Author: Krobea

Erica Tandoh known as DJ Switch emerged winner of this years Talented Kidz Season 8 after 13 weeks of jaw dropping performances. At the National Theatre Sunday, Ghana’s youngest disc jokey, DJ Switch walked away with GHC 10,000 cash prize, GHC 6,000 educational fund, products and souvenirs from the sponsors. Naquel placed second and received GHC 8,000 cash prize, an educational fund, products and souvenirs from sponsors While Christian Morgan,  a student of the Cape Coast School for the Blind, undoubtedly proving that a disability is truly not an inability, took the third position. All eight competitors in the grand…

Of all the harms we have inflicted on our environment, including open defecation, bush burning, reckless littering, illegal mining also called galamsey in local parlance ranks high. Galamsey operators are a minority group but the extent of damage they have inflicted on our land and water resources affect us all. The results of illegal mining are hackneyed narratives that majority of Ghanaians find disgusting. This damage is not only to the environment and its ecosystem but to all of us who depend on the environment for food. And this is why we all have to join forces with the Media…

Newcastle United clinched the Championship title with victory over Barnsley, after Brighton conceded a late equaliser at Aston Villa. Ayoze Perez, Chancel Mbemba and Dwight Gayle scored in a comfortable victory, but it was Jack Grealish’s 89th-minute goal which sealed the Magpies’ title. Perez’s flicked finish made it 1-0, before Mbemba smashed in to double the lead from a Perez rebound. Gayle added a late third before Grealish’s goal handed them the title. It was a comfortable win for Rafael Benitez’s side – yet it looked like it would not be enough to seal top spot, after Glenn Murray’s penalty…

Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari has left for the United Kingdom for a “follow-up medical consultation with his doctors”. President Buhari left Sunday night, having transmitted letters about the trip to the Senate and the House of Represntatives in compliance with the country’s constitution. “[President Buhari] had planned to leave Sunday afternoon, but decided to tarry a bit, due to the arrival of 82 Chibok girls who arrived Abuja earlier in the day,” a statement issued by Special Advisor Femi Adesina said. “The President wishes to assure all Nigerians that there is no cause for worry,” the statement on Sunday added.…

The former Chief Executive Officer of the Micro and Small Loans Center (Masloc), Sedina Tamakloe Attionu, has pledged her full cooperation with the investigation of her tenure by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO). The Office on Thursday, May 4 officially wrote to Mrs Attionu, requesting information pursuant to Section 19 of Act 804/10. She was directed to meet report at the Office on Monday, May 8 at 10:00am. But lawyers of Mrs Attionu say she has been out of the country for some time now “on an important family assignment”. “She has committed to full cooperation, without prejudice,…

A law in France banning the use of unhealthily thin fashion models has come into effect. Models will need to provide a doctor’s certificate attesting to their overall physical health, with special regard to their body mass index (BMI) – a measure of weight in relation to height. The health ministry says the aim is to fight eating disorders and inaccessible ideals of beauty. Digitally altered photos will also have to be labelled from 1 October. Images where a model’s appearance has been manipulated will need to be marked photographie retouchée (English: retouched photograph). A previous version of the bill…

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture will on Monday, May 8 begin a nationwide tour to meet stakeholders over the government’s flagship programme in the sector, Planting for Foods and Jobs. The tour will involve all the ministers in the sector and it will take eight days. A release from the Ministry signed by Issah Alhassan, Press Secretary to the sector minister, said: “The move forms part of efforts by the Ministry to sensitize the public and also holds broader base consultation on how to achieve the objective of increasing food production and creating jobs for the teeming youth of…

The Ministry of Finance says it is reducing remittances charges to 5 per cent. According to the World Bank’s Send Money Africa report, Ghana remained one of the most expensive countries to send remittances to, with over 12 per cent charges on a $200 remittance. Remittances from Ghanaians working overseas to their families back home dropped last year for the second consecutive time, to US$1.92 billion amid moderation in global economic growth that reflects the slowdown in China’s growth prospects and falling oil prices. According to figures provided by the Bank of Ghana, the record of individual remittances through banks…

The governments of Ghana and Burkina Faso have pledged to work towards strengthening the ties of co-operation that exist between them, after the Presidents of the two countries expressed satisfaction with the current state of the relations between them.  In a joint communiqué issued at the end of the 2-day official visit to Burkina Faso by President Akufo-Addo, it was resolved that the two countries reinforce their co-operation in the areas of railway transport, road transport, agriculture, water, security, trade, works and housing and energy. To realize an increase in the movement of goods and persons, and the corresponding economic…