Author: Krobea

I came across a video and an audio in circulation on social media with a message to tell people that a malaria vaccine that was going to be rolled out in Ghana wasn’t good and should be rejected. It was interesting to know the reaction they incited amongst people with quite a number immediately buying into the message in spite of its obvious lack of any truthful facts. I watched the video and also listened to the audio critically. I don’t know if these two people had done any research about what they were saying but they didn’t appear to…

Police in the Northern Region have arrested a Chinese national, Helena Huang for attempting to transport two 24-footer trucks loaded with four containers of rosewood from Tamale. The trucks, according to the Northern Regional Police Crime Officer, Otuo Acheampong, were intercepted at the Vitting Barrier Tuesday, May 7 by officers on duty. He further indicated that the suspect Helen Huang, 43, had no logging, salvaging nor lumber certificate when she was arrested. The trucks were impounded and transported to the regional headquarters of the Ghana Police Service. The suspect has been “granted a police enquiry bail and asked to report…

The Volta Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has assured it is on high alert over the threat by the Homeland Study Group Foundation (HSGF) to carry out its action of restoring Western Togoland as an independent state from Ghana. Leaders of the group were arrested last Sunday after meeting to make the declaration on Thursday, May 9, 2019. The Chairman of the REGSEC, Dr Archibald Yao Letsa, said a combined team of police and military officers has been stationed at the strategic points in towns and cities to ensure such action does not occur. The Volta Regional Minister gave the assurance…

“Chief, is that normal?” I asked my cameraman named Richmond Tano. He sat by me. “I was about asking you, too,” responded Tano. “Ajala! [comic exclamation] And there are no stop points in the air, too,” I said jokingly. We shared seats 11C and 11D respectively. I was just by the window. Whereas I had enjoyed peeping through the window admiring nature― God’s handiwork― I had my intestines pacing up and down like a drunkard trying to find his way up a hill. I was gripped with fear when the flight attendant, who I later learnt she was called Matilda,…

‘Uber Driver’ hitmaker Wendy Shay has said the most remarkable thing her mother ever did for her was giving birth to her. According to her, her mother was very young when she gave birth to her. “My mother gave birth to me at age 17,” she revealed as she share her love for her mother ahead of Mothers’ Day on Sunday. Speaking to Onua FM’s Drive Time host Papa Kofi, the songstress, born Wendy Addo, disclosed the striking resemblance between her and her mother. “I remember my mother whenever I look at myself in the mirror because we look very…

A former Ashanti Region Minister, Dr Samuel Sarpong, has described as a total fallacy a claim by the regional branch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) that the Kejetia project is their initiative. According to the former mayor of Kumasi, the project from scratch started under the late Mills-Mahama administration, adding that contractors of the Kejetia project were brought by him from Brazil during his tenure as Kumasi mayor. Dr. Sarpong’s response was in reaction to Ashanti Regional NPP Chairman Bernard Antwi Boasiako’s claim on a Kumasi-based radio station that the NDC cannot be credited for the project. The former…

Private legal practitioner Maurice Ampaw has described prophets in Ghana as attention seekers instead of seeking to edify Christians. Speaking on Connect FM’s Omanbapa morning show on Tuesday, Mr Ampaw said he does not understand why prophets in the country will readily make known death prophecies but are quiet on the location of kidnapped girls. He was reacting to statements made by the founder of Glorious Word and Power Ministry, Prophet Owusu Bempah, that he knows where the three Takoradi missing girls are and can only reveal that if he is compelled by the President to do so. Lawyer Ampaw…

The Volta Region-based Homeland Study Group Foundation (HSGF), which is agitating for the restoration of the Western Togoland as an independent state, says it is not perturbed by the arrest of its chairman and seven other leaders by police. The Foundation warned that whatever they had planned to carry out on Thursday, May 9 will happen despite the arrest of their members. A combined team of police and military on Sunday arrested eight leaders of the group. They were planning to declare independence on Thursday, May 9. The eight, led by chairman Charles Kormi Kudzodzi, also known as Papavi Hogbedetor,…

The Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, will embark on a two-day tour of some select constituencies in the Greater Accra Region. The tour will be on Tuesday and Wednesday. A press release issued by the Greater Accra Region branch of the party said the tour will be to coastal constituencies. Ada, Sege, Ningo Prampram, Kpone Katamanso, Krowor, Ledzokuku and Odododiodio are some of the constituencies to be visited by the former president. “The flagbearer will be interacting with community leaders, fisher folks and other key stakeholders,” the statement signed by Jerry Johnson on Monday,…

The Volta Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has advised the general public, particularly the media, to be mindful of how they report and talk about the group that is agitating for the restoration of the Western Togoland as an independent state from Ghana. REGSEC said the issue is a sensitive one which borders on the security of this nation so any reportage that would seek to inflame the passion of the issue will be detrimental to the nation. The police administration on Sunday arrested eight leaders of the group. They were planning to declare independence on Thursday, May 9, 2019. The…