Author: Krobea

Actress Lupita Nyong’o has written a moving tribute to her Black Panther co-star Chadwick Boseman, terming his death as “a punch to my gut”. Chadwick died on 29 August aged 43 after battling colon cancer for four years. Lupita wrote on Instagram: “I write these words from a place of hopelessness, to honor a man who had great hope. I am struggling to think and speak about my friend, Chadwick Boseman, in the past tense. It doesn’t make sense.” She recalled the experience of working with Chadwick in the Marvel superhero film. “He showed up to every rehearsal and training…

Vice Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has begun engagements with civil society organisations (CSOs) in Ghana. She was at the offices of STAR-Ghana Foundation on Wednesday, September 9 as her first stop in the two-day tour of these groups. Prof Opoku-Agyemang said her move is to bridge the gulf between political parties and CSOs since the two share common interests. “It is something we want to initiate and continue,” she noted. “Every too often you come to us, which is fine, and this not to say you shouldn’t come. This is a two-way…

Sports Journalist, Presenter and Producer Janet Nana Akua Amankwaa Quaye, who doubles as Public Relations Officer of Women’s Premier League Side, Halifax Ladies FC, has gained appointment at Africa Beach Soccer Union. Ghana Beach Soccer has received a huge boost with the appointment of five Ghanaians to serve on various Committees of the African Beach Soccer Union (ABSU). The appointments were confirmed after an Executive Committee meeting was held in late August to deliberate on issues relating to the future of the rapidly growing sand sport across the continent. Broadcaster and Ghana Beach Soccer Chairman Yaw Ampofo Ankrah has been…

Some indigenes of the three Akyem divisions have converged at Asamankese in the Eastern Region to demonstrate against the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, for describing actors in the Agyapa deal as ‘Sakawa boys’. The former president had shared an article written by Bolgatanga Central Member of Parliament Isaac Adongo regarding the controversial gold royalties deal. The demonstrators feel the action by the former leader is distasteful and encourages tribal politicking in the country. On Wednesday morning, vehicles from Oda, Akyem Swedru, and its environs arrived at Asamankese for the demonstration. The demonstrators, from Akyem…

Workers at the Nzema East Municipal Health Directorate of the Western Region have threatened that they may be forced to close down the directorate in the coming days if they do not get a befitting place to work from. The health directorate has been operating under trees for the past two months due to the lack of a congenial place for them to work in. The National Disaster Management Organization, NADMO, after an assessment of the structure housing the directorate, asked that they relocate since the place has become a death trap. The Nzema East Municipal Health Directorate has been…

In yet another example of his love for humanity Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has built, furnished and formally handed over a two-bedroom house to an 82-year-old cured leper, who had been abandoned by her family at Motori in the Wa West District of the Upper West Region. Dr Bawumia’s humanitarian gesture was inspired by a Joy News documentary, which depicted the plight of Daari Pogo, who was forced to live in a dilapidated 5 by 6 meter mud hut with her grand daughter, Adjara, after her abandonment. Touched by her appalling circumstances, Dr Bawumia immediately mobilised resources and within…

“10And Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw that the Jordan valley was well watered everywhere like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, in the direction of Zoar; this was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. 11So Lot chose for himself all the Jordan valley, and Lot journeyed east; thus they separated from each other.”— Genesis 13:10-11 [RSV] Some things don’t look the way they appear. Some people are like whitewashed tombs— so beautiful on the outside but deep inside is death. In this life, it is a blessing to have great wealth. However, it…

Savana Signatures with funding from UNESCO Ghana and its partners are implementing the Youth Empowerment Project (YEP). The Project is aimed at introducing adolescent girls and boys to an accurate and age-appropriate integrated model of Reproductive Health Education (RHE) in the South and Central Tongu districts of the Volta Region of Ghana. At a stakeholder engagement organized by Savana Signatures, the Director of Education for Central Tongu District, Mr Henri Hevi, bemoaned the fact that “the district has recorded the highest teenage pregnancy rate in the whole of Volta region, thus having a great effect on the girl child been…

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has congratulated his “boss” Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for his selection as the new Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). President Akufo-Addo was selected to chair the sub-regional body at its 57th Summit in Niamey, Niger on Monday, September 7. “This is a confirmation of your stellar leadership that we experience every day in Ghana,” the Vice President wrote on his Facebook page on Monday. “As the world transition through the new-normal, your visionary leadership will be instrumental for ECOWAS member States. “May the Lord continue to make you great and…