Author: Krobea

The chiefs and people of the Drobo Traditional Area in the Jaman South district of the Brong Ahafo Region, over the weekend, celebrated the Munufie Kese festival to honour their forebears. As part of activities for the year’s celebrations, a colourful durbar of chiefs was held at the Krupiase Royal Palace in Drobo on Friday, November 17. The event brought together the denizens of communities under the Drobo State as well as its citizens living in various parts of the country and abroad. Owners and leaders of both formal and informal businesses operating within the area also turned up for…

Music and entertainment brand 3Music has announced categories for the first annual 3Music Awards slated to take place early next year. 3Music in the next few weeks will engage with taste makers, respected influencers from the media and blogger space, experienced music and entertainment industry individuals to collate and put out nominees on all creative pieces released between October 1, 2016 and October 31, 2017 for the awards With a focus on awarding outstanding music personalities, 3Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony to be dedicated to celebrating achievements in Hiplife/Hip-hop, Highlife, Afrobeats, Reggae/Dancehall, Gospel, Best use of social media…

A former National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Ablekuma Central has hailed the government for accepting that there are challenges in the implementation of the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy. Theophilus Tetteh Chaie says it is now the responsibility of every Ghanaian to support the government to make sure the Free SHS policy succeeds because the children are the children of Ghana and the future of this country. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo had said the teething challenges confronting the policy will be fixed. He said he was inspired by the famous Chinese adage which says “a…

Security has been stepped up in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, ahead of the inauguration of President Uhuru Kenyatta for a second term in office. People in festive mood have been pouring into a stadium where more than 20 heads of state or senior ministers are expected to attend. Opposition leader Raila Odinga mocked Mr Kenyatta’s “coronation”, saying he had not been elected legitimately. He boycotted the re-run of the presidential poll last month. Just under 39% of voters turned out on 26 October and Mr Kenyatta, who officially won with 98% of the vote. The original election on 8 August…

Black Starlets captain Eric Ayiah has been shortlisted for the 2017 Confederation of African Football (Caf) Awards scheduled to be held on January 4, 2018 in Accra. The Charity Stars striker is in contention for the Youth Player of the Year Award. He faces contention from Mali’s Salam Giddou, Zambia’s Patson Daka, Senegal’s Krepin Diatta and South Africa’s Luther Singh. Ghana’s U-20 women’s side, the Black Princesses, who are on the verge of making a fourth successive appearance at the FIFA U-20 World Cup, have also been nominated for the Women’s National Team of the Year. They face competition from…

Zimbabwe has officially declared 21 February to be Robert Gabriel Mugabe National Youth Day, thereby making the former president’s birthday a public holiday, the Herald newspaper reports. New President Emmerson Mnangagwa is expected to form a cabinet this week. Mr Mugabe resigned last week after a military intervention and days of mass protests. The police and army are to stage joint patrols as the country returns to normal, the authorities have said. They have already received reports of looting and illegal occupation of properties, particularly farms and houses. Police had not been seen in public until 21 November when Mr…

Renowned educationist Professor Jophus Anamuah-Mensah has stated that Ghana’s current education system is further pushing the Ghanaian child out of the classroom. This, the professor, blamed on the politicization of Ghana’s educational system. Professsor Anamuah-Mensah is of the view that the change in policies by different governments provides a lack of coherence in the system, which in turn affects the Ghanaian child. “I think it is only when we have all the systems in place, in terms of management, teaching, curriculum, assessment and  teaching resources can the  Ghanaian child have the best of education.” He bemoaned the lack of efficiency…

Renowned scholar and educationist Professor Jophus Anamuah-Mensah has underscored the importance of moral education in Ghana’s educational system. According to the Professor, any education that does not lead people to God is not the best for the moral upbringing of children. “If we leave God out of our education, we will still produce graduates but we can’t manage them,” he stressed. The former Vice Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba and chairman of the committee that led the education reforms in 2002, urged policy makers to place premium on morals in enhancing the education system. Professor Anamuah-Mensah, who was…

The Bank of Ghana has reduced the monetary policy rate by 100 basis points from 21 per cent to 20 per cent. It is the first in three months that the rate has seen a reduction, This was announced by the Governor of the Bank, Dr Ernest Addison, on Monday. More soon…

French President Emmanuel Macron starts his first tour of Africa on Monday. He is to visit Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana in an effort to revitalise France’s image on the continent. Macron’s advisers say he hopes to modernise France’s relations with Africa by emphasising business links, education and sport rather than development aid. Although Macron has pledged to increase France’s aid budget to 0.55 percent of GDP by 2022, France’s aid budget was cut by 140 million euros in July as part of 4.5 billion euros of reductions in public spending. This summer the French president set up a…