Author: Krobea

Faith-based organization League of Concerned Christian Professionals (LCCP) is worried the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) could threaten the country’s peace if it goes ahead to compile a new voters’ register. At a press conference in Tamale, the group described as needless and a waste of time and resources the desire by the EC to compile a new voters’ roll. The group is made up of representatives of all churches in the five regions of the north. Addressing the journalists, Chairman of LCCP Andrew Dokurgu said his members are alarmed at the zeal with which the EC has held on to…

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Techiman Eleven Wonders, Albert Commey, has advised stakeholders in Ghana football to truncate the league if the situation surrounding Covid-19 still pends. This, according to him, will give the various teams the opportunity to prepare adequately ahead of the 2020/21 season. He also pleaded with football lovers to be patient with authorities in coming out with a decision because to him, if they rush to restart the league and care is not taken, the situation may worsen. The former CEO of Accra Hearts of Oak was speaking to Onua FM when he made these…

Every June 3, Kasim Suraj relieves the pain of a twin disaster even as he makes great effort to move on. The 40-year-old lost his wife when flooding and a fire outbreak claimed the lives of many others in Accra and then lost his job as a driver after 15 years at it. The scars of that day have lived with him since literally. He suffered about 60 per cent total surface burns with inhalation injury. “I have been operated on for twenty times, but am still not ok, all the bones in my skull were burnt following the disaster,…

Former Lecturer at the Central University Dr Anna Ewusie-Mensah has observed that the partial lockdown, which came with a ‘Stay Home’ advocacy, afforded many parents the opportunity to aid their kids in learning. But after the easing of some of the restrictions last Sunday, it has become difficult to monitor these kids. She made this observation on Thursday as part of a panel that discussed the basic education framework of Ghana amid Covid-19. The forum was organized by Media General in partnership with Oxfam and the Foundation for Security and Development Studies (FOSDA). It was themed: ‘National Dialogue on the…

Deputy Minister of Works and Housing in the Mahama administration Sampson Ahi says there was nothing untoward done in the execution of the agreement of the Saglemi Housing Project. According to him, everything was ongoing as planned until the Mahama-led government lost the elections. Mr Ahi’s claims come in the wake of pronouncements by the Minister of Works and Housing, Samuel Atta Akyea, that some former government officials could find themselves facing the law courts after being indicted in an audit report. “We are working. Let me tell you what [President Nana Addo Dankwa] Akufo-Addo won’t do. He won’t do…

Having had a deep reflection over recent happenings these past couple of days, I guess now is the time for me to also have have my say on the senseless and heartless lynching of George Floyd. As much as the act was dastardly and heartlessly executed, it also reveals one thing that the human being has become. This image of the human being is well captured in the 4th stanza Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali’s poem entitled 𝑵𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝑺𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒕𝒐 where he states categorically and in unambiguous terms that “𝑴𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒄𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒏! 𝑴𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕! 𝑴𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆…

The Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) has expressed satisfaction with the recently held piloting of the voter registration exercise, stressing that the lessons learnt will lead to an improved conduct of the upcoming mass registration. It said 1,990 applicants were successfully registered nationwide over the two-day period, averaging 83 per day at each polling station. This, the EC notes, puts it in a position to register over 13 million Ghanaians within the first 21 days of the mass registration scheduled to start late June. All these were contained in a statement signed by the Acting Director of Public Affairs of the…

The comparison between two of Lynx Entertainment finest artistes, KiDi and Kuami Eugene, has always sparked debate among their followers and Ghanaians as a whole. The debate ranges from the number of hit songs, sense of fashion, looks etc. However, when asked how he felt about being compared to his label mate Kuami Eugene, the ‘Say Cheese’ hitmaker expressed worry over the development and asked Ghanaians to stop pitting him against Kuami Eugene as it is unhealthy and can bring about an unnecessary beef. “We should all recognize that everybody is doing the little they can to support and push…

The Public Relations Officer for the Tamale Central Mosque, Alhaji Mohammed Gazali, has disclosed that the Tamale Central and Ambariya mosques in Tamale remain closed despite the easing of restrictions on religious activities by government. He revealed the conditions attached to the easing of the restrictions are difficult to implement hence the decision to abstain from observing the prayers. In a two-paragraph statement signed by Alhaji Gazali, the Muslim community in the Tamale metropolis are happy with the move by government to ease restrictions on religious activities in the country. “The conditions attached to the easing of the restrictions are…

Ghana’s Covid-19 case count continues to be on the ascendancy though deaths have slowed in the past few days. According to the latest update released by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) on its website Thursday, June 4, the cumulative number of cases recorded so far is 8,885. Out of this number, 3,189 have recovered while 38 have lost their lives to the virus. This leaves Ghana’s active cases at 5,658. There are two patients in critical conditions while nine’s are said to be severe. These patients are receiving treatment at major centres such as the University of Ghana Medical Centre…