Author: Krobea

Two men have told the BBC they were abused hundreds of times by Michael Jackson, from the ages of seven and 10. Wade Robson, 36, told the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire programme the singer had sexually abused him from the age of seven and tried to rape him when he was 14. James Safechuck, 40, told the programme Jackson had sexually abused him “from the age of 10 until around 14”. Jackson’s family say there’s “not one piece of evidence” to prove the claims. The two men have also spoken out in the documentary Leaving Neverland. Warning: This article contains descriptions…

National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo has officially written to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo over the latter’s call on the country’s two major political parties to dialogue on how to disband their respective militias. The call by the president was made on Thursday, February 21 in his State of the Nation address to Parliament. Akufo-Addo wants NPP, NDC to disband vigilante groups or else… In his letter dated February 28, 2019, Mr Ofosu-Ampofo welcomed President Akufo-Addo’s call and insinuated it is long overdue. He noted that the move must even be widened to cover all…

Fulham have sacked manager Claudio Ranieri after just 106 days in charge, with first-team coach Scott Parker taking temporary charge. The Italian’s last game was Wednesday’s 2-0 defeat by Southampton, which left the Cottagers 19th in the Premier League, 10 points from safety with 10 games left. Ranieri took over in November after the sacking of Slavisa Jokanovic. The 67-year-old won only three of his 17 games as manager. It included a 3-2 victory over Southampton in his first game, but 11 defeats have followed including an FA Cup third-round exit at home to League Two side Oldham. Chairman Shahid…

The Commission of Inquiry established to look into the disturbances during the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency by-election is expected to pay a visit to the constituency over some of the evidence tabled before it. The locus visit is to inspect and fully examine “the scene of the impugned events and environment surrounding the conduct of the by-election on the 31st day of January, 2019” A press release by the Commission on Wednesday said the visit on Friday will be “a fact-finding exercise designed to apprise and furnish the Commission with corroborative evidence or otherwise relative to the testimonies given before…

The Member of Parliament for the Saboba Constituency, Charles Bintim, has pleaded for pardon from constituents in Chereponi and Saboba for what he termed disappointment from the elite in both tribes. Addressing members of the Anufo(Chokosi) and Konkomba communities at a durbar in Chereponi and Saboba, the legislator lamented how “shameful and distasteful” conflicts are. “I think that we those who call ourselves the educated ones have disappointed our people. We should bow our heads in shame,” he said. Mr Bintim, who is a Konkomba, however, insisted that there is no conflict between Konkombas and Anufos (Chokosis) is widely reported.…

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is accusing elements within the National Security and government of trying to spy on official meetings of the opposition party and doctor recordings “for their spiteful ends”. It said it is considering all legal options available in order to “halt this phenomenon immediately”. This comes in the wake of a leaked tape which contains the voice of NDC’s National Chairman Samuel Ofosu Ampofo calling on communication officers to take the Chair of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC), Jean Mensa, to the cleaners, among other plots. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the NDC says the…

The operations and management of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) will from Friday, March 1 be taken over by Power Distribution Services Ghana (PDS). This comes in the wake of an agreement saw Meralco win a competitive bid for the quasi-privatisation of the country’s major power distribution firm. After the successful execution of the first Millennium Challenge Compact with the US government, Ghana was given six additional projects for the 2nd Compact. Among the six is the controversial ECG Financial and Operational Turnaround Project (EFOT), which seeks to introduce a private firm to manage the operations of ECG for…

The East Dadekotopon Development Trust (EDDT or Trust) at a press conference held at its premises on Monday put out information that the Ataa Tawiah Tsinaatse and Ofoli Kwashie families have no land measuring 808 acres or more at Tse Addo, East La. According to the EDDT, per an Appeals Court Judgment dated November 29, 2018, in a civil appeal case titled “ADOLPH TETTEH ADJEI VRS ANAS AREMEYAW ANAS & HOLY QUAYE”, the Appeals Court held that the Judgment of Abada J dated March 3, 2016, which formed the basis on which a Land Certificate with number GA.55820 was issued…

Nigeria’s opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), is demanding fresh elections in four states after citing manipulations of results. PDP also wants the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) to halt collation of results “until data from the smart card reader accreditation at the polling units are made available to all the parties in the election”. This was contained in a statement read by Deputy Director General of the opposition party’s presidential campaign team Barrister Tanimu Turaki on Tuesday. He said the National Chairman of PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, has already communicated the party’s decisions to the Chairman of Inec,…

Four teacher unions have accused government of allowing a public-private partnership into education, a move they think is risky for the country. According to the teacher unions, government must ditch any such decision or risk their massive resistance. The teacher unions made this known to the press in Accra on Tuesday. The unions are the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), the National Association of Graduate Teachers (Nagrat), the Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT) Ghana and the Teachers and Educational Workers Union (Tewu). They claim that for the past two years, government has engaged an international private agency and secured…