Author: Krobea

The 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) began on Sunday, December 21 with a win for hosts Morocco. The Atlas Lions had to wait for almost an hour to break the deadlock at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat. After a goalless first half, which saw the hosts miss a penalty awarded to them, Brahim Diaz made amends for the hosts to open the scoring. Left unmarked, the Real Madrid forward swept home a low ball across the box by Noussair Mazraoui to draw first blood. Twenty minutes later, Olympiacos forward Ayoub El Kaabi scored with a bicycle kick…

President John Dramani Mahama has directed the Minister for Finance to release $78 million to Justmoh Construction Company to clear outstanding debts for work done on the Agona-Nkwanta Road project since 2024. The payment is expected to enable the contractor to fully resume work on the critical Western Region road corridor. The directive follows earlier government action to clear more than $70 million in arrears owed to the contractor working on the Ofankor–Nsawam Road, a move aimed at accelerating the completion of that project. The President said the payments form part of a broader commitment to ensure continuity of infrastructure…

Flagbearer aspirant of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has urged delegates to vote for him based on his trackrecord while Vice President from 2017 to 2025. According to him, while serving under Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, he was adjudged by some as the “most effective” Vice President, therefore he could become the “most effective” President if voted for by delegates to lead the NPP into the 2028 elections. “Under Akufo-Addo, I’ve been adjudged by many people to be the most effective Vice President in the history of this country, a big acknowledgement of…

Former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has made a passionate appeal to delegates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to consider his proven competence and trackrecord and vote for him as the party’s flagbearer for the 2028 elections in January’s primaries. In an interview on Spear FM in Damongo, during his campaign tour of the Savannah Region, Dr. Bawumia made a special call to the region, the north and to a larger extent the nation, to vote for him not on the basis of which part of the country he comes from, but on the basis of the leadership qualities…

The President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Dr Patrice Motsepe, has announced that the biennial Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) will now be held once every four years after 2028. According to Dr Motsepe, there will be a 2028 edition to be held right after the 2027 edition in East Africa. He said this is part of the reforms in football on the continent. “We have the most exciting new structure for African football,” Dr Motsepe said. “I do what is in the interests of Africa. The global calendar has to be significantly more synchronised and harmonised.” The…

Parliament on Friday, December 19 passed three bills to reverse the renaming of some three universities in the erstwhile Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government. The tthree universities are C. K. Tedam University of Technology and Applied Sciences, S. D. Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies and Akenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development. By the amendments to the three bills, C. K. Tedam University of Technology and Applied Sciences was changed to University of Technology and Applied Sciences, Navrongo, S. D. Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies changed to University of Business and Integrated…

New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer aspirant Dr. Bryan Acheampong appears to have been dealt a heavy blow following the defection of a senior campaign coordinator, Elizabeth Anim Kessewaah Adjornor, his Campaign Coordinator in Jasikan Constituency. With a few weeks to the NPP’s primaries, Elizabeth Adjornor, who was the Municipal Chief Executive Officer (MCE) for Jasikan, has announced her defection to the camp of former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. In a press statement announcing her withdrawal from Bryan’s camp and return to Bawumia’s, Elizabeth Adjornor said her decision had been taken after “deep personal reflection and sincere consultation”. “I am…

The Bono Regional Police Command of the Ghana Police Service has successfully secured the conviction of four persons including a student for stealing 26 laptops and other items from the offices of the National Identification Authority (NIA) at Newtown, a suburb of Sunyani. The student, Anthony Asante Jr., was arrested on Saturday, March 4, 2023 after months of manhunt following a tip-off from a citizen. He was found with several items later identified as property stolen between January and October, 2022. Valued at GH¢405,570, the items were said to have been sold to Eliezer Ameyaw, a mobile phone repairer, Jovies…

Parliament has officially passed the long-awaited Ghana Sports Fund Bill, unlocking a new era of structured financing for sports development in the country. This landmark legislation, which has undergone extensive scrutiny and inter-agency collaboration, received final approval after comprehensive deliberations on the floor of Parliament on Thursday, December 18. The Bill, first introduced under the Ministry of Sports and Recreation, was thoroughly reviewed by Cabinet, the Parliamentary Select Committee on Youth and Sports, in close consultation with the Ministry of Finance, the Office of the Attorney-General, the Parliamentary Legal Committee and other key stakeholders. It sets the legal foundation for…

The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, expects a fightback not only from former Finance Minister Kenneth Ofori-Atta on his extradition but also from United States of America (USA) authorities. He announced on Thursday that already the former Finance Minister has hired top attorneys in the US to defend his case. Dr Ayine, who is also the Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga East, was addressing the press when he made this known. He had informed Ghanaians that an extradition request for Mr Ofori-Atta has been sent to the Department of Justice in the US. However, he believes…