Author: Krobea

Mother of missing hiplife musician Castro Lydia Tagoe has debunked assertions made by celebrity lawyer Maurice Ampaw on Accra-based Onua FM that her life is miserable. Lawyer Ampaw had stated that he visited Castro’s mum and she looked miserable, so he had to give her some money because she was depending on her son and things are not like before since he got missing. According to Castro’s mother, who spoke to Christian Agyei Frimpong on entertainment talk show Anigye Mmre, she does not know Lawyer Maurice Ampaw. “I have never seen him before let alone he bring me money.” She…

The Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) has relieved two temporary officials arrested in the Savannah Region on Friday, July 17 of their positions. The two – Mumuni Abilla Yusif and Mohammed Yushaw – are alleged to have smuggled their biometric voter registration (BVR) kits from Tantulani in the North East Gonja District in the Savannah Region to Viting in the Northern Region. They were handed over to the police, who immediately launched investigations into the arrest. Twelve persons are said to have been registered on the BVR kits at the time of arrest. A statement issued by the EC on Saturday…

Ghana international and new Ajax signee Mohammed Kudus has made it to the 80-man shortlist of the 2020 Golden Boy Awards . Italian Sports paper, Tuttersport, which established the award in 2003, earlier nominated 100 players but cut the list down to 80. The award is given by selected sports writers to Under-21 players who have played spectacularly well over the season. Kudus has been included in the 80-man shortlist and will be hoping to make it to the last 20 and eventually win the award. The 19-year-old was impressive at his previous club, FC Nordsjaelland, where he scored 11…

International televangelist Lawrence Tetteh has decoded the reason why some people find it difficult to find their partners when they are of age. Speaking on New Day on TV3 on Friday, July 17, the Founder and President of Worldwide Miracle Outreach said some may have entered into mysterious relationships while young and these may be having an effect on them now. He told host Berla Mundi that some are even spiritually married to deities including rivers, animals and trees and same prevent them from physically getting hooked up. Rev. Dr. Tetteh said no one should be deluded spirituality does not exist. “When…

Renowned Ghanaian legal practitioner Maurice Ampaw has advised women particularly those working in corporate offices and institutions to have a secret gadget that would record rapist or men who would force to have sex with them without mutual understanding. He says footages are used as vidence to buttress usually claims after the incident. The legal practitioner wants ladies to provide evidence like footages or soundtracks to sturdily fight perpetrators of sexual harassment in court. Speaking on Yensempa on Onua FM on Friday, July 17, Maurice Ampaw strongly advocated that women should be brave enough to clandestinely record men who forcibly…

Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram Constituency Sam Nartey George says if erstwhile government officials are being cited in the Airbus scandal, then Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu, who was Attorney General and Minister of Justice then, should also be blamed. He also says the Deputy Minister of Defence, Major (rtd) Derrick Oduro, has be interrogated as he was in the thick of affairs when the deal was sealed. For him, Samuel Adam Foster also known as Samuel Adam Mahama, widely alleged to have been the intermediary when the deal was brokered, was not in anyway found guilty by the Serious Fraud…

The Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has called for cool heads to prevail as she resolves to engage further with stakeholders in the impasse over her directive for the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) to reduce its digital terrestrial channels. She, however, said the National Media Commission (NMC) cannot resolve the matter. The Director General of the state broadcaster, Professor Amin Alhassan, on the instructions of the board of governors, had written to NMC to intervene. “Complying with the request of the Minister will mean GBC has to lose 3 of these channels. It will virtually mean that GBC will have…

US President Donald Trump has vowed not to order Americans to wear masks to contain the spread of coronavirus. His comments came after the country’s top infectious disease expert, Dr Anthony Fauci, urged state and local leaders to be “as forceful as possible” in getting people to wear masks. Wearing face coverings, Dr Fauci added, is “really important” and “we should be using them, everyone”. The wearing of face coverings has become highly politicised in the US. The majority of state governors have now ordered that the wearing of masks outdoors be mandatory, rather than a personal choice. Among them…

The Savannah Regional Director of Health, Dr. Chrisantus Kubio, has confirmed the death of one person who tested positive for Covid-19 in the region. One other person is also on admission at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Catholic Hospital in Damongo. The deceased, according to Dr Kubio, has since been buried at a cemetery outside Damongo in accordance with the protocols put in place for Covid-19 burials. Information gathered by 3news.com revealed the victim was referred to the Catholic Hospital in Damongo from the Central Gonja District. Dr. Chrisantus Kubio appealed to residents of the region to strictly…

Ghana’s Covid-19 case count has seen a further reduction in the number of active cases under care and management at facilities and homes spread across the country In the latest update released by the Ghana Health Service on Friday, 447 new cases were confirmed. This shoots the total cumulative cases up from 26,125 to 26,572. There were more patients who either recovered and were discharged as their number is now 22,915, an increase of about 645. Five persons, however, lost the battle to the virus, bringing the total number of deaths since the outbreak to 144. Regional breakdown Greater Accra…