Author: Krobea

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…

The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) has revealed that the presidential ballot papers for the next month’s elections have been printed for all but one of the 16 regions. Jean Mensa told Members of Parliament on Saturday, November 7 that except for the Eastern Region, ballots for the presidential elections have been printed. She indicated, however, that the notices of poll for both the presidential and parliamentary elections have been printed. “In terms of the presidential ballots, the printing has been completed for all regions with the exception of the Eastern Region. “And with the parliamentary [ballots], the…

Fifty-one persons, who challenged the Electoral Commission’s decision to expunge their names from the 2020 voter register in court due to various alleged irregularities, have had their names restored onto the register. Chairperson of the Commission Jean Mensa told Parliament on Saturday, November 7 that the 51 were part of a multiples and exceptions’ list with over 32,000 applicants. Madam Jean Mensa clarified that the 32,621 do not represent unique individuals who have found their names onto the register but rather the number of times a multiple registration or a breach occurred. The EC Chair was in Parliament at the…

Hearts of Oak have confirmed that three players from their squad have tested positive for Covid-19. The players are part of the squad for the upcoming Ghana Premier League season. The club went through a mandatory Covid-19 test as part of plans laid down by the Ghana Football Association (GFA) before the commencement of the new league season. The club confirmed in a tweet and said the affected players have been referred to the appropriate quarters for isolation and treatment. https://twitter.com/HeartsOfOakGH/status/1325050390019190788?s=20 Hearts of Oak will play against Aduana Stars at Dormaa Ahenkro on Saturday, November 14 in their season opener.…

The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Oquaye, has announced that Andrew Amoako Asiamah has vacated his seat as Member of Parliament for the Fomena Constituency following his decision to go independent in the December 7 elections. Prof. Oquaye ruled that the conduct of the MP breaches his party’s constitution and that of the country, precisely Article 97(1g), thereby rendering him unfit to represent the people on the ticket of a party he is campaigning against. This stems from a petition presented to the Speaker by the New Patriotic Party (NPP), who indicated that after filing his nomination as an independent…

There is no need for a crop authority. Ghana just needs an agriculture regulatory authority and put all other government quangos underneath and get the Ministry of Food and Agriculture to concentrate on policy formulation and policy implementation like the Ministry of Energy is doing now, Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Agribusiness Anthony Morrison has said on the Farmer’s Day edition of 3FM’s Community Connect. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo had earlier in September inaugurated the Tree Crops Development Authority with a focus to develop seven tree crops, namely mango, cashew, shea, rubber, cocoa, palm and coffee…

A cocoa farmer from Adaase, a farming community in the Obuasi Municipality, has been adjudged the Municipal Best Farmer at the 36th National Farmers’ Day celebration held at New Dokyiwaa in the Obuasi Municipality. For his prize, Emmanuel Kumah took home a tricycle, 32-inch LED Television, Knapsack spraying machine, cutlasses and a piece of cloth, all sponsored by AngloGold Ashanti Ghana. The second prize went to Justice Abban of Kunka New Town. He also took home a Deep Freezer, Knapsack spraying machine, cutlasses, a GTP cloth and Wellington boot. The third position went to a 43-year-old woman, Patricia Nuamah, from…

Joe Biden has again said he is confident of victory as he inches closer to beating Donald Trump after Tuesday’s US presidential election. The Democratic challenger now has 253 of the 270 Electoral College votes needed to clinch the White House under the state-by-state US voting system. Mr Biden leads vote counts in the battlegrounds of Georgia, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Arizona. A Biden win would see Mr Trump leave office in January after four years. As counting enters its fifth day, it is still unclear when the contest will end. Officials are tallying up record numbers of postal votes due…