Author: Krobea

The Chief Executive of Okere District Assembly, Daniel Kenneth, has dismissed rumours that Member of Parliament (MP) for Okere Constituency Daniel Botwe has died. The DCE said Dan Botwe is fine and the rumours should be treated with all the contempt they deserve. Dan Botwe, who is also Minister of Regional Reorganisation and Development, was admitted to the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) after testing positive for coronavirus. Mr Kenneth said the Okere MP was discharged “by God’s grace” on Saturday. “I wish to implore all concerned persons not to be alarmed and that he’s home with his family,”…

Final year and second-year Gold Track students of Diabene Senior High and Technical School in Takoradi went on rampage Saturday night after a female student collapsed. It is unclear what might have caused the fainting of the students but her mates fear it may be as a result of spiritual attack. According to them, authorities have turned a deaf ear to their calls for an improvement in the lighting at their hostel. The second year students complained that they have been experiencing spiritual attacks, which has resulted in many of them collapsing more often than not. The confusion on Saturday…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has gone into self-isolation on the advice of doctors. The president went into isolation on Saturday, July 4 and he will be out for 14 days. Throughout the period, he will be working from the Presidential Villa at the Jubilee House, a statement issued by the Minister of Information on Saturday said. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah’s statement adduced that President Akufo-Addo is going into self-isolation as a precautionary measure in compliance with Covid-19 protocols. “The President has elected to do so after at least one person within his close circle tested positive for Covid-19 today. “He…

A teacher by name Alhassan Abdulai Mohammed is in the grips of the Tamale Regional Police Command for dishonestly appropriating eight voter registration forms 1A. The suspect, 44, was handed over to the police by the Sagnarigu Municipal Office of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC). According to the Northern Regional Police Crime Officer, Superintendent Otuo Acheampong, the police received a call from the Sagnarigu Office of the EC around 1600 GMT. He said police followed to the EC office where a suspect with eight voter registration form 1A allegedly dishonestly appropriated without the consent of the EC. He added suspect…

Ex-Black Stars midfielder Derek Boateng has lauded the efforts of the late Cecil Jones Attuquayefio. The now retired player labelled the late coach as the best Ghanaian coach ever. The 37-year-old says Jones Attuquayefio was a man whose words ran deep with every player on his side and made discipline the core attribute every player should have. Boateng worked under Attuquayefio in 1999 while the team was preparing for the World Youth Championships that year. The former midfielder could not make the final cut but he says working with the Hearts of Oak coach as a youngster was good for…

A 75-year-old farmer has been killed and several others wounded at Kandiga-Apimpingo in the Kassena Nankana Municipality of the Upper East Region following renewed clashes related to land. A majority of residents of Kandiga-Apimpingo have fled their homes with their belongings to near-by communities in the Bolgatanga municipality. The police and the military have taken over the security of the area while investigations have since begun. A manhunt has also been mounted for the arrest of the perpetrators. According to residents and family of the deceased, Agum Adongo, he was killed by unknown men close to his house in Kandiga-Apimpingo.…

Ghana’s all-time goalscorer, and the African with the most goals in the Fifa World Cup, achieved many things in his glorious career. But he may always be remembered for one penalty miss. It is quite difficult, especially for Ghanaians, to come to a conclusion on how Ghana should be remembered for their performance in the 2010 Fifa World Cup. There was the quality football, the march to the quarterfinals that drew remarkable support from the rest of the continent and the making of reputations. But there was also the sense of failure, the feeling that once again when presented with…

A task force formed by the Saboba District Security Committee to monitor the activities of smuggling in the district has impounded over 1,000 bags of fertilizer meant for the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme. The PFJ fertilizers were intercepted on Tuesday, June 30 around 1 am at Wurugu. Explaining the incident to journalists, the Saboba District Chief Executive, George Kitingyab Bingreni, revealed the task force was formed to monitor activities of smuggling in the district. He noted that the district was banned from receiving Planting for Food and Jobs fertilizer some two years ago by the Ministry of…

The 2019 Bono East contestant for Ghana’s Most Beautiful, PENA, has been appointed a regional ambassador to fight against discrimination and stigmatization of recovered Covid-19 patients. She is also set to generally help in the fight against the spread of the novel pandemic in the Bono East Region. This s part of by the Regional Coordinating Council’s efforts to mitigate the spread and impact of the disease in the region. The main responsibilities of the ambassador will be to reemphasize on the Covid-19 protocols and discourage stigmatization and discrimination of recovered patients. Responding to the assignment of this new responsibility,…

Air France-KLM plans to cut more than 7,500 jobs at its French arm as the airline industry reels from the coronavirus crisis. Europe’s second-biggest airline will cut 6,560 staff at Air France, with its regional French carrier Hop! losing 1,020 jobs, the company said on Friday. In a statement, the firm said: “Recovery looks set to be very slow” due to uncertainties around Covid-19. The cuts will take place over the next three years. The group also cited the lifting of travel restrictions and changing customer demand as potential cause for concern in the future. At the height of the…