Author: Krobea

Police are continuing to question a lorry driver over 39 people found dead in a refrigerated trailer in Essex. Mo Robinson, 25, from Portadown, County Armagh, was arrested on suspicion of murder on Wednesday by Essex Police. Officers in Northern Ireland have raided two houses and the National Crime Agency said it was working to identify “organised crime groups who may have played a part”. The trailer arrived in Purfleet on the River Thames from Zeebrugge in Belgium. Ambulance staff discovered the bodies of the 38 adults and one teenager in the container at Waterglade Industrial Park in Grays just…

Belgian striker Michy Batshuayi came off the bench to score the only goal as Chelsea beat Ajax Amsterdam 1-0 in the UEFA Champions League. It was a win to savour for Frank Lampard’s side as the goal came in at the death. Ajax had won their opening games against Valencia and Lille going into Wednesday’s game at the Johan Cruyff Arena and so were seen as the favourites to win the game. The English side, on the other hand, had lost one – to Valencia at the Stamford Bridge on Matchday 1 – and won their last outing at Lille.…

In what could be considered a quip targeted at the president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) says the opposition party has the men and women to form the next government. Addressing members of the party at the inauguration of the 2020 manifesto committee, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo said every member of the party has a role to play in the forward march to regain power. “We have the men and women in our party,” he stated, “but the lot has fallen on this number to help us.” “The point is that everybody has…

Former President John Dramani Mahama says he – like many other Ghanaians – is disappointed in the Akufo-Addo-led government in the termination of the concession agreement between the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and the Power Distribution Services Ghana Limited (PDS). According to the former president, who was part of final negotiations in sealing Compact II with the United States government, the termination of the contract was as a result of “self-serving” decisions taken by the government. “The deliberate acts perpetrated with the crude support of the Flagstaff House with the ECG concessionaire agreement. . .has led us to where…

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has inaugurated its 2020 manifesto committee as the beginning of campaign to reclaim power from the New Patriotic Party (NPP). The inauguration was held at the party’s headquarters in Accra on Wednesday, October 23. It wraps up wide stakeholder consultation embarked upon by the party’s presidential candidate, John Dramani Mahama. The former president has already hinted that the manifesto will be “bottom-up” in far departure from previous ones. Mahama to campaign on ‘bottom-up’ manifesto The committee will be chaired by a former Minister of Health, Professor Kwaku Danso Boafo, who also once served as Ghana’s…

Twenty-seven schools have automatically qualified for the 2020 National Science and Math Quiz (NSMQ). The schools were the quarter-finalists in the 2019 edition, which saw St Augustine’s College beat PRESEC-Legon and St Peter’s SHS to the title. Losing finalists and record winners Presbyterian Boys’ SHS will lead Greater Accra Region’s charge. They will be joined by Accra Academy, Achimota School, Chemu SHS and St John’s Grammar. Central Region will have the winners, Augusco, leading that region with Wesley Girls’ High School, Adisadel College, University Practice SHS and Boa Amponsem SHS automatically joining them in next year’s contest. Opoku Ware School,…

To get the best out of your daily blood pressure medication, take it just before you go to bed, say researchers. It’s a simple tip that could save lives, they say in the European Heart Journal. The pills offer more protection against heart attacks and strokes when taken at bedtime rather than in the morning, a large new study suggests. Experts believe our body’s biological ‘clock’ or natural 24-hour rhythm alters our response to the medication. Synchronise pills to your body clock There is mounting evidence that many different drugs, including heart pills, might work better when taken at specific…

Gold-dealership firm Menzgold Ghana Limited has announced the commencement of validation of documents of customers in order to make arrangements to settle them all. The validation is scheduled to begin on Monday, October 28 and end on November 28, 2019. A press release on Wednesday, October 23 said the exercise will begin at 9:00am and end at 4:00pm each day at designated locations in four regions. Customers are required to submit photocopies of their gold-trading agreements, receipts of gold-traded purchase and gold-trading commission as well as a valid national ID card for the process. In the Greater Accra Region, six…

Hong Kong’s legislature has formally withdrawn a controversial extradition bill that has sparked months of unrest. The bill – which would have allowed for criminal suspects to be extradited to mainland China – prompted outrage when it was introduced in April. Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets and the bill was eventually suspended. But protesters have continued regular demonstrations, which spiralled into a wider pro-democracy movement. It is the worst crisis for Hong Kong since the former British colony was handed back to China in 1997. It has also presented a serious challenge to China’s leaders in…

The government of the United States of America says Ghana’s decision to terminate the concession agreement between the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and Power Distribution Services Ghana Limited (PDS) was wrong. It said its independent investigations of the agreement proved that it was valid. Therefore, a decision by the West African nation to cancel the agreement is “unwarranted”. These were contained in a statement issued by the US Embassy on Tuesday, October 22 in Accra. The statement said as a result of the decision, Ghana will no longer qualify for the $190 million dedicated by the Millennium Challenge Corporation…