Author: Krobea

Curfews have been ordered in cities across the US to try to stem unrest sparked by the death of a black man in police custody. But they have been defied in many areas, with shops looted, cars burned and buildings attacked. Riot police have used tear gas and rubber bullets. President Donald Trump urged “healing” over the death of George Floyd but said he could not allow mobs to dominate. A white ex-policeman is charged with murdering Mr Floyd, 46, in Minneapolis. Derek Chauvin, 44, is due to appear in court on Monday. In video footage, Mr Chauvin can be…

Several traders were stranded at the Beposo Market Friday morning following the ban of market days at Beposo and Abuesi. The Shama District Assembly on Thursday announced its decision to suspend the weekly market days effective Friday, May 29 until Tuesday, June 3. Fridays and Tuesdays are special market days at Beposo and Abuesi but the decision to place a ban on these days was necessitated by the non-compliance to the adherence of the safety and health protocols especially with the compulsory wearing of nose masks and social distancing by the traders. A team of security personnel was stationed at…

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) have offered “unequivocal support” to Convener of the Inter-Party Resistance Against A New Voter Register (IPRAN) Bernard Mornah for comments he made at a recent press conference in Accra, for which the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has invited him. Mr Mornah, who is also the National Chairman of the People’s National Convention (PNC), is said to have threatened to resist the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) in its bid to compile a new voter register for the December 7 elections. He told journalists on Tuesday, May 26 that IPRAN will make…

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…