Author: Krobea

Kobe Bryant’s widow, Vanessa, has made her first comments since the helicopter crash that killed the basketball star, one of their daughters and seven others last Sunday. In a post on Instagram with a family photo, she said she was “completely devastated” and that there were not “enough words to describe our pain”. The couple had four daughters including Gianna, 13, who died in the crash. There has been no word yet on funeral arrangements. The cause of the crash in foggy weather west of Los Angeles is still being investigated. Bryant was on his way to coach his daughter’s…

The death toll of the coronavirus has risen to 170 and with a confirmed case in Tibet, the virus has now spread to every region in mainland China. Chinese health authorities have said there were 7,711 confirmed cases in the country as of 29 January. Infections have also spread to at least 16 other countries. The World Health Organization (WHO) will meet on Thursday to discuss whether the virus constitutes a global health emergency. “In the last few days the progress of the virus, especially in some countries, especially human-to-human transmission, worries us,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on…

The race for the Essikadu-Ketan parliamentary seat is getting hotter as a former constituency chairman for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), James Obeng Jnr, is poised to unseat the incumbent Member of Parliament and Minister for Railway Development, Joe Ghartey.  The former Youth Organizer, Constituency Secretary and Chairman has already picked his nomination forms to contest his Mr Ghartey, who he thinks has done his best but should give way for a more competent candidate to ensure NPP retains the seat. “Joe Ghartey has done his best but it seems like the people are losing confidence in him so the…

The Commission on human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has described as unfortunate and inappropriate the practice, where citizens attached conditions to their votes. This, according to the Commission was tantamount to vote buying and as such could create a platform for corruption and therefore must be discouraged in all terms. It therefore admonished Ghanaians to rather take charge of the change they wished to see and hold their leaders accountable and ensure that they discharged their responsibilities as expected. Mr Theophilus Tetteh Tuwor, Central Regional Director of CHRAJ who said this an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA)…

Members of the European Parliament are bidding farewell to UK colleagues ahead of a final vote on the Brexit deal. The withdrawal agreement is expected to be signed off in Brussels later. Some MEPs have marked the occasion with songs – others wore “always united” scarves. President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen told the UK: “We will always love you.” But Eurosceptics, including the Brexit Party’s Nigel Farage, used their speeches to tear into the EU. The UK is due to leave the bloc at 23:00 GMT on Friday. Ratification of the withdrawal agreement, agreed by the…

The new Western Regional Police Commander, DCOP Felix Fosu-Agyeman, has attributed the numerous cases of missing children and its associated kidnapping cases in the region to unresolved misunderstandings between parents and these children. According to him, most of the missing cases reported are as a result of broken homes, which often push children away. DCOP Fosu-Agyeman is therefore appealing to parents to relate well with their children. “I have realized that most missing cases reported is as a result of unresolved misunderstanding  among parents which often push children away from homes,” he stated. DCOP Fosu-Agyeman, who was speaking during an…

The Ghana Police Service says it will continue to operate its emergency numbers despite the new unified emergency number announced by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. The president on Tuesday, January 28 announced 112 as the new number for emergency services for the police, fire service and the ambulance service. “In the past, the [Ghana] Police Service, the [Ghana National] Fire Service and the National Ambulance Service all had different emergency numbers,” President Akufo-Addo told a gathering at the Black Star Square. “I’m happy to announce that thankfully, we’ve merged all the emergency numbers to one number which is 112.”…

Top seed Rafael Nadal was denied a place in the Australian Open semi-finals as Austria’s Dominic Thiem rattled the Spaniard with a powerful display to win a four-set thriller. Fifth seed Thiem won 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-4) 4-6 7-6 (8-6) at Melbourne Park. The 26-year-old, beaten by Nadal in the past two French Open finals, missed two match points before taking a third to win in four hours and 10 minutes. He will now face Germany’s Alexander Zverev in Friday’s last-four match. It will be a first semi-final in Melbourne for both men and the winner will face either Serbia’s…

A former New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential aspirant, Francis Addai Nimoh, is accusing constituency executives of his party in Mampong, the Ashanti Region, of deliberately scheming to prevent him from picking nomination forms and contesting the April 25 parliamentary primaries. He has, consequently, written to the Ashanti Region Chairman of the party appealing for his intervention. In his appeal letter dated Tuesday, January 28, 2020, Mr Addai Nimoh said on Saturday when he made contact with the constituency chairman, Luther Asare, to buy his forms, he was told all three sets of forms received on behalf of Mampong Constituency had…

The Director General of Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), Professor Amin Alhassan, has suggested the setting up of a national broadcasters’ association to deal with emerging policies confronting broadcasters. “What affects private television stations affects GBC too and we must come together.” Speaking during a courtesy call on management of Media General, Prof. Alhassan expressed uncertainty about the future of digital television and called for unity. The meeting afforded management of the two TV stations to discuss the future of broadcasting and deliberate on outstanding issues. It also afforded the new Director General of the national broadcaster an opportunity to introduce…