Author: Krobea

The WHO Strategic Advisory Group on Malaria Eradication has indicated that the world stands at a crossroads in the fight against malaria. “As we complete our work in 2019, we recognize that the world stands at a crossroads in the fight against malaria.” The Strategic Advisory Group on Malaria Eradication (SAGme), is a group of scientists and public health experts from around the world brought together to advise WHO on future scenarios for malaria, including whether eradication was feasible. The group was formed in 2016, at the request of the WHO Director-General. After a 3-year study of trends and future…

The Tema Regional Police Command has busted two suspects who notoriously rape and rob within the Ada Foah area of the Greater Accra Region. The suspects, Dakeh Winfred Mohammed, 24, and his accomplice, Petiafor Abraham, 19, an undertaker apprentice, are said to lure unsuspecting young ladies, mostly Nigerians. They then sexually abuse, rob and abandon them at the Colonial Prison Quarters building at Ada Foah. Investigations revealed that on Wednesday, August 28, unemployed Mohammed Dakeh, lured a 21-year-old Nigerian to the abandoned building and together with his accomplice, gang-raped her and forcefully took her purse containing an amount of GH¢400…

The Acting Finance Officer of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), Bruno Bajuase Chirani, has petitioned the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) as well as the Auditor General’s Department to investigate Vice Chancellor Reverend Father Professor Anthony Afful-Broni. This comes barely a week after the Vice Chancellor terminated his appointment following the appointment of Francis Obeng as the new Finance Officer. According to the pair of petitions, Rev. Fr. Afful-Broni illegally approved a withdrawal of GH¢5.7 million from the university’s accounts to cover honorarium for some staff. In the one to EOCO, Mr Chirani cited UEW Registrar Paul Osei-Barima,…

TV3’s team on its way from Tamale in the Northern Region to Accra has narrowly escaped a robbery attack at Babato in the Bono Region. The team was returning from official assignment in the Northern and North East regions but upon reaching a sharp curve between Babato and Nante at exactly 2pm Tuesday, it was signaled by two young men who were also running for their lives to make a U-turn as robbers were plundering passengers of two MAN Diesel trucks. Minutes after the team had turned back towards the north, a police vehicle headed for the scene. The team…

The second edition of the Connect FM Community Street Rap Battle came to an exciting climax on Saturday, September 7 at the Positive Action Bay in Essikado, Sekondi. Ten rappers who emerged tops from four communities battled their way to the final to wrestle for the coveted crown and the bragging rights. They are Ladsmid, King Zuba, Crown Buka, from Kwesimintsim, Yaw King, Dhisway, Mr. Crayon, from Effiakuma, Kin Ropa, Abrassive Promzy, from Takoradi and Biscuit, Kwame Speechless, from Sekondi. The most exciting rounds on the night were the Creativity and the One-on-One battle. Ladsmid, Biscuit and Yaw King won…

The Unity Hall of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has with immediate effect stripped the Minister of Education, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh, and Vice Chancellor Kwasi Obiri Danso of their alumni status. The Hall’s alumni association has also blamed the high court judge who dismissed its injunction to make the conversion of the all-male hall into a mixed hall take effect for the crisis on campus. At an emergency meeting held on Sunday, September 8, alumni of the hall, popularly known as Continentals, said they will embark on a campaign to end the political career of Dr Opoku-Prempeh,…

The leader and founder of Ghana Freedom Party (GFP), Madam Akua Donkor, has reiterated her commitment to enhance agriculture if voted into power as president come 2020. In her quest to ensure that, she has pledged to ban the use of weedicides and pesticides in farming. Madam Akua Donkor has also promised to provide and supply farmers with the requisite machinery to go the traditional way in farming instead of the use of weedicides. She disclosed this in an interview with Onua FM and extensively touched on the adverse effects of weedicides in farming. She said the use of weedicides…

Nissan chief executive Hiroto Saikawa will step down next week as the carmaker grapples with an executive pay scandal. The announcement followed a meeting of the carmaker’s board on Monday. Earlier, Mr Saikawa told Japanese media he was “keen to pass the torch” when asked if he was preparing to resign. The Nissan boss had come under pressure after saying he had been overpaid as part of a bonus scheme. However, he denied wrongdoing. Board chairman Yasushi Kimura told reporters that Mr Saikawa would quit on 16 September. “After the board discussion, the board asked Mr Saikawa to step down…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has taken a swipe at his opponents over the perception that he has consistently cleared all appointees of his alleged to have engaged in corrupt deals. He, therefore, shrugged off criticism that he shields those appointees. The president says he only acts on conclusions of investigative bodies and committees. “It is not my job to clear or convict any person accused of wrongdoing, or of engaging in acts of corruption,” the president stated. “My job is to act on allegations of corruption by referring the issue or issues to the proper investigative agencies for the…

It is only in South Africa that a local carpenter thinks a non-South African teacher is the reason he is out of job. It is only here that the unskilled perceive they would have been skilled if there were no migrants. It is only in South Africa that indigenous people assume that when they burn shops and businesses of migrants, they won’t be victims, too― forgetting that the said business recruits and serves both migrants and South Africans. It is disgusting to hear repetitive xenophobic attacks targeted at migrants by their fellow blood year after year. In this modern era…