Author: Krobea

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…

The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has weighed into the unanimous condemnation of the violence that erupted during the by-election in the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency. According to GBA, the use of firearms was an affront to Ghana’s hard-won democratic credentials. “The Bar finds it is most alarming and shameful that people should sustain gunshot wounds and others, including a member of Ghana’s legislative arm of Government, be assaulted by persons some of whom were masked, and hereby condemns in no uncertain terms the actions of the perpetrators,” the Association said in a statement dated February 4, 2019. The above line…

The BBC is seeking a rising star of African journalism for the BBC World News Komla Dumor Award, now in its fifth year. Journalists from across the continent are invited to apply for the award, which aims to uncover and promote fresh talent from Africa. The winner will spend three months at the BBC headquarters in London, gaining skills and experience. Applications close on 26 February 2019 at 23:59 GMT. The award was established to honour Komla Dumor, an exceptional Ghanaian broadcaster and presenter for BBC World News, who died suddenly aged 41 in 2014. This year’s award is being…

Ghana’s opening game against Burkina Faso in the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations had to be postponed to Monday from Sunday due to a technical fault with the floodlights. The weather in Niger also made visibility poor at the Stade de Maradi. Senegal had beaten Mali 2-0 in the opening Group B game but the match between neighbours Ghana and Burkina Faso had to be called off by Mohamed Ali Moussa, who was going to be the first Nigerien to referee a game at the tournament. The match will be played at an earlier time – on Monday – than…

An Accra High Court has granted a former Chief Executive Officer of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Tamakloe, a GH¢5 million bail with two sureties. A second accused, Daniel Axim, who is the former Operations Manager of the firm, was also granted a bail of GH¢1 million with one surety. The two have been ordered to present their passports to the Court’s Registrar. They are are standing trial for causing financial loss to the state, stealing, causing loss to public property, improper payment, among 80 counts. The case was initiated by the Economic and Organised Crime Office…

A small plane crashed into a home in California on Sunday, killing the pilot and four others, US officials say. The twin-engine plane came apart and caught fire mid-flight, witnesses told local media, before crashing in Yorba Linda, a suburb of Los Angeles. The flight went awry just minutes after taking off from a local airport, some 20 miles (32km) south-east of the city. The victims have not yet been named. Fire officials say two people were treated in hospital for burns. Local residents described a shrill whistling sound before an explosion set the two-storey home on fire at 13:45…