Author: Krobea

What world are we in now? What is our country turning into? Are endemics now opportunities for profit making or the lives of precious Ghanaians are at risk? Malaria has become the battle of several sub – Sahara African countries. The West African sub region alone is said to have an estimate of about 300 million people at risk of malaria infection. This implies that all the about 27 million population of Ghana are at risk of malaria infection. Several factors such as lack of proper disposal system, poor drainage systems among others which serve as breeding grounds for mosquitoes,…

A Manolo Gabbiadini strike on the 72nd minute mark was enough to boost the survival hopes of Southampton FC as they secured a vital 1-0 win at Swansea City. It was a game to forget for Carlos Carvalhal’s side, who now have Sunday’s game against relegated Stoke City to save them from the drop. That will even depend on results in the Saints’ game against the runaway champions, Manchester City, on Sunday, and Huddersfield Town’s encounters with Chelsea and Arsenal. Tuesday’s result nails West Bromwich Albion into the Championship as the Baggies have only 31 points going into their final…

One Robert Ishmael Aggrey-Fynn Amissah and “several other public-spirited Ghanaians” have written to the vice chancellors of the University of Ghana and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to vacate their positions. According to the letter, the staying at post by the two vice chancellors is in contravention of a Winneba High Court ruling on Wednesday, May 2, 2018. The Court presided over by Justice George Atto Mills-Graves ruled that no authority or institution of state has any power to extend the tenure of a member of the Governing Council of the University of Education, Winneba unless such…

An Ebola outbreak has been declared in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s north-western territory of Bikoro. There are two confirmed cases of the Ebola virus in the affected area and 17 deaths where it is suspected, the health ministry said on Tuesday. The incident comes more than a year after an outbreak in the country killed four people. A 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa killed over 11,000 people as it tore into Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. According to the World Health Organization, the outbreak declaration was made after laboratory results confirmed two cases of the Ebola virus out…

The board of the Ghana Cylinders Manufacturing Company has passed a unanimous resolution to suspend Chief Executive Officer Frances Essiam. The resolution was passed on Tuesday after a crunch meeting by the board. Before the meeting, the board led by chairman Frank Boakye Agyen had demanded some answers from Ms Essiam on several issues including the sidelining of the Ministry of Energy in awarding some contracts. The board also froze her authority to disburse any amount from the GH¢5 million stimulus package government sought for the Company. But Ms Essiam proved defiant to the board as she is reported to…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the contributions of Jospeh Boakye Danquah to the establishment of Ghana’s premier university qualifies him as its founder. According to the president, it was the inspired, visionary leadership of Dr JB Danquah that enabled Ghanaians to reject the original decision of the colonial government that a single university be established in Ibadan, in Nigeria, for British West Africa. He continued it was Dr Danquah, affectionately referred to as the Doyen of Gold Coast politics, who got the colonial government to agree to the establishment of a separate university for Ghana. President Akufo-Addo recalled all…

Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari leaves the capital Abuja Tuesday for a four-day medical trip to the United Kingdom – his fourth since he came to power in 2015. Mr Buhari, who arrived back from a visit to the United States last week, announced the trip on Twitter on Monday evening. https://twitter.com/MBuhari/status/993581405677506561 It is not known what the president is suffering from, and the announcement is sure to raise questions among opposition figures. However, last year he spent 104 days in the UK. He also met his doctor last week during a stopover to refuel in London on the way back…

African World Airlines has apologised to Rita Kriba, a physically challenged passenger who could not complete her flight to Kumasi last Saturday due to her disability. Ms Kriba was denied entry into the plane after waiting several hours to board because of her crutches, reports say. She has begun legal process to get compensation. READ: Woman denied entry into AWA plane due to disability heads to court But AWA, in a statement on Monday, said its aircraft has structural limitations for carrying certain categories of wheelchair passengers. “As such it is boldly written at all our sales points and in…

Landslides in Rwanda have killed at least 18 people over the weekend, bringing the death toll this year to 200. Residents have been digging to search for those buried after heavy downpours. “The four months have been far worse than other years. This is terrifying,” Philippe Habinshuti, from the disaster management ministry, told the Reuters. Known as “the land of a thousand hills”, Rwanda is one of Africa’s most densely populated countries. Fifteen people were killed on Sunday following heavy rains in the western region, Mr Habinshuti. A local official in the capital, Kigali, told the BBC that three people…

The outgoing SRC President of the African University College of Communications(AUCC), Emmanuel Nana Yaw Amoafo has been impeached by the school’s SRC Congress for allegedly defrauding a student of an amount of 2,500 cedis and refusing to pay back in full. This information was made public in a communique by the chairman of the privileges committee, Raymond Kwakye and also approved by the Speaker of Congress in the person of Edem Unity Avege. The communique revealed that the Current outgoing SRC President, refused to fully refund an amount of 2,300cedis to the student (name withheld in anonymity) who presented the…