Author: Krobea

Theresa May has promised to set a timetable for the election of her successor after the next Brexit vote in the first week of June. The agreement follows a meeting between the prime minister and senior Tory MPs who are demanding a date for her departure from Downing Street. If she loses the vote on her Brexit plan, already rejected three times, sources told the BBC she would resign. Meanwhile, Boris Johnson has said he will run for leader once Mrs May goes. The prime minister survived a confidence vote by Conservative MPs at the end of last year and…

Government has accused the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) government of issuing the permit for the importation of a total of 1,575 short guns and pop actions into the country recently. A document made available showed that a former Deputy Minister of Interior, James Agalga, signed the permit for Yadco Ghana Limited to import the items, two days to the handing over of power to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government. A statement issued on Wednesday, May 15 by the Communications Director of the NDC, Kakra Essamuah, had chastised the incumbent government, calling for the immediate ban on arms importation.…

The Second Meeting of the Third Session of the current Parliament is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, May 28. A notice issued by the Speaker, Reverend Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, said the commencement is in pursuance of Standing Order 37. The Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic had to be recalled from recess to sit on some emergency bills. Speaker recalls Parliament for ‘very important business’ They reconvened on Monday, April 29 and rose on Friday, May 3. They are to meet at 10:00am in the House for the commencement of the Second Meeting. Source: 3news.com|Ghana

As part of activities to strengthen relations between Israel and Ghana, the Embassy of Israel dedicated 10 days full of different activities to celebrate Israel at 71 and six decades of Israel-Ghana relations this May. The peak of this 10-day celebration was Thursday, May 9, when the Embassy hosted a huge classical music concert titled ‘Strings of Harmony; Celebrating 6 decades of Israel-Ghana Relations’ at the National Theatre. This was the result of the collaborative work of Israeli Maestro and Conductor, Nir Brand, with the National Symphony Orchestra, the Pan African Youth Orchestra and the Seasonal Opera House. Maestro Brand…

Residents of Adiembra in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis have been left astonished after the Sekondi Chief Fisherman, Nana Kofi Essoun, tied and dragged a suspected thief behind his Tundra car through the community. Not even the pleas from by-standers could calm the bewildered Chief Fisherman, who according to residents was hell bent on punishing the suspected thief. For more than 30 minutes, the Chief Fisherman popularly called PANYA was said to have dragged the suspected thief back and forth through the community. Narrating his ordeal with difficulty on his sick bed at the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital, the suspected thief, Akwasi…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has presented eight vehicles to the Oti Regional Co-ordinating Council to help facilitate the smooth take-off of the newly created region. The vehicles, which include three Nissan Patrol SUVs and five pickup vehicles, were presented to the Oti Regional Minister, Kwasi Owusu Yeboah. Speaking at a durbar of chiefs at Dambai, capital of the Oti Region, on Wednesday, May 15, President Akufo-Addo noted that the pledge he made in the run-up to the 2016 elections to create the Oti Region “was not to win votes from you, but I was convinced that, with the Oti…

The US embassy in Nigeria has announced that it is no longer accepting visa renewal applications via international courier service DHL. In a statement posted on Twitter, the embassy said Nigerians seeking to get US non-immigrant visas must apply online, and “will be required to appear in-person at the US Embassy in Abuja or US Consulate General in Lagos to submit their application for review”. The decision had been taken to “to provide more efficient customer service and promote legitimate travel”, the statement said. However, Nigerians who have already given their passports for visa renewal via “Dropbox” to DHL will…

Stephen Siaw, known in showbiz circles as Ayesem, has been adjudged Artiste of the Year at last weekend’s Western Music Awards organized by West-line Entertainment at the Plus Atlantic Hotel in Takoradi. This is the first time the ‘Koti’ hitmaker has won the flagship award, after Kofi Kinaata. The event celebrated artistes, Disc Jockeys (DJs), entertainment show hosts and other talents from the Western Region. The event, which is in its 3rd edition, saw performances from The Township, El Manuel, Demzi, Agbana, Corp Sayvee, Highlife Legend AB Crentsil, Semenhyia, Ras Ebo, Nemesis Loso, Nero X, Ray James, Ayesem and an…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will on Tuesday, May 14 leave Accra to begin a six-day working visit of the newly created Oti, North East and Savanna regions. Beginning at Jasikan in the Oti Region, the visit will represent the second phase of the President’s working visit of the newly created regions which, earlier in April this year, saw him visit the Ahafo, Western North and Bono East Regions. On Tuesday, May 14, President Akufo-Addo will cut the sod for the construction of the Jasikan-Dodi Pepesu road captured under the Sinohydro projects, after holding a durbar with the chiefs and…

The national rugby team of the Ivory Coast, the Elephants, narrowly beat the Ghana Rugby Eagles by 23 – 22 in an exciting international rugby match staged at the Nduom Sports Stadium in Elmina-Ghana on Saturday, May 11. The Ivory Coast, ranked number 43 by World Rugby, managed to clinch the match in the 75th minute with a drop goal that put them ahead of the 89th ranked Ghana Eagles by 15 – 23. The Ghana Eagles fought back valiantly and managed to score a converted try in the last minute of the match that saw a final score of…