Author: Krobea

The Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Joseph Kofi Adda has urged parliamentarians and Ghanaians in general to cultivate the habit of handwashing as part of daily activities. Making a statement on the floor of Parliament in solidarity with the Global Handwashing Day, marked October 15 every year, the Minister said the day has been set aside by the United Nation to create awareness on handwashing by soap to improve hygiene and enhance livelihood. Mr Adda told the House that scientific research has shown that handwashing by soap prevents diseases. He said the practice of handwashing has become one of…

Legendary Ghanaian Highlife singer, Kwadwo Akwaboah Senior, has for the first time recounted how he became blind. In an exclusive interview on the After Hours on TV3, Kwadwo Akwaboah Snr narrated the unfortunate turn of events to host Mikki Osei Berko, but insisted that though he is blind, he is able to perform when called upon to do so. “When I was travelling abroad [my sight] wasn’t like that. The reason for my travel to Holland was to procure my own musical instruments. I decided to travel to Holland to procure my own instruments to aid in my recording. Indeed…

“Did you come by way of Atomic Junction,” she asked when I got down at my bus stop at Adjei-Mensah near Wisconsin University College in North Legon, about 400 meters away from the Atomic Junction explosion ground zero. “Yes, I did,” I answered. “And it was free of the usual traffic,” I added. “As for me I will never use that side,” she expressed her fears. “That overhead [road] has to be pulled down and re-constructed. Even my sons at our home felt the quake [from the explosion], how much more a bridge so close to the gas station?” My…

Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire have agreed to set up a strategic co-operation framework, and have signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement (SAP), to that end, which will give new momentum to Ivorian-Ghanaian co-operation. This agreement covers the areas of Defence and Security; Cocoa and cashew economy and other strategic crops; Maritime cooperation; Mining, energy and environment; Transport; and Economic policies. Signing the agreement on behalf of the Government and people of Ghana, the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo noted that “this Agreement will bind our two countries in even closer intimacy, and go beyond the conventional tools of…

Aduana Stars CEO Albert Commey says his side’s league title win is only a chance to work harder as a football club. The Dormaa-based side annexed the title last weekend after they came from behind to beat Elmina Sharks at the Nana Agyemang Badu Park in Dormaa. Sam Adam’s penalty goal was met by a rapturous cheer that rung round the Dormaa park and its environs. The joy was palpable – a second league title had been clinched and the painful loss in the penultimate game of the season in Wa had finally been put to rest. Speaking to 3FM,…

St James Holdings Limited, the owner of English Premier League side Newcastle United, is putting the club up for sale. According to the owner, the move is in the best interest of not only the club but also its fans. “To give an incoming owner the maximum possible flexibility to make meaningful investment in the club, including in its playing squad, the sale process will give interested parties the opportunity of deferring substantial payments,” a statement issued on the club’s website on Monday said. The Magpies returned to the Premier League this season after winning the 2016/2017 Championship. They are…

A tigress that killed four people in the west Indian state of Maharashtra died on Saturday, days after a court upheld an order to kill it. The animal was electrocuted by a fence erected by a farmer to keep out wild boar, wildlife officials said. Officials called off their hunt for the two-year-old tigress after they found its body by the fence early on Sunday. Animal rights activists have criticised the forest department for failing to save the big cat. Wildlife activists had challenged the shoot-to-kill order issued by the state forest department on 23 June, but the court rejected…

The Coalition of Students in Conservation (COSIC) has kicked against government’s decision to extract bauxite beneath the Atiwa Forest Reserve. The group said the Reserve is one of the critical water sources in Ghana providing water to over 5 million residents in Greater Accra and Eastern regions as well as parts of Central Region. Addressing the media in Kumasi, COSIC noted that it is not against leveraging of the country’s bauxite mineral deposits for development but concerned about government’s plans with the Chinese to extract bauxite beneath the Atiwa Forest Reserve. “As students, we are not against the Government of…

The timely intervention of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) saw staff of the Marwako Food Restaurant as well as Total and Goil fuel stations in La, Accra safely evacuated following a suspected gas leakage from the restaurant. Commuters sounded an alarm after they smelled gas in the area. The scared commuters said gas could be smelled on the La-Tema highway.

Aduana Stars are Ghana Premier League champions for the second time in eight years with a game to spare after a 2-1 win over Elmina Sharks in Dormaa. Sam Adams’s late penalty was the defining goal for Aduana after Rashid Alhassan had cancelled out Benjamin Tweneboah’s opener for the visitors, who needed a win to be certain of their top flight status. The result in Dormaa was enough to give Aduana a second league title in eight years but that plus WAFA’s 1-2 loss at Cape Coast  Ebuasua Dwarfs means they have a seven point advantage going into the final round…