Author: Krobea

Uganda has lowered academic requirements for police recruits in order to deal with desertion and “deal with indiscipline”, news site Daily Monitor reports. Police spokesperson Fred Enanga said the move was informed by a study done by its human resource division. “The study found out that constables with senior six academic [A-Level] certificates were a bit low on productivity and also use the police as a springboard to other careers,” Mr Enanga said. Officers in the entry level constable rank will now only be required to have an O-Level Certificate instead of the higher Advanced Uganda Certificate of Education. The…

SAGE Ghana held the 14th edition of the National High School Entrepreneurship Competition from the 11th to the 14th of July, 2019 at the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS). This year’s edition saw about 1,200 students from over 50 schools all over the country participate. The students battled against one other for bragging rights and a chance to represent Ghana in either the 2019 SAGE Global competition in San Francisco or the Afroseed Biz Challenge in Abuja, Nigeria. Methodist Girls’ SHS, Mamfe in Eastern Region and Tema Technical Institute, Tema in the Greater Accra Region will travel to San…

The Minister of Youth and Sports has disclosed that in excess of $4.5 million was spent by Ghana at the just ended Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt. Isaac Kwame Asiamah told Parliament on Wednesday, July 24 that over $6 million was approved for the Black Stars’ campaign. He therefore assured that the remainder of the funds will be returned to the government chest for appropriation. Mr Asiamah, who is also Member of Parliament for Atwima Mponua Constituency, was on the floor of Parliament to account for the failed campaign of the senior national men’s soccer team to annex a…

Floyd Mayweather has told Manny Pacquiao to remember who is ‘boss’ after the Filipino challenged him to a money-spinning rematch. Mayweather, 42, attended Pacquiao’s win over Keith Thurman but said he was there for business as Pacquiao is signed with his advisor Al Haymon. “I was only at your fight supervising you, my employee,” he put on Instagram. Referencing his victory on points in 2015, he added: “I beat you mentally, physically and financially!” Mayweather contrasted his last fight purse – a reported $9m (£7.23m) for a 139-second exhibition victory over Tenshin Nasukawa – with Pacquiao’s earnings from his win…

Member of Parliament for Tamale North Constituency Alhassan Suhuyini says the decision to bury former president John Evans Atta Mills was not based on how sustainable it will be. He said the family appeared to have been sidelined in the decision to lay the mortal remains of the late president at the Asomdwee Park, near the Osu Christianbourg Castle. “The decision to put him at Asomdwee Park was not a family decision but was an administrative decision,” he stated on TV3 on Wednesday, July 24. He was speaking on New Day on the 7th anniversary of the death of Ghana’s…

A Gambian soldier has admitted to participating in the 2005 execution of around 50 migrants on the orders of former President Yahya Jammeh, who is reported to have feared the men had come to overthrow him. Lt Malick Jatta was giving testimony before the country’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission (TRRC) which is investigating atrocities committed during Mr Jammeh’s 22-year rule. He earlier admitted involvement in the murder of the journalist Deyda Hydara in 2004 on the orders of the former president. Mr Jammeh – who now lives in exile in Equatorial Guinea – always denied any involvement in the…

Former President John Dramani Mahama has paid tribute to the late Professor John Evans Atta Mills seven years after the latter’s demise. Prof. Atta Mills died on July 24, 2012 while president of Ghana. On Wednesday, July 24, former president Mr Mahama, who was the Vice President when the sad incident happened, took to Facebook to pay tribute to his predecessor. “Seven years ago, today, our nation was struck with unquenchable grief and agony when President John Atta Mills departed to his maker,” he wrote. “He was a man who stood for the highest ideals of leadership and for the…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has cut the sod for the construction of the second phase of a 21-square-meter tile factory at Inchaban in the Shama District of the Western Region as an expression of the One District One Factory policy. The first phase of the KEDA Ghana Ceramics Company Limited was commissioned by President Akufo-Addo 18 months ago has been producing over 14 million tiles annually. The $77 million Chinese investment by the Sunda Group will provide over 5,000 direct and indirect jobs to the country’s youth especially within the operational area of the company. Over 70 per cent…

Police at Kukuom in the Asunafo South District of the Ahafo Region has arrested three persons with human parts at Abuom near Sankore. The three, Peter For, 35, Yaw Yeridie, 31, and Berko Isaac, 30, were arrested at about 11pm on Sunday July 21. The Kukuom District Police Commander DSP, Lawrence Adomberi, who confirmed this to 3news.com said the suspects dug a female grave at the Abuom Presbyterian Cemetery. “Yes the case is that [Sunday] night at 11pm, we had information that two people were found with a box containing human parts and so they were arrested and sent to…

Chelsea under new manager Frank Lampard beat FC Barcelona 2-1 in their final game in Japan to lift the Rakuten Cup. The Blues have been in the Asian country as part of their pre-season preparations. Played at the Saitama Stadium, the Cup match was the last game for the English Premier League side having recorded unfavourable results in their warm-up games ahead of the start of the season. The game against the Spanish giants on Tuesday was the first top-notch clash for the Blues’ manager, who played the Catalans on a number of occasions in his playing career. Goals from…