Author: Krobea

Host of BBC’s Focus on Africa Peter Okwoche has charged journalists in Africa and beyond to remain focused on their career and desist from allowing themselves to be exploited. “We should be impartial in the way we tell our stories. It’s not about us, and it’s about the subject and not us.” According to Mr Okoche, who was speaking on TV3’s New Day on Monday, in as much as some media houses do not pay employees well, it is not an excuse for journalists to accept bribes. Asked whether he had been a beneficiary of ‘brown envelopes’, Peter Okwoche said…

Residents of Great Lamptey Mills in Kasoa in the Central Region are in hot rage after a man suspected to have secretly buried a boy of five years after the latter fell in his uncovered pit is being let to walk free. A couple in the area had reported of their missing child, whose name was given as Nana Yaw. But residents said the man was seen pulling a lifeless body from the manhole Monday morning and buried it without the knowledge of anybody. Some residents who spoke on 3FM on Monday morning said even the parents of the boy…

Sustain Lives International (SLI), a non-profit organization passionate about environmental, societal and economic problems challenging the 21st century will support the individuals in the Agbogbloshie scrapyard community from December 9th to 15th, 2017, by providing them with solutions for their daily lives. As part of SLI’s support for the community, individuals working in the Agbogbloshie scrapyard will receive personal protective equipment like gloves, safety boots and protective eye-goggles. In addition, they will organize a free health screening exercise for women and children in the community as well as offer free registration for National Health Insurance cards for 150 individuals in…

The President and Founder of FOCOS Orthopaedic Hospital, Prof. Emeritus Boachie-Adjei, will be one of the main  speakers at the upcoming Société Internationale de Chirurgie Orthopédique et de Traumatologie (SICOT) World Congress, slated for Cape Town, South Africa, from November 30 to December 2, 2017. Prof Oheneba Boachie-Adjei will speak on the topic: ‘Making state of the art orthopaedic and spine care sustainable in underserved regions: The FOCOS Paradigm’. Prof. Boachie-Adjei has published and lectured extensively on spine surgery, with special emphasis on surgery to correct spine deformity. He is an inventor who holds several patents for devices used in…

Sixty days and nights of fasting ― 12 months of “all night” prayers screaming our lungs out in tongues ― drinking anointing oil and bathing in the holiest of waters from Israel. None of these can cast out a bad character! Tell you what, a bad habit is like bad food. There’s absolutely nothing spiritual about it. A bad habit is like a faulty car. You don’t need prayers to fix it. All you need to do is to get on your knees, diagnose it… and fix it! I have observed some people hop from one church to other apparently…

Nigeria will be hoping to recapture the form that saw them beat Argentina in the international friendly just a few weeks ago, as they face the two-time winners in Russia. The Super Eagles will face Argentina next summer after they were paired together in Group D of the World Cup alongside Iceland and Croatia. Gernot Rohr was recently quoted by Kwese ESPN as saying he did not fear facing the football superpowers and should be excited to face Argentina, having already beaten them in a friendly. In other groups, Herve Renard will lead Morocco to their fifth World Cup tournament…

Three-time African champions Nigeria have been drawn in the same group as 2014 World Cup losing finalists Argentina for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in an event held in Russia on Friday. The two sides will lock horns in the final Group D encounter. A recent friendly between the two ended in a 4-2 win for the African side, though many believed the scoreline would have been different if the South Americans had their talisman Lionel Messi. The draw conducted at the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow also saw debutants Iceland and Croatia being drawn in the group. The Nordic…

Phillip Kwaku Agyemang of Dormaa West in the Brong Ahafo Region has been adjudged the 2017 National Best Farmer. At a ceremony held at the Heroes’ Park in Kumasi on Friday, Mr Agyemang, 50, was given a cheque for $100,000 as reward for his prize. He beat competition from two women – Mabel Akoto Cudjoe and Rebecca Commey – to emerge the winner. Madam Akoto Cudjoe from Hohoe in the Volta Region was the first runner-up while Madam Commey from Ga South in the Greater Accra Region emerged the second-runner-up. It was the 33rd Farmers’ Day celebration themed: ‘Planting for…

The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has doled out a total of $2.5 million to the five Africa qualifiers of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. A decision was reached at a meeting on the sidelines of the 2018 FIFA World Cup draw to have Nigeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco and Senegal share the amount equally to prepare for the tournament. Last month, at its Executive Committee meeting, the continent’s football governing body set up an ad hoc committee to explore opportunities to help the five countries in their preparations. Chaired by Caf’s First Vice President Kwesi Nyantakyi, the committee has as…

Two first year students of Kumasi Academy are reported dead after being rushed to the hospital on Thursday. The students died at the KNUST hospital, where they were taken to after being taken ill for showing symptoms of fever. Three others are said to be on admission for the same illness, which is yet to be disclosed. The two are said to be a General Science and Business students. Earlier this year, in April to be precise, four students lost their lives after an outbreak of meningitis. READ: Kumasi Academy shut down after meningitis claims 4 lives This generated fear…