Author: Krobea

Prince Tagoe has said he was played out of position during the 2010 World Cup. During the qualifiers for that World Cup, Prince Tagoe was playing as a striker and he felt comfortable with that position. However, at the main tournament, coach of the Black Stars at the time Milovan Rajevac played him in a different position that he couldn’t come to terms with. “The coach, Milovan, told me, ‘Prince, Asamoah is at the top’ when you get the ball at the wings, make sure he gets it, and when you lose the ball, come back to the center or…

The Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) will compile a new voter register without accepting the existing ID cards, 3news.com can confirm. This was contained in the judgement delivered by the Supreme Court on Thursday, June 25. There was confusion following the judgement as the plaintiff, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), claimed that its relief to stop the EC from rejecting the existing voter ID cards has been granted. Its General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, told journalists at the forecourt of the Supreme Court that his party feels “vindicated” by the judgement. https://youtu.be/m6EhllDMdDE But same document sighted by 3news.com indicated that the…

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has appointed its first female Vice-Chancellor. Professor (Mrs) Rita Akosua Dickson will take over from Professor Kwasi Obiri-Danso for a four-year term, starting August 1, 2020. Until her appointment, the Professor of Pharmacognosy was Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University, the first female to have held that position. Prof. Rita Dickson graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy from the university in 1994. She pursued graduate studies leading to the award of MPharm in Pharmacognosy in 1999 and was appointed a lecturer the following year in the Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of…

The Supreme Court has given the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) the go-ahead to compile a new voter register for the December 7 elections. In its judgment, the Court ordered that any case filed or would be filed against the compilation of the register is nulled. There was confusion, however, among lawyers and journalists as to whether the Commission has been ordered to include the existing voter’s ID cards as identification for registration or not. The apex court reiterated that the EC has the mandate to carried out its duty as by law. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) went to court,…

The Supreme Court has ordered the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) to accept the existing voter identification cards as one of the basic documents for the upcoming registration, counsel for the plaintiff has claimed. General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Johnson Asiedu Nketia also told journalists after judgement on Thursday that the existing voter IDs will now be accepted by the EC for the exercise, which starts on Tuesday, June 30. “We feel vindicated because the court itself in an earlier ruling had clearly stated that the possession of an existing voter’s ID card means the holder is a…

Heavy security from the Accra Regional Police Command of the Ghana Police Service supervised the demolition of two warehouses situated on a 2.59-acre land at Flower Port on the Spintex Road in Accra. The land, which is said to belong to Yehans International Ghana Limited, has been under litigation with Martey Tsuru Family since 2006, until the Supreme Court on October 24, 2018 ruled in favour of the company. Accompanied by the police to enforce the ruling of the Court, the taskforce ejected occupants of the two warehouses and pulled down the building. Counsel for Yehans International Ghana Limited, Kofi…

Ghana’s coronavirus case count has risen from 15,013 cases on Wednesday to 15,472 on Thursday, June 25. The new total cumulative cases were confirmed by the Director General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, at the bi-weekly Covid-19 update on Thursday. Dr Kuma-Aboagye indicated that there are no new deaths, keeping the figure still at 95. He also said the number of recoveries had risen to 11,433 while the active cases are 3,947. Out of the 3,947, 22 were confirmed by Dr Kuma-Aboagye to be in “severe” conditions while six were said to be in “critical” conditions.…

Government through the Minister of Trade and Industry has issued fresh guidelines in a bid to stop the fast spread of coronavirus at work places. According to available data, amplified by the Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, on Thursday, June 25, new cases being recorded are “predominantly coming from work places”. As a result, Trades Minister Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen took to the podium at the bi-weekly press update of the Ministry of Information to outline new measures to be put in place at various work places including factories in order to stem the spread of the virus. Mr Kyerematen…

Russia has begun voting on constitutional reforms that could allow President Vladimir Putin to serve another two terms in office. The official vote is scheduled for 1 July, but authorities said they were opening polling stations a week early to stop overcrowding amid the pandemic. Opposition activist Alexei Navalny has said the changes will allow Mr Putin to be “president for life”. Mr Putin, however, has said they will ensure Russia’s stability. Although the president has not publicly said he would run again in 2024 when his current term ends, he has said it is vital he has the option.…

A Senior Seismologist has advised Ghanaians to brace up for more earth tremors this year, and even that could lead to earthquakes. Nicholas Opoku, who is with the Geological Survey Authority, said Ghana’s capital city Accra, in particular, is an earthquake-prone area and therefore could suffer the natural occurrence any time. Mr Opoku gave this hint on TV3’s New Day in an interview on Thursday, June 25. This comes in the wake of multiple earth tremors recorded in many parts of Accra Wednesday night. Occurring three successive times in a spate of 10 minutes, the earth tremors got many out…