Author: Krobea

Government will in the next two weeks start advertisement for interested companies to apply for the bid to fly over and capture all parts of the country. This is part of plans to digitise the administration of land in the country by the end of 2018. Minister for Lands and Natural Resources John Peter Amewu made this known on Monday when he paid a visit to the newly constructed Ashanti Regional Lands and Natural Resources Office in Kumasi. “We need to move from the manual system and adopt a digital approach…We need a complete map of the country. Digitization is…

Songstress Mzbel says she is sad that no member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has checked up on her since she suffered a minor accident. She said her perceptions about NDC were worsened by a surprise visit she had from Member of Parliament for Weija/Gbawe Constituency Tina Mensah, a politician she strongly campaigned against in the last elections. In a Facebook post on Monday, the multiple-hit musician, who is beginning a love show on Onua FM Thursday, expressed gratitude to Ms Mensah, whom she described as “just too real”. “I am learning my lessons and I’d also want to…

An Accra High Court has dismissed an application brought before it by Dr Stephen Kwabena Opuni, the immediate past Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board, to have his account unfrozen by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO). Dr Opuni’s account has been frozen by EOCO pending judgement on his trial of willfully causing financial loss to the state, among other 26 charges. He had applied to the Court to have his account unfrozen, arguing that the two accounts – at Standard Chartered Bank and Ecobank Ghana Limited – are not the subject of investigation in the trial.…

First Lady and Head of the Rebecca Foundation Rebecca Akufo-Addo has urged church groups, corporate entities and individuals to tailor some of their activities to include support for the needy and vulnerable in society. Quoting Matthew 25, verses 34-36 of the Bible and describing it as a picture of the admission criteria into Heaven, the First Lady said, “Then the King will say to those on His right hand, Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:  for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and…

Workers of METKA at Aboadze in the Western Region are said to be living in fear after youth of the area besieged the firm’s premises last Friday. Reports gathered by 3news.com say the youth attacked the company in demand for jobs they say are going to non-indigenes. Speaking on anonymity, a worker told Connect FM’s Nhyiraba Paa Kwesi Simpson that the youth numbered about 100. He said they were wielding “cudgels” and “other weapons”. They attacked the whites and other Ghanaian workers, our local station reported. Some workers were injured in the process. https://twitter.com/Connect971fm/status/998506450925375488 A report has since been made…

Health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo are to begin an immunisation campaign in an attempt to halt the spread of the deadly Ebola virus. The experimental vaccine proved effective when used in limited trials during the epidemic which struck West Africa in 2014-16. At least 25 people are believed to have died in the current outbreak. Health workers will be among the first to receive the vaccine on Monday. What is Ebola? It is an infectious illness that causes internal bleeding and often proves fatal. It can spread rapidly through contact with small amounts of bodily fluid, and…

Janet Jackson made her stance on the #MeToo movement clear as she won the Icon prize at the Billboard awards. “I believe that, for all of our challenges, we live at a glorious moment in history,” she said. “At long last, women have made it clear that we will no longer be controlled, manipulated, or abused. “I stand with those women and with those men equally outraged by discrimination, who support us in heart and mind.” The singer, whose 1986 breakthrough album Control, dealt with themes of feminism and taking charge of her own identity, has previously sung about domestic…

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says reports that health authorities are suppressing news of cases of Ebola in the country are false. There were recent reports – just like in the past – that Ebola cases have been recorded in Ghana in the face of the recent outbreak in DR Congo and the authorities are suppressing broadcast. “We want to state emphatically that the report is false and misleading and that there is no such incidence of Ebola in Ghana,” a statement signed by Director-General Anthony Nsiah-Asare on Monday said. “Ebola is a highly infectious condition such that when there…

Exercising four to five times a week is necessary to stop the main arteries to the heart from stiffening up, research suggests. Two or three exercise sessions a week kept only some arteries healthy, a study of 100 people in their 60s found. The researchers said any form of exercise reduced the risk of heart problems. But the right amount of exercise at the right time in life could reverse the ageing of the heart and blood vessels. The study, published in The Journal of Physiology, looked at participants’ exercise history throughout their lives and measured the stiffness of their…

Goals from Mohammed Kudus and Ibrahim Sadiq ensured that the Black Satellites booked a place in the final round of qualification for the 2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations. The Satellites had secured a goalless draw in the first leg and, so, booked a 2-0 aggregate win over their Algerian counterparts on Sunday. The match was played at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium. Ghana will next face Benin in the final round of qualifers. The Beninois saw off The Gambia 3-2 on aggregate to qualify. Ghana will host the first leg before travelling to Cotonou for the second leg, both…