Author: Krobea

The newly instituted Hajj Board led by the chairman, Sheikh IC Quaye, has organized a Qur’anic recitation for a successful Hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia this year. This is to commit to the Board’s pledge to give Ghanaian Muslims a successful Hajj after it was inaugurated last Thursday. The event was held at the Hajj Village in Accra. There have been a lot of issues regarding Hajj pilgrimage among Ghanaian Muslims in recent times but last year’s holy exercise encountered relatively less difficulties. The newly instituted Hajj Board expressed commitment to improve upon previous Hajj operations; hence commencing with Qur’anic…

Hundreds of well-meaning Ghanaians are at the premises of TV3 Network Limited to donate blood to help stock the National Blood Bank. Among the prospective donors from far and near are businessmen, artisans, professionals and students. About 40 health professionals from the Korle Bu Teaching and 37 Military hospitals are screening the hundreds for the exercise. The Public Relations Manager of the National Blood Service, Stephen Addae-Baah, expressed satisfaction at the exercise so far. “Just two hours into the exercise and we have about 90 donors,” he observed. “We are hoping to get more.” He pointed out that a number…

Over the years I have travelled the world in search of a happy and fulfilling life, and again and again it eludes me. Today, I sit back to meditate, and I realised that I changed nothing to get to my goal. My thoughts, habits, attitudes and actions have only reinforced one thing; my years are destined to look like the previous ones. So I ask myself, what can I do differently? What can I do to live a happy and fulfilling life? What is my truth and my happiness? Perhaps, you face the same situation. This is not the end…

A pastor at Domeabra near Pokuase in the Ga West Municipal Assembly of the Greater Accra Region has been sentenced to 20 years in prison with hard labour for defiling a 13-year-old girl. Pastor Vincent Kete pleaded guilty to defiling the daughter of his friend of 25 years. Presenting the facts in court, prosecutor Inspector Kofi Atimbiri said the accused called the victim to his room on Tuesday, February 7 and forcibly had sexual intercourse with her. The accused and the victim’s father, as friends, lived in a single room in a mission house of their church. The pastor told…

Parliament has by consensus approved all the 10 regional ministerial nominees of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. The 10 were vetted over the past week from Tuesday, February 14. Report on the ten to head the country’s regions was presented by Chairman of the Appointments Committee Joseph Osei-Owusu. The ten include Dr Kwaku Owusu Afriyie (Western), Simon Osei-Mensah (Ashanti) and Eric Kwakye Darfour (Eastern). The others are Ishmael Ashitey (Greater Accra), Dr Archibald Letsa (Volta), Alhassan Suleiman (Upper West) and Rockson Bukari (Upper East). The rest are Kwaku Asomah Cheremeh (Brong Ahafo), Salifu Sa-eed (Northern) and Kwamena Duncan (Central). Source:…

A sports editor in Belarus has kept a promise to eat his own newspaper after incorrectly predicting the fortunes of a local ice hockey team. Vyacheslav Fedorenkov, who writes for the major Belarusian sports paper Pressball, had said that Dinamo Minsk wouldn’t make it to the play-offs in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), an international league dominated by Russian teams. But the team proved him wrong, leaving Mr Fedorenkov to eat his words. He arrived at Minsk Arena’s press centre with a copy of the paper, a bowl of soup to make it more palatable and a can of fizzy…

Recently elected Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Thomas Kwesi Quartey, has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Ambassador Quartey was at the Flagstaff House on Thursday with Ambassador Victor Gbeho to thank the president for supporting his candidature in last month’s AU elections. Ambassador Quartey, who was Ghana’s Deputy Foreign Minister in the John Mahama-regime, was elected to the AU position at the 28th Summit of Heads of State and Government held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Reminiscing how he supported the candidature of the former minister, who was also once Secretary to John Mahama, President Akufo-Addo said…

Arsene Wenger says he will definitely be managing next season, whether at Arsenal “or somewhere else”. Wenger, 67, was speaking at the end of one of the most turbulent weeks of his two-decade tenure as Gunners boss. After Wednesday’s 5-1 Champions League defeat by Bayern Munich, several ex-players said they believed his time in charge was coming to an end. The Frenchman’s contract expires at the end of this season and he said he would decide on a new deal in March or April. “No matter what happens I will manage for another season. Whether it’s here or somewhere else,…

Black Stars player Frank Acheampong scored twice in Anderlecht’s 2-0 win over Russian side Zenit St Petersburg in the Europa League on Thursday. It was the first knockout round of the League with the Belgian side hosting the first leg. Acheampong was featuring for the side for the first time after the Black Stars’ 4th place finish at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. With a Nicolae Stanciu assist, Acheampong found the back of the net as early as the fifth minute. He got the second a minute after the half-hour mark. The former Berekum Chelsea winger was, however, substituted…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called for prayers from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission, and Ghanaians in general, in order to be a “good leader” for Ghana. He also asked for prayers for his appointees “so we are inspired by the Almighty to do a good job for Ghana”. President Akufo-Addo made this request on Thursday, February 16 when a delegation from the Mission led by Ameer Maulvi Mohammed bin Salih called on him at the Flagstaff House. The delegation made up of members of the Mission’s National Executive Council was at the presidency to thank President Akufo-Addo for gracing…