Author: Krobea

Even before balloting is held for this year’s National Science and Maths Quiz, a school from the Ashanti Region has been disqualified. Agogo State College has been disqualified for fielding an unqualified contestant during the Ashanti Region competition last March. The school is said to have fielded the contestant during the contest with Tweneboa Kodua SHS, Wesley  SHS-Konongo and Gyaama Pensan SHTS. The Ghana Education Service (GES) directed the disqualification of Agogo State College. Tweneboa Kodua SHS, therefore, takes the place of Agogo State College in the preliminary round, which starts on June 17, because they came second in that…

More than 600 pupils from five schools in the Okaikoi Central sub-metro have been schooled on menstrual hygiene management. Founder of Inspire to Rise Wendy Laryea believes commemorating the day is critical in demystifying myths surrounding menstruation. Menstrual Hygiene Day is globally observed annually to promote personal hygiene among females as well as raise awareness and demystify taboos associated with menstruation. In Ghana, Inspire to Rise, a non-for-profit organization, commemorated the Day at Apenkwa in the OkaiKoi Central Sub Metro with pupils from five public schools. The gender-inclusive programme was facilitated by Ms Laryea, who is also a news anchor…

The father of the Assembly member for Naaja Electoral Area in the Chereponi District of the North East Region says he has nothing to do about the arrest of his son. “If holding my son in police custody will restore peace in Chereponi then so be it; I will be glad knowing that my son made the sacrifice for peace,” John Blanyani, father of Ujun Blanyani, said. “Education is the only legacy we can give our children yet our schools have been closed because of this conflict, the children can’t go to school and I say again that if keeping…

International human rights organization Amnesty International has written to seek the permission of the Director General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service to visit murder suspect Gregory Afoko. A letter dated 27 May, 2019 said the visit will be on Thursday, May 30, if permission being sought is granted. This comes in the wake of a petition submitted to the organization over Mr Afoko’s “continuous detention” despite being granted bail by the Criminal Division of an Accra High Court. Gregory Afoko, a brother to former National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Paul, has…

Pressure group Free Media Vanguard has given notice that it will picket at the premises of the National Communications Authority (NCA) if its request for some radio stations to be reopened is not granted. The group on Tuesday, May 21 staged the ‘March for Free Expression’ demonstration to petition the Authority to restore broadcasting rights to radio stations recently shut down. Group gives NCA 1 week to restore Radio Gold, XYZ, others Among these radio stations are Radio XYZ and Radio Gold. In a statement issued by Convener Prince Minkah on Monday, May 27, Free Media Vanguard wants NCA to…

Aston Villa will make a return to the English Premier League next season after a three-year absence. The Claret and Blue Army beat Derby County 2-1 on Monday in the promotion play-off at Wembley. On-loan striker from Lille Anwar El Ghazi opened the score on the stroke of half-time. The lead was doubled by John McGinn 14 minutes after the break. Though Frank Lampard’s side pulled one back in the 81st minute through Martyn Waghorn, it was too little too late for the Rams. Ghana’s Adomah played 73 minutes of the game, his place taken by Andre Green. Aston Villa…

Transformational leadership advocate Young Professional and Youth Coalition (YPYC) has announced that it will launch its 10th anniversary celebration on June 5, 2019 to commence series of events scheduled to commemorate its birth. About a decade ago, a Human Resource Practitioner and Leadership Consultant, Andy Okrah, who is concerned about the future of young people, founded YPYC as a human capital development non-governmental organization (NGO) in April, 2009 to focus on leadership and youth development. YPYC had its first meeting and seminar on June 3, 2009 at Coconut Grove Regency Hotel, Accra. It was well attended, according to the founder…

Hiplife Ninja Barima Sidney has revealed how a police officer frustrated him and his team of dancers moments to his performance at the 20th edition of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMAs). The veteran hiplife musician said he basically had to beg before he was allowed entry into the dome of the Accra International Conference Center – where the music awards were held on Saturday, May 18 2019. His comments come as news of the 2019 VGMA inundate the media landscape following the fracas that broke out between dance hall artistes Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy. Speaking in a video shared…

The leadership of churches at Kukuom, capital of the Asunafo South District in the Ahafo Region, on Sunday, May 26, made history when they joined the Vice President, Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, to pray at the Kukuom Central Mosque. Led by Most Rev John Peprah, Head Pastor of the Methodist Church and Chairman of the Association of Churches in Kukuom, leaders of the Church of Christ, Presbyterian Church of Ghana, and Church of Pentecost joined Vice President Bawumia after he performed the Zuhr prayers at the Kukuom mosque as part of the 2019 edition of the nationwide Ramadan tour. The…

A 23-year-old taxi driver, who escaped death by the skin of his teeth after being attacked by unknown assailants, is receiving treatment at the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital in the Western Region. The assailants were said to have picked the taxi with the registration number GW 1086 U at Agric Junction near Ketan under the pretext of going to Diabene, an adjoining community. The victim, Joseph Nana Ofori, who narrated the incident to Connect FM’s OMANBAPA morning show host Nhyiraba Paa Kwesi Simpson on his hospital bed, says one of the assailants first boarded the car before two others joined…