Author: Krobea

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has given an emotional farewell speech to her ruling Christian Democrats (CDU), as she steps down as party leader. She was speaking at a special party conference to elect her successor. She plans to stay Chancellor till 2021. Her preferred choice, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, is in a run-off with millionaire lawyer Friedrich Merz. The former chief minister of Saarland received 450 votes to Mr Merz’s 392 in a first round of votes on Friday. A third candidate, health minister Jens Spahn, received only 157 of the 999 votes cast in CDU’s party conference in Hamburg. Counting from…

A farmer with over three decades of experience from the Nkoranza South District of the Brong Ahafo Region has been adjudged as the National Best Farmer for 2018. James Obeng Boateng beat competition from all others to join a history of winners that dates back to 1985. He received a cheque for GH¢480,000 as his prize. The award was presented by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at a special ceremony held at the Aliu Mahama Sports Stadium in Tamale. The ceremony was themed: ‘Agriculture: Moving Ghana Beyond Aid’. The winner, 60, is said to have a highly diversified farm consisting…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has nominated the head of the Biochemistry and Biotechnology Department of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Professor Peter Twumasi, as the new Director General of the National Sports Authority (NSA). Prof Twumasi is expected to replace Robert Sarfo-Mensah, who is said to have resigned. Mr Sarfo-Mensah was suspended in the aftermath of the Gold Coast 2018 visa scandal. He was also seen in the Number 12 investigative report of Anas Aremeyaw Anas. In a statement signed by the Minister of Youth and Sports, Isaac Kwame Asiamah, on Wednesday, Abdul Majeed Bawa…

The daughter of the founder of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has been arrested in Canada and faces extradition to the United States. Meng Wanzhou, Huawei’s chief financial officer and deputy chair, was arrested in Vancouver on 1 December. Details of the arrest have not been released but the US has been investigating Huawei over possible violation of sanctions against Iran. China’s embassy in Canada protested at the arrest and demanded her release. Huawei said it had little information about the charges and was “not aware of any wrongdoing by Ms Meng”. The arrest comes at a sensitive time for US-China…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says Ghana’s railway sector, which had been in a state of ruin and disrepair prior to his assumption of office in January 2017, is being revived and transformed. According to President Akufo-Addo, the introduction of railway lines some 120 years ago, in British Sekondi, represented a turning point in the establishment of the country’s infrastructure. “But one of the greatest tragedies of our country, since we became independent, was that, instead of building on the infrastructure we inherited from the British, we allowed it to go into disuse and we neglected our railway infrastructure,” the…

A film and arts non-governmental organization, Art To Save Foundation, has provided career-mentoring sessions for some students in the Cape Coast municipality. In the one-day career orientation programme held at the Cape Coast International School to empower Visual Arts students and help them discover career opportunities in their field of study, students were taken through basic lessons in Cinematography and Graphic Design. The interaction was aimed at equipping students with the right information to venture into allied fields within the arts industry. Speaking at the orientation and training programme, Movie Director & Filmmaker Mawuli Mortsi urged students to make deliberate…

The premiere of US documentary series Surviving R Kelly was evacuated after “individuals stated they received a threatening phone call”, NYPD has said. “The location was evacuated, no shots were fired. No arrests have been made and the investigation is onoging,” New York Police Department told the BBC. The six-part series focuses on the women who have accused the singer of sexual misconduct, which he denies. #MeToo founder Tarana Burke was among several panellists at the screening. https://twitter.com/TaranaBurke/status/1070128875206791168 She tweeted: “The worst of it isn’t the threat though because it didn’t appear to be credible, but the survivors who had…

People are stealing about 60% of the electricity generated in Liberia annually by making illegal connections to their homes and businesses, the state-owned power utility has said. The theft caused annual losses of about $35m (£27m), Liberia Electricity Corporation officials told state radio. This was robbing the utility of cash for extending power supply, they said. Liberia is trying to rebuild its power sector, destroyed during a civil war which lasted from 1989 to 2003. The US is giving financial and technical aid to the West African state to increase connectivity, as part of the Power Africa initiative launched by…

The Member of Parliament for South Dayi Constituency, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, says it will be a waste of taxpayers’ monies to procure drones for the supply of essential medicines. He argues that even Ghana’s telecommunication system is not user-friendly for the technology especially when it is going to depend on SMS, WhatsApp and phone calls. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP made this known while on TV3’s New Day on Wednesday, December 5. On Tuesday, November 6, clearance was given by the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) for government to sole-source the contract to US-based firm Messrs Zipline International Inc. The firm…

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration on Tuesday, December 4 officially renamed the 5th Avenue Extension Road the Dr. Noguchi Road in honour of the late Japanese scientist and researcher, Dr. Hideyo Noguchi. In 1927, the late Dr Noguchi travelled to the then Gold Coast to research into Yellow Fever. Through his in-depth research and immense contribution to the health sector, the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) was established at the University of Ghana, Legon. The Institute stands as an iconic symbol of the longstanding friendship between Ghana and Japan. It was built almost 40 years…