Mahamadu III, has described the policies and programmes of the governing New Patriotic Party as “people-centred”, achieving “positive, far-reaching impacts” across the nation. “Though I am a chief and without political inclination, permit me to say that the NPP government’s policies and programmes are truly people centred,” the Mion Lana declared on Thursday, September 3, when the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, paid a courtesy call on him at the beginning of a 10-day working visit to the five northern regions. In a speech delivered at his Palace at…

A signboard with a ‘Welcome to Western Togoland’ and ‘You are leaving Western Togoland’ inscription has been spotted at Akorley in the Yilo Krobo District of the Eastern Region. Residents say they saw the signboard on Thursday morning. It is unclear who are behind the signboard. Aside the inscriptions, the signboard also has the flag of Western Togoland at the top-right corner. Armed police officers from the Somanya Police Command had to, however, pull it down by midday. The activities of some secessionists claiming formation of the state, Western Togoland, resurfaced in 2017 by a group named Homeland Study Group…

US President Donald Trump has told people in the state of North Carolina to vote twice in November’s election, despite this being illegal. Mr Trump suggested voters send a postal vote and then vote in person in order to test the system. The president has frequently made false claims that postal votes are vulnerable to significant electoral fraud. “Let them send it in and let them go vote,” he told North Carolina broadcaster WECT-TV on Wednesday. “And if the system is as good as they say it is then obviously they won’t be able to vote (in person).” On Thursday,…

A Ghanaian citizen has filed a suit at an Accra High Court against the Chair of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) for failure to furnish her with audited accounts of the two major political parties in Ghana. Dorcas Aboraa Sika Marfo had written to the Commission on Tuesday, March 10, 2020, requesting copies of the returns and audited accounts of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) from 2012 till date. She also, in the letter, requested to know the fees payable before her request is granted. But, according to a writ sighted by 3news.com, the…

Speakers of Parliament Reverend Prof Aaron Mike Oquaye and his Nigerian counterpart, Olufemi Gbajabiamila, have held talks to find solutions to the challenges brought about as a result of Ghana’s implementation of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) Act 2013, Act 865. Discussions so far have been on how the implementation of Act 865 can be implemented in a manner that will not render Nigerian traders in Ghana jobless since most of them have had their shops closed and some fines levied at them, in accordance with the provisions of Act 865. Ghana’s sovereignty and national interest in the matter…

Ghana’s coronavirus deaths have risen by four, according to the Director General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS). This has taken the death toll from 276 to 280. Addressing journalists in Accra on Thursday, September 3, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye said the active cases have dropped to 856, dropping from 904 from Wednesday, September 2. “Our cumulative total so far comes to about 44,713 and our combined number 43,457 have recovered and we have so far recorded 280 deaths.” He added that so far only the Eastern, Greater Accra, Bono East and Western regions have cases. The remaining 12 regions are…

Ghana’s active cases on coronavirus have dropped below 1,000 for the first time in several months since the outbreak of the deadly disease in the country in March. With the latest release by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Thursday, September 3, the case count puts the active cases at 904. This is up to Monday, August 31, 2020, according to the release. The drop in active cases follows about 43,478 patients recovering or getting discharged in some cases. There are no additional deaths as the figure remains 276. But from the active case, six are in critical conditions with…