Author: Krobea

The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu, over the weekend toured some registration centres in the Eastern Region to observe the ongoing voter registration exercise. The tour took him to the Akuapem North Constituency, where he visited the Presby Primary Registration Centre, Presby JHS Registration Centre and Temporal Booth Registration Centre in Amanokrom, and then the Methodist Primary School Registration Centre in Tutu. He ended his tour in the constituency at the Otubromu Registration Centre in Mampong. He proceeded to the Okere Constituency and visited the Aseseso Methodist Primary Registration Centre, then to an EC gazetted…

Final year Senior High School (SHS) students writing this year’s WASSCE in the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis of the Western Region say they remain optimistic despite the Covid-19 scare in some schools. Meanwhile, those who tested positive for Covid-19 have all returned to school for the exams. A total of 24,332 final year students are writing this year’s examinations in the Western and Western North regions. In the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis, some 6,192 students are writing the exams. They are made up of 3,495 girls and 2,697 boys. The Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Director of Education, Elizabeth Akuoko, told 3news.com that adequate measures have been…

The Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Daniel Pondei, got all scared while being questioned by a committee in Nigeria’s House of Representatives when he slumped forward in his chair. He was answering questions on mismanagement of funds but collapsed on live TV while facing lawmakers. Mr Pondei recovered a few minutes later but had to be sent to a near-by health facility. Watch below: https://twitter.com/i/status/1285194578430238725 Source: 3news.com|Ghana

A mother who has her son at an isolation centre in Swedru, Maame Effua, has said the oxygen placed on her son while he was being transported from the Ridge Hospital after showing signs of Covid-19 got finished on their way. Her son, a student at the Swedru School of Business, showed symptoms of Covid-19 after falling sick and having difficulty in briefing. The boy was then transferred to the Greater Accra Regional Hospital for assessment and tests to be done on him. While on their way to Accra, she said, the attendants in the ambulance communicated to her at…

A police officer by name Abdul Rashid has died of gunshot wounds sustained at his residence at Abeka Lapaz in Accra. It unclear what or who may be behind the fatal incident on Sunday, July 19. But the pistol used was retrieved by investigators and it is in police custody. “A sister of the deceased, 21-year-old Shakira Nasir who resided with the deceased and was present at the time of the incident is also in police custody, assisting with the investigation,” the police said on Monday, July 20. Abdul Rashid was with the Counter Terrorism Directorate at the Police Headquarters.…

Dozens of barrels of diesel, a boat, chamfan generator and other mining equipment worth thousands of Ghana Cedis have been burnt on the River Offin enclave in the Upper Denkyira East District of the Central Region. The equipment were seized from illegal miners on the River Offin by the Small Scale Miners Association of Ghana (SSMAG) in collaboration with Operation Vanguard and Galamstop. The seizure was part of daily routine visits to illegal mining sites in the catchment areas. The gesture was to serve as a deterrent to others. The items were destroyed with an excavator before it was set…

France Football has announced that 2020 Ballon d’Or has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. This will be the first time since 1956 that no player will receive the award. The editor-in-chief of the France Football magazine, Pascal Ferré, justified the decision in a statement . “On the sporting level, only two months (January and February), out of the eleven generally required to form an opinion and decide between the best, it is far too little to gauge and judge.” Instead of the usual four winners (male and female Ballon d’Or, Kopa and Yachine Trophies), France Football will nominate…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will be in the Eastern Region capital of Koforidua on Wednesday, July 22 for a sod-cutting ceremony. The ceremony is to kick-start work on the construction of the new Eastern Regional Hospital. The ceremony will be under the auspices of the Ministry of Health, which will also be responsible for the project. This is part of government’s recent undertaking to build six new regional hospitals to help in the fight of infectious diseases. In addition to the regional hospitals, 88 new district hospitals will be built while some existing hospitals will be upgraded. In this…

Former President John Dramani Mahama has wished all candidates of the 2020 West Africa Senior Schools Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) well as they begin their exams on Monday. This year’s exams have been preceded by controversy over whether it was prudent for government to allow the students to get back to school in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. “This is certainly not the best of times to sit for an exit examination, but bear in mind that you have made yourself, your parents and the entire nation proud for your outstanding courage to write at this time,” the Presidential Candidate…

Speaking of millions of millionaires, I am not tone-deaf to the billions of people currently suffering from the harsh economic effects of this pandemic. I am merely recognising the fact that I can almost confidently say that you reading this article right now is into some form of “business”, or at least you have seriously thought of it. Looking at the current times, who hasn’t? This pandemic has transformed everyone into businesspeople. Selling at a slightly higher price than you buy is the simplest form of “business” that a lot of people are looking to do to make up for…