Author: Krobea

Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara has won a controversial third term in office in an election boycotted by the opposition. He took 94% of the vote, even winning 99% in some of his strongholds. Turnout was put at almost 54%. The result has to be confirmed by the Constitutional Council. On Monday, the Ivorian opposition said it was creating a transitional government which would organise a new election. Main opposition candidates Pascal Affi N’Guessan and Henri Konan Bédié had urged their supporters not to vote. They got 1% and 2% respectively, while a fourth candidate, Kouadio Konan Bertin, also got…

The Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Obiri Boahen, has blamed system failure for the locked-up funds of Menzgold customers. According to the lawyer, the Governor of Bank of Ghana should be trialed on this matter because the central bank came out with a release, stating that Menzgold doesn’t have a license to operate but didn’t come out with any better solution to the problem. The lawyer-cum-politician revealed that if he had money at the time Menzgold was in operation, he would have invested too so he doesn’t blame the customers. In an interview with Anokyewaaba…

The Adansi North District Chief Executive (DCE), Kusi Kwaku Eric, together with the Queenmother of Bobraise, Nana Akyaa Dampomah III, has commissioned a one-unit No. 3 Junior High School classroom block for Bobriase community in the Adansi North District. The District Chief Executive said the school building project was fully funded with the District Development Fund (DDF). He added that the dilapidated nature of the old school block necessitated for the building of the block and revealed that another unit would soon be added to complete the project. The Regent of Bobraise, Nana Amakye Kan II, sadly admitted that the…

The Deputy Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa Constituency, Eric Saah, has written to the Constituency’s Chairman to announce his defection to the New Patriotic Party (NPP). “I write to inform you officially that I have lost interest in the NDC party and therefore tender my letter of resignation from the party,” he wrote. This follows the defection of the party’s parliamentary aspirant, Eric Taylor, to the NPP last month. The constituency officer said he is leaving because Mr Taylor left and since he brought him into the party and nurtured him, he cannot stay any…

US President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden have spent the final hours of the White House race delivering their closing pitch to voters in critical states. Mr Biden campaigned in Pennsylvania and Ohio, as Mr Trump toured the voting battlegrounds of Wisconsin, Michigan, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. National polls suggest a firm lead for Mr Biden in Tuesday’s election. But his lead is narrower in the handful of states that could decide the result. Nearly 99 million people have already cast their ballots in early voting, putting the country on course for its highest turnout in a…

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary Candidate for Awutu Senya East Constituency in the Central Region, Phyllis Naa Koryoo, has promised to establish what she termed as a ‘legal hub’ to help traders and artisans in the Constituency. Naa Koryoo said because most of these traders and artisans do not have spokespersons and legal representations, they make mistakes in their daily activities. The NDC PC gave the promise in an interview on Monday, November 2 on Onua FM’s Ghana Dadwene hosted by Nana Yaw Opare. “I will create a legal hub for the people because traders, artisans, and other petty…

Ghana’s High Commissioner to South Africa George Ayisi-Boateng has noted that the infiltration of politicians in the recruitment process of security agencies has been contributing to the increase of robbery cases in the country. Mr Ayisi-Boateng urged immediate strengthening of systems and societal institutions to fight corruption and security issues. Speaking on Akoma FM’s morning show GhanAkoma, HE Ayisi-Boateng explained that the “influx of politicians and traditional leaders in the operations of institutions is a prime cause of delay in Ghana’s development”. He explained that the infiltration in police recruitment and other governmental agencies have been the bane to fighting…

The Inspector General of Police, James Oppong Boanuh, has through the Director General in charge of Welfare at the Ghana Police Service, Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, has promised that the police administration will make sure all the police bands across the regions of the country get new sets of musical instruments each. Most of the state security services in Ghana have both regimental and dance bands and over the years, they have been seen performing at state and private functions. The newly formed all-female band of the Ghana Police Service, The Golden Ladies, based in the Ashanti Region is the…

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Ashanti Region has advised government to declare a state of emergency in the Region to ensure rapid security approach to fighting the growing robbery cases. A founding member of the party in Ashanti Region, Alhaji Saani Mohamed, is of the view that with over 10 people killed by armed robbers in a spate of two months, it suffices to declare a state of emergency in the Region. Worried Alhaji Saani Mohamed wondered “how many more people must die at the hands of armed robbers before we fix the situation?” He admonished the police…

The Head of Disease Surveillance Department at the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has blamed the surge in coronavirus cases in the country to the change in the attitude towards the safety protocols in churches, mosques and other gathering centres. Dr Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe said churches and mosques are the places people respect rules and regulations but people have started greetings and hugs in churches and mosques. Four more persons have died from Covid-19 according to the latest Covid-19 update published on the Ghana Health Service’s website. The deaths total 320. Per the update, 589 people currently have the virus in the…