Author: Krobea

Ecuador has begun giving the US some of Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange’s possessions left behind following his stay in its London embassy. The country’s foreign minister José Valencia authorised the seizure of equipment earlier this month. The material includes manuscripts, legal papers, medical records and electronic equipment. Mr Assange’s lawyer said the move was “completely unprecedented in the history of asylum”. “Ecuador is committing a flagrant violation of the most basic norms of the institution of asylum by handing over all the asylee’s personal belongings indiscriminately to the country that he was being protected from,” added lawyer Aitor Martinez. Mr…

Students of Adonten Senior High School (ADONSCO) and Aburi Secondary Technical (Aburi Sec Tech) in the Akuapem South District of the Eastern Region have for the past two weeks been engaged in perennial free-for-all fights resulting in injuries. Currently, five students have sustained knife injuries, the most serious affecting the scrotum and testicles of a student. The fight, according to Media General’s Castro Amoako, who is stationed at Aburi, normally happens at nights. The situation, according to some parents and residents of Aburi, may affect the ongoing West African Secondary Schools Certificate Examinations (WASSCE). In an interview on Onua FM’s Yen…

Some aggrieved customers of Gold Coast Fund Management (GCFM) have petitioned the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) to investigate the directors of the investment firm. Assuring to offer their full cooperation during the probe, the customers claim their investments have been illegally transferred to Liberia and the US by Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, the President of Groupe Nduom. “Our own investigation shows that monies had been transferred to Liberia and US through illegal means to conceal the funds,” the customers stated in the petition dated 17 May, 2019. They also alleged that a part of their investments has been…

Charles Mensah, the father of 2019 VGMA Highlife Artiste of the Year Shatta Wale, has stated emphatically that his son did not have a gun at last Saturday’s event. “Shatta [Wale] didn’t have a gun yesterday,” Mr Mensah told TV3’s Komla Klutse on Sunday at the Tesano Police Station, where the self-acclaimed dancehall king is being questioned for on-stage disturbances during the awards event. “I never saw any of his boys holding a gun or wielding one,” Shatta Wale’s father insisted. He said it is unfair for the police to detain his son alongside 2019 VGMA Dancehall Artiste of the…

This July promises to be amazing as Ghanaian playwright Kobina Ansah is set to unveil his new suspenseful play, THE BOY CALLED A GIRL. The 11-cast family play, set in a dance studio, is pregnant with a great plot that will hurl its audience into a new world of bewilderment. Not a usual theatrical piece, the musical stage play is slated for National Theatre on July 20th at 4pm and 8pm. Aside the enthralling music and dance that the play is laced with, Kobina Ansah has littered the piece with some thought-provoking quotes that will set everybody thinking so deeply…

A dog in northern Thailand has rescued a newborn baby after it was buried alive, allegedly by its teenage mother. The baby boy is said to have been abandoned by his mother, 15, to hide her pregnancy from her parents. Ping Pong the dog was barking and digging in a field in Ban Nong Kham village. Its owner says he then noticed a baby’s leg sticking out of the earth. Locals rushed the baby to hospital where doctors cleaned him up and declared he was healthy. Ping Pong’s owner, Usa Nisaikha, says it lost the use of one of its…

The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) on Friday paid a working visit to the family of the late teacher George Bosompem Somuah, who was beaten to death by some youth said to be old students of Asiakwa Salvation Army JSS, he was a headmaster. The Union commiserated with the bereaved family and offered their condolences. NUGS commended the family of the deceased teacher for their cooperation with law enforcement agencies and their fortitude in the trying times. NUGS further met with the acting headmaster and some staff of Salvation Army JHS to express their condolences and also appealed to…

A non-governmental organization, DKT International, has held a day’s workshop to promote safe use of medicine in the Bono Region. The workshop held in the capital, Sunyani, brought together academia, doctors, nurses, and personnel from the Ghana Health Service. The workshop was aimed at minimizing errors in drug prescriptions and wrong usage. It is believed that some medical practitioners in Ghana misinform patients on the dosage of drug or the kind of medication to be taken for a particular ailment, resulting in further health complications. It is against the backdrop that the workshop, which forms part of DKT International’s corporate…

For both professional gossipers [journalists] and those who consume their gossips, the past week has been overly packed with hot headline news. Talk of the Western Togoland Separatists, the National Democratic Congress’ National Chairman Ofosu Ampofo’s tango with the Police CID, Helena Huang gone missing, the National Communications Authority’s ‘fight’ with both Radio Gold and Radio XYZ and the teacher of Salvation Army Basic School, in the Eastern Region, allegedly murdered by six young men among others. Personally, I have had people sending me messages on WhatsApp or relaying such to me in person to comment/write on one issue or…

As a measure for health workers to access a mother’s previous health record to trace and treat their new born children with untoward medical conditions at or after birth, the Ministry of Health and Ghana Health Services have introduced a combined maternal and child health record book. This two-in-one health record book is given to pregnant women at the antenatal clinic and same is required to present during postnatal clinics for continuity of treatment of any ailment the mother reported at pregnancy that might have biologically transferred to the baby. It is against this backdrop that the Sekondi/Takoradi Metro Health…