Author: Krobea

A Deputy Minister of Defence, Major (rtd) Derick Oduro, says the military were not deployed to prevent people from registering and therefore it was wrong for a man in a viral video to have threatened the officers. In a viral video making rounds on social Media, a man is heard telling the military to leave the Banda township in the Bono Region. “The military must leave this town immediately otherwise if they stay in this town for one more day, they cannot bear the consequences. If it is the government that has deployed the military to this town then they…

Former Minister of Youth and Sports Elvis Afriyie Ankrah has broken his silence on the controversial $200 coconut he allegedly bought during the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. He said after the allegations, a forensic audit was conducted by one of the international audit firms but nothing was found against him. The former Minister made the revelations in an interview on Onua FM’s Ghana Dadwene hosted by Nana Yaw Opare on Monday, August 3. “I survived forensic audit by Ernst & Young and there was nothing like buying coconut for $200.” He further explained: “I was the only Minister who…

Greater Accra Regional Secretary for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nii Odarlai Parker has censured officials of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) for masterminding irregularities in the ongoing voter registration exercise. The registration, according to Nii Odarlai, has been flawed at various centers due to “inept and untrustworthy” officials employed by EC to conduct the exercise. He says the EC officials are the reason politicians bus people from one constituency to the other to register them though these people don’t live or work in the area and are not supposed to register there. Speaking on the Yensempa morning show on Onua…

The Head of Programmes at STAR-Ghana has lauded the African Union for its timely response in the fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic among member states. Teiko Sarbah said the continental body stepped up its efforts like never before in making sure that the pandemic does not have a devastating effect like predicted. The World Health Organisation (WHO) had raised concerns in June that the pandemic was “accelerating” on the continent, spreading from capital cities. This called for heightened efforts. WHO Africa head Dr Matshidiso Moeti asked the continent’s leaders to step up efforts by testing more in order to…

Donald Trump says the government should get a cut from the sale of TikTok’s US unit if an American firm buys it. The US president said he made a demand for a “substantial portion” of the purchase price in a phone call at the weekend with Microsoft’s boss. He also warned he will ban the app, which is owned by China’s ByteDance, on 15 September if there is no deal. ByteDance is under pressure to sell its US business after Mr Trump threatened a crackdown on Chinese tech companies. The Trump administration has accused TikTok and others of providing data…

The spiritualist at the forefront of the lynching of 90-year-old Akua Denteh has been arrested at Yeji in the Bono East Region. She was arrested by police at Makango. Police from the Salaga Divisional Police Command have been dispatched to go and bring her. The spiritualist was invited by the Chief of Kafaba after the youth petitioned him to go for one over claims that their progress has been retarded. The spiritualist blamed the situation on some 17 witches in community. Sixteen of these alleged witches admitted to being witches after accusations by the spiritualist in order to save them…

Former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has formally submitted his candidacy to become the next president of the Ivory Coast Football Federation (FIF). Drogba drew thousands of supporters outside the federation’s offices where he went to hand in his papers on Sunday. The elections are due to be held next month. He is among four candidates seeking the position. They will all go through a nomination process before the final candidates are unveiled. “Football is everyone’s sport, football brings people together, football unites. We can see it today with all these people gathered in front of the headquarters of the Ivorian…

Vice Presidential Candidate for Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG) in the upcoming December 7 presidential elections Margaret O’Brien Sarfo has lauded Nana Konadu Agyemang-Rawlings for her boldness and leadership skills. Margaret Sarfo, who was named by founder and flagbearer of LPG Percival Kofi Akpaloo as his running mate, has stated she took her inspiration to be in politics from the former First Lady. She revealed that Mrs. Agyemang-Rawlings has been a pillar in women empowerment and a source where most women in politics and occupying positions have drawn inspiration from. Speaking on the Yensempa morning show on Onua FM on…

Health experts are warning Ghana could see a spike in Covid- 19 cases if measures are not taken to halt the flagrant disregard for social distancing and other protocols especially following the reopening of open-air bars. Over the weekend, it was a free-for-all party at some pubs in Accra. 3news.com’s Komla Adom, who visited Purple Pub in Osu reports all that mattered to the hundreds who had thronged the venue was their music and their alcoholic beverages. None of the protocols was being observed. Even a Veronica bucket – with no water nor soap – sat helplessly in the corner…

The Director of Elections for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, says they had to throw away most of the costumes of late President Professor John Evans Atta Mills when he decided to contest the party’s flagbearership. The former Deputy General Secretary said the late professor who eventually became president in 2009, was so shy to the extent that he was not willing to come out of his car when they went on campaigns. Revealing this in an interview on Onua FM’s Ghana Dadwene on Monday, August 3, Mr Afriyie Ankrah said: “We had to throw away…