Author: Krobea

Chelsea moved 12 points clear at the top of the Premier League with a comfortable win over Arsenal. Marcos Alonso opened the scoring from close range when he headed in the rebound after Diego Costa’s effort hit the crossbar. The Blues doubled their lead seven minutes after the break when Eden Hazard tucked the ball past Petr Cech after a fantastic individual run which began on the halfway line. Cesc Fabregas put the game beyond his former club when he lobbed past Cech after a poor clearance. Olivier Giroud scored a late consolation goal for the visitors, who are now…

Pupils of Goo-Atanda Primary and Kindergarten School in the Bongo District of the Upper East Region learn under very harsh conditions like learning under trees and dilapidated structures, a situation that poses danger to their lives. The School was originally established for orphans but currently has other children due to lack of primary school in the community. The school was established by a resident, Julius Ayamga Pascal, in August 2015 when he realized that the only available school in the Goo-Atanda electoral area was about eight kilometers apart between Atanda and Goo, creating non-interest in hundreds of children. After just…

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has descended heavily on the recent announcement by government on the formation of a joint task force to retrieve all state assets in the custody of individuals, especially former government appointees. The statement from the Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Osei-Opare, said the task force will be composed of officers from the Ghana Police Service, Ghana Revenue Authority (Customs Division), the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), the Driver and Vehicles Licensing Authority (DVLA) and the Office of the President. But a statement issued by NDC’s General Secretary Johnson Asiedu Nketia on Saturday said the task…

The Black Stars will play for Bronze on Saturday, February 4 when they play neighbours Burkina Faso in the third-place playoffs of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. The Stars return to their group-stage base Port-Gentil, having made rounds in Oyem and Franceville in their quarter-final and semi-final matches respectively. Avram Grant’s side will play familiar foes Burkina Faso, who missed a second final in four years on penalties to Egypt. The Stars also failed to reach a second successive final after losing to two late goals from Cameroon last Thursday. Saturday’s match will be officiated by Algerian Mehdi Abid…

On Thursday, January 26, 2017 unionised staff of the Ghana Post called for the immediate dissolution of the current management board for misappropriation of funds. Some workers of Ghana Post demanded the immediate removal of their Managing Director, Eric Yao, and Deputy Managing Director Solomon Agyei and Head of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Godfred Aboagye. The aggrieved workers are alleging that three senior staff connived to embezzle funds belonging to the state company. Demonstrating at the forecourt of the Ghana Post head office in Accra, the group held placards and vowed not to allow the managing director Eric Yao to…

Ernestina Afari also known as Silky Sweet, a regular entertainment pundit on Onua 95.1 FM’s entertainment talk show Anigye Mmre, has said VGMA awards to any gospel artiste under Media Excel Productions record label are questionable. George Quaye, who is the Head of Communications at Charterhouse, organizers of Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA), accused some gospel artistes of bribing him. “I have been offered bribes by Gospel artistes, if I could or anybody on the board could alter results, some of the bribes are very lucrative and because it is impossible we are unable to take it.” The statement did…

Parliament’s Appointments Committee has recommended for approval six ministers-designate vetted within the past couple of days. In all 12 ministerial nominees of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo were vetted from Monday, January 30 to Thursday, February 2. On Friday, the Committee presented its third report to the Seventh Parliament. Five were approved by consensus by the Committee while one had to be approved by a majority decision. Dr Anthony Akoto Osei (Monitoring and Evaluation), Daniel Kwaku Botwe (Regional Reorganisation and Development) and John Peter Amewu (Lands and Natural Resources) are among the five approved by consensus by the Committee. Minister-designate…

The Northern Region office of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has been attacked by men suspected to be supporters of the ruling party. TV3’s regional correspondent Zubaida Ismail said the attackers numbered about 20. They stormed the offices, she reports, and demanded that workers vacated. Most workers had to take cover at the Northern Regional Directorate of Ghana Education Service (GES), an eye witness said. Some clients of the National Health Insurance Scheme who were at the regional office were, however, attacked by the miscreants. But for the timely intervention of the workers of the Tamale Metropolitan Assembly (TMA),…

Image copyrightAPImage captionMr Mattis has been holding talks with his South Korean counterpart, Han Min-koo The US Defence Secretary James Mattis has said any use of nuclear weapons by North Korea would be met with an “effective and overwhelming” response. Mr Mattis spoke in South Korea, where he had been reaffirming US support,before flying to Tokyo. He also reconfirmed plans to deploy a US missile defence system in South Korea later this year. North Korea’s repeated missile and nuclear tests and aggressive statements continue to alarm and anger the region. The US has a considerable military presence in South Korea…

Renowned heart surgeon Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng has revealed that he was dismissed as head of the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) in a strange way in 2009 when the National Democratic Congress (NDC) took over power. He said he had been in office then for only a year. “I was dismissed on radio,” he stated. “It was not right but…” he lamented. Prof Frimpong-Boateng expressed these lamentations on Thursday, February 2 when he faced Parliament’s Appointments Committee. He was being vetted for the ministerial position of Science, Technology and Innovation. Assessing his curriculum vitae, Member of Parliament for Bodi Samson…