Author: Krobea

Popular radio presenter Nana Agyei Sikapa of Peace FM has died, the station’s online portal is reporting. The broadcaster died on Friday, June 19 at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital after a short illness. Known in private life as Daniel Agyei Peprah, Nana Agyei Sikapa hosted the popular Sunday evening Akan proverbs competition. He also hosted Wogyidie Ne Sɛn on Peace FM, also Sunday evenings. He joined Despite Media from Kumasi-based Garden City Radio. “Nana Agyei was also into both TV and Radio commercials,” Peacefmonline reported. “In fact, he was the first broadcaster who prepares dirges in the form of…

Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensa-Bonsu has expressed disagreement with the position taken by the Auditor-General, Daniel Yaw Domelevo, on the demands of payment salary arrears by some former members of Parliament (MPs). The request was made in a letter written by the Chief of Staff in order to have the former MPs and some serving ones, numbering over 200, paid their arrears. But Mr Domelevo described the request by Akosua Frema Osei-Opare as invalid and amounting to conflict of interest as most of the beneficiaries are members of the current government, including Madam Osei-Opare herself and the President, Nana Addo Dankwa…

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has urged its members and stakeholders in the primaries to once again demonstrate to the rest of the world that the Danquah-Busia-Dombo political tradition is indeed deserving of its enviable accolade as the citadel of democracy on the continent of Africa and beyond on the occasion of its parliamentary primaries set for Saturday, June 20. This, the party said, will only be realized if all the stakeholders adhere strictly to the rules of engagement spelt out by the National Executive Committee (NEC) including the Covid-19 health protocols for the conduct of the exercise, and accordingly…

The Concerned Youth of Yizesi has made a passionate appeal to the government to help put the teachers’ quarters in Yizesi in the Mamprugu Moaduri District of the North East Region in good shape. The project started in 2002 by the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFUND) to house teachers who are posted to serve in the Yizesi community has been left to rot. It had its roof ripped off by a heavy storm about seven years ago. The lack of accommodation for teachers is making it difficult for teachers to accept posting to the area. The few that accept posting…

Former President John Dramani Mahama says until his party calls a meeting of the Council of Elders and the National Executive Committee (NEC), he cannot name his running mate. “Our constitution states that I must announce my running mate in consultation with these two bodies,” he said. “Unfortunately, because of the restriction on mass gathering, it was not possible for us to bring the members of our National Executive Committee from all over the country to implement that consultation.” He assured that “now that the way has been cleared, you will be hearing the name of my running mate soon”.…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has directed the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to revise its directive to exempt refrigerated cargo containers from Terminal 3 to the Reefer Yard of the Tema port. In a letter signed by the Secretary to the President, Nana Asante Bediatuo to the Acting Commissioner General of GRA, Ammishaddai Owusu Amoah, taxes and duties on these particular cargoes should be paid at the Reefer Yard before delivering to consignees. The directive is coming at back of a stand-off at the Tema port last Tuesday when port workers prevented all vessels from entering the port to discharge…

Former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNCP) Tsatsu Tsikata has said he is not bitter following his wrongful incarceration by Justice Henrietta Abban exactly 12 years ago. He told Alfred Ocansey on TV3’s Hot Issues Thursday, June 18 he thanks God for taking him through, and surviving the ordeal. Mr Tsikata was sentenced for willfully causing financial loss to the state through a loan that the GNPC guaranteed for Valley Farms, a private cocoa-growing company. He was found guilty on three counts of willfully causing financial loss of GH¢230,000 to the state and another count of…

A former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Tsatsu Tsikata, has revealed he watched only TV3 Network while at the Nsawam Maximum Prison. He told TV3’s Alfred Ocansey in an interview on Thursday, June 18, on Hot Issues that: “I watched only TV3 when in prison. TV3 was actually the station I used to watch in prison. In the cells where I was with eleven other people, the TV used to be turned on to that station. And so I paid a lot of attention to TV3. “It was really that the time that I paid…

Former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) Tsatsu Tsikata has revealed that former President John Agyekum Kufuor was determined to jail him at all cost although he had not engaged in any wrongdoing. Mr Tsikata told Alfred Ocansey on TV3’sHot Issue on Thursday that his trial was purely political and intended to satisfy the aspiration of then President Kufuor. The then trial judge, Justice Henrietta Abban, he explained, was only used to prosecute that political motive against him. Mr Tsikata was sentenced for willfully causing financial loss to the state through a loan that the GNPC…

Former President John Dramani Mahama has taken a swipe at President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, saying his successor cannot differentiate between what “promises” are and what “visions” are. He said after the incumbent president has failed to fulfil his “lofty” promises to Ghanaians, he has made a U-turn, calling them “visions” for the country. The former president stated these on Thursday night in a live broadcast on his Facebook page. It was to interact with his followers on that platform as regards some of the happenings in the country. His major concern was the Akufo-Addo-led government’s fight against the coronavirus…