Author: Krobea

Five students of Only Believe Senior High School, a private school at Kukurantumi in the Eastern Region, have been reportedly injured during a clash between the town folks and the students. The five were rushed to an unknown hospital by the police who intervened. The school reportedly belongs to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary Candidate for Akyem Abuakwa North Constituency, Charlse Darko Yeboah (Ozey). Narrating what transpired on the night on Onua FM’s Ghana Dadwene hosted by Nana Yaw Opare on Wednesday, one of the students (name withheld) explained that they had a challenge in the school so as…

Gambian President Adama Barrow has declared a state of emergency and introduced nationwide night curfew for 21 days as coronavirus cases keep rising. The president said the borders and airspace will remain closed except for cargo, diplomats and those seeking treatment abroad. He said the rising cases were “worrisome”, Anadolu news agency reports. The country has recorded nearly 700 cases including 16 deaths. The vice-president and three ministers are among those infected by the virus, but the president tested negative on Monday. Worship places remain closed in the country and schools will only allow final year students to sit for…

The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has triggered what it calls ‘Operation ThunderBolt 2020’ following signals from Burkina Faso that the Bagre and Kompienga dams will be spilled any moment from Wednesday, August 5. According to the Organisation, it has received reports from SONABEL, the managers of the two dams in Burkina Faso, that the dams will be opened due to the rate of rise in water levels. The spillage has been scheduled between Wednesday and Monday, August 10. “Due to the possible effect of the spillage of the two dams on areas downstream the White Volta, some communities along…

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), James Oppong-Boanuh, has cautioned citizens of the Savannah Region to desist from mob justice. He made this remark on Wednesday, August 5, when he paid a courtesy call on the Overlord of the Gonja Kingdom, Yagbonwura Tuntumba Boresa. The IGP also appealed to the people to ensure peace at all times, including during the upcoming elections. “Let me thank the Savannah Regional Minister for supporting the police administration which led to the arrest of some of the suspects connected to the lynching of the 90-year-old woman at Kafaba.” Responding to an appeal by the…

The Deputy Bono Region Minister has attributed the skirmishes that erupted at some polling stations in Banda between some military officers and prospective voters to misunderstanding. Stevens Siaka said the inhabitants are relatively calm and the area is peaceful but misunderstanding between the army and the civilians caused the skirmishes. The military, who were detailed to the border section of the Region, stopped some people who were being bussed to register. This generated heated argument and key among them is the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, who was part of the convoy of bussed…

The compilation of a new voter register, which was heralded by controversy as a result of its resistance by some political parties and civil society organisations, is scheduled to end today, Thursday, August 6. The exercise began on Tuesday, June 30 and was held countrywide but in phases. So far, over 15 million eligible voters have been registered. Out of this number – exactly 15,108,687 – most applicants used the National Identification Authority (NIA) cards to register. These constitute about 57 per cent of the total number of persons registered so far. The controversy over the compilation shifted from resistance…

According to British channel Sky Sports, English Premier League club Southampton have signed Mohammed Salisu on a four-year deal. The Saints triggered the buy-out clause of the talented defender and bought him for £10.9m from Real Valladolid. The report from Sky Sports states that he will have to undergo a 14-day quarantine period when he arrives in the UK from Spain because of the coronavirus curbs. The young talent has been linked to Southampton for months and it looks like the Saints have finally got their man. The 21-year-old joined the Real Valladolid team in 2017 and has been superb…

The flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, says the next NDC government will bring back the lost peace and unity of the country. The former President gave this assurance on Wednesday, August 5 when he took part in the ongoing voter registration exercise at Bole. He revealed the attacks, intimidations and victimizations on journalists and other citizens is an indication the NPP-led government has failed. Mr. Mahama called on Ghanaians who are yet to register for their voter ID cards to do so. He accused the NPP of failing in the fight against the novel…

National Chairman of the People’s National Convention (PNC) Bernard Mornah says the party would have to change its normal way of campaigning in order to be accepted by the Ghanaian electorates. For him, since dirty politics is what the general electorates seem to accept, the party will introduce same in the 2020 electioneering campaign. “We can’t do the same things over and over again and expect different results,” he observed. “So radicalism will be introduced in the PNC in the 2020 elections,” he said to applause by party members in Wa, Upper West Region. He was addressing delegates ahead of…

Do not believe it when you are told that, the actors embroiled in the case between Tema Youth President, Wilfred Osei Kwaku Palmer, and the Ghana Football Association (GFA) have no emotional attachment to the issues put at the doorstep of the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS). Do not also accept it when you hear that, there will be no consequences on the current football administration and for Ghana football, if Palmer is granted the reliefs he is seeking. Depending on which direction CAS’s judgment goes, a lot is likely to happen on the Ghana football scene. That is…