Author: Krobea

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) is facilitating the construction of two sanitation courts to ease the prosecution of sanitation-related offences. City Mayor Osei Assibey Antwi says the projects would help in implementing the Assembly’s campaign of reducing breaches of bye-laws on environmental sanitation. “The Assembly has awarded on contract the construction of two courts in the metropolis to help speed up the adjudication of cases relating to the breach of sanitation bye-laws,” he told the media in Kumasi. The KMA has, meanwhile, presented 15 motor bikes to the Assembly’s Sanitation and Environmental Units to support in addressing waste management challenges…

Former Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah, who is also Member of Parliament for Tema West Constituency, has been declared recovered from Covid-19. This was contained in a letter signed by the Director General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, to him. Mr Ahenkorah came under pressure and condemnation for breaching Covid-19 isolation rules by visiting some polling stations at the start of the new voter registration while a carrier of the virus. He had justified this by explaining that he had self-isolated for more than 10 days as all asymptomatic carriers of the…

Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Dramani Mahama is in the Volta Region to tour some centres mounted for the ongoing voter registration exercise. He is scheduled to be in some select constituencies to monitor the exercise. The registration began on Tuesday, June 30 and it is already in its second phase. It is scheduled to end on Thursday, August 6. According to the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC), 2,215,816 eligible voters registered at the end of Phase One. Mr Mahama, who is going to be the Presidential Candidate of the NDC for the December 7 polls, will tour…

The Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Cynthia Mamle Morrison, has called on the National Media Commission to ensure that one George Lutterodt, popularly known as Counsellor Lutterodt, does not appear on media programmes. “We also call on the Ghana Psychology Council to take appropriate action against him.” These were contained in a statement issued by Madam Morrison on Friday regarding proclamations attributed to counsellor-cum-pastor and said to have been made on an Adom TV show. Counsellor Lutterodt had suggested on the programme that rape victims enjoy the act despite resisting initially. But this has received wide condemnation from…

Former Chief Executive Officer of Venture Capital Trust Fund Daniel Duku and two other senior executives have agreed to refund a total of GH¢18.5 million to the state. This followed a decision by the High Court presided over by Justice Anthony Oppong on Friday, July 10. The Court had earlier rejected an offer of restitution from the executives standing trial. They are accused of causing financial loss to the state. On Friday, Justice Oppong reviewed the earlier decision by agreeing in pursuant to Section 35 of the Courts Act, 1993, (Act 459) that the three pay back the money and…

A Tamale High Court presided over by Justice Osei Gyamfi has given a month ultimatum to the Technical Universities Administrators Association of Ghana TUSAAG) to hand over leadership of the association to elected executives of the Bolgatanga Technical University. The Court has also ordered executives of the Accra Technical University (AUT) who were sworn in as national executives to with immediate effect seize to hold themselves as such. A GH¢20,000 damages has also been given in favour of the plaintiffs. Bernard Ayamga, the President-elect for the Association at the Bolgatanga Technical University, could not hide his excitement after the judgement.…

Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram Constituency Sam Nartey George says the compatibility between former president John Dramani Mahama and Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang will be unparalleled as the two are honest and have unblemished record in public service. He said the commentary that heralded the nomination of Mr Mahama, then Bole Bamboi Member of Parliament, in 2008 is similar to what Prof Opoku-Agyemang is receiving, indicating that both have been touted as honest, transparent and unblemished. Sam George stated these on The Key points on TV3/3FM on Saturday, July 11, 2020. The leader of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on…

US President Donald Trump has commuted the prison sentence of his longtime ally and former adviser Roger Stone. The move – sparing Stone from jail but not a pardon – came just after a court denied Stone’s request to delay the start date of his 40-month prison term. He was convicted of lying to Congress, obstruction and witness tampering. Stone was the sixth Trump aide found guilty on charges linked to a justice department probe that alleged Russia tried to boost the Trump 2016 campaign. The 67-year-old had been due to report to a federal prison in Jesup, Georgia, next…

The Northern Region has over the years contributed to Ghana’s football stock thanks to a constant stream of talents. Alhassan Yakubu is a coach at Real Republicans and responsible for unearthing and nurturing some of the country’s finest footballers. With a tall list of footballers he has worked on from Mubarak Wakaso to Michael Anaba, Hamza Mohammed, Shilla Illiasu, coach Alhassan Yakubu has seen it all. A product of Real Republicans, of which he is currently a coach, he has been heavily involved in youth football development in the region since 1984. Dawuo, as he is popularly known, identifies the…

Ghana’s coronavirus case count has risen yet again as 371 new infections have been recorded. Six patients have also lost their lives, according to the latest statistics on the management of the disease in the country. Among the new deaths is a 24-year-old lady from the Oti Region. Two are from the Northern Region, two are from the Central Region and the last person is from the Western Region. This brings the total number of deaths since the outbreak of the disease to 135. So far, 23,834 cases have been recorded with a total of 19,212 patients recovered or discharged.…