Author: Krobea

Malawi’s President Peter Mutharika has blamed blackouts across the country on what he called the “ignorance” of previous administrations, local media report. “The problem with energy sector is due to ignorance that the previous governments had towards the sector in the last 50 years,” President Peter Mutharika was quoted as saying on Monday. He made the comments while opening a new solar plant in Salima, central Malawi, which has been funded by a Canadian firm. The 60-megawatt solar plant will feed electricity into the main grid and is envisaged to benefit about 1.6 million people, The Nation newspaper reports. The…

The overwhelming majority of adults in England are so unhealthy they put their lives at risk, a survey suggests. The data from the Health Survey for England showed nearly nine in 10 had at least one unhealthy trait. That was classed as those who smoke, drink more than 14 units of alcohol, eat fewer than five portions of fruit and vegetables, are obese or have low rates of physical activity. Half of adults have two or more of these risk factors. Although there are signs some people are giving up some of the unhealthy traits. The survey from NHS Digital…

Ethiopian Airlines has been selected as the strategic partner for the proposed new home-based carrier, AviationGhana can exclusively reveal. At exactly 6pm Ethiopian Time on Tuesday, December 4, 2018 a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed at ET’s headquarters to signify government’s undertaking to work with ET in establishing a new home-based flag carrier. Aviation Minister, Joseph Kofi Adda, signed on behalf of the Government of Ghana while Tewolde GebreMariam, Ethiopia’s Chief Executive Officer signed the MoU on behalf of the airline. A final agreement is expected to be signed before Christmas. The airline is also expected to start flying early…

The campaign team of former Greater Accra Region Minister Professor Joshua Alabi has picked the National Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential nomination forms for him. The team led by a former Ayawaso West Wuogon Member of Parliament, Ken Dzirasah, issued a cheque for GH¢20,000 for the forms, at the party’s headquarter in Adabraka, Accra. The cheque was received by the party’s General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, in the presence of some party supporters on Tuesday. Aside the forms, the team also got a copy of NDC’s constitution and a book containing the guidelines on the conduct of the January 19 primary.…

A former branch executive of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), George Boateng, is heading to the party’s headquarters to pick his nomination forms. It is the final day for aspirants to pick the forms at a non-refundable fee of GH¢20,000 Mr Boateng says he wants to contest former President John Dramani Mahama, whose forms have reportedly been picked by some Asawase constituents. Boateng, who was the Youth Organiser at the Oyarifa Branch of the NDC, picked forms in the run-up to the party’s 2015 primary as the sole challenger to then President Mahama. But his forms were deemed to have…

The UK should be able to unilaterally cancel its withdrawal from the EU, according to a top European law officer. The non-binding opinion was delivered by the European Court of Justice’s advocate general. A group of Scottish politicians has asked the court whether the UK can call off Brexit without the consent of other member states. The Court of Justice (ECJ) will deliver its final ruling at a later date. The advice from advocate general Manuel Campos Sanchez-Bordona comes as the House of Commons begins five days of debates on Prime Minister Theresa May’s proposed Brexit deal, with a vote…

Social networking site Tumblr has announced plans to ban all pornographic content, effective from 17 December. The new policy comes weeks after the site was pulled from Apple’s App Store after child abuse images made it past Tumblr’s filters. In a post, CEO Jeff D’Onorio stressed Tumblr had always had a “zero tolerance policy” to such content, but wanted to improve safety on the site. “Our actions are out of love and hope for our community,” he wrote. New community guidelines state users cannot upload “real-life human genitals or female-presenting nipples” – including anything “so photorealistic” it could be thought…

The issue of illicit financial flows is not new; however, the increasing complexity of the digital economy and fast evolving technologies in the last few decades is changing the landscape of this problem. The threat posed by the 21st century cybercriminal in earning money illegally and transferring it across borders with a simple mouse click, was realised when a syndicate of 26 accused persons launched one of the most ambitious cybercrime schemes ever witnessed on the continent. According to charges filed by the state at the Accra Circuit Court, the 26 accused persons, mainly made up of Ghanaian and Nigerian…

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has given its ruling on the compulsory arbitration between the Colleges of Education Teachers Association (CETAG) and the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC). The former was asked at a meeting on Thursday, November 29 to enter a compulsory arbitration with the nation’s salaries-determining body. The arbitration came off on Monday, December 3 and a report sent to NLC. Consequently, the NLC ruled that CETAG immediately calls off members’ on-going strike and restores full services. The two parties – CETAG and FWSC – have also been directed to return to the negotiation table within five…

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has denied rumours that he has died and been replaced by a lookalike. Some people thought he had been “cloned”, but “it’s [the] real me, I assure you,” Mr Buhari said. Rumours that he had been replaced with a body double called “Jubril” from Sudan had been widely shared online. The 75-year-old Mr Buhari, who is seeking re-election in February next year, has been beset by ill health since taking office in 2015. He was on “medical leave” in the UK for three months in 2017. He revealed after his return to Nigeria that “I have…