Author: Krobea

The Director of Electoral Services of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) says the election-management body cannot be held responsible for the wanton abandonment of Covid-19 preventive protocols at registration centres. Dr Serebour Quaicoe says the Commission has done its part by putting in place all the measures but it behoves on other stakeholders, particular individuals to be responsible. The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) had called for the prosecution of all EC officials as well as political party agents for any breaches of Covid-19 protocols that will lead to mass infections. In a statement issued prior to the start of the…

The Director of Electoral Services of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC), Dr Serebour Quaicoe, has hinted that directives have been given to registration officers at the various centres to turn away any persons who flout measures put in place to prevent the spread of coronavirus. He said the directives demand that officers see to it that persons comply with the protocols at all times. The new voter registration exercise, which started on Tuesday, June 30, has seen would-be voters defying the social distancing rule in the fight against Covid-19. The EC says it has been helpless particularly outside the perimeter…

A legal practitioner and volunteer at Legal Assistance Network, Portia Ahiawordor, has advised couples to hasten slowly when investing in extended family properties. Speaking on 3FM’s flagship family mentorship programme, IDEAL HOME, she explained that putting up a building for instance on a land that belongs to your extended family is a futile adventure. She was reacting to a letter written by a widow to host of the show Etornam Sey, seeking legal advice as her husband died interstate. He left her with four children. According to the letter, she and her late husband invested in putting up a building…

The Chief Executive of Okere District Assembly, Daniel Kenneth, has dismissed rumours that Member of Parliament (MP) for Okere Constituency Daniel Botwe has died. The DCE said Dan Botwe is fine and the rumours should be treated with all the contempt they deserve. Dan Botwe, who is also Minister of Regional Reorganisation and Development, was admitted to the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) after testing positive for coronavirus. Mr Kenneth said the Okere MP was discharged “by God’s grace” on Saturday. “I wish to implore all concerned persons not to be alarmed and that he’s home with his family,”…

Final year and second-year Gold Track students of Diabene Senior High and Technical School in Takoradi went on rampage Saturday night after a female student collapsed. It is unclear what might have caused the fainting of the students but her mates fear it may be as a result of spiritual attack. According to them, authorities have turned a deaf ear to their calls for an improvement in the lighting at their hostel. The second year students complained that they have been experiencing spiritual attacks, which has resulted in many of them collapsing more often than not. The confusion on Saturday…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has gone into self-isolation on the advice of doctors. The president went into isolation on Saturday, July 4 and he will be out for 14 days. Throughout the period, he will be working from the Presidential Villa at the Jubilee House, a statement issued by the Minister of Information on Saturday said. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah’s statement adduced that President Akufo-Addo is going into self-isolation as a precautionary measure in compliance with Covid-19 protocols. “The President has elected to do so after at least one person within his close circle tested positive for Covid-19 today. “He…

A teacher by name Alhassan Abdulai Mohammed is in the grips of the Tamale Regional Police Command for dishonestly appropriating eight voter registration forms 1A. The suspect, 44, was handed over to the police by the Sagnarigu Municipal Office of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC). According to the Northern Regional Police Crime Officer, Superintendent Otuo Acheampong, the police received a call from the Sagnarigu Office of the EC around 1600 GMT. He said police followed to the EC office where a suspect with eight voter registration form 1A allegedly dishonestly appropriated without the consent of the EC. He added suspect…

Ex-Black Stars midfielder Derek Boateng has lauded the efforts of the late Cecil Jones Attuquayefio. The now retired player labelled the late coach as the best Ghanaian coach ever. The 37-year-old says Jones Attuquayefio was a man whose words ran deep with every player on his side and made discipline the core attribute every player should have. Boateng worked under Attuquayefio in 1999 while the team was preparing for the World Youth Championships that year. The former midfielder could not make the final cut but he says working with the Hearts of Oak coach as a youngster was good for…

A 75-year-old farmer has been killed and several others wounded at Kandiga-Apimpingo in the Kassena Nankana Municipality of the Upper East Region following renewed clashes related to land. A majority of residents of Kandiga-Apimpingo have fled their homes with their belongings to near-by communities in the Bolgatanga municipality. The police and the military have taken over the security of the area while investigations have since begun. A manhunt has also been mounted for the arrest of the perpetrators. According to residents and family of the deceased, Agum Adongo, he was killed by unknown men close to his house in Kandiga-Apimpingo.…

Ghana’s all-time goalscorer, and the African with the most goals in the Fifa World Cup, achieved many things in his glorious career. But he may always be remembered for one penalty miss. It is quite difficult, especially for Ghanaians, to come to a conclusion on how Ghana should be remembered for their performance in the 2010 Fifa World Cup. There was the quality football, the march to the quarterfinals that drew remarkable support from the rest of the continent and the making of reputations. But there was also the sense of failure, the feeling that once again when presented with…