Steve Darko, Author at AsempaNews.com

Henry: Pep my footballing reference

Steve Darko October 17, 2018 34 0

New Monaco head coach Thierry Henry says Pep Guardiola is his footballing “reference”, revealing he “re-learned how to play the game” under the Spaniard at Barcelona. Guardiola coached Henry while at Barcelona and led the team to a record-breaking treble – winning Read More

General Sport

GFA account still ‘under lock and key’ – Dr Amoah

Steve Darko October 17, 2018 39 0

The Normalization Committee instituted to run Ghana football insist they are having financial difficulties. The committee which is headed by Dr. Kofi Amoah claims they are not having access to the GFA account which has become a burden as they are financing their own activities. “I am sorry to say this but the Ghana Police […]Read More

General Regional

‘Emile Short ignorant of happenings at CHRAJ’

Steve Darko October 17, 2018 23 0

The Commissioner for the Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) Joseph Whittal has described as “unfair and misplaced” claims that the commission is ineffective in fighting corruption under his watch. A former boss of the commission Justice Emile Short accused Whittal of running down the anti-graft agency, saying: “The CHRAJ of today is not the […]Read More

Business Regional

Ashanti Region tops NaBCo jobs – NaBCo boss

Steve Darko October 17, 2018 17 0

The Ashanti Region recorded the highest number of applicants for the Nation Builders Corps (NaBCo) jobs. Speaking at the graduation ceremony of 100,000 beneficiaries of the NaBCo initiative at the Black Stars Square in Accra Wednesday morning, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NaBCo, Dr Anyars Ibrahim, said the Ashanti Region topped the list of […]Read More

General Politics

NABCO is a failed attempt to get people jobs – Pelpuo

Steve Darko October 17, 2018 78 0

The Member of Parliament for Wa Central, Rasheed Pelpuo is taunting government for “postponing” its responsibility to provide permanent jobs to the youth. The former Minister of State in charge of Public Private Partnership (PPP) told 3FM’s Sunrise Wednesday that the Nation Builders Corp (NABCO) is akin to postponing the unemployment situation in the country. […]Read More

Politics

Why I begged Rawlings – Anita Desoso reveals

Steve Darko October 17, 2018 55 0

National Vice Chairperson for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Anita Desoso says her decision to kneel before former President Jerry John Rawlings and ask for forgiveness on behalf of the party impacted on the party’s cohesion. Madam Desoso outlined the benefits her action of kneeling down before the founder has brought to her party. “I […]Read More

Regional

Prempeh College suspends 14 students for breaking bounds

Steve Darko October 17, 2018 18 0

Prempeh College in Kumasi has handed a two-week suspension to 14 students for leaving campus without authorization. The students were said to have sneaked out to town by scaling the school’s fence wall. School authorities said some of the culprits, who were noted for sneaking out to town to watch UEFA football matches on television, […]Read More

General Politics

247 Ghanaians ‘disappeared’ under Rawlings – Baako

Steve Darko October 17, 2018 111 0

Over 240 Ghanaians disappeared into thin air under the leadership of former president Jerry John Rawlings between 1982 and 1984 and, so, he ought to “cool down and keep quiet,” veteran journalist Abdul-Malik Kweku Baako has said. “Under his [Rawlings’] watch, if you don’t know let me tell you today, over 240 Ghanaians disappeared into […]Read More

Business

Gov’t lauded for maintaining cocoa producer price

Steve Darko October 17, 2018 29 0

Government has been applauded for maintaining the producer price of cocoa for the 2018/2019 cocoa season. Nana Johnson Mensah Cocoa Farmers’ Representative on the Board of Directors of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) praised government and COCOBOD for keeping the producer price at GH¢7,600 per tonne amid a plummeting world market price for cocoa over […]Read More

Business

Investors happy with banking reforms – GIPC boss

Steve Darko October 17, 2018 15 0

Investors have been pleased with efforts by the central bank to sanitise the banking sector, since it will go a long way to protect people’s investments, CEO of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre, Yofi Grant, has said. Mr. Grant told the B&FT in Bali, Indonesia: “They are very pleased that the law has worked. What […]Read More

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