Author: Krobea

A 7.1 magnitude earthquake has rattled parts of Southern California, US meteorologists say, in the biggest tremor to strike in two decades. It struck at the shallow depth of 0.9km (0.6 miles) and its epicentre was near the city of Ridgecrest, about 240km north-east of Los Angeles. A 6.4 magnitude quake hit the same region on Thursday at a depth of nearly 11km. Seismologist Dr Lucy Jones said the quakes could continue. “This is an earthquake sequence,” she said at a press conference. “It will be ongoing.” “Every earthquake makes another earthquake more likely,” she added, saying there was a…

South Sudan has scaled up Ebola screening at its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo after a case of the deadly virus was confirmed just 70km (43 miles) from the border, a health ministry official told South Sudanese radio station Radio Miraya. Dr Richard Lino Laku said a team had been sent from the capital, Juba, to Yei River state to support local health officials. He also said that they are on the look-out for people who could have used “illegal routes” to get into the country from DR Congo, where more than 2,300 cases of Ebola have been…

Minority Leader in Parliament Haruna Iddrisu has said he was part of discussions by the Parliamentary Service Board to get an expanded chamber for the House. The Tamale South Member of Parliament said he has been part of every meeting on the new chamber and, in fact, had to even call for the change of time of the Speaker’s invitation for a meeting on Friday, July 5. “My views on it, Mr Speaker, are matters of view that are on record in the minutes and in the recording of the proceedings of the Parliamentary [Service] Board.” Haruna Iddrisu was clarifying…

Paying Courtesy calls on Statesmen & dignitaries is beautiful & to a large extent Shows the level of respect we accord them. In that vein , I commend Ruftown Records & their Signee, Wendy Shay, for paying a Courtesy call on former president Kufuor. I however see everything wrong with the Skimpy-Crop Top that ‘Spilled’ Wendy’s belly in the picture with the Former Head Of State. I am tempted to believe , Wendy showing her midriff & Small Of her waist area , was a well thought-through ploy to tease the  Ex President’s libido and ultimately get a premeditated reaction.…

Police have arrested the Commander-in-Chief of pressure group Economic Fighters League Ernesto Yeboah and two other leaders for demonstrating in the main chamber of Parliament. The League was in Parliament on Friday to demonstrate against the proposal by the Parliamentary Service Board to build a new chamber for the legislative. Leading the charge into the main chamber, Ernesto Yeboah and his group were calling for an immediate halt in plans to build the controversial 450-seater chamber. But he together with two others was arrested. They were bundled out of the public gallery by the police, our parliamentary correspondent Komla Klutse…

A tweet by award-winning actor John Dumelo to have followers drop their mobile money numbers for some money attracted numerous guys joining the thread of replies. “Today is Friday,” John Dumelo tweeted. “Drop your mobile money numbers for nokio fio.” https://twitter.com/johndumelo1/status/1147065297322557440 Within an hour, the tweet got over 1,000 replies with many indeed dropping their numbers. But some guys took advantage of the open phone numbers to pick on some of the “fine” ladies and they did not hide their intentions. https://twitter.com/Dattydon/status/1147083837933051905 https://twitter.com/wilsondannydw/status/1147068481134837761 https://twitter.com/opokuuware22/status/1147083620718469121 Some followers thought ladies have fallen for the love-for-money trap. https://twitter.com/NebaSark/status/1147080786023202816 In fact, some of the…

Drivers of Members of Parliament say they cannot continue receiving their monthly salaries on vehicle dashboards. They claim apart from the salary being meagre, they are not covered by any insurance and that puts their job security in future at stake. Drivers, some of whom said are paid a meagre amount of GH¢ 400 monthly, are therefore planning to hit the streets to protest their conditions of service. One of the drivers, Afrifa Katakyie, in an interview with Onua FM’s Yen Sempa on Friday, explained that apart from being paid on dashboards, there was no proper documentation of their conditions…

The newly-introduced Round of 16 in the Africa Cup of Nations is scheduled to begin on Friday, July 5 at the Al Salam Stadium in Cairo, Egypt. The Atlas Lions of Morocco will take on the Squirrels of Benin in one of the three north-versus-west Africa clashes. Algeria will take on Guinea and Ghana play Tunisia in the other clashes. CAF expanded the Cup of Nations this year and that saw the introduction of an additional knock-out round to precede the quarter-finals. The tournament saw 24 nations participating for the first time, from the previous 16. This saw, for the…

Southern California was hit by its strongest earthquake in two decades on Thursday. The epicentre of the 6.4 magnitude tremor was near the city of Ridgecrest, which is about 150 miles (240 km) north-east of Los Angeles. Firefighters provided medical assistance and dealt with fires in and around the city on Friday. People from the Mojave Desert to the Pacific coast reported feeling the quake, which hit on Independence Day. There was significant damage in Ridgecrest, which lies south-west of the epicentre, local geophysicist Professor John Rundle told the BBC. He added that it was fortunate the had quake happened…

NOTE: I use marijuana and ganja interchangeably to mean ‘weed’ in this piece. Apart from his family, I think nobody knew his real name. He was nicknamed Kilo, a man who served as a barber somewhere in Sunynai, the capital of the Bono Region. In Kilo’s barbering shop were about seven calico-cloth-made caps. They [caps] were usually temporary gifts to his clients. Clients who were mainly outsiders who went to Kilo’s salon to have a shave. “Senior, for this haircut I have just given you, I must give you one of my caps. You must return it when your hair…