Author: Krobea

Six groups are demonstrating against the Luxury Vehicle Tax by driving their vehicles to the premises of the Ministry of Finance, Parliament and the Jubilee House in Accra today, Thursday, March 7. The groups are Vehicle and Asset Dealers Association of Ghana, National Concerned Spare Parts Dealers Association, True Drivers Union, Concerned Drivers Association, Ghana Committed Drivers Association and Chamber of Petroleum Consumers. The coalition of groups had planned to hit the streets with 2,000 vehicles but an Accra Circuit Court ordered them to use 40 vehicles to avert heavy vehicular traffic in Accra. Onua FM’s Emmanuel Agyemang reports from…

Marcus Rashford scored a nerveless injury-time penalty as Manchester United staged an incredible comeback to beat Paris St-Germain on away goals and reach the Champions League quarter-finals. Rashford thumped home the VAR-awarded spot-kick in the 94th minute after Diogo Dalot’s speculative shot struck Presnel Kimpembe on the arm. The odds were stacked against United in Paris, but they became the first team in Champions League and European Cup history, at the 107th time of asking, to overcome a 2-0 or greater home first-leg deficit. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s visitors got the perfect start thanks to Romelu Lukaku’s opportunist strike after two…

There is no room and there should be no room for violence in political discourse, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stressed. He observed that competitive politics must be of mutual respect and not the divisiveness and antagonism it has witnessed over the years. President Akufo-Addo made the observation and vow in his 62nd independence anniversary address in Tamale. This year’s celebration is themed ‘Celebrating Peace and Unity’ and it is the first time it is being marked outside Accra. The president expressed concerns Ghana’s chieftaincy institution has created more troubles for the country but pinned hope in the Minister…

Former President John Dramani Mahama has wished all Ghanaians well on the occasion of the 62nd independence anniversary. “Let us continue to thank God for how far he has brought us, as a country,” he said in a short message on Wednesday as the country marks 62 years after independence. “We are not where we should be, but we should be thankful for the many blessings that God has brought our way.” Mr Mahama was president as Ghana marked its 56th to 59th anniversary. The first was obviously marked by Dr Kwame Nkrumah, considered by many as the founder of…

R Kelly has tearfully and angrily denied allegations of sexual abuse in the first interview since his arrest last month. “I didn’t do this stuff. This is not me,” he told CBS This Morning, adding that he is “fighting for my life”. Chicago prosecutors have charged Kelly with 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, involving four alleged victims, three of whom were minors. He pleaded not guilty to all the charges and is currently out on bail. If convicted, he faces three to seven years in prison for each crime. The case follows a 2002 trial, in which Kelly…

The Chairman and Leader of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Professor Edmun Nminyem Delle, has expressed disgust at attempts made some elements, especially the government, to distort Ghana’s history. He said no Ghanaian needs second telling about who the founder of the country is. He stresses that it is a historical fact worldwide that Dr Kwame Nkrumah, CPP’s Founder, is also the founder of Ghana. For him, it is a shame for the current New Patriotic Party (NPP) government to change the history. A legislation was passed on Tuesday, March 5 in Parliament to amend Ghana’s public holiday, scrapping September…

Scintillating Ajax stunned 13-time European champions Real Madrid at the Bernabeu to progress from a Champions League knockout tie for the first time in 22 years. Trailing 2-1 from the first leg, Erik ten Hag’s side stormed into an aggregate lead after just 18 minutes through forwards Hakim Ziyech and David Neres. The electric Dusan Tadic, provider of his side’s first two goals, then added a brilliant third as he whipped an effort into the top corner from the edge of the area. Chasing a fourth consecutive Champions League triumph, Real looked to have gained a lifeline when Marco Asensio…

The Deputy Secretary General of the Ghana Trades Union Congress (TUC) has warned the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) to vacate the TUC Building for renovation works to go on. According to Joshua Ansah, ICU’s position not to budge is impeding work of the contractor. Speaking exclusively to TV3’s Daniel Opoku, Mr Ansah said the claim that TUC is harassing ICU is untrue. “It is unfounded,” he stressed on Tuesday. He said the cost of renovation was amply discussed among all the 20 affiliates of the TUC and a decision was reached. But since ICU had seceded from the…

Hillary Clinton has ruled out a second US presidential run in 2020. “I’m not running, but I’m going to keep on working and speaking and standing up for what I believe,” Mrs Clinton told New York’s News 12 TV channel. As the Democratic candidate in 2016, Mrs Clinton was widely expected to become the first female US president, before a shock defeat by Mr Trump. Asked by News 12 if she would run again for any public office in future, she said: “I don’t think so.” The interview is the first time Mrs Clinton has definitively rebutted speculation that she…

Students of the Ghana School of Law have written to the Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, to intervene in the “unprecedented massive failures in the Professional Law Examinations”. Aside the 2017 results of only 91 out of 600 students passing their Professional Law Course Examinations, only 64 out of 525 students passed the 2018 exams. It is on record as the worst in the recent history of the School. 284 out of 525 LLB graduates fail final professional law exams According to the petition, which has also been sent to the Attorney General, the Chairman of the Council…