Author: Krobea

The US military has flown a B-1B bomber over South Korea as part of a massive joint aerial drill, in a move seen as a warning to the North. The B-1B Lancer plane simulated bombing a military field. The drill is taking place a week after Pyongyang fired what it claimed was a new intercontinental ballistic missile which could hit mainland US. The US has previously deployed bombers as a show of force after North Korean missile or nuclear tests. South Korea’s military said the US bomber took part in the simulation with US and South Korean fighter jets. It…

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded into police custody Haddad Rabih for allegedly raping his 19-year-old house help. It was the first time the Lebanese was appearing in court after his arrest by the East Legon District Police Command over the weekend. He is accused of raping his house help four times in a total of two separate encounters – all happening in the absence of his wife. Haddad Rabih got into the grips of the police on Sunday after he forcibly had sex with the victim on Saturday at his Airport Hills residence. READ: Lebanese allegedly rapes 19-year-old househelp…

#OneYearOn #NationalThanksgivingService pic.twitter.com/VQmTZSeydr — Nana Akufo-Addo (@NAkufoAddo) December 5, 2017 A national thanksgiving service is scheduled to be held on Thursday, December 7 at the Accra International Conference Center. A poster tweeted by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday gave the time for the service as 7:30am with guests advised to get seated by 6:45am. The service will be themed: ‘Thanking the LORD who won the battle for Ghana’. Hashtagged #OneYearOn, the tweet insinuates that the service will be held exactly a year after the 2016 elections, which saw President Akufo-Addo – then candidate Akufo-Addo – beat six others…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s remarks at a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron have left many praising him. Find below 12 of the statements he made at last Thursday’s meeting. “We can no longer continue to make policies for ourselves in our country, our region or our continent on the basis of whatever support the Western world, or France or the European Union can give us, it will not work” “It is not right for a country like Ghana, 60 years after independence to still have its health and education budget being financed on the basis of the generosity…

Russia has been banned from competing at next year’s Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang by the International Olympic Committee. But Russian athletes who can prove they are clean would be allowed to compete in South Korea under a neutral flag. It follows an investigation into allegations of state-sponsored doping at the 2014 Games hosted by Russia in Sochi. “This should draw a line under this damaging episode,” the IOC said. IOC president Thomas Bach and his board – who made the announcement in Lausanne on Tuesday – came to the decision after reading through the findings and recommendations of a 17-month…

Founder and leader of the All People’s Congress (APC) Hassan Ayariga says his respect for President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has “reduced” due to an answer he gave to a question about homosexuality. In an Al Jazeera interview on Sunday, November 26, President Akufo-Addo expressed fears that activism on homosexuality will rise in Ghana just like it did in developed countries some years ago. “I think it is something that is bound to happen like elsewhere in the world,” he said on Talk To Al Jazeera. But he added that “it is not so far a matter which is on…

Aliko Dangote was honored last night at the Bloomberg 50 annual gala dinner at New York’s iconic Gotham Hall. Bloomberg’s list of 50 most influential names who have had an impact on the world in 2017 included Dangote, Africa’s richest person, for his outstanding commitment of over $4B USD to increase Nigeria’s food production capacity. Represented in New York by the CEO of his Foundation, Dangote was joined by electric car visionary Elon Musk; Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salmon; Beatrice Fihn, anti-nuclear weapons advocate and Nobel Peace Laureate; Amazon’s Jeff Bezos; Robert Mueller, special counsel investigating Donald Trump’s potential…

Krobo Girls’ Senior High School has emerged winner in the senior high school category of a contest in agriculture for schools in the Eastern Region. Pupils from basic schools and students from the senior high school numbering over 600 converged at Koforidua for the finals. They were to put up a best case of practicals  in agricultural work within three months. Each school was to plant an interest crop, nurture and make business sense. Ankwa Dobro Basic School won the basic school category with Krobo Girls SHS winning the senior high school category. At the final ceremony, Deputy Gender Minister…

The normalisation committee of the Cameroon Football Federation (Fecafoot) has asked the country’s sports ministry to end coach Hugo Broos’ contract. In a document widely leaked in the media the request comes after Broos failed to lead the African champions to next year’s World Cup. The request comes less than a year after he led the country to the African Nations Cup title. His current two-year contract has two months left to run. The 65-year-old former Belgian international led the Indomitable Lions to a surprise triumph in the tournament in Gabon at the start of the year. However, a poor…