Author: Krobea

Zimbabwe has shut down the internet indefinitely amid an intensifying crackdown on protests against a hike in fuel prices. The country’s largest mobile operator – Econet – says it has been ordered to cut services until further notice. Access to Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter has been intermittently blocked since protests broke out on Monday. At least three people have been killed and 600 people have been arrested. The UN has called on the government to halt the “excessive use of force” by security forces including firing live ammunition, and allegations of night-time door-to-door searches and beatings. “Doctors’ associations say more…

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has strongly condemned the killing of Ahmed Hussein-Suale, a member of the Tiger Eye PI team. Ahmed Hussein-Suale was shot dead on Wednesday night while returning to his Madina home from work. In a statement released on Friday, Ghana’s largest opposition party asked all and sundry to be wary in scapegoating the Member of Parliament for Assin Central Constituency, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong. Barely 24 hours after the crime was committed, head of investigative firm Tiger Eye PI Anas Aremeyaw Anas posted, on Twitter, a video excerpted from Who Watches The Watchman?, the reprisal documentary produced by…

Government has condemned Wednesday night’s gruesome murder of Ahmed Husein-Suale, the undercover journalist who worked for the Tiger Eye PI headed by ace investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas. The sad incident happened at Madina, a surburb of Accra. Ahmed Husein-Suale is alleged to have been shot dead by unknown assailants while he drove home. Addressing a press briefing in Accra on Thursday, Minister for Information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said government condemns the heinous and barbaric act. “We are aware the police have begun investigations into the incident. “We, however, urge the security agency to quicken their investigations and bring the…

The Duke of Edinburgh has been involved in a car crash while driving near the Queen’s Sandringham estate, Buckingham Palace has said. Prince Philip, 97, was not injured in the accident, which happened as he drove a Range Rover out of a driveway onto the A149 shortly before 15:00 GMT. Buckingham Palace said the crash involved another car, and two people in it were treated for minor injuries. According to eyewitnesses, the car that the duke was in overturned. The eyewitnesses said they helped the duke out of the vehicle. He was conscious but very, very shocked and shaken, they…

A 21-year-old Israeli student was attacked and killed in Melbourne, Australia while speaking to her sister on the phone, police say. The body of Aiia Maasarwe, 21, was found near La Trobe University in the city’s north. She had taken a tram home late on Wednesday after a comedy show. Her sister “heard the sound of the phone falling to the ground and heard some voices”, officer Andrew Stamper said. Police are searching for the killer. They have not ruled out the possibility that Ms Maasarwe was sexually assaulted, Melbourne’s Age newspaper says, with known sex offenders “an active line…

The Ghana Police Service has entreated the public to volunteer information to aid investigations into the murder of Ahmed Hussein-Suale. Ahmed, a member of the Tiger Eye PI, was shot to death on Wednesday night by unknown assailants while he was returning to his Madina home. A statement by the Service on Thursday said the Homicide Unit of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has taken over investigations. Already, fingers have been pointed at Member of Parliament for Assin Central Constituency Kennedy Agyapong, who had instigated his supporters to attack the deceased in his reprisal documentary Who Watches The Watchman?. Popular…

Affected and disgruntled petty traders at the Odawna Pedestrian Shopping Mall in the Greater Accra Region have called on government to construct a befitting and modified market to replace the old one, which was razed down by fire on Wednesday night. The fire destroyed wares of the traders running into thousands of Cedis. The inferno started around 8:00pm and estimated at destroying about 90 shops and other properties. It took the Ghana National Fire Service more than four hours to bring the flames under control. The pedestrian mall was constructed in 2007 by former President John Agyekum Kufuor but has…

Firebrand politician Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has fingered ace investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas and his lawyer, Kissi Adjabeng, in the murder of Ahmed Hussein-Suale, a key member of the Tiger Eye Pi team. Ahmed was shot dead on Wednesday while returning home. Reports say he was killed in a drive-by shooting just a few meters away from his Madina home. He was one of the members of the Tiger Eye PI team whose mugshot was shown on national television by Mr Agyapong, the Member of Parliament for Assin Central Constituency. Anas Aremeyaw Anas took to his official Twitter page on…

The police in Kumasi have arrested two persons for allegedly manufacturing and selling fake DV plates.  The suspects, Halidu Issah, 23, and Osei Kwadwo, 47, were arrested in their hideout at Bekwai roundabout in Kumasi. According to the police, the two are part of a syndicate engaged in the sales of vehicle trade plates, also known as DV plates. A search team retrieved 24 fake DV plates and 24 logbooks from the hideout. Ashanti Regional Police PRO, ASP Godwin Ahianyo, called on the public to report illegal activities to the police to help combat crime. “The general public is being advised…

UK Prime Minister Theresa May has seen off a bid to remove her government from power, winning a no confidence vote by 325 to 306. Rebel Tory MPs and the DUP – who 24 hours ago rejected the PM’s Brexit plan – voted to keep her in Downing Street. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn argued that Mrs May’s “zombie” administration had lost the right to govern. Mrs May said she would start talks with other party leaders to find a Brexit compromise that MPs will back. Giving her reaction to the result, Mrs May told MPs she would “continue to work…