Author: Krobea

The family of the late Wa Imam is not happy with a letter purported to have been written by the Wa Naa and traditional authorities to apologise to Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and, by extension, the Presidency. “We wish to state that much as the family is yet to confirm the authenticity of the said letter; its content cannot be authored by the revered Wa Naa and the others who are supposed to be the custodian of the customs and traditions of their people,” the family pointed out in a statement on Tuesday, September 15, 2020. Having made that…

The Western Regional Command of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) in a joint operation with the Ghana Armed Forces on Thursday, September 10 intercepted four commercial vehicles en route to Takoradi. The vehicles had on board illegal West African nationals who were consequently arrested. According to GIS, intelligence was gathered about illegal activities along the border, leading to the special joint operation. “In all, Thirty-Six (36) ECOWAS nationals were intercepted at different sections of the Elubo-Takoradi road and escorted back to Elubo Border for proper screening and investigations.” The operation was led by Chief Superintendent Joshua Kraku. Among the arrested…

The Eastern Regional Secretariat of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) is set to launch its own manifesto out of the national manifesto for the 2020 elections. Under the regional manifesto, every constituency and district would have its own manifesto. The region has 33 constituencies and, currently, all the constituencies are printing their manifestos to trumpet the achievements of President Nana Addo Danakwa Akufo-Addo and his government in each of the constituencies in the Region. The NPP holds 27 seats while the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) holds six constituencies. Speaking on Onua FM’s Ghana Dadwene hosted by Nana Yaw…

Business owners as well as small and medium enterprises so far registered to participate in the upcoming biggest trade fair in Takoradi say they are optimistic of great sales as that has become a trademark of the event. The event is dubbed ‘Western Trade Fair’. The Western Trade Fair, a bi-annual fair, is designed to help bring businesses into direct contact with their target consumers on a single platform. The event, which is organized by Media General’s Takoradi-based radio station, Connect FM, has so far provided the avenue for SMEs to showcase their products thereby providing customers a one-stop shop…

Eight patients have lost the fight against coronavirus in Ghana. According to the latest update given by Disease Surveillance Department of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) on its website, the deaths have increased from 286 to 294. In the same vein, 167 new cases were reported, taking the total cumulative number of cases to 45,601. The recoveries-cum-discharges are now 44,679. This has seen the active cases also drop to 628. By Emmanuel Kwame Amoh|3news.com|Ghana

Flagbearer of the All People’s Congress (APC) Hassan Ayariga says multi-party democracy has been thrown to the wind by the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) with its announcement on Monday of GH¢100,000 as the filing fee for this year’s presidential elections. “What it means to me is that our multi-party participation is not being encouraged,” he stated on TV3’s News 360, a few moments after the Commission announced the fees. Aspiring presidential candidates have about three weeks to make ready the fees as nomination forms will be received from Monday, October 5 to Friday, October 9. “I am trying hard to…

Businesses and financial institutions have been implored to institute robust security systems and surveillance in order to be fraud-protected. The call by the Country Chief Inspector of the United Bank for Africa (UBA), Chiedu Okonta, has become necessary, due to the increasing cases of fraud recorded in the financial sector. A 2014 PWC report showed that a typical business loses 5% of annual revenues due to fraud. When this is applied to global GDP, the result is an estimated $3.7 trillion in annual fraud losses. This report also indicated only 14% of businesses are able to fully recover from unauthorized…

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has given government up till the end of September to complete the payment of last academic year’s Book and Research Allowances. Members of UTAG threatened to withdraw their services on Monday, September 14 if government failed to show commitment to pay the Allowances due them two months ago, by the latest. “UTAG would like to inform the public and all stakeholders that it has suspended its intended withdrawal of its services in all public universities by the close of day today, Monday, September 14, 2020,” a press statement from the Association said. “This…

Two Ghanaian citizens – Deborah Mensah and Maxwell Peter – have been extradited to the United States of America to face charges to do with cyber fraud. Deborah Mensah, 33, is said to have been arrested on January 16, 2020 in Accra but charged in the US “with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, one count of wire fraud, and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, which each carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison”. The US Department of Justice accused Deborah Mensah of stealing over $10million between 2014 and 2018 through business email…

The Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) has announced that filing of nomination forms for presidential and parliamentary candidates for this year’s general elections will begin on Monday, October 5 to Friday, October 9. Addressing journalists at the EC’s headquarters on Monday, September 14, Chair of the Commission Jean Mensa announced that the nomination forms will be available on the EC’s website from 6:00pm Monday. But candidates can only access the forms via unique passwords to be made available to general secretaries of the various political parties. Independent candidates, Mrs Mensa stressed, can access the passwords from the IT department of the…