Author: Krobea

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says he is reading all the memoranda and papers he could not read, now that he is in “self-isolation”. He observed that this has kept him busier than usual. President Akufo-Addo shared his experience on Sunday when he joined some members of his Campaign Communications Advisory Team via Zoom. They virtually discussed several issues, among which is the allegations that he is scheming to disenfranchise some voters, particularly those in the Volta Region. He dismissed this and underscored that the December 7 elections will be crucial as it is going to be “the first time…

National Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Henry Nana Boakye has discounted reports that he toured some senior high schools without permission to supposedly campaign for his party. He says this is a figment of the imagination of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and they are just churning out “vile and fruitless” propaganda. Pictures made rounds on social media on Sunday showing the Old Boy of Prempeh College talking to some final-year senior high school students. This generated uproar on social media on the back of the directive by the President to schools not to allow visitation from…

Technology giant IBM Corporation has appointed Angela Kyerematen-Jimoh Regional Head for North, East and West Africa where she will be responsible for IBM operations in over 40 countries in Africa including Morocco, Nigeria, Kenya, Senegal, Uganda, Ghana and Tunisia.  Before her appointment, Ms. Kyerematen-Jimoh was Chief of Staff to the Senior Vice President in charge of Global Markets and Sales in IBM’s corporate headquarters in New York. Ms. Kyerematen-Jimoh who was previously Country Manager for Ghana, joined IBM in 2011 as Marketing Manager for the West Africa Market Segment and rose through the ranks to become the Strategy Leader for…

Ghana’s coronavirus fatalities have risen from 135 to 139, according to the latest case count released by the Ghana Health Service. The total cumulative cases have also seen an increase from 24,248 to 24,518. The recoveries-cum-discharges have seen a significant increase, reducing the number of active cases under care and management across health facilities in the country. So far, 20,187 patients have either recovered or been discharged to continue the recovery regimen at home. This leaves 4,192 persons as carriers of the virus. Twenty-five are in severe conditions and eight are in critical conditions with four on ventilators. A huge…

Ghanaians have reacted to pictures of the National Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye, seen talking to some final-year students. The school is said to be the Anglican Senior High School, Kumasi, popularly known as KASS. It is unclear what the former Deputy Executive Director of the National Service Scheme is talking to the students about but many believed he was campaigning. He was in the company of some officials. This has stirred controversy on social media with many questioning why Nana Bee, as he is popularly called, was allowed into the school when parents…

Market women and some women groups in Walewale in the North East Region have welcomed the decision and praised former President John Mahama for the choice of Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang as his running mate for the December 7 elections. The North East Regional Women’s Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sumaya Ligbi, who led the groups in Walewale, poured out support for Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang and also showed appreciation to the former president John Dramani Mahama for giving women the opportunity to serve in such a prestigious position in the NDC for the first time. “I am…

The Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) has assured the public that it will make up for the time lost at registration centres where the exercise delayed on Sunday. Most centres across the country, at the start of Phase 3 of the exercise, witnessed delays as a result of the breakdown of the biometric voter registration (BVR) machines. The EC has explained that the challenge was due to bad network. In a statement issued by the Acting Director of Public Affairs, Sylvia Annoh, the EC said all centres that suffered delays will see an extension. “Details of the extension for the affected…

All the students in the same dormitory with the Archbishop Porter Girls’ SHS case confirmed Covid-19 positive will be tested on Monday, July 13. They have since been quarantined, according to the Headmistress of the School. The school recorded a case of Covid-19 on Friday after seven samples of girls who were suspected to have contracted the disease were tested. In a note to all parents, the headmistress, Mrs Charlotte Asiedu Musah, stated that the confirmed student has been taken into isolation. “Her parents have been informed. But she is doing very well,” Archbishop Porter Girls’ SHS is among seven…

Eight vehicles were involved in an accident between Darkuman Junction and Dansoman Junction on the Odorkor-Kaneshie stretch of the Accra-Kasoa Highway. There was only one casualty who had a fracture at the knee. But all the eight vehicles were affected. The vehicles are DAF, Daewoo Matiz, Toyota Yaris and Toyota Haice. The rest were Kia Rio, Nissan Sentra, Toyota Rav 4 and a Kia Morning taxi cap. The accident occurred when the driver of the DAF failed break and as such rammed into the Daewoo Matiz, which also ran into the remaining vehicles. The driver of the DAF truck in…

Veteran Ghanaian coach J.E Sarpong has been gifted a car from former athletes of Accra Academy. A team of 20 old boys of Accra Academy came together to purchase a Toyota Echo car for their former trainer, who did a lot for them back at high school. The former Asante Kotoko and Ebusua Dwarfs gaffer was a Physical Education (PE) Teacher  as well as Sports Master at the school where he nurtured so many athletes and players who made great strides in the country. Having done all this, he has been honoured by some former students of the school. Notable…