Author: Krobea

Muslims in Kumasi on Friday observed Jummah prayers for the first time in 12 weeks amid Covid-19 safety precautions. Leadership of the Muslim communities took steps to ensure all outlined safety guidelines are duly observed to prevent the spread of the disease. At the Kumasi Central Mosque, there was high level of compliance with the safety measures. Veronica buckets and sanitizers were placed at the entrance of the mosque for congregants to wash and sanitize their hands. Worshippers had their temperature and contact details taken before entering the mosque. Numbers were given to ensure those entering the mosque do not…

Four more persons have lost their lives to coronavirus in Ghana, pushing the number of deaths from 38 to 42. The cumulative case count since Thursday, March 12, when the first two index cases were recorded, is now 9,168. The number of recoveries has also risen to 3,457 from 3,189 at the last update on Thursday, June 4. All these were contained in the latest update released by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Friday, June 5. By the recoveries, the active number of cases under management at various treatment facilities is 5,669. According to the release, three patients are…

The Volta Region Chairman of the People’s National Convention (PNC) has filed a suit at the Human Rights Division of the High Court, seeking an interlocutory injunction against the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) and the Attorney General in compiling a new voter register with only a Ghana Card or national passport as basic required documents. Filed on Friday, June 5, the suit by Cecil-Rhodes Dogbe wants the Court to enjoin the Commission to include the existing voter ID card, birth certificate as well as all other legally acquired documents as part of required documents for the forthcoming registration. The Commission…

Kanye West has set up a fund to cover the cost of university for George Floyd’s six-year-old daughter Gianna. He’s also donated £1.5 million ($2m) to other causes, including paying the legal fees of Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor, who were killed in 2020. Ahmaud Arbery was shot and killed in Georgia whilst out jogging. Breonna Taylor was an emergency medical technician and was killed in her own home in Louisville in March. A representative for the rapper and fashion designer confirmed the donations to American news organisations. They also said he had donated to several black-owned businesses in America.…

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…