Author: Krobea

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has replied the National Democratic Congress (NDC) over the latter’s accusation that the Menzgold saga was created by the Akufo-Addo-led government. At a press conference on Wednesday, NDC’s Communications Officer Sammy Gyamfi fingered the government for being complicit in the loss of millions of Cedis of customers of Menzgold Ghana Limited. Mr Gyamfi described as disgusting the posturing of government over the issue. Akufo-Addo gov’t caused Menzgold saga – NDC’s Sammy Gyamfi But in a reprisal press conference addressed by its Communications Director, Yaw Buaben Asamoa, the NPP said Ghanaians are more discerning now than…

The Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has accused the Akufo-Addo-led government of directly complicit in the conundrum customers of Menzgold Ghana Limited have been plunged into. The aggrieved customers have demonstrated across the country, asking government to ensure that the gold-dealership firm reimburses their cash values to them. Extra values on their gold deposits have ceased since the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ordered the immediate shutdown of the company. What had aggravated customers was the deafening silence of Menzgold’s Chief Executive Officer, Nana Appiah Mensah, popularly known as NAM1, since the issues got to…

Having sex too soon is the biggest regret of young people losing their virginity, a survey of British sexual behaviour suggests. More than a third of women and a quarter of men in their teens and early 20s admitted it had not been “the right time” when they first had sex. People must be 16 or over to legally consent to sex. The latest National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles poll says many people may not be ready at that age. The Natsal survey, carried out every decade or so, gives a detailed picture of sexual behaviour in the…

The lawyer of Kathryn Mayorga, who has accused Cristiano Ronaldo of raping her in 2009, will travel to London to meet a woman who claims to be the Juventus forward’s ex-girlfriend. Leslie Stovall says he has spoken to British model and reality TV star Jasmine Lennard, who says she dated Ronaldo 10 years ago and has offered to assist Mayorga’s case against the Portugal captain. Ronaldo, 33, denies American Mayorga’s claims and his legal team say he has no recollection of meeting Lennard. Lennard appeared on Celebrity Big Brother and earlier in January the 33-year-old targeted Ronaldo with several social…

Ghanaian workers employed at the Ghana Household Utilities Manufacturing Company Limited (GHUMCO) in Takoradi are being forced to apologize to stray dogs belonging to their Chinese national factory manager, whose name was only given as Mr Zhu. The workers recount how most of them have suffered dog bites at the premises of the company. According to them, after a dog bite, the worker is forced to write an apology letter to the dog instead, failure of which will lead to dismissal. The workers further lament zero payment of allowances and compensation in case of injury, poor safety measures at the…

Former President John Dramani Mahama has promised to put unity on top of his agenda, when he emerges as flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). Addressing NDC delegates at separate meetings in Aburi, Akropong, Okere, Asesewa and Odumase Krobo on Monday as part of his flagbearership campaign tour of the Eastern Region, Mr Mahama said the NDC needs unity and hard work in order to win the 2020 elections. He said NDC flagbearership aspirants are not his political opponents and he is therefore ready to bring them onboard his campaign for victory in the next presidential elections. The NDC,…

Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal has been rejected by 230 votes – the largest defeat for a sitting government in history. MPs voted by 432 votes to 202 to reject the deal, which sets out the terms of Britain’s exit from the EU on 29 March. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has now tabled a vote of no confidence in the government, which could trigger a general election. Mrs May said she would make time for a debate on the motion on Wednesday. Mr Corbyn said the confidence vote would allow the Commons to “give its verdict on the sheer…

A three-year-old boy was fatally crushed by a car passenger seat pushed back by his mother’s boyfriend who felt he was being too noisy, a court heard. Alfie Lamb went “ominously quiet” after he was deliberately squashed in the vehicle, the court heard. His mother, Adrian Hoare, 23, allegedly lied to police, telling them Alfie was in a taxi when he became unresponsive after falling asleep, in February 2018. She and her boyfriend Stephen Waterson deny manslaughter at the Old Bailey. Mr Waterson, 25, who was in the front passenger seat, allegedly pushed his seat back twice in anger at…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has pointed at the private sector as bearing the primary responsibility of job creation. He stressed, therefore, that government’s ability to create jobs is limited. But he indicated that the private sector’s disposition to create jobs must have the “active support” of government. President Akufo-Addo was speaking at the commissioning of three factories for Unilever Ghana Limited on Tuesday, January 15. He said since assuming office two years ago, he has sought to build the most business-friendly environment in Africa and he is on course. “My government will work to continue to create a stable…

The Institute of Public Relations (IPR) Ghana has announced the date for the 7th National Communications and Public Relations Awards. The Awards will be organized on Friday, February 1. According the President of the Institute, Elaine Sam, the event will take place at the La Palme Royal Beach Hotel and is open to all parties involved in PR and communications for government and non-governmental agencies and media owners. The event will be chaired by a former President of the Institute, Kojo Yankah, who is also the chairperson of the adjudication panel. The special guest of honour will be Chairman of…