Author: Krobea

The Omanhene of Oguaa Traditional Area in the Central Region, Osabarima Kwesi Atta II, has urged government to use the policy summits aimed at engaging citizens to tweak government programmes. Osabarima Kwesi Atta II made the suggestion during a courtesy call on him and his chiefs by a delegation from the Ministry of Information led by Deputy Minister Nana Ama Dokua Asiamah. The delegation was at the palace to formally brief the Omanhene and his chiefs about the 6th National Policy Summit taking place in Cape Coast on 26th and 27th May at the University of Cape Coast (UCC). Osabarima…

i-VickyMends Foundation Club has donated food items to the KITH Care Mental Home Center at Apemdo in the Effia Kwesimintsim Municipality in the Western Region. The donation forms part of the Foundation’s mandate to build and foster friendship through giving and fortifying positive activism. The items included bags of rice, toiletries, bags of sachet water, clothes and bottles of oil. Receiving the items, owner of Kith Care Home Center Madam Habiba Fuseini expressed her immense gratitude for the kind gesture. “We are very grateful for remembering us this day to give us these items. Words cannot express how happy we…

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) says it has searched to no avail for records of a military officer lynched in Takoradi, Western Region. There was a publication in the Friday, May 24 edition of The Chronicle that the officer was “butchered” to death by wee smokers. “Our checks from all our units within 2 Garrison (Sekondi-Takoradi) indicate that no such incident has taken place,” a statement issued on Saturday said. “Checks with local hospitals and the Military Hospital have also yielded no such record,” the statement signed by Colonel Emmanuel Aggrey-Quarshie, the Director of GAF’s Public Relations, said. It said…

Political scientist Professor Ransford Yaw Gyampo, who is also the Director of the Centre for European Studies at the University of Ghana, has admonished leadership of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) to desist from public interactions which professional communicators should do. “The chairperson and her deputies cannot be the mouthpiece and spokespersons of the Commission,” he stated in a piece dated Sunday, May 26, 2019. This appears to come in the wake of a series of interview conducted by the Chair of the Commission, Jean Mensa, over the week as she paid courtesy calls on some media firms. But some…

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has appealed to the people of Chereponi in the North East Region to give peace a chance and live in harmony with each other. Speaking at the Paga Central Mosque on Saturday, May 25, 2019, Vice President Bawumia deplored the latest outbreak of violence, saying such occurrences thwart efforts at comprehensive nation building. Police have confirmed the death of one person following renewed clashes between Chokosis and Konkombas around Chereponi and Saboba. A number of people also sustained various degrees of injury. The Vice President, who was in the Upper East Region as part of…

The Paramount Chief of the Osu Traditional Council, Nii Okwei Dowuona IV, has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to intervene in a land dispute with Achimota School. According to Nii Dowuona IV, judgement has been delivered on the land and Osu have been declared rightful owners. He said the famed school is, however, laying claim to the parcel, pointing at the traditional authority as encroachers. As a result, military officers have been deployed to guard what was previously a greenbelt. Nii Dowuona, who is also the President of the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs, made the appeal…

Back in Pope John Secondary School, an incident happened that was etched on my mind for a very long time. Then, I was a second year student. One final year student was teasing another― supposedly a friend. The latter expressed his utmost displeasure but all such fell on deaf ears. Before anyone could stop the teasing any further, the one being teased had gotten hold of the lid of a tin of canned fish… and dismembered the face of his supposed friend. With blood streaming down his face, the victim of the physical attack was rushed to the hospital and…

Asamoah Gyan is the ultimate international football man, the ultimate tournament man too and if he gets his place in the final squad, there would not be many arguing against that. It would be his 11thstraight tournament for Ghana spread over a 15-year period. Nine of the 10 he has played in have been with the Black Stars. And he has scored in each one of them. His first tournament goal was hugely significant too. Scored under 3 minutes after the game started, it became the fastest goal at the 2006 World Cup. He didn’t score again in that tournament…

Member of Parliament for Tamale North Constituency Alhassan Suhuyini says he feels vindicated by the performance of the Special Prosecutor after 15 months in office. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) lawmaker says he is, however, not happy with the turn of events for the Office of Special Prosecutor, which was set up to fight corruption. For him, “the motive was clearly not national in character”. Alhassan Suhuyini expressed these sentiments on TV3/3FM’s The Key Points on Saturday, May 25. After being sworn on February 23, 2018, Mr Amidu until last Thursday had failed to prosecute a single case. His first…

US President Donald Trump has dismissed concerns about recent North Korean missile tests, appearing to contradict his own national security adviser. In a tweet issued shortly after his arrival in Japan on Sunday, Mr Trump called the missiles “small weapons”. US National Security Adviser John Bolton said on Saturday that the tests violated UN resolutions on North Korea. President Trump began a state visit to Japan on Sunday by teeing off a round of golf with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The two leaders ate breakfast together on Sunday, before heading out to play 16 holes of golf in Chiba, outside…