Author: Krobea

The Sekondi-Takoradi Metro Director of Education, Rev. Mrs. Elizabeth Akuoku, has stated that all final year students within the metropolis will be allowed to write their WASSCE even though some students tested positive for coronavirus. The Ghana Education Service (GES) had indicated that “sick” candidates will have to write the exams next year. In the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis, some second cycle schools recorded cases of Covid-19 and it was assumed that such students may miss writing the exams. But speaking on Connect 97.1 FM’s Omanbapa morning show in Takoradi on Monday, the Metro Education Director disclosed that all those who tested…

Renowned security expert Adam Bonaa has written off Minister of Special Development Initiatives Mavis Hawa Koomson, who is also Member of Parliament for Awutu Senya East Constituency, as deserving of her position. He said Madam Koomson displayed ignorance by firing warning shots at a voter registration centre in Kasoa on Monday, July 20. The Minister of State at the Presidency had admitted that she fired warning shots during disruptions at the Steps to Christ Registration Centre in the Constituency  to scare hoodlums who were causing commotion. But speaking on TV3’s News @10 with Martin Asiedu-Dartey on Monday, Mr Bonaa said…

Ghana’s Covid-19 fatalities continue to rise by each case count given by the Ghana Health Service (GHS). The latest count released by the Disease Surveillance Department of the Service, on Monday, July 20, sees five persons losing the battle to the virus. This brings the total number of deaths to 153. The total number of cases has also risen sharply, from 27,667 to 28,430. But on a brighter side, more persons have either recovered or been discharged. The total number of recoveries-cum-discharges is 24,901, thus reducing further the number of active cases. The active cases thus stand at 3,376 now.…

Four persons are in the grips of the police for allegedly disrupting the voter registration exercise at the Steps to Christ Registration Centre in the Awutu Senya East Constituency of the Central Region. The cause of the incident is still unknown but police say the men just stormed the centre and one of them pulled a pistol and fired warning shots. This scared queued applicants, who run helter-skelter for their lives. Three burnt motorbikes were later found at the scene. The Kasoa Divisional Police Command rushed to the scene upon receiving reports of the activities of the men and arrested…

Technology giants Dell have named Ghana as one of their key partners in the growth agenda for emerging Africa as they seek to increase coverage to the region. At a press briefing of selected journalists on the continent, top officials of the IT firm enumerated a number of challenges that have been occasioned as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has forced many companies to strategize to meet the solution of their customers. Speaking at the press briefing on Monday, Vice President-Emerging Africa Habib Mahakian noted that the coronavirus pandemic has impacted and disrupted the ICT industry globally and…

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.…