Author: Krobea

Two bosses of an investment firm in Benin have been jailed for 10 years each for defrauding more than 150,000 people in a Ponzi scheme. The case has been described as the biggest financial scandal in Benin’s history and has been compared to the one run by Bernie Madoff in the US, reports French broadcaster RFI. The chief executive of ICC Services, Guy Aplogan, and the director-general, Ludovic Dohou, were convicted with two other colleagues at a special court hearing for economic crimes. All four have already spent more than eight years in custody. They were charged with conspiracy, defrauding…

The Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Roads and Transport has called for the scrapping of payment of road tolls and in the country. Samuel Ayeh-Paye said the payment of the road toll can be replaced with just GHp1 increment of the Energy Levy and that can take care of the tolls that are collected at the various toll booths in the country. The Member of Parliament for Ayensuano Constituency in the Eastern Region made the call in an interview with Onua FM’s Yen Sempa hosted by Bright Kwasi Asempa on Friday. Mr. Ayeh-Paye was commenting on Roads Minister Kwasi Amoako-Atta’s…

A fire has engulfed a dormitory at the youth team training centre of one of Brazil’s biggest football clubs, killing 10 people, local media report. Three people were also injured when the fire broke out at Ninho de Urubu, the training ground of Flamengo football club, in Rio de Janeiro. The fire reportedly broke out as players were sleeping in the dorm. The cause is not yet known. Flamengo is one of Brazil’s biggest and best-known clubs. Source: BBC

The Ghana chapter of Nairobi-based PLO Lumumba Foundation, which seeks to nurture young African leaders, imbibe in the youth with the spirit of Pan Africanism, among others has appointed Joseph Kobla Wemakor, an astute journalist and staunch human rights activist, as the Deputy Head of Media and Communication effective February 5, 2019.  Having been duly registered in 1990 as a company limited by guarantee, the PLO Lumumba Foundation was formed for the noble cause of assisting the needy and brilliant students to achieve their academic dreams; an idea nurtured by the founder, Prof Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba, an astute Kenyan Lawyer…

Parliament’s Privileges Committee has suspended hearing on the alleged contempt case brought before it by Member for Asawase Constituency Muntaka Mubarak Mohammed against the Member for Assin Central Constituency, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong. The Committee had sat on Wednesday to hear from Alhaji Muntaka, the complainant, but was served with a notice of motion by lawyers for the defendant. Speaking in an interview with TV3’s Evelyn Tengmaa on Thursday, Vice Chairman of the Privileges Committee Andrew Kofi Mercer explained that though the Committee has been clothed with powers to continue hearing, a decision was taken to consider the motion. “We deliberated…

Former President of the Ghana Football Assocaition (GFA) Kwesi Nyantakyi has spoken for the first time on the exposé carried out by Tiger Eye PI in 2018. The banned football administrator fumed about the turnout of events, calling for the ban of Tiger Eye PI. He said that organisation is acting like ISIS. “Tiger Eye is a criminal organization. They don’t have the license to do what they are doing.” Mr Nyantakyi was speaking on Net 2 Television on Thursday over matters arising from the death of one of the investigative journalists on the beat. Ahmed Hussein-Suale was shot dead…

A body has been recovered from the wreckage of the plane which crashed with Cardiff City footballer Emiliano Sala and pilot David Ibbotson on board. The Air Accidents Investigation Branch said specialist contractors joined the operation in “challenging conditions”. It was carried out in “as dignified a way as possible” and the men’s families were kept updated throughout, it said. The wreckage of the plane, which vanished two weeks ago over the English Channel, had been found off Guernsey. The Piper Malibu N264DB was en route from France to Cardiff, after the 28-year-old Argentine striker made a quick trip back…

Jay-Z says the arrest of rapper 21 Savage is “an absolute travesty” and has hired a lawyer to help his fight against deportation. Atlanta-based rapper 21 Savage, a British citizen, is being held by US officials due to an expired visa. His real name is Shayaa Bin Abraham-Joseph and he moved to America as a child. A statement on Jay-Z’s Facebook page says Savage “deserves to be reunited with his family immediately”. He has three children who are US citizens. “His U visa petition has been pending for four years,” Jay-Z’s statement continued. The U visa he has applied for…

Members of the Minority Caucus in Parliament who brandished papers on which were written ‘Bloody Widow’ in protest of the swearing-in of the new Member for Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency have been referred to the Privileges Committee. First Deputy Speaker of Parliament Joseph Osei-Owusu gave the ruling after the Minority refused to apologise over the gesture. In boycotting Lydia Seyram Alhassan’s swearing-in on Tuesday, some members on the Minority side showcased sheets to register their protest. This has attracted condemnation from several quarters including the Majority Women Caucus. NPP women MPs demand Minority apology over ‘Bloody Wido’ In refusing to…

The prime suspect in the murder of the late Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North Constituency, Daniel Asiedu, has for the second time accused some elements within the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) of contracting him to kill JB Danquah Adu. He told an Accra Magistrate Court on Wednesday that he planned the murder with these individuals and was told to accuse the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the murder. According to him, he has repented and is ready to speak the truth. Daniel Asiedu last year – specifically June 20, 2018 – confessed in an Accra District Court that…