Author: Krobea

A delegation from the Bloomberg Philanthropies in the United States of America has paid a three-day working visit to the city of Accra to acquaint with the progress of work on road safety. Accra was selected among 10 cities in the world in 2015, when the Bloomberg Philanthropies launched the initiative for Global Road Safety to promote safer streets. The delegation toured the Lapaz Intersection on the N1 Highway in Accra to observe the road safety enhancement works carried out at the intersection. Members were optimistic the intervention would go a long way to improve pedestrian mobility and reduce fatalities. Madam Becky Bavinger, a Global Public…

Inspector General of Police (IGP) David Asante-Apeatu has called for investigations into the disturbances at Bawaleshie in the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency to be sped up. He gave the directive to the Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) after Thursday’s disturbances. The disturbances during the by-election in the Constituency left six people injured. Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram Constituency Sam George, who was monitoring the exercise, was also assaulted by operatives of the National Security. His party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), withdrew from the by-elections after the disturbances. NDC withdraws from Ayawaso by-election as gunshots leave 6 injured…

A KIA truck with registration number GN 8041-11 and four other vehicles including a Mahama camboo and a pick-up believed to belong to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service got involved in an accident during the early hours of Wednesday, January 30 at the Ho Civic Centre traffic lights in the Volta Region. The driver of the KIA truck, Delali Gleh, says he left home heading to the workshop for repairs when he realized the brake of his car failed, resulting in the accident. “I left home on my way to the workshop when I realized…

Close to 90,000 voters in Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency will head to the polls today, January 31, 2019, to elect a new Member of Parliament. Emmanuel Kyeremanteng Agyarko, who has been their representative since 2012, passed on in November last year, necessitating the by-election. He was buried last Saturday. Gov’t in glowing tribute as Kyeremanteng Agyarko is laid to rest Representing his party, the New Patriotic Party (NPP), for Thursday’s elections is one of his widows, Lydia Seyram Alhassan. She has to safeguard a seat that has consistently been won by the NPP. But she will have to contest a…

Participating nations at the 2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations have revealed their squads for the tournament. The squads made available to cafonline.com see 21 players each for the eight nations. Ghana’s squad is dominated by members of the 2017 U-17 squad that won Silver in Gabon. Coach Jimmy Cobbina’s Black Satellites will begin battle on Sunday against Burkina Faso, before later taking on Senegal and Mali in Group B. The tournament, however, begins on Saturday with hosts Niger taking on South Africa in Group A. It is scheduled to end on Sunday, February 17. Below is the Satellites’ 21-man…

A High Court in Accra has placed an injunction on the upcoming congregation of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) slated for Friday. According to the Court, the injunction is valid for 10 days after which the plaintiffs may apply for a renewal. The court granted the ex parte motion for injunction after perusing the affidavit of the plaintiff, Eric Amon Neequaye, in support of the motion and upon hearing the submission of the counsel for the plaintiff, Jonathan Sarblah. The order as sighted by 3news.com indicates that the defendants, KNUST, and its affiliate, Africa Institute of…

The locally based Black Stars have been drawn to play their counterparts from Burkina Faso for a place in the 2020 Africa Championship of Nations (CHAN). With the qualifiers set to begin this year, Ghana would have to battle past their neighbours in Western Zone B of the Confederation of African Football (Caf). Three nations are set to qualify from the Zone. The tournament is scheduled to take place in Ethiopia in January/February, 2020. Ghana will seek to be one of the 15 teams to qualify for the tournament from the various zones. Morocco hosted and won the last edition,…

Black Stars left back Abdul Baba Rahman has made a switch to the French Ligue 1 after signing a loan deal with Stade de Reims. Rahman has been on a season-long loan with Schalke 04 from Chelsea FC. Late on Tuesday, Reims announced the deal. https://twitter.com/StadeDeReims/status/1090383528733429760 His mother club Chelsea said the deal is for the remainder of the 2018/2019 season. Rahman hit the limelight during his time at Augsburg, from where he moved to Chelsea. But he was loaned back into the Bundes Liga for Schalke. France will be the third country he will be plying his professional career.…

The Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) has described as untrue accusations by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) that the voters’ register for Thursday’s by-election in the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency is not available. In a press release, the NDC had accused the EC of bloating the register to favour the New Patriotic Party (NPP). “These allegations are baseless and unfounded and we call on the public to disregard them,” the reprisal press release issued by the Commission on Wednesday said. It emphasised that the register is “clean”. The EC explained that the Special Voters’ List, Transfer List and the Proxy…

Former President John Dramani Mahama has raised concern over the increase in the national debt stock under the Akufo-Addo government. He says despite the huge increase in the public debt stock, the government has nothing to show for all the loans it has contracted. Addressing delegates of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) at Kete-Krachi in the Krachi West Constituency as part of his weeklong campaign tour of the Volta Region, Mr Mahama recalled how the then opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) was accusing his government of borrowing to finance major infrastructure projects. He said the GH¢40 billion borrowed by his…