Author: Krobea

A man was bitten on the groin by a saltwater crocodile off the coast of the Northern Territory after he stepped on the reptile while wading through shallow water. Elston Lami Lami was hunting through murky water near Minjilang on Croker Island at 12.30pm on Saturday when he stepped on what he thought was a submerged log. The 42-year-old quickly realised what he was standing on – and the reptile stayed still beneath his foot. After waiting for around 15 seconds, the crocodile aggressively flipped Mr Lami Lami and bit him on his upper right leg. ‘When he come up,…

Some residents of Sefwi on Monday blocked a portion of the Benchema-Osei Kojokrom road and burnt car tyres in protest against government for stopping work on the project. They want the government to immediately bring the contractor back on site. The angry residents threatened that if government does not meet their demands within one month, they will resort to smuggling cocoa to Ivory Coast. Speaking to TV3’s Komla Klutse on Monday, October 28, Chief of Sefwi Kantankrubo Nana Ekyea Kwame II said after Ghana was upgraded to a middle income country, the Netherlands government, which had hitherto been assisting in…

In spite of the proliferation of radio and TV stations, the payola phenomenon still exists although it is not as talked about as before. Payola is the practice where artistes pay money for their songs and videos to be given airtime. It has been reported recently that Martin King Arthur, known is showbiz circles as Kofi Kinaata, in a recent interview with Graphic Showbiz, said he has grown beyond paying payola because he makes only quality music, a statement that has come across as irking to many radio DJs and presenters. But speaking on Takoradi-based Connect FM, Kofi Kinaata expressed…

Some customers of Menzgold Ghana Limited are already at designated centres to validate their documents for settlement of their locked-up funds. The gold-dealership company announced last Wednesday that it will begin validation of customers from Monday, October 28 to Thursday, November 28 in order to achieve a “desired outcome” of settling them all. The exercise has been scheduled to take place in four regions – Greater Accra, Central, Western and Ashanti regions. At Adum, one of the two centres for the exercise, anxious customers were at the designated centre before 9:00am, when it is scheduled to start across all the…

Granada went to the top of La Liga with victory over Real Betis. The Andalusian club, who were promoted from the second tier in the summer, took advantage of El Clasico being postponed to move up from sixth to top with 20 points from 10 games. Former Betis player Alvaro Vadillo scored the only goal with a close-range finish from Carlos Fernandez’s pass. Granada are one point above Barcelona, Real Sociedad – who beat Celta Vigo 1-0 on Sunday – and Atletico Madrid. Champions Barcelona could go back to the top on Tuesday if they beat Real Valladolid, with a…

Two Chinese have been arrested at Krofufruom in the Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region engaged in illegal mining. This follows a routine intelligence-led operation conducted by the Monitoring and Evaluation Team of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM) on Friday. According to a release signed by the Head of the Monitoring Team, Staff Sergeant Francis Assibi Abu, there was an excavator, which belongs to Liuggong, at the site. “The said Liuggong excavator has since then been evacuated and handed over to the excavator evacuation team.” Two pump action guns, some quantity of fuel, five grease, five excavator…

Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia left Accra on Sunday, October 27 for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to attend the 3rd Session of the International Conference of the Public Investments Fund’s Future Investment Initiative (FII), to be held from October 29 – 31, 2019. The Public Investments Fund, a sovereign wealth fund owned by Saudi Arabia, is considered to be among the largest sovereign wealth funds in the world with total estimated assets of about $320 billion. Established in 2017, the Future Investments Initiative is an international platform for expert-led debate between global leaders, investors and innovators, with the power to…

The fugitive leader of the Islamic State (IS) group killed himself during a US military operation in north-west Syria, President Donald Trump has said. Speaking from the White House, Mr Trump said Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi detonated his suicide vest after fleeing into a tunnel, chased by US military dogs. Baghdadi came to prominence in 2014, when he announced the creation of a “caliphate” in areas of Iraq and Syria. IS carried out multiple atrocities that resulted in thousands of deaths. The jihadist group imposed a brutal rule in the areas under its control and was behind many attacks around the…

Mozambique’s opposition has called for a re-run of the general election alleging intimidation, violence and vote rigging, claims the ruling party denies. President Filipe Nyusi secured another five-year term after a landslide win in the general election. He won 73% of the presidential vote. In the final results announced by the country’s national elections commission on Sunday, his Frelimo party won just under three quarters of the 250 parliamentary seats. The 17-member elections body approved the results by a vote of nine to eight. The opposition Renamo party has described the electoral process as a farce, citing alleged violations of…