Author: Krobea

A joint team of police personnel and officials of the National Disaster Mangement Organisation (NADMO) are on a rescue mission for victims who drowned on the Volta Lake after their boat capsized. The victims were returning to Agalarkope from Dzemeni in the Volta Region. Police preliminary report says two persons – a former assemblyman and a passenger – on board the boat reported the incident to them at about 12.30am Friday. They came in with the lifeless body of 60-year-old. The deceased and his son were among 25 others who were on the boat until a strong wind capsized it.…

Ghana is clean today as compared to two years ago and this is as a result of proper and strategic sanitation measures put in place by government, the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Korley Klottey in the Greater Accra Region has claimed. Speaking on Yensempa on Onua FM on Thursday, Nii Adjei Tawiah maintained that Metropolitan, Municipal and Districts Assemblies (MMDAs) have worked incredibly to attain this height. He told host Nana Yaw Opare that even though there are a lot more work to be done, he is assertive government has won the fight against filth in the country especially…

The goal machine talks about his anger at losing the captaincy of the Black Stars before a major final and his problems with coaches at the peak of his career Sometimes the enigma of Anthony Yeboah lies in the fact that someway, somehow he is deemed to have been poor at international level, that technically as a footballer he was not good enough and that those who throw up his name at the least opportunity during conversations on individual greatness are dabbling in nostalgic nonsense. A lot of that is his own doing. Superb on the football field, Yeboah was…

The 66 Artillery Regiment (Volta Barracks) Saturday arrested 13 persons suspected to be linked to separatists Homeland Study Group Foundation. The 13 persons, eleven males and two females, were picked at a meeting at Kpando-Aziavi in the Volta Region. Lieutenant Colonel Bernard Baba Pantoah, Commanding Officer of the 66 Artillery Regiment, told the Ghana News Agency that the operation, which had support from officials of the Bureau of National Investigations was between 0850 hours and 1300 hours. He said security personnel seized a document from the group detailing areas they allegedly planned to attack soon. The Commanding Officer said the…

Kumasi Asante Kotoko is one of a biggest brands in Ghana football and a giant in Africa. It is always a privilege to be called by the club’s life patron Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II to serve the royal club and Evelyn Nsiah Asare has made her name as the only woman to serve on the newly constituted board. In 2019, she was one of the candidates to stand for the Executive Council position for women football. She came second with only one vote short of winner Madam Habiba Atta but that has not stopped her from doing what she…

Protesters have clashed with police in cities across the US over the killing of an unarmed African-American man at the hands of officers in Minneapolis. Minnesota’s governor said the tragedy of the death of George Floyd in police custody had morphed into “something much different – wanton destruction”. New York, Atlanta, Portland and other cities have seen violence, while the White House was briefly locked down. An ex-Minneapolis policeman has been charged with murder over the death. Derek Chauvin, who is white, was shown in footage kneeling on 46-year-old Mr Floyd’s neck on Monday. He and three other officers have…

One more person has died of coronavirus in Ghana, raising the total number of deaths from 34 to 35. This was announced by the Head of Public Health of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Badu Sarkodie, on The Key Points on TV3/3FM on Saturday, May 30. The death involved a 70-year-old woman, who had heart conditions. “She had hypertension earlier, she was re-assessed and there were few signs and symptoms of perspiration and based on that consideration, she was made to test for Covid-19. “And after her death, few days later the result came out positive.” Dr Sarkodie also mentioned…

Digital payment firm Payboy Company Limited has abrogated its agreement with Menzgold Ghana Limited, a few days after the arrest of some of its officials by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO). An emergency management meeting held on Friday, May 29 came to the decision, and not allow any Menzgold customer entry to its premises “on the basis of negotiating and facilitating mutually acceptable payment mode or manner for the indebted client”. Payboy on Friday, February 7 signed the Payment Facilitation Company with Menzgold to facilitate the reimbursement of aggrieved customers whose funds were locked up following the suspension…

Member of Parliament for Tamale Central Constituency Alhaji Inusah Fuseini says the only reason why the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) is bent on compiling a new register is to rig the December 7 elections for incumbent Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. He said it just defies “common sense” for the existing voters’ roll to be discarded when it will be the very one to be fallen back on in case there is a by-election, for instance. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP, therefore, reiterated his party’s stance to resist the compilation of the exercise even with “our blood”. The former Minister…

Management of the Media General Group, Ghana’s leading media company on Friday, May 29 announced new appointments and changes in its senior management team effective Monday, June 1. Francis Doku, the General Manager for MG Digital Limited and General Manager of MG Radio, has been appointed as the new General Manager for MG Television, responsible for TV3 Network and Onua TV. Micheal Oti-Adjei, who is currently the Group Head of Sports, will assume the role of General Manager, MG Digital and will be in charge of the digital direction of the group. Head of Production at Adesa Production Limited Afeafa…