Author: Krobea

Mr. President, I greet you from my base somewhere in the Greater Accra Region. This piece will be the fourth – I think – I am writing to you since you became president of the Republic of Ghana. I am tempted to believe that with many, including me, complaining of hard times in the country, you will assume my focus will be on such. Well, that would probably be a subject for discussion on another day. Today, I would kindly engage you on last week’s incident that yet again soiled your government’s reputation; the La Bawaleshie Shootings during the by-election…

US President Donald Trump has announced in his State of the Union speech that he will hold a second nuclear summit with North Korea’s leader this month. In an address to the nation with the theme “Choosing Greatness”, he vowed once again to build a border wall. While appealing for political unity, the Republican president also said “ridiculous partisan investigations” could damage US prosperity. In a rebuttal, Democrats accused Mr Trump of abandoning US values. His primetime address came less than a fortnight after he backed down to end the longest ever US government shutdown when Democrats refused to fund…

Alumni of Swiss Management Centre, Switzerland (SMC) University have taken exception to a publication in the Daily Graphic that doctorate degrees awarded by the institute are non-research. The publication was on the February 4, 2019 edition of the newspaper. In a statement issued by National President of SMC University Alumni Association in Ghana Dr John Kwaku Mensah Mawutor, degrees awarded by the school are evaluated by the National Accreditation Board (NAB). “Over the years the National Accreditation Board of Ghana has affirmed the integrity of SMC University as a globally recognized institution with enviable success in academic and operative integrity.”…

Ex-Manchester United boss José Mourinho has agreed a prison term in Spain for tax fraud but will not go to jail. A one-year prison sentence will instead be exchanged for a fine of €182,500 (£160,160). That will be added to a separate fine of €2m. Spain rarely enforces sentences of less than two years for non-violent or first-time offenders. He was accused of owing €3.3m to Spanish tax authorities from his time managing Real Madrid in 2011-2012. Prosecutors said he had created offshore companies to manage his image rights and hide the earnings from tax officials. Image rights cover the…

A pupil of the Kojokrom Methodist Basic School, Massawudu Iddrisu, 8, had a slight fracture on Monday, January 21 when playing with his friends after school. He was rushed to the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital for attention but after relatives including his mother, a divorcee, were asked to go for an X-Ray and bring the result for further attention, nothing had been heard from them. According to his mother, they had heard of a Sekondi-based herbalist, who could treat the fractured limb overnight. The family, therefore, sent the boy to the herbalist who applied some herbal medicine to the fractured…

The flames on the Spintex Road rather emanated from a garage, 3news.com has gathered. Earlier reports had suggested that it was the Goil Filling Station there. But 3news.com’s investigations revealed that the flames enveloped the fuel station, making many think it was from there. The Goil Filling Station on the Spintex Road was not affected in any way. Three cars were charred by the fire, whose cause is yet to be established. Occupants of offices and shops around the area were evacuated as a first preventive step. All staff of Consolidated Bank Ghana (CBG), which is opposite the fuel station,…

The Supreme Court has dismissed a suit against the state for the removal of former Chair of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) Charlotte Osei. The case, filed by veteran journalist Abdul Malik Kweku Baako Jnr, was dismissed on the grounds that the constitutional provision brought before the court needed no interpretation. Defending the position of the court, lawyer for the plaintiff Sampson Lardi Ayinine argued that the grounds for the dismissal of the immediate past Chair of the Commission on stated misbehavior was not part of her core functions. Therefore, he further argued, the Chief Justice’s committee that established a…

Members of the Minority in Parliament have marched to the headquarters of the Ghana Police Service to register their displeasure at the presence of masked security officers during last Thursday’s by-election in the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency. Violence marred voting, causing the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to withdraw from the polls. Its Member for Ningo-Prampram Constituency, Sam Nartey George, was assaulted by the uniformed officers said to be operatives of the National Security Council. The assault on the lawmaker, particularly, is what has stirred the Minority to walk to the seat of the Inspector General of Police (IGP). They want…

The Minority in Parliament on Tuesday walked out immediately the Speaker introduced new Member for Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency Lydia Seyram Alhassan for her swearing-in. Ms Alhassan was victorious in Thursday’s by-election, which recorded incidents of violence despite a strong denial by the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC). The commotion, which mainly occurred at the residence of the candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Delali Kwasi Brempong, led to the withdrawal of his party midstream voting. Despite the withdrawal of the NDC, the widow of the immediate past MP for the constituency polled 12,041, representing 68.80 per cent to emerge…