Author: Krobea

The National Identification Authority (NIA) says it is unable to grant the request to extend its mass registration exercise in the Accra West Zone. The exercise in the Zone ends on Saturday, May 25. According to the Authority, extending the exercise as widely demanded will “adversely affect the published national roll-out strategy”. Most residents in the Zone – made up of 12 assemblies – could not register since the exercise began on Monday, April 29. But a press release issued by NIA’s Head of Corporate Affairs, ACI Francis Palmdeti, said all residents who could not register “will be able to…

The Spokesperson of the board of Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMAs), Francis Doku, says the indefinite ban imposed on Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy does not stop them from buying tickets to watch like fans. He said no one will prevent them if they do so. Mr Doku, who is also Head of Media General Digital, stressed that the ban is as it was spelt out by Amandzeba Nat Brew at the Swiss Alisa Hotel in Accra on Thursday, May 23. The VGMA board, on that day, declared the two artistes as ineligible for nomination, selection and performing at future VGMAs.…

Private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu has described the suit filed by the Special Prosecutor against Member of Parliament for Bawku Central Constituency Mahama Ayariga as petty. According to him, the Office of the Special Prosecutor was set up to investigate “grand corruption” in order to allow existing anti-graft agencies to deal with “small” cases. Lawyer Kpebu expressed this opinion on TV3/3FM’s The Key Points on Saturday, May 25. His opinion comes in the wake of Martin Alamisi Amidu’s first case of corruption filed at an Accra High Court against tax evasion claims leveled against the former minister of state. Special…

The Institute of Public Relations (IPR), Ghana has introduced a weekend-based programme to enable members outside of Accra to take part in its annual professional accreditation programme. The programme, which is scheduled to begin on Monday, June 3, 2019, is in fulfilment of the Institute’s cardinal objective of training Public Relations (PR) professionals and strengthening the capabilities of members to effectively take on the PR needs of corporate institutions, government and high-profile individuals. The Honorary Secretary of IPR and Programme Coordinator, Henry Nii Dottey, APR noted “the introduction of the weekend programme is in response to request by practitioners outside…

The race to become the next Conservative Party leader has begun, following Theresa May’s announcement that she will step down next month. Health Secretary Matt Hancock is the fifth Tory to enter the race. He told the BBC that delivering Brexit was “mission critical” and Mrs May’s successor must be more “brutally honest” about the “trade-offs” required to get a deal through Parliament. The leadership contest will determine who is the UK’s next prime minister. Party bosses expect a new leader to be chosen by the end of July. Mrs May confirmed on Friday that she will resign as party…

Will anyone fight for an award if it weren’t worth the fight? This year’s VGMA awards have clearly revealed the value and prestige associated with it. Have you wondered how such a prestigious award comes to life? Well, it definitely begins from the ‘blackboard”. May I introduce the creative mind behind this year’s masterpiece. The 2019 VGMA award was designed by Nobert Fosu, a Communication Design graduate student from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). He completed in 2009-2013. He’s the current CEO of Visual Dummy GH, a firm that deals in video editing, animation and directing…

Gregory Afoko, who is standing trial for the 2015 murder of New Patriotic Party’s then Upper East Region Chairman Adams Mahama, has written to Amnesty International to save him from human right abuses. According to the letter written by Robert Atong Asekabta on behalf of the Ayieta Family to which Afoko belongs, the life of the accused is in danger and, therefore, they need the international human rights organisation’s support. “We believe even condemned prisoners have some rights. “Gregory [Afoko] has not been convicted of any crime, he has only been charged with committing a crime which has not been…

President of the National Union of Ghana Students Tinkaro Asare Osei has been appointed by the Commonwealth Students’ Association to be the representative of the Commonwealth Association in Ghana. The Commonwealth Students Association (CSA) unifies and embodies the needs and aspirations of national student councils and other student organisations in the Commonwealth. It was launched in 2012 at the 18th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (18CCEM) in Mauritius, where student leaders gathered to make recommendations on the current issues in education and strengthen their role in the Commonwealth’s education sector. The main aims of the CSA are “to promote unity…

An agreement has been reached by authorities in the Lower Manya Krobo municipality in the Eastern Region, directing residents to allow staff of Power Distribution Services (PDS) access to homes to “pick current readings from their metres to generate actual bills for them”. This follows an emergency meeting held on Friday after days of clashes between residents and staff of PDS over electricity bills. The clashes, which saw the intervention of the police, have led to the loss of one life. The emergency meeting had in the attendance the Member of Parliament of Lower Manya Krobo Constituency, Ebenezer Tei Larbi,…

About 200 Muslim households in the Tema Manhean community have benefited from the generous donations of Karpowership Ghana Company Limited towards their ongoing annual Ramadan fast. The donation included bags of rice, oil and beverages. Presenting the items on behalf of Karpowership Ghana, the Corporate Communications Specialist of the Company, Sandra Amarquaye, said the annual donation was part Karpowership’s way of supporting and giving back to the community in which it operates. “At Karpowership our ‘One World Philosophy’ drives our operations,” she said. “We believe we live in one world therefore impacting lives wherever we operate is one of our…