Author: Krobea

Government has begun the construction of a harbour at Mpakadan in the Asuogyaman Constituency of the Eastern Region, a former top official of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) has disclosed. The move is to create employment for the people in the Constituency and the Region, especially, the youth. Paul Asare Ansah, who claimed the project was his brainchild, made this known in an interview on Onua FM’s Ghana Dadwene hosted by Nana Yaw Opare on Monday. He explained that the harbour was the reason why the government is also constructing the Tema to Mpakadan Railway line, which is…

A group of concerned Ghanaians have initiated an advocacy project aimed at getting Ghanaians to shun politicians who attempt to buy their votes ahead of the December 7 Presidential and Parliamentary elections. The campaign dubbed ‘SAY NO TO VOTE BUYING’ is the group’s contribution towards fighting corruption in our society. As part of the advocacy tool, the group has produced a 4-minute video that it expects to go viral to educate members about the negative impact of vote selling. Ghanaians on 7th December, 2020 will go to the polls to elect members of Parliament and a President to steer the…

The National Basketball Association (NBA) on Monday, August 10 named Victor Williams CEO of NBA Africa, effective August 17, 2020. It was announced by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver. Williams, an accomplished investment banking executive with extensive experience growing businesses across the U.S. and Africa, will be based in the league’s Johannesburg office and report to NBA Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer Mark Tatum. In this newly-created role, Williams will oversee the league’s basketball and business development initiatives in Africa and will be responsible for continuing to grow the popularity of basketball and the NBA across the continent through grassroots…

Ghana’s Covid-19 active cases continue to go down as the latest update by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) sees the figure now confirmed at 2,270 from the previous 2,458. There were no new deaths, keeping the number at 215, while the recoveries-cum-discharges reached 38,727. This means over 400 persons recovered overnight. The 209 new cases recorded bring the country’s total cumulative cases to 41,212. Source: 3news.com|Ghana

Leading local dialect television station under the Media General (MG) Group Onua TV is set to broadcast in other local languages apart from Akan. Currently, the station broadcasts in only Akan, but it is poised to roll out programmes in other local dialects. The General Manager of MG TV, Francis Doku, made the revelation on Onua TV on Monday, August 10 while celebrating its first anniversary at the forecourt of Media General in Accra. Exactly a year ago, Onua TV alongside Akoma FM in Kumasi was launched with road shows on some principal streets of the Ashanti Region capital. Mr.…

Last week, many people I came into contact with told me the coronavirus isn’t real. My mechanic, a guest at the office and a few more professed how they could never get the coronavirus. I even had meetings where some people just refused to wear a mask, or took it off once they entered. I engaged a bit further. Some people think COVID-19 is as a result of some biological warfare, or is a biological weapon not intended for Africa. Real people think that. Then I had one man postulate that it might be the plan of the world pharmaceutical…

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has been engaged by the Minister of Education, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, at a meeting on Monday, August 10 following President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s plea over the punitive measures taken against some 14 final year students. The sanctions meted out to these 14 were reviewed at the meeting. The students have now been permitted to write their West African Senior Schools Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in their respective schools. Nonetheless, they remain dismissed from the schools. “They are to leave the various school compounds immediately,” a statement issued by the Director General of GES, Professor…

The Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council is demanding the immediate closure of Bright Senior High School in Kukurantumi in the Abuakwa North District of the Eastern Region. This follows attack on officials of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and a journalist by the students writing this year’s West African Senior Schools Certificate Examinations (WASSCE). The candidates have since been moved by WAEC to complete their exams at Ofori Panin SHS, also based in Kukurantumi, while investigations into the assault continue. But in a statement issued on Monday, August 10, the Council said its demand is premised on the conduct of…

Serie ‘A’ giants, Juventus, announced their former player, Andrea Pirlo as the head coach yesterday. However, this is not the first time a retired player will be going back to his former club to manage it. When players drop the jerseys and pick the tactics book to coach teams they once played for, fans cheer on hoping they deliver magic like they have always been doing. Whilst some coaches are an instant hit at their clubs, others bite the dust very early in the day. Not all were heroes during their playing days but once they turned coaches, they found…

Highlife musician Lucky Mensah is of the opinion that if Ghanaians want calamity to befall them again like in the John Mahama regime, then they should vote the National Democratic Congress (NDC) into power in the 2020 elections. The musician said the sufferings under the Mills-Mahama administration should not be repeated because that would spell doom for the nation. Lucky Mensah made the call on Sunday, August 9 in an interview on Ghana Dadwene hosted by Nana Yaw Opare. Recounting what the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has done for the past three-and-half years, Lucky Mensah explained that the Free SHS,…