Author: Krobea

Former Black Star player Ntow Gyan has explained why he was not part of the team which travelled to Senegal in 1992 for the Africa Cup of Nations tournament. The 1992 African Cup of Nations squad included the football legends Abedi Pele and Tony Yeboah, Emmanuel Armah, Eddie Ansah, Kwesi Appiah, among others. Ntow Gyan was considered one of the best midfielders at that time. These players are considered one of the best generations of players Ghana has ever produced. They won Silver at that tournament, losing 10-11 on penalties to Cote d’Ivoire. An Asante Kotoko great, Ntow Gyan attributed…

A suspected “coup plotter” has been arrested in South Africa for planning to assassinate nearly 19 people – including government ministers, officials of state-owned firms and prominent citizens, the elite Hawks police unit has said.  The 23-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday following undercover operations in the capital, Pretoria, and the main commerrcial city, Johannesburg, Hawks spokesman Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi said. The suspect, a founding member of the Anti-State Capture Death Squad Alliance (ASCDSA), was arrested while trying “to explain to donors how the assassination of state capture beneficiaries was going to be carried out by the undercover coup plot…

The Acting Director General of the Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRA), Professor Geoffrey Emi-Reynolds, has advised Ghanaians to return to the use of louvers as windows to avoid the effects of concentration of radiation. Prof. Emi-Reynolds says the rise in the use of sliding windows as part of new building technology could contribute to the build-up of radioactive particles emitted from the use of gadgets such as microwaves, mobile phones and refrigerators at homes. He expressed these observation on the sidelines of a media workshop on Wednesday, April 26. The workshop was aimed at creating awareness on radiation, its uses and…

The draws for the group phase of this year’s CAF Champions League and Confederation Cup were held on Wednesday, April 26 in Cairo, Egypt. For the 2017 CAF Champions League, 16 clubs were drawn into four groups of four. The winners and runners-up qualify to the quarter-finals for the first time in the history of the competition. The 2017 Confederation Cup also had 16 clubs drawn into four groups of four with the winners and runners-up also making it to an expanded knock-out round just like in the Champions League. CAF Champions League: Group A – Etoile Sportive du Sahel,…

WAFA have stretched their lead at the top of the Ghana Premier League to three points after beating Liberty Professionals 2-1 in a game watched by new Black Stars coach Kwesi Appiah. Togo international Komla Agbegniadan scored in each half to render Samuel Sarfo’s goal for Liberty a mere consolation. The result keeps WAFA top of the table and gives them a three-point advantage over Aduana Stars who had to settle for 1-1 draw against Kotoko. Zakaria Mumuni gave Aduana a first half lead, Kotoko then missed a penalty before Abas Mohammed equalised for them in the second half. Kotoko…

Match Day 13 of the 2016/2017 Ghana Premier League saw all 16 clubs in action in midweek with champions Wa All Stars travelling to the Brong-Ahafo Region to play former champions Berekum Chelsea. It turned out after 90 minutes that Alfred Okine’s strike was enough to secure all three points for the former champions. That match was handled by referee Solomon Mordey. Incidentally, that match is one of the three wins recorded on Wednesday, April 26. Conspicuous among the wins is West African Football Academy’s 2-1 win over Liberty Professionals. That win extends WAFA’s lead at the top of the…

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For many film makers who thought Accra is the only place to succeed, movie director popularly known as Kofas says that that era of that perception has long passed as hundreds attended his movie premier in Sunyani on Thursday, April 20. The movie John and John, which is being premiered across the country, had the cinema hall of the Eusbett Hotel, in Sunyani, filled to capacity forcing the CEO of Kofas Media to run a third show for his audience instead of the initially planned two shows for the night. Speaking in an interview with 3FM’s Solomon Mensah, Kofi Asamoah…

Jon Benjamin has appeared on whufc.com before, back in 2013 when he was British Ambassador to Chile and tracked down Javier Margas in the capital, Santiago. The following year, Benjamin swapped countries to become British High Commissioner to Ghana and non-resident Ambassador to neighbouring Togo, Benin and Burkina Faso. He finishes there at the end of June to return to the Foreign Office in London for a three-year home posting – which means he will finally get to see his beloved Hammers play in their new London Stadium home. “I have supported West Ham all my life, given my family’s…