Author: Krobea

The Managing Director of Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST), Alfred Obeng Boateng, has instructed his lawyers to serve Sammy Gyamfi of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) with a writ over comments he made on Adom TV. On Thursday, April 19, Mr Gyamfi, who is a member of NDC’s Communication Team, on Adom TV’s Badwam accused Mr Obeng Boateng of stealing from BOST at the blind side of Special Prosecutor Martin Alamisi Amidu. He, therefore, asked Mr Amidu to look the side of BOST if he wants to fight corruption. But Mr Obeng Boateng did not take kindly…

An aspiring National Vice Chairperson of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Vida Agyekum Acheampong, has promised to use her experience as an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) expert to bring back all aggrieved and suspended members of the party, should she be given the nod. Lawyer Agyekum Acheampong said such aggrieved people will include the suspended National Chairman, Paul Afoko, suspended General Secretary, Kwabena Agyei Agyepong and suspended Second Vice Chairman, Sammy Crabbe, and every other member of the party. The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the ruling party on October 2015 upheld a decision by the party’s Disciplinary Committee to…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will on Friday, May 18 begin a three-day tour of the Brong Ahafo Region. The tour will see President Akufo-Addo visit a total of nine constituencies in the Region. He is expected to cut the sod for the construction of a District Hospital at Nkoranza, commission a new Divisional Police Headquarters for the Techiman municipality and also commission an administrative block for the Techiman North District at Tuobodom. As part of the tour, President Akufo-Addo will also cut the sod for the construction of an administrative block for the Asunafo North District Assembly, inspect progress…

Meghan Markle says her father will not attend her wedding to Prince Harry on Saturday. In a statement, she said she had “always cared” for her father and hoped he could be given the space he needed to focus on his health. In recent days, doubts had been raised over whether Thomas Markle would be at the wedding to walk his daughter down the aisle. On Wednesday, it was reported that he had to undergo heart surgery. Mr Markle had been due to meet the prince for the first time this week, as well as the Queen and the Duke…

GNPC Foundation launched the maiden STEM (Stem, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) QUIZ on Wednesday at Akroma Plaza in Takoradi. The aim of the exercise is to excite and whip up students’ interest in STEM. The competition which will involve primary and junior high school pupils and students respectively from the 22 districts within the Western Region, kickstarting at the district level on Monday, May 21. Adabokrom and Bibiani will host the quiz simultaneously. The winners from the district level will compete for zonal championship and the victors will fight for the ultimate diadem at the regional level. At the end…

An Accra Circuit Court has acquitted and discharged six out of the remaining 10 suspects standing trial for the deadly jail break at the Kwabenya District Police headquarters. Justice Aboagye Tandoh freed the six after enough evidence was not adduced by prosecution during trial. The six are George Yeboah, Edward Lartey and Geroge Sabah. The others are Elvis Owusu, George Asante and Theophilus Banda. Four have, however, been asked to open their defence after a prima facie case was established by prosecution against them. They are Prince Osei, Prince Kofi Acheampomg, Kofi Seshie and Nancy Dentaa, the only female suspect.…

The Ghana Football Association has sealed a five-year deal with Zylofon Media for the sponsorship of the Ghana Premier League. Beginning this season, Zylofon Media will dedicate its subsidiary firm, Zylofon Cash, as the sponsors of the nation’s top-tier league. The deal was signed on Thursday in Accra. It is expected to benefit the second-tier league, Division One League, as well, according to GFA President Kwesi Nyantakyi. The premier league has been without sponsorship since 2015, when First Capital Plus Bank abrogated its contract with the GFA. According to reports, the Zylofon deal is worth $10 million in total with…

South Africa has been awash with Lionel Messi fever for the past three days as the Argentina star made a fleeting visit with his Barcelona team. The five-time World Player of the Year made a cameo appearance for Barca as they beat local champions Mamelodi Sundowns 3-1. Wednesday’s friendly, the second Barcelona have played against Sundowns after one in 2007, was played at Soccer City in Johannesburg to celebrate Nelson Mandela’s centenary. Messi had been struck down by a bout of flu and only came on for the final 20 minutes; his appearance preceded by chants for him to be…

Births in the US have dropped to their lowest rate in 30 years, marking a cultural shift as women delay motherhood, experts say. Some 3.85 million babies were born in the US in 2017, the fewest since 1987, as births among women in their teens and 20s decreased. Both the birth rate – the number of births per thousand – and fertility – a lifetime average forecast – fell. Declining birth rates are common as countries become more developed. The US fertility rate is lower than the UK’s but the US still has a higher fertility rate than many other…

Today, 17 May 2018 is World Telecommunication and Information Society Day. It is gravely worrying that two events related to telcom regulation abuse and possible waste of financial resources are playing before our very eyes. The first one relates to an ill-fated $1.1bn contract signed under the previous government for “retail payment system infrastructure”, to effectively ensure  mobile money interoperability.  The second one is a duplicatory $ 89,473,500 contract signed by the current Ministry of Communications  for, design, development and implementation of a common platform for traffic monitoring, revenue assurance, mobile money monitoring and fraud management. Duplicatory, because Subah, Afriwave…