Author: Krobea

For the first time in many months, Ghana’s coronavirus active cases have gone below the 3,000-mark In the latest update released by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) on its website on Saturday, August 8, the active cases reduced from 3,253 to 2,625. This has been largely due to the increase in recoveries-cum-discharges, which currently stand at 37,702 with the deaths remaining 206, same as the last update. Notwithstanding, a total of 436 new cases were confirmed, lifting the country’s cumulative total to 40,533. Regional breakdown Greater Accra – 20,413 Ashanti – 10,097 Western – 2,796 Eastern – 1,846 Central -…

Juventus have appointed Andrea Pirlo as manager to replace the sacked Maurizio Sarri, a week after hiring the former midfielder as Under-23 boss. The Italian giants sacked Sarri after just one season despite winning Serie A following the club’s Champions League last-16 defeat by Lyon on Friday. Pirlo, 41, has signed a two-year deal until June 2022. The former Italy midfielder was only named the club’s Under-23 manager on 30 July. Juventus said the decision to promote him is “based on the belief that Pirlo has what it takes to lead from his debut on the bench, an expert and…

The PTA Chairman of Sekondi College (Sekco), Isaac Cobbinah, who also doubles as the Western Regional PTA Chairman, has rendered an unqualified apology to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on the insubordinate act of some final year students of the school. The 2020 West African Senior Schools Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) has been characterized by violence as some students claimed the Integrated Science paper they wrote on Monday was too difficult coupled with strict invigilation, among others. So far, students of Tweneboa Kodua Senior High School and Juaben Senior High School, both in the Ashanti Region, as well as their mates…

Editorial stylist of the Already video Nana Kwesi Wiafe has debunked rumours that Beyoncé’s horn in the video depicts something demonic. He says the cow horn means power; it connects to Disney’s Lion King movie, which talked about power in the animal kingdom. In an interview on Sunrise on 3FM, Nana Kwesi Wiafe noted that the Already video was inspired by Africa. “Most of the inspiration started from Africa and it could be seen from the video – the animal skin, the cow horn, child birth which connects to the story Disney told ‘The Lion King’.” He expressed revel for…

A former Chairman of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC), Dr Steve Manteaw, has said the current government under the leadership of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has failed Ghanaians in many ways. Dr Mantew, who is also the Campaigns Coordinator at the Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC), said in the area of corruption, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has disappointed Ghanaians although the government attempted to deal with graft. However, he said, the flagbearer of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, cannot be an alternative in this year’s presidential elections. In a Facebook post,…

Italian giants Juventus have sacked Maurizio Sarri as manager after just one season. Sarri guided Juventus to a ninth straight Serie A title but they were knocked out of the Champions League by Lyon at the last-16 stage. Juve won 2-1 in Turin on Friday but the French side progressed on away goals. Italian Sarri, 61, was appointed on a three-year contract last summer after one year at Premier League club Chelsea. Source: BBC

Alex Segbefia, a member of the 2020 Campaign Team of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has charged the media and to name and shame politicians who engaged in electoral violence, irrespective of the parties they belong to. He said this action will ensure that the violence that characterize electoral processes in Ghana is reduced drastically. He was commenting on the just-ended voter registration exercise undertaken by the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC). During the registration, there were accusations and counter-accusations among officials of the NDC and also the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) regarding alleged bussing of people to various areas…

The Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) has served notice that all persons who vouched for people who were not qualified to register for a voter’s identity card in the just-ended registration exercise, will be arrested because they have engaged in illegality. Director of Electoral Services at the EC Dr. Serebour Quaicoe told Abena Tabi on The Key Point on TV3 Saturday, August 8 that both the unqualified persons who managed to register and those who vouched for them will all be arrested and be made to face the law for their actions. He revealed that the data and other information on…

China, Russia and Iran are among countries seeking to influence the US presidential election this year, a top US intelligence chief has warned. A statement issued by the director of US counterintelligence said foreign states were using “covert and overt influence measures” to sway the vote. It said China did not want President Donald Trump’s re-election while Russia wanted to hurt Democrat Joe Biden. Intelligence chiefs accuse Russia of interfering in the 2016 election. They say Russia wanted to help boost Mr Trump’s campaign, including by spreading disinformation online. Russia has denied the allegations. Asked at a press conference on…

Until the 2016 elections, he was an ardent fan of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). But in 2016, Alex Mensah crossed carpets from the NDC to join the New Patriotic Party (NPP). Known in the showbiz circles as Lucky Mensah, the ace highlife musician composed a song ‘Ye Sesa Mu’ for the then flagbearer, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. The Ghanaian highlife musician explained he willingly composed the song for the NPP and was not contracted by the party to do so. He did a remix of his ‘Nana Y3ny3 wo D3n Ni’ song (campaign song) in 2016. The ‘Come…