Author: Krobea

Nigeria’s opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), is demanding fresh elections in four states after citing manipulations of results. PDP also wants the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) to halt collation of results “until data from the smart card reader accreditation at the polling units are made available to all the parties in the election”. This was contained in a statement read by Deputy Director General of the opposition party’s presidential campaign team Barrister Tanimu Turaki on Tuesday. He said the National Chairman of PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, has already communicated the party’s decisions to the Chairman of Inec,…

Four teacher unions have accused government of allowing a public-private partnership into education, a move they think is risky for the country. According to the teacher unions, government must ditch any such decision or risk their massive resistance. The teacher unions made this known to the press in Accra on Tuesday. The unions are the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), the National Association of Graduate Teachers (Nagrat), the Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT) Ghana and the Teachers and Educational Workers Union (Tewu). They claim that for the past two years, government has engaged an international private agency and secured…

US President Donald Trump has arrived in Vietnam ahead of his second summit with North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un. Air Force One landed at Hanoi’s Noi Bai airport hours after Mr Kim reached the Vietnamese capital by train and car. The summit, which is due to take place on Wednesday and Thursday, follows a historic first round of talks in Singapore last year. The two leaders are expected to discuss progress towards ridding the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons. Ceremonial guards had lined a red carpet laid out for Mr Kim as he arrived at Dong Dang border station on…

The United Kingdom’s Minister of State for Africa, Harriet Baldwin, has affirmed the UK government’s commitment to increase investment in Ghana and ensure greater economic harmonization between the two countries. Recounting the economic gains and significant strides aimed at formalizing and improving the Ghanaian economy in the last few years, Harriet Baldwin together with some government officials and business leaders of the UK pledged to bring new investments and increase existing UK investments in Ghana. Minister Harriet Baldwin made this call at the second UK-Ghana Business Council (UKGBC) meetings held at the Lancaster House in London on Tuesday, February 26.…

R Kelly has pleaded not guilty to 10 charges of aggravated criminal sexual abuse against four women, three of whom were minors at the time. His lawyer entered the plea for the R&B star, who appeared in the Chicago court dressed in an orange jumpsuit. The 52-year-old turned himself in to authorities on Friday after an arrest warrant was issued. He has faced decades of sexual abuse claims without being convicted, and has denied all previous allegations. His court appearance and plea comes weeks after the documentary series Surviving R Kelly aired. It contained allegations of abuse from many women…

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has asked nurses who graduated in 2016 to begin application for recruitment online. According to the Service, financial clearance has been granted by the Ministry of Finance for the recruitment of these nurses. The online application opens on Wednesday, February 27 and closes on Friday, March 15. A statement issued by Director General Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare said the recruitment will be for Nurse Assistants Clinicals and Preventive from public health training institutions. They will be recruited into facilities under GHS. The statement was, however, silent on the number of nurses to be recruited. But delivering…

Ants are genius. Little wonder the Bible asked that the lazy man consulted them on how to become wise with regards to saving for the future. With my background in Biochemistry, trust me, there are a lot of fascinating facts about ants most of us have very little knowledge about. And… these facts very much relate to life, especially marriage. I have learnt loads of lessons from the ant. Let me share a few with you. Two means one. The ant is a social insect. Ants don’t live singly. In other words, they always live together as one colony/community. The…

Dear Kwame Nkrumah, As custom demands, let me first show my gratitude on behalf of the student body for the good memories and legacies you left us with. It is that time of the month when you become busy even in your tomb reading letters since Ghana and Africa for that matter is inching towards March, 6. Hence, it will be difficult to gain your undivided attention also because I may not match the many fine calligraphies put together by nationalists for your read. However, I write as a grandson who now leads your students. Kindly spare me 2 minutes…

The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has agreed to cooperate with Ghana to build partnerships, deepen and tighten harmonization as well as help develop some of the capital markets infrastructure that can sustain and deepen the financial markets in Ghana. The cooperation agreement was reached when a Ghanaian delegation led by the Vice President of the Republic, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, held a joint meeting with leadership of the London Stock Exchange, led by Mr. Nikhil Rathi, CEO and Director of International Development of the LSE, on the sidelines of the Ghana-UK Business Council Meetings in London on Monday. According to Vice…

Award-winning songwriter and singer Akwaboah Jnr says he is expecting “plenty” nominations for this year’s Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMAs). He said he expects to win at least four awards this year. In an interview on TV3’s Music Music on Saturday, Akwaboah Jnr born Gladstorm Kwabena Akwaboah Jnr said he is highly expectant of the 20th edition of the flagship music awards. Nominations for the awards were opened in January. The musician behind the Matters of the Heart album said videos of songs on that album will be out in 2019. Among the hit songs on that album are Hye…