Author: Krobea

The 24-year-old lady, who bit off the penis of an alleged armed robber at Abompey in the Obuasi municipality, says she is traumatized and has not been able to sleep since the incident happened. Over the weekend, an alleged robbery had gone wrong after the alleged robber had his penis bitten off in an attempt to forcibly have sex with his victim. The victim identified as Justina Donkor reported to the police that Emmanuel Ankron, 23, drugged, assaulted and raped her in her room. The lady claimed she woke up to find the man holding a machete, alleging that the…

A Lecturer at the Political Science Department of Auburn University, Alabama in the United States of America has advised the former President, John Mahama, not to be carried away by what he termed as ‘fake prophecies’ of the Founder and Leader of the Glorious Wave Church International, Prophet Emmanuel Badu Kobi. Dr. Hayford Nsiah also urged Ghanaians not to vote based on these so-called prophecies but vote based on what the various presidential candidates say they would do and their track record. Prophet Badu Kobi, while preaching in his church on Sunday, November 8, proclaimed that as part of his…

The Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has promised to build public universities in each of the newly-created regions when elected as President in the December 7 elections. Addressing supporters at Somanya on Friday, November 6 as part of his four-day campaign tour of the Eastern Region, the former president said the NDC has a proven track record of establishing universities in Ghana, promising that the next NDC government will build universities in the new regions to develop the human resource and create opportunities for all. “Through the instrumentality and the vision of the late…

US President-elect Joe Biden is to make tackling the coronavirus pandemic his top priority following his win over Donald Trump, his team says. Announcing the first steps in his transition plan, his team said there would be more testing and Americans would be asked to wear masks. On Monday, Mr Biden is expected to name a 12-member coronavirus task force. Mr Trump has yet to concede and Mr Biden’s win remains a projection as key states are still counting votes. However the Democrat is forging ahead with his plans for assuming power in January after major US networks called the…

The total of confirmed coronavirus cases has surged past 50 million following record numbers of new cases in several countries. More than 1.25 million people have now died after contracting the virus, according to Johns Hopkins university. But the numbers are thought to be higher because of insufficient testing in many countries. A second wave of the virus has accounted for a quarter of all cases, Reuters reported. Europe, with more than 12.5 million cases and 305,700 deaths, is again a hotspot after being the first epicentre of the pandemic earlier this year. In the US just under 10 million…

Fellow Ghanaians, good evening, and thank you, once again, for letting me into your homes. Three weeks ago, I delivered Update No.18 on the measures being taken by Government to stem the tide of COVID-19 on our shores. I indicated that the number of recorded active cases, that is persons with the virus, was in decline, with the statistics pointing to the fact that we were on the path towards defeating the virus. Our nation, in the weeks prior to that address, had become accustomed to this downward slide of active cases. In recent weeks, however, we have observed a…

Ghana’s active cases of coronavirus has recently flared up in what has become a worry to all and sundry including President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. From about 397 active cases barely a fortnight ago, the current active cases are 1,156, almost at par with what was recorded at the end of August (1,159). The country reached its highest active cases, however, in June with 8,585 at a time the total cases were 13,203. Efforts made by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to manage the situation recently saw a decline in the active cases despite marginal number of infections. Currently, the…

The fifty-year-old police inspector who went missing after going to check his plot of land at Asuboi in the Ayensuano District of the Eastern Region has been found dead floating on a river close to his land. The deceased inspector, Charles Adamu, until his death was posted at the Police Hospital Accra. He went missing on Friday, October 30 with his car parked on his land. A combined police search team from Suhum and Accra after a fruitless search, activated informants response to further assist in nvestigation and find his body alive or dead. His body was in a decomposed…

TV3’s Midday Live presenter Stephen Anti and Mentor and Music Music co-host Nana Kwadwo Addo on Saturday, November 7 received awards at the 10th Radio and Television Personality (RTP) Awards held at the Kempinski Gold Coast Hotel in Accra. While Stephen Anti was named the Male Newscaster of the Year, Nana Kwadwo Addo was named the TV Male Entertainment Show Host of the Year. The ceremony also saw New Day, which airs every weekday, being named the TV Programme of the Year and TV Morning Programme of the Year. Efiewura also won the TV Local Series of the Year while…

Match-making reality show Date Rush was on Saturday, November 7 named TV Reality Show of the Year 2019/20 at this year’s Radio and Television Personality (RTP) Awards held at the Kempinski Gold Coast Hotel in Accra. The ceremony also saw two other programmes of TV3 receiving awards. New Day, which airs every weekday, won the TV Programme of the Year and TV Morning Programme of the Year while ‘Efiewura’ won the TV Local Series of the Year. Newscaster Stephen Anti was also adjudged the TV Male Newscaster of the Year while Mentor and Music Music co-host Nana Kwadwo Addo was…