Author: Krobea

Nigeria’s airport in the capital, Abuja, has reopened six weeks after it was closed for urgent repairs. Henrietta Yakubu, a spokesman for the aviation authority, said repair works were completed 24 hours ahead of schedule. An Ethiopian Airlines flight was the first to land on Tuesday morning. Flights had been diverted to Kaduna, 160 km (100 miles) from the capital, and some international carriers refused to operate the new route. Those airlines are now taking bookings for flights later this week. The runway was supposed to be upgraded in 2002 – it was built in 1982 and was only meant…

Art plays an integral part in shaping society and conserving history, and thanks to art, Africa’s glorious past has stayed intact. The inscriptions, carvings and paintings in the tombs of ancient Kemet made it so. What would Africans know of their past if not for these wall carvings, paintings and statues such as the Olmec? Ghana today does not have a national gallery, according to a renowned artist, Prof Ablade Glover – something he calls a sacrilege.  He says every society has a native-given creativity, unfortunately we have our creative thoughts westernized and thus resulting in our underdevelopment. Art gravitates…

An Argentine football fan has died of head injuries – two days after being pushed from a stand by an angry crowd who thought he was a rival supporter. Emanuel Balbo, 22, had reportedly quarrelled with a man during Saturday’s derby between his Belgrano team and the visiting Talleres in the northern city of Cordoba. Witnesses said the man had shouted that Mr Balbo was a disguised Talleres fan. He was then pushed over the edge of a stand, video images showed. He fell onto concrete stairs from a height of about five metres (16ft). He was taken to hospital…

A Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho, says it is unfortunate for Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia to do politics on Easter Monday. According to Mr Anyidoho, by his action, Dr Bawumia has disturbed Christians in solemnly observing the day after Jesus Christ’s resurrection as such. The Vice President had earlier in the day addressed a town hall meeting to mark 100 days of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s government, which he is a chief part of. The meeting was put together by Accra-based Joy FM. Speaking on TV3’s News 360 in an effort to have…

Chelsea captain John Terry has decided to finally bring his over 20 years stay at the West London club to an end. An agreement was reached between the defender and the club on Monday, April 17 for the record captain to leave at the end of the season. “We had some really positive talks but with everything taken into careful consideration I have decided it’s the right time for me to leave,” John Terry, who has won almost everything with the club is quoted on Chelseafc.com as saying. “I’ve always been conscious that I depart at the right time, in…

The message landed on a social media platform I am on less than an hour before the Resurrection. My gut feeling was, this amounts to taking away the producers’ power over their own show. It demanded an unqualified apology from the Multimedia Group Limited for failing to admit a member of the ruling party, the New Patriotic Party, who showed up to represent the expected guest on Multimedia’s weekly news analysis programme, Newsfile. My understanding is that the Deputy Attorney General, Godfred Dame, was the expected guest. It is important to understand what production of a show like Newsfile entails.…

After the Match Day 12 fixtures of the Ghana Premier League on Sunday, April 16, Asante Kotoko’s winless run continued following a 1-0 loss at Wa All Stars. Abeiku Ainooson missed a penalty which would have drawn the former champions level. But the defending champions held on to claim all three points. It was the first match for the Porcupine Warriors after the dismissal of coach Zdravko Logarusic. In Accra, Winful Cobbina clinched a point for former champions Hearts of Oak at the Accra Sports Stadium. After a goalless first half, Joseph Mensah put debutants Elmina Sharks ahead in the…

Actor Clifton James, who appeared as Sheriff JW Pepper in two James Bond films, has died at the age of 96. He died close to his childhood home in Gladstone, Oregon, on Saturday due to complications from diabetes. James was best known for appearing alongside Sir Roger Moore in the Bond films Live and Let Die and The Man with the Golden Gun during the 1970s. His daughter Lynn said: “He was the most outgoing person, beloved by everybody.” She added: “I don’t think the man had an enemy. We were incredibly blessed to have had him in our lives.”…

Telecommunications network MTN has explained the reason why it sent bulk sms to its Mobile Money customers over interest payments. According to a release on Saturday, April 15, MTN said it had received complaints from some of its customers –particularly Muslims – of receiving interests against their religious beliefs. But since it could not distinguish the Muslims from Non-Muslims, MTN sent the bulk message asking subscribers of its Mobile Money service who do not wish to receive interests to dial *595* and follow some basic steps to opt out. MTN explained that the payment of interests is in line with…

The world’s oldest person has died in Italy at the age of 117, reports say. Emma Morano was born on 29 November 1899 in the Piedmont region of Italy. She was officially the last person born in the 1800s still living. She had attributed her longevity to her genetics and a diet of three eggs a day, two of them raw. Ms Morano was the oldest of eight siblings, all of whom she has outlived. She died at her home in the northern city of Verbania. Her life not only spanned three centuries but also survived an abusive marriage, the…