Author: Krobea

A lecturer of the Koforidua Technical University (KTU), Dr Benjamin Kwofie, has written to the Vice Chancellor to deny knowledge of a letter written by some 101 lecturers to the Chair of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC), asking her to tread cautiously in the decision to compile a new register for the December 7 elections. According to Dr Kwofie, he knows nothing about the group, their intentions or the purpose of existence. Consisting of lecturers and staff of various universities in Ghana, the Concerned University Lecturers, Ghana wrote to Jean Mensa outlining reasons why they think the decision to compile…

Nigerian police say they have arrested a man after 40 people were raped in one town over the period of a year. A mother in the northern town Dangora caught the man in her children’s bedroom, according to police spokesman Abdullahi Haruna. The man ran away but neighbours gave chase and caught him, he added. The man was arrested on Tuesday. The police say the spate of rapes included an attack on an 80-year-old and children as young as 10 years old. There has been a recent wave of rapes and killing of women in Nigeria, which have led to…

General Secretary of the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) Solomon Kotei has revealed that the hotel and the aviation sectors of the economy are the areas of most affected by the impact of coronavirus. He explained on the Sunrise morning show hosted by Alfred Ocansey on 3FM 92.7 Wednesday that these sectors mostly rely on foreigners and others who travel around the world. Therefore, jobs have been lost following the closure of borders and other entry points into the country. As part of measures to curtail the spread of the virus in Ghana, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Ado closed…

Popular human rights lawyer Francis Xavier Sosu, who is the Parliamentary Candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Madina Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, has given the assurance that he would bring total development to the area if elected as its Member of Parliament (MP) in the December 7 polls. He says he is capable of reaching out to people regardless of cultural differences or background to ensure development in the area. The renowned lawyer disclosed this on Yensempa on Onua FM on Tuesday, disclosing that he has already started supporting people just that he requires political potency…

The Upper Dixcove Traditional Council in the Ahanta West Municipal Assembly of the Western Region has banned Member of Parliament Ebenezer Kojo Kum and his “boys” from engaging in any form of political activity including campaigns and rallies “on their land” for denigrating the Omanhen, Nana Hema Dekyi. The MP and his “boys” incurred the wrath of the Council after the “boys” subjected the Omanhen of Upper Dixcove to gross public ridicule. In a leaked audio circulating on social media platforms, some of the “boys” of the Ahanta West MP are heard using mean words to denigrate Nana Hema Dekyi.…

Veteran actress Beatrice Chinery, popularly called ‘Miliky MiCool’, has died. The actress, according to reports, passed away on Wednesday morning at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. The actress, brother Robert Chinery told Peacefmonline, has not been well for some months now but was rushed to the hospital Wednesday morning. She, however, died upon arrival at the hospital. Miliky MiCool, according to reports, died of high blood pressure and other health complications. Beatrice Chinery started acting on stage in 1993 and she shot into fame through popular television series ‘Kejetia’ in the 2000s. She is also known for featuring in popular…

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has said the country is preparing a 40,000-bed field hospital at Namboole Stadium in the capital, Kampala, for coronavirus patients. The president said the Ministry of Health was initially planning for 9,000-bed facility but he had instructed that the capacity be increased. Uganda has so far recorded 657 cases of Covid-19, the respiratory illness caused by coronavirus. Mr Museveni said the country had managed to prevent coronavirus-related deaths but warned that as the numbers increased there could be deaths. President Museveni criticised some people for not following regulations to social distance by attending burials and weddings.…

The Takoradi Divisional Police Command has arrested Islamic Scholar Abubakar Mustapha, popularly known as Mallam Bawa, who allegedly cut off the finger of an 18-year-old boy accused of stealing a wall clock and other items from an Islamic school. Mallam Bawa was brought in by some Muslim clerics and family members after efforts by the police to trace him proved futile. They arrived at the police station around 11:00am on Wednesday, a few minutes after the police had returned from his house to try to effect his arrest. The brother of the victim had earlier led the police to the…

A memorial organised by Ghana last Friday to remember the late George Floyd got a special mention during his funeral in the US. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Ghana received a standing ovation for the event,which received widespread condemnation locally. Following the death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old African American, on May 25, 2020, there have been protests in several states and cities in the US. Floyd died in Minneapolis, Minnesota after Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, pressed his knee to Floyd’s neck for almost nine minutes while Floyd was handcuffed face down in the street; two other…

Former President John Dramani Mahama has sent a strong indication yet that no one should assume that his party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), will accept the results of the December 7 elections if they found the process to have been partial. For him, all citizens of Ghana are entitled to vote and the question of citizenship is unambiguous. “As leader of the NDC, I wish to serve notice that we shall do all our parts to ensure that our country remains peaceful and that the electoral process proceeds smoothly but let nobody assume that we will accept the results…