Author: Krobea

Voting will close later in the Conservative leadership contest, with the UK’s next prime minister set to be announced on Tuesday. Party members will have until 17:00 BST to return their ballots for either Jeremy Hunt or Boris Johnson, regarded as the frontrunner in the contest. The winner and successor to Theresa May is due to take office on Wednesday. On Sunday, Philip Hammond told the BBC he intends to resign as chancellor if Mr Johnson becomes prime minister. Mr Hammond told the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show he could not “sign up” to Mr Johnson’s Brexit strategy, which requires leaving…

Churches within the Ga East Municipal Assembly have joined forces to establish the Ga East Council of Churches. The Council aims at promoting unity among Christian churches in the municipality while spearheading development within the community member churches are located. At the official inauguration held at the Soul Care Assemblies of God Church at Ashongman-Estates on Saturday, retired Presbyterian Minister Reverend Charles Barifi Ahwireng, who was also the guest speaker, commended all the churches for coming together for such a noble and religious cause. He tasked the leadership to be resolute in helping grow the municipality spiritually. The Chief Executive…

Nigeria striker Odion Ighalo has told BBC Sport that the decision to call time on his international career was the “hardest” of his life. The 30-year-old, who finished as top scorer at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations with five goals, confirmed his immediate retirement from international football on Friday. The former Watford striker scored 16 goals in 35 appearances in a Super Eagles career spanning four years after making his debut in March 2015. Ighalo said it had been a hard decision to make but added: “You always dream of playing for Nigeria as a boy and luckily I…

The Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Boahen Aidoo, has called on managers and directors of the Board to work innovatively to change the fortunes of the cocoa industry. Mr Boahen Aidoo made the call when he briefed managers and directors from the Head Office, Divisions and Subsidiaries at a meeting held at Cocoa House in Accra on key matters affecting the cocoa industry. He explained the new course that COCOBOD is charting; that is, the implementation of the Productivity Enhancement Programmes (PEPs) and other interventions and how to ensure that the programmes culminate into the successes…

Benjamin Netanyahu has become Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, surpassing the record set by the country’s founding father. Mr Netanyahu has led for 4,876 days – one more than Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben Gurion. He secured his fifth term earlier this year but has called fresh elections after failing to form a government. Mr Netanyahu is currently facing a series of possible corruption charges and calls for him to resign. He has denied any wrongdoing and alleges that the case is politically motivated. Mr Netanyahu won his first election in 1996, becoming Israel’s youngest-ever prime minister at the age…

Hong Kong actor and film producer Simon Yam has been stabbed while speaking on stage at a promotional event in China. The star, who has appeared in numerous award-winning films, was in the city of Zhongshan when the incident happened. Video shared on Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter, shows a man approach the stage and lunge at the actor before a violent scuffle ensues. Mr Yam’s manager said his client’s injuries were not life-threatening and he had been taken to hospital. “He was stabbed in his stomach and slashed on his arm, but was conscious the entire time,” Lester…

Extremely hot weather has started to hit most of the United States, with temperatures set to peak over the weekend, meteorologists say. The heatwave could affect about 200 million people in major cities like New York, Washington and Boston in the East Coast, and the Midwest region too. In some places, temperatures could be close to or exceed 100F (38C). Parts of Canada are also being hit. Experts link more frequent heatwaves in recent years to climate change. The world experienced its hottest June on record this year, with an average temperature worldwide of 61.6F (16.4C), according to new data.…

Government has procured 20,000 litter bins to be distributed to the various metropolitan, municipal and districts assemblies (MMDAs) across the country. The procurement of the bins forms parts of the government’s efforts to eradicate filth in the country, especially, the capital city, Accra. The Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, who made the announcement, explained that the government was billed to ensure the country was clean. Madam Abena Dapaah made the announcement at the coronation of Queen Mother of Owirenkyi Traditional Area in the Assin North District of the Central Region. The Minister took the opportunity to…

But for the other eleven surrounding communities, Assin Kushea in the Assin North District of the Central Region would have had its only health centre rendered a white elephant. This is because the inhabitants of Kushea do not attend the facility frequently, a situation which has been attributed to the clean environment in the community. For the past 11 years, no case of cholera-related illnesses has been reported from Assin Kushea at the Kushea Health Centre. The centre admits patients from communities such as Abotre Ye 1, Abotre Ye 2, Breman, Dense, Nenkyiso, Nyame Ye Dur, Akyeano, Tetre Nkwanta, Sempa,…

If I would not be (mis)taken for exaggeration, I would have said that almost every blessed day I get no less than two people asking me the same questions I have been asked repeatedly. “Are you NAM1? Is he your brother?” people whom I never knew before would just ask me on my first time meeting them. On January 23, 2019, I passed through the domestic terminal of the Kotoka International Airport [KIA] as I checked in for a flight en route Tamale in the Northern Region. One of the security personnel at the check-in point signaled that I dropped…