Author: Krobea

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has commended Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II for his address at the UN High Level Forum on Culture of Peace last Friday and said he made Ghana proud. Mr Rawlings, however, chastised persons who have put political spin on the Asante king’s address. A former Chief of Staff to Mr Mahama, Julius Debrah, issued a statement on Sunday, contesting aspects of the pronouncements of the Asantehene, who said but for his persuasion of Mr Mahama to concede defeat, the country would have been plunged into electoral violence. “As former Chief of Staff to President Mahama,…

More police officers have been deployed to the Black Star Square, where a help centre has been set up to assist parents and guardians whose wards have challenges with their school selection and placement. On Monday, September 16, the number swelled at the Greater Accra Region’s centre as parents and guardians sought solutions to their challenges. Most of these parents and their wards had to be in the sun for too long, leaving some so frustrated. A mother collapsed and her daughter expressed frustration, saying she will not continue her education any longer if government does not solve the situation.…

As a little boy, I never dared to learn how to ride a bicycle. I had heard a lot about how almost everyone got injured somewhat while learning how to balance themselves on a bike. The thought of getting hurt sent shivers down my spine. I enjoyed sitting behind friends who were skilled at riding the two-wheeled vehicle but I never made any effort to ride alone. Thanks to one thing― fear. Each day I saw friends ride down our street, I felt deep within that I could do better. I felt riding a bicycle wasn’t beyond me but my…

Thousands of parents and junior high school (JHS) graduates have thronged the help centre of the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) at the Black Star Square over the 2019 senior high schools selection. Most of the parents are dissatisfied with the schools in which their wards have been placed while a few are yet to self-place their kids in the System. “My ward had a day school at Asante Akyem Dwaso,” a single mum resident in Accra told TV3’s Wendy Laryea. “I can’t let her go to Asante Akyem Dwaso because I am based here in Accra and…

The winners of the 2019 edition of the National Science & Maths Quiz (NSMQ), St. Augustine’s College last month enjoyed a trip to remember when they embarked on a 10-day all-expenses-paid educational tour to Nairobi and Dubai. This was part of their grand prize for winning the prestigious high school competition. The team that embarked on the tour comprised the three contestants of St. Augustine’s College: Joseph Maino Afful, Anthony Papa Eliason and Jimmy Stephen Newton; their coach, Isaac Adomako; the Quiz Mistress, Dr. Elsie Effah Kaufmann; Mr. Stephen Yankey and Ms. Philomena Ewuakye, staff of Primetime, producers of the…

A member of the communications team of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Godwin Edudzi Tamakloe, says Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II’s role in governance in Ghana cannot be underestimated. The private legal practitioner, however, insists that the King of Ashanti’s revelation that he had to persuade former President John Mahama in 2016 to concede defeat is not entirely factual. Addressing the UN High Level Forum on Culture of Peace last Friday, Asantehene Osei Tutu II underscored the efforts by traditional authority to liaise with political leadership in ensuring peace in the country. “I’m proud that in a quiet and informal…

The Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa District in the Central Region has been divided into two due to the collapse of one of the three bridges on River Okye on Breman Benin-Breman Achisoa road. As a result, residents and commuters from Breman Brakwa, Fosuansa, Jamera and Achisoa cannot cross to the district capital, Breman Asikuma, and other towns, while those from Asikuma, Breman Benin and other surrounding towns and villages cannot cross to the other part of the District. Those who would want to commute the Eastern Region through Breman Brakwa have also been cut off as a result of the collapse of the…

A 15-year-old Junior High School (JHS) graduate has committed suicide by hanging at Agona Asafo in the Agona East District of the Central region for not getting his school of choice. Master Isaac Arhin, affectionately called Yaw completed Junior High School(JHS) in Tema and obtained aggregate 20 but the computer selection School Placement system(CSSPS) placed him at Kwahu Tafo in the Eastern region. The deceased, according to the family spokesperson selected school in the Central region but instead he was placed far away in Eastern region, but the family complained of no money to purchase few items to enable him…

A US woman has undergone surgery after removing and swallowing her engagement ring in her sleep. Jenna Evans, 29, said she and her fiancée Bobby had been on a speeding train and she was forced to swallow the ring to protect it from “bad guys”. She woke at her home in California to realise the episode had been a dream, but saw her diamond ring was missing. She said she knew exactly what had happened, woke up Bobby to explain, and the couple went to a hospital. Ms Evans said she struggled to recall the situation to medics “because I…

It was an amusing scene to behold in the precincts of Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital morgue when a fetish priest walked in with the intention of going to raise a dead person The priest, one Kobina Komfo, 40, was said to have had a confrontation with the deceased, Auntie Ama, 54, a few days before she died Sources close to the family tell CONNECT FM’s OMANBAPA morning show host Nhyiraba Paa Kwesi Simpson the fetish priest had wanted to rent a house from the deceased at Anaafo, a suburb of Sekondi, but there was a misunderstanding so he demanded his…