Author: Krobea

Former President John Dramani Mahama has paid tribute to the late Professor John Evans Atta Mills seven years after the latter’s demise. Prof. Atta Mills died on July 24, 2012 while president of Ghana. On Wednesday, July 24, former president Mr Mahama, who was the Vice President when the sad incident happened, took to Facebook to pay tribute to his predecessor. “Seven years ago, today, our nation was struck with unquenchable grief and agony when President John Atta Mills departed to his maker,” he wrote. “He was a man who stood for the highest ideals of leadership and for the…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has cut the sod for the construction of the second phase of a 21-square-meter tile factory at Inchaban in the Shama District of the Western Region as an expression of the One District One Factory policy. The first phase of the KEDA Ghana Ceramics Company Limited was commissioned by President Akufo-Addo 18 months ago has been producing over 14 million tiles annually. The $77 million Chinese investment by the Sunda Group will provide over 5,000 direct and indirect jobs to the country’s youth especially within the operational area of the company. Over 70 per cent…

Police at Kukuom in the Asunafo South District of the Ahafo Region has arrested three persons with human parts at Abuom near Sankore. The three, Peter For, 35, Yaw Yeridie, 31, and Berko Isaac, 30, were arrested at about 11pm on Sunday July 21. The Kukuom District Police Commander DSP, Lawrence Adomberi, who confirmed this to 3news.com said the suspects dug a female grave at the Abuom Presbyterian Cemetery. “Yes the case is that [Sunday] night at 11pm, we had information that two people were found with a box containing human parts and so they were arrested and sent to…

Chelsea under new manager Frank Lampard beat FC Barcelona 2-1 in their final game in Japan to lift the Rakuten Cup. The Blues have been in the Asian country as part of their pre-season preparations. Played at the Saitama Stadium, the Cup match was the last game for the English Premier League side having recorded unfavourable results in their warm-up games ahead of the start of the season. The game against the Spanish giants on Tuesday was the first top-notch clash for the Blues’ manager, who played the Catalans on a number of occasions in his playing career. Goals from…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has sent a congratulatory message to the newly elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson. The former Foreign Secretary was elected by the Tories on Tuesday to replace Theresa May, who left office last month. He beat competition from current Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt. Ghana’s leader, who is also a former Foreign Affairs Minister, stated on Twitter that  he is looking forward to working with Mr Johnson. “Best wishes for his success, and I look forward to working with him to strengthen the already strong ties between our two countries.” https://twitter.com/NAkufoAddo/status/1153643151506255872 Boris Johnson,…

Swimming’s international governing body has issued a warning to Australian athlete Mack Horton over his controversial protest against Chinese rival Sun Yang. Horton refused to share a medal podium with Sun at the World Aquatics Championships in South Korea on Sunday. He has previously accused Sun of being a “drug cheat”. Sun denies recent claims he violated doping protocols. Governing body Fina also warned Australian officials over the protest. “While Fina respects the principle of freedom of speech, it has to be conducted in the right context,” it said, adding that athletes should not “use Fina events to make personal…

The Embassy of Israel in collaboration with the Ghana Garden and Flower Movement (GGFM) has introduced the Green Innovation Competition (GIC) as part of activities to mark this year’s Ghana Garden and Flower Show (GGFS). The GGFM is an initiative that seeks to promote Ghana’s floriculture and horticulture industry for a greener, cleaner, healthier, wealthier and more beautiful Ghana. The theme for the 2019 GGFS is ‘Be the Change’. The Israeli Green Innovation Competition is a new award scheme to honour individuals that come up with innovative ideas related to the growth of the floriculture industry in Ghana. As the…

The US government is introducing a new fast-track deportation process that will bypass immigration courts. Under the new rules, migrants who cannot prove they have been in the US continuously for more than two years can be immediately deported. Until now, expedited deportations could only be applied to those detained near the border who had been in the US for less than two weeks. Rights groups say hundreds of thousands of people could be affected. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) says it will challenge the policy in court. The new rule is expected to be implemented with immediate effect…

A Cape Coast High Court has appointed an official liquidator to sell properties of Ghana Premier League club Ebusua Dwarfs to settle a two-decade-old debt to Great Liverpool FC. The lower division club had dragged Dwarfs to court over the 1999 transfer of former player Patrick Villars. The owner of Great Liverpool, Phillip Vincent Cann, took the matter to court after accusing the Cape Coast traditional club of snubbing him in the transfer of the former Ghana international. On Monday, March 25, legal representatives of Mr Vincent Cann led by K.O. Amponsah Dadie swore to and filed an affidavit in…

A group calling itself Tax Justice Coalition Ghana has pleaded with President Nana Akufo-Addo to immediately rescind his decision to appoint Kwame Owusu as the board chairman of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). “The Coalition views the appointment as insensitive to the public outcry about the alleged acts of corruption and conflict of interest issues while the said Mr. Owusu was the Director General of the Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) and, in fact ,a slap on the faces of Ghanaian tax payers,” the Coalition said in a statement issued on Monday, July 22. Signed by National Coordinator Leonard Shang-Quartey, the…