Author: Krobea

The Youth Wing of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) is calling on the Acting Minister of Defence, Dr Cassiel Ato Baah Forson, to immediately launch an investigation into the stampede that claimed six innocent lives at the El Wak Sports Stadium on Wednesday. The deceased were among thousands who reported at the military stadium for the physical screening phase of the recruitment process. They had rushed to the entrance, leaving the six dead and many others injured. A statement signed by NPP Youth Organiser Salam Mustapha described the incident as “unfortunate” and should not be happening in an era…

The Black Stars have held their first training session ahead of Friday’s clash against Japan in the 2025 Kirin Challenge Cup. The team trained at Nagoya, where camp was opened on Tuesday for the game. Coach Otto Addo led the training for about 19 players currently in camp. The players include Kamaldeen Sulemana, Antoine Semenyo, Brandon Thomas-Asante, Lawrence Ati-Zigi and Jonas Adjetey. The team is expected to hold its second and last training at the Toyota Stadium in Aichi ahead of the game. The last time the Black Stars played in the Kirin Challenge Cup was on June 10, 2022,…

The Chief Executive of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Godwin Kudzo Tameklo Esq., on Wednesday paid a courtesy call on former President John Agyekum Kufuor at his residence in Peduase. The visit formed part of activities to officially inform the former President about the upcoming celebrations marking the NPA’s 20th anniversary. Mr Tameklo commended former President Kufuor for his vision and leadership in establishing the NPA, noting that the institution continues to play a pivotal role in ensuring efficiency, transparency, and consumer protection within Ghana’s petroleum downstream sector. He extended an official invitation to the former President to participate in…

The People’s National Party (PNP) has expressed deep concern and disappointment over the apparent erosion of democracy under the current National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration. It says the country’s hard-won democracy, built through years of sacrifice, seems to be under threat due to actions that have led to a weakening parliamentary independence and judicial integrity and endangering freedom of expression. The PNP cited how the NDC Majority in Parliament – in cahoots with government – has handpicked preferred representatives to the ECOWAS Parliament. “This is a complete departure from Ghana’s democratic norms and an affront to parliamentary fairness,” a statement…

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has announced an indefinite suspension of the ongoing recruitment exercise in the Greater Accra Region due to a deadly stampede on Wednesday. Thousands are said to have rushed to the El Wak Sports Stadium and broke the gates as the numbers attending the physical screening surged. Six persons were found dead with several others injured when calm was restored. The injured are receiving medical care at the 37 Military Hospital. “The Ghana Armed Forces deeply regrets to inform the general public that die to the fatal incident that occurred at the El-Wak Sports Stadium this…

President John Dramani Mahama has revealed that all the casualties in Wednesday dawn’s fatal stampede at the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) recruitment exercise were females. He described the situation as unfortunate, indicating that he has ordered an immediate suspension of the exercise in the Greater Accra Region. Addressing a gathering in the Ashanti Region, where he moved to immediately after a visit to the 37 Military Hospital, President Mahama explained that the six were walked over after the gates were forced into by the numerous applicants. He asked for a minute’s silence for the departed. The military high command is…

President John Dramani Mahama has visited the 37 Military Hospital, where some 12 persons are receiving treatment following a stampede at the El Wak Sports Stadium. The stampede led to six applicants dead while five are at the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Hospital. President Mahama, who had called off an official assignment to launch the government’s flagship poultry initiative, was joined by the Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, Acting Minister of Defence Dr Cassiel Ato Forson and other government officials as well as high-ranking security officials for the visit. The stampede, according to the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF),…

Six applicants have been confirmed dead while several others are injured following a stampede Wednesday morning ahead of the physical screening exercise into the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF). The potential recruits are said to have rushed into the gates of the El Wak Sports Stadium, where the screening was scheduled to be conducted. Their number seems to have taken a surge, according to a statement from GAF, as all were to report on same day for the Greater Accra Region screening. Expressing deep regrets about the incident, GAF said the applicants breached protocol while awaiting the exercise to start later…

The Ghana Police Service and the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) have jointly conducted an operation across three regions to fish out perpetrators of heinous crimes against security officers and journalists. The operation, which started on Wednesday dawn, is aimed at arresting identified persons, a statement from GAF said. The statement, signed by Captain Veronica Adzo Arhin, the Acting Director General for Public Relations, said these individuals were involved in the recent attacks on members of the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations (NAIMOS) team, some police officers and officials of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as well as journalists on official assignments.…

The family of Samuel Aboagye, one of the eight victims of the August 6 helicopter clash, have sued widow Abigail Salami over failure to make their child available for a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) test. A senior brother of the deceased, Nana Gyamerah Kwabena Yiakwan, told journalists that Abigail has just refused to make the child available for the DNA test for no apparent reason. He said she had refused that request when government wanted to identify the charred bodies for the befitting burial. “We just want to have a clear mind, that is why we ant to have the DNA…