Author: Krobea

Ghana’s Black Meteors will play hosts Egypt as well as two West African giants Cameroon and Mali in Group A in their maiden campaign in the CAF U-23 Cup of Nations. The draw for the tournament was held on Wednesday, October 2 at the Haramlek Palace of Montaza Complex in Alexandria. After the draw, the Black Meteors found themselves in Group A. They will start their campaign with Cameroon before taking on the hosts. They will play Mali in their final group game. Ghana will seek to qualify to the Olympic Games for the first time after making an appearance…

The Chief of Staff, Frema Akosua Osei Opare, officially opened a stakeholders’ workshop organized by the Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC) at Aburi on Tuesday, October 1. The stakeholders’ workshop is being organized to bring all government agencies and regulatory bodies that have a significant role to play in shaping key aspects – railways, ports, roads, competitive long-term power, and more – the vital components that will together underpin the outline master plan for Ghana’s Integrated Aluminium Industry. The purpose of the three-day meeting is to discuss the varied environmental and community engagement issues that would need to be addressed…

Sex education is by far, a recognised means of admonition, care and protection for pupils in the basic schools and beyond. It is worth noting that, sex education focuses more on awareness creation to allow pupil develop the knowledge and sense of responsibility over their reproductive health status. This training and education is a universal accepted practice and norm for both parents and teachers to give to pupils. As a matter of fact, sex education should be encouraged at all levels from early parenting into adult life throughout the education cycle. It is however discouraging that, a new module of…

About 191 personnel of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) and Ghana Police Service (GPS) have completed a three-week intensive counter-terrorism training in Huhunya in the Eastern Region. The purpose of the first ever joint-training in counter terrorism, codenamed High Risk Operation Survival, was to enhance the combat fitness, weapon handling, shooting skills, willpower, and speed among others of participants. The participants were taken through Taekwondo (unarmed combat), advance weapon and firing techniques, tactical progression, vehicle search, and crowd control. The rest were mountaineering, navigation exercise and rapid-response and rescue operations on land and in water. The Head of Border Management,…

Barely one month after the Ghana Education Service (GES) began the process for the placement of students who passed their Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) into Senior High School (SHS), about 25 candidates of the Akropong School for the Blind in the Eastern Region have not yet been placed. The situation, according to the candidates, has resulted in doubts as to whether they could enter SHS this year or not. The placement has been done with the Computerized School Selection Placement System (CSSPS), which this year was fraught with many challenges leading to help centers mounted in regional capitals across…

Mixing cocaine and alcohol together creates a “deadly combination” which can increase violent and impulsive behaviour, doctors are warning. At least 13 “self-inflicted” deaths happened in a year in England among people who took the two substances, the Victoria Derbyshire programme found. Many, including two contestants on Love Island, took their own lives between April 2018 and March 2019. Coroners have reported seeing a rise in such cases. The charity Inquest uses the term “self-inflicted” to describe deaths where a person had injured or harmed themselves, resulting in death. The programme has also uncovered a death in similar circumstances in…

The Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) is set to open nominations for the district assembly and unit committee elections scheduled for Tuesday, December 17. The nominations are expected to be received by a Returning Officer at all electoral areas in each district from  Monday, October 7 to Friday, October 11. The forms will, however, be available from Thursday, October 3, the EC said in a press release on Wednesday, October 2. “The nomination forms for each candidate shall be signed or marked by two registered voters, as Proposer and Seconder and supported by eighteen other registered voters in the District as…

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the European Union and the Government of Ghana last Thursday held a briefing in Accra for stakeholders of EU funded West Africa Competitiveness Programme (WACOMP) – Ghana component. The briefing was held to present an overview of the programme to the media and foster dialogue among various stakeholders. The media briefing also created a platform for key partners to brief the media on various thematic themes and interventions to be implemented by WACOMP – Ghana component. UNIDO Programme Manager Juan Pablo Dávila Sánchez at a stakeholder briefing on the project in Accra, said WACOMP…

Joseph Esso’s goal gave Ghana a win over Gambia in the ongoing WAFU Cup of Nations at Stade Lat Dior in Thies, Senegal. Maxwell Konadu’s side were strong in the first 10 minutes as the team came close to the opening goal after Joseph Esso unleashed a long-range thunderbolt. That effort, however, went narrowly wide. The Ghanaian goal came in the 66th minute when a low pin-point cross was converted home from six yards out by the Esso. In the 80th minute, the Scorpions were gifted a chance to draw level but the penalty awarded by the referee was missed…

The Acting Inspector General of Police, James Oppong-Boanuh, has directed the immediate interdiction of two police officers spotted in a viral video torturing a man in their custody. General Sergeant Patrick Amoako and General Lance Corporal Isaac Marfo were seen using belts to beat a man accused by his employer of stealing GH¢1,600. The video, said to have been shot by the complainant, has stirred public outrage regarding the maltreatment of the suspect by the police officers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm1XGfYpcEA But before the furore gets out of hand, the top hierarchy of the police has invoked its punitive powers by interdicting the…