Author: Krobea

The Supreme Court has described as incompetent a writ challenging the appointment of Otiko Afisa Djaba as Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection. According to the Court, lawyer for the two plaintiffs Godwin Tamakloe did not possess a valid Solicitor General’s license at the time of issuing the writ. Therefore, it cannot hear the case. Member of Parliament for Ashaiman Constituency, Ernest Norgbey, and the Member of Parliament for the Juaboso Constituency, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, headed to the court in February this year, arguing that Ms Djaba could not occupy the position due to her failure to undertake the…

Television personality and ambassador for Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) Wendy Laryea has called for a nationwide joint advocacy on menstrual hygiene among girls. According to her, menstrual hygiene management is a topic that is hardly discussed in Ghana. She added that sensitizing the public on menstrual hygiene management will minimize the stigmatization facing girls. She made this disclosure during a workshop organized by the Ghana Education Service at the Coconut Grove Regency Hotel. “There needs to be a lot more information and advocacy when it comes to MHM (Menstrual Hygiene Management). It (menstrual hygiene management) is not something which is…

The Intelligent Lady, a lifestyle magazine and network for professional Christian women in business and leadership, has honoured Lady Rosa Whitaker Duncan Williams for her exceptional and exemplary leadership in business and diplomacy in Africa. Lady Rosa Whitaker Duncan Williams, the Chief Executive Officer of The Whitaker Group (TWG), an African investment consultancy which operates at the nexus of US-Africa economic policy, trade and business development, is one of the hands-on architects of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), America’s first comprehensive trade law with African countries. She also served as the first ever Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for…

An Accra District Court has rejected an application for the discharge of six of the accused persons standing trial for the murder of military officer Major Maxwell Mahama. The Court presided over by Worlanyo Kotoku on Tuesday maintained that the Attorney General, who acted in the absence of the lawyer for the accused, needed to come with a written application. The Attorney General had made an oral application for the discharge of the suspects due to inadequate evidence to charge the six. They are Yaw Annor,  Philip Badu, Kwame Adjei, Solomon Sackey, Vivian Asahene and Anthony Amoah. The accused are…

The EU’s foreign policy chief says there is “full EU unity” in support of Jerusalem becoming the capital of both Israel and a future Palestinian state. Federica Mogherini said the bloc’s member states would not recognise the city as Israel’s capital before a final status peace agreement. She spoke after meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who wants the EU to follow the US in doing so. President Donald Trump’s move prompted widespread international criticism. Ms Mogherini, who was speaking at a news conference in Brussels alongside Mr Netanyahu, said the EU would continue to recognise the “international consensus” on…

Former South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has been hurt in a prison brawl, less than two weeks after his sentence for the killing of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp was more than doubled. The disgraced paralympian was allegedly involved in a fight over the use of a public phone, a prison department spokesman told the BBC. Pistorius, jailed for 13 years and five months, sustained a bruise, he added. No other serious injuries were reported, the spokesman said. “It is alleged that he was involved in an altercation with another inmate over the use of a public phone in the special care…

Inflation rose to 3.1% in November, the highest in nearly six years, as the squeeze on households continued. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said that airfares and computer games contributed to the increase. The most recent data shows that average weekly wages are growing at just 2.2%. Mark Carney, the governor of the Bank of England, will now have to write a letter to Chancellor Philip Hammond explaining how the Bank intends to bring inflation back to its 2% target. Mr Carney has to write a letter to the chancellor if the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation rate is…

The Member of Parliament for Tamale North Constituency in the Northern Region, Alhassan Sayibu Suhuyini, says the impeachment process against the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) and two other commissioners is a threat to Ghana’s democracy. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP is therefore calling on civil society organizations, the international community, the Christian Council of Ghana, National Peace Council, and other well-meaning Ghanaians who have the interest of Ghana at heart to rise up against such move to remove the EC boss. The Chair of the EC, Charlotte Osei, has requested President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to…

Egypt and Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has been named the 2017 BBC African Footballer of the Year. He beat club mate Sadio Mane of Senegal to the prize, which was revealed live on radio and television on Monday. Five players including 2015 African Footballer of the Year Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Gabon had been shortlisted for the award. But the Egyptian’s exploits for both the Pharaohs and the Reds – and previously for AS Roma – put him ahead of the rest. According to BBC, this year’s contest received the highest number of votes from fans across the world. Salah becomes…

A Senior Lecturer at the Department of Music of the University of Ghana, Professor Edmund John Collins, says the generation of Ghanaian musicians who brought what was later referred to as ‘hiplife’ wanted to have nothing to do with the know Ghanaian genre of highlife. Professor Collins said the ‘hiplife’ generation was originally doing pure hiphop adopted from the West but later had to fuse in highlife when they realised they cannot do away with the traditional genre. The ‘hiplifers’ were doing hiphop only that it was in the local language, he said. The professor of music said what the…