Author: Krobea

A Nigerian university has sacked a professor who was caught on tape allegedly demanding sex from a female student in exchange for upgrading marks. Accounting professor Richard Akindele was fired by Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in southwest Nigeria after an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct, the university said. The vice chancellor Eyitope Ogunbodede said in a statement that it had confirmed the voice on the tape soliciting his student Monica Osagie for sex was Akindele’s. Akindele had “acted in a manner that… compromised his position as a teacher and examiner… his conversations with Miss Osagie were about examination scores…

The joint task force of Operation Vanguard has arrested four Chinese nationals and five Ghanaians engaged in galamsey. The nine persons were arrested on Wednesday and Thursday at Prestea/Huni Valley and Upper Denkyira West districts. Three of the Chinese were arrested together with five Ghanaian collaborators at an illegal mining site at Ensasi in the Prestea/Huni Valley District. They are Wei Chan, 55, Lin Chao, 30, and Lin Chintong, 21. The Ghanaians are Appiah Dankwah, 23, Samuel Baba, 39, Adingo Azuma, 20, Mohammed Mustapha, 30, and Atia Yendo, 30. Items seized from them were a Lingong excavator, a Sany excavator,…

If you’re going to invite a bunch of Instagram’s biggest “influencers” to an event, you better make it Instagrammable to the extreme. And artisan food, fancy coffee and quirky sets were all in place at IGTV’s San Francisco launch. The longer-form, vertical video service – which will work as a bolt-on feature to Instagram as well as having a standalone app of its own – is enormously important to parent company Facebook. Facebook’s main service is increasingly seen by teenagers and 20-somethings as a place better-suited for their parents, or even grandparents. They gravitate instead to Snapchat for quick social…

Academic ace Gwendolyne Brown arrived in at the Kotoka International Airport Tuesday night to much fanfare and traditional choreography from students of Seven Great Princes Academy, her alma mater. She made an epoch-making history at the Southampton University in the United Kingdom by becoming the first Ghanaian to score a 100 per cent in English Literature. Ms Brown, 21, scored this at the Advance Subsidiary level in the British curriculum. She was met on arrival by her mother, Mrs Brown, together with some officials and students of Seven Great Princes Academy. She is expected to pay a courtesy call on…

Second Lady Samira Bawumia, last Wednesday, launched Ghana’s Nurturing Care Framework for Early Child Development. The event was convened by the Ministry of Health, with support from USAID, UNICEF and WHO. The Framework provides an evidence-based roadmap for action, and outlines how policies and services can support parents, families, other caregivers and communities in providing nurturing care for young children. Ghana officially endorsed the Nurturing Care Framework at the World Health Assembly on May 23, 2018. To reach their full potential, children require good health, adequate nutrition, safety and security, responsive caregiving, and opportunities for learning. This is particularly important…

Morocco are the first side to exit the 2018 FIFA World Cup after losing 0-1 to Portugal in their second Group B encounter. A Cristiano Ronaldo 4th minute header separated the two sides. The result puts Portugal in pole position of playing in the knock-out round with captain Cristiano Ronaldo extending his goal tally to four after just two games. The Atlas Lions, who lost 0-1 to Iran in their first game, lie bottom of the group without a point. Their next game, which will be against 2010 champions Spain will not count in their favour as even a win…

One of the accused standing trial in the murder of former Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North Constituency Joseph Boakye Danquah Adu, Daniel Asiedu, has told an Accra District Court that he was hired by some persons in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to commit the crime. He said his “contractors” told him to rather say the National Democratic Congress (NDC) contracted him when asked about the crime. He made the confession in court on Wednesday. He told the court, presided over by judge Arit Nsemoh, that he was told to execute the plot after which he would be given…

A member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has told TV3 that 19 factories have been constructed and commissioned by the Nana Akufo-Addo-led government so far. John Ampontuah Kumah, who is also the Chief Executive Officer of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Plan (NEIP), said: “The 19th factory was commissioned last week”. He made this known on the television station’s newspaper review programme on morning show New Day on Wednesday. “It is not about noise-making,” Mr Kumah asserted. But he stopped short of listing the factories that have been constructed when asked by host Bright Nana Amfoh, directing all who…

Artiste manager Lawrence Asiamah Hanson known in showbiz as Bulldog has advised artistes to be active on social media as that can help push their brand. Speaking to 3FM on Easy Stream Tuesday, Bulldog said artistes who rely solely on their music to further cement their names in the industry are likely to fade out early. “In this era, music alone will not work,” he advised. “There are a lot of things you need to do.  You need to put your life out there; may be you are in the studio or you are driving, get such activities on social…

Canada’s parliament has passed a law legalising the recreational use of marijuana nationwide. The Cannabis Act passed its final hurdle on Tuesday in a 52-29 vote in the Senate. The bill controls and regulates how the drug can be grown, distributed, and sold. Canadians will be able to buy and consume cannabis legally as early as this September. The country is the second worldwide to legalise the drug’s recreational use. Uruguay became the first country to legalise the sale of cannabis for recreational use in December 2013, while a number of US states have also voted to permit it. Cannabis…