Author: Krobea

British warships are expected to patrol the Gulf of Guinea before the end of the year, according to UK Armed Forces Mark Lancaster, who is on a three-day visit to Ghana. He said that the fleet would join forces with members of the regional bloc Ecowas to combat growing insecurity off the West African coast – considered one of the most dangerous stretches of water anywhere in the world. His announcement comes in the wake of the recent kidnapping of 10 Turkish sailor off the coast of Nigeria. Mr Lancaster told the BBC that the UK government was exploring other…

Nine Ghanaians with innovative products that promote green innovation will on Sunday, September 1 vie for the Green Innovation Award, a fully sponsored return trip to Israel for capacity building in their area of expertise. The Green Innovation Award is an award scheme to honour individuals that come up with innovative ideas related to the growth of the floriculture industry in Ghana. It is a partnership between the Israeli embassy in Ghana and the Ghana Garden and Flower Movement to encourage green innovation in Ghana. The nine shortlisted contestants went through a rigorous selection process beginning with writing about their…

Seven persons are feared dead after a pit collapsed on them in Manso Wassa in the Western Region. The seven are believed to be illegal small-scale miners. Four bodies have so far been pulled out while rescuers work feverishly to save the remaining persons. All four are dead, however. More soon… Source: 3news.com|Ghana

The Judicial Committee of the Northern Regional House of Chiefs has unanimously ruled that the enskinment of Alhaji Abuba Nasinmong as Bunkpurgu Na-ba is a violation of the rotation system of the Bunkpurgu skin. The Committee has also directed him to submit all chieftaincy regalia to the petitioner. The Bunkpurgu chieftaincy issues started in 2007 after the death of chief Lanbong Taankpan. This follows the enskinment of Abuba Nasinmong as Bunkpurgu Na-ba by the Nayiri Abdulai Mahami Sheriga, who doubles as his maternal uncle. The Jamong Royal Family led by Chamba Seidu Konlan and Chamba Libaar – all deceased –…

The President and Chief Executive Officer of Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Ichiro Kashitani, has assured President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to expect the first Toyota vehicle to be assembled in Ghana to be outdoored by August 2020. Thanking the government of President Akufo-Addo for its help and support towards the realization of this project, Mr. Ichiro Kashitani stated that “we consider the project of the assembly plant a marriage. It lasts for life, and it is a long-term project.” The President and CEO of Toyota Tsusho made this known on Thursday, August 29, when the Government of Ghana and Toyota Tsusho…

Residents, customers, traders and shop owners at a portion of the Ghana’s spare parts hub, Abossey Okai in the Ablekuma Central Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, can no longer cope with the stench from a rented police barracks which houses some personnel of the SWAT Unit of the Ghana Police Service. The stench, which emanates from a leaked manhole of the rented barracks, splashes the entire area anytime there is a flush of the water closets in the barracks. This, according to the traders and residents, has led to the closure of their shops since it started on Friday,…

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has dismissed reports that it has contracted a foreign firm to design the new school uniforms to be used in junior high schools from the 2019/2020 academic year. It said “it has not imported, neither, has it contracted any individual, locally or internationally to bring in new uniform for the Junior high schools”. Earlier this year, the Service announced that new uniforms will be donned by pupils, scrapping the existing one which has been in place for more than three decades. Gov’t introduces new uniform for JHS pupils after 30yrs A statement signed by the…

The Ministry of Education says the community day senior high schools begun under the erstwhile John Dramani Mahama administration have not been abandoned as alleged. In a statement dated Wednesday, August 28, the Ministry said 25 have been completed so far since the Akufo-Addo-led government took office in January, 2017. According to the statement, 14 were completed single-handedly by the government while 11 were sponsored by the World Bank through the Secondary Education Improvement Project (SEIP). This is in response to allegations made by former president John Dramani Mahama that the schools have been abandoned. “It appears former President Mahama…

The Black Queens have made their second leg tie against Gabon an easier task after winning the first leg tie away in Libreville on Wednesday afternoon. A 3-0 mauling of Gabon’s Women National team, Les Pantherés today by the Black Queens at the stade Augustin Monédon, Libreville has  paved the way for Ghana’s in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Women’s Qualifiers. Elizabeth Owusua scored the opener for Ghana in 41st minute of the first half with a curling shot from outside the penalty box. The second half saw Portia Boakye adding the second goal in the 62nd minute before an 86th…

The flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama, has taken a swipe at the dams being built under the ‘One Village-One Dam’ policy of the Akufo-Addo administration. He added that the dams lack quality, are inferior and get washed away by the rains. “Their dams are even of inferior quality because when it rains, the dams are breaking and the water is flowing away.” Mr. Mahama indicated that his administration constructed 120 dugouts before it left office in 2016. But he said the rains have exposed the lies of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) as all the…