Author: Krobea

The campaign team of Dr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah has asked all and sundry to disregard “false claims” that the politician will not contest the presidential primary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in November. The team described as “outlandish” reports that he will no longer put himself up for election. This comes on the back of a media publication attributed to one Isaac Kofi Ahimah that Dr Spio-Garbrah is fighting some campaign boys, putting his dream to lead the NDC in 2020 in jeopardy. “Among the potential Presidential aspirants of the great NDC for 2020, Dr Spio-Garbrah is the veteran among…

WhatsApp has said it will limit how many times messages can be forwarded in India, to curb the spread of false information on its platform. The announcement comes after a spate of mob lynchings were linked to messages that circulated on WhatsApp groups. The government on Thursday reissued a warning to the company that it could face legal consequences if it remained a “mute spectator”. With more than 200 million users, India is WhatsApp’s biggest market. WhatsApp said its users in India “forward more messages, photos, and videos, than any other country in the world”. Groups on WhatsApp can have…

On Saturday, August 11, 2018, Ghana’s Patrick Allotey will come face-to-face with Uganda’s Badru Lusambya in a boxing bout at the Bukom Boxing Arena, Accra. Patrick Allottey holds the WBO African Super Welterweight title and he will defend it against the Ugandan in what many says is an extravagant battle. In an interview with the Ghanaian boxer on an Accra-based radio station concerning his preparation towards the battle, Patrick Allotey said: “If a boxer is strong we have strategies we use. If you look at me you see that I’m very strong.” He added that despite the strength of his…

The family of the late former Vice President, Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur, has announced the final burial and funeral rites for the deceased statesman. As per the final arrangements, Mr Amissah-Arthur  will be laid in state at the foyer of the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) on Thursday, July 26. Filing past for the general public on that day will be between 8:00am and 6:00pm. “Please note,” the family’s statement on Friday warned, “that no cameras would be allowed in the foyer.” Mr Amissah-Arthur, who was Vice President of Ghana from August, 2012 to January, 2017, died on Friday, June…

Former Minister of Finance Seth Emmanuel Terkper has admonished Ghanaian businesses not to rejoice yet over his successor’s announcement of no increase in the Value Added Tax (VAT) on Thursday. Delivering the 2018 mid-year budget review, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta announced in Parliament that the VAT will remain 12.5 per cent. This was contrary to expectations and claims by many especially the Minority in Parliament that a decision has been reached by government for an upward adjustment of the Tax. Many welcomed Mr Ofori-Atta’s announcement with a sigh of relief but Mr Terkper says it is “a retrogressive step and a…

A celebrity Brazilian plastic surgeon known as Dr Bumbum has been arrested after four days on the run following the death of one of his patients. Police say Dr Denis Furtado was detained in Rio de Janeiro thanks to an anonymous tip. His patient Lilian Calixto died following injections he gave her to enlarge her buttocks. Dr Furtado faces murder charges. His mother was also arrested and is accused of being an accomplice. Investigators say Dr Furtado carried out the procedure on Ms Calixto, a 46-year-old mother-of-two, at his home in Rio de Janeiro but she fell ill during the…

US President Donald Trump has invited Russian leader Vladimir Putin to visit the US in the autumn, his press secretary says. Sarah Sanders tweeted that discussions for the visit were already under way. Earlier Mr Trump rejected a proposal by Mr Putin to allow Russia to question US citizens. The two leaders held a summit in Finland on Monday but few details of what they discussed have emerged. There has been no word from Russia about a second Trump-Putin meeting. Controversy has raged over the Helsinki summit, with Mr Trump having to correct his own words from the press conference…

Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya Constituency Sarah Adwoa Safo has responded to criticisms that she wrote to the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) in March, requesting sponsorship to train at Havard Kennedy School in the US. Admitting she indeed wrote to the Authority for sponsorship, the Deputy Majority Leader said she officially asked for a withdrawal of her request by a letter dated May 21, 2018. Her request was approved by the NHIA in a letter dated July 5, 2018, she pointed out. In a statement issued on Thursday, Ms Safo said Parliament later assumed responsibility to sponsor her trip…

The rise of Kofi Kinaata to stardom appears impromptu to many as the musician, born Martin King Arthur, started off as a rapper with huge following from Sekondi-Takoradi and the Western Region. In 2012, he signed for High Grade family where he eventually switched from doing hard core rap to composing highlife songs with intermittent rap lines. He eventually hit the lime light with ‘Susuka’, a highlife tune that got Ghana singing. He has since stuck to that style and has produced other bangers such as ‘Sweetie Pie’, ‘Confession’, ‘Last Show’, ‘Time no Dey’, ‘Single & Free’ and trending now,…

The performance of the Cedi against the US Dollar under President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is the best since 2012, Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta has stated. He said the year-on-year depreciation of the local currency against the Dollar was 4.9 per cent in 2017. And this, he further broke down, compares to 9.7 per cent in 2016, 15.7 per cent in 2015, 31.3 per cent in 2014 and 17.5 per cent in 2013. He said from the figure recorded so far, the Cedi is on a path to a strong performance under the Akufo-Addo-led government, better than the four…