Author: Krobea

The National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) has disclosed that it had made available some safety proposals to the Ghana Highways Authority (GHA) to help in the construction of the George Walker Bush Highway but all were ignored. Reacting to TV3’s road safety documentary titled ‘Dangerous Highway’, the Executive Director of the Commission, Ing. May Obiri-Yaboah, said, “At one point during construction we talked about it and one point we came in with some of this auditing, and to be frank some of the things that we said or we proposed never came to pass. It was not considered”. According to…

Lawyers representing former President and standard bearer emeritus of the Unity Party (UP) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf have filed a lawsuit against former vice president and standard bearer of the party Joseph N. Boakai, alleging her expulsion orchestrated by Boakai was in violation of the UP’s Constitution and the 1986 Constitution of Liberia. The suit before the Board of Commissioners (BOC) of the National Elections Commission (NEC) named other party’s officials also expelled and seeking legal redress were  Senator Commany B. Wesseh of River Gee County and member of the party’s executive committee, Medina A, Wesseh, ex-executive members and chairpersons on…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the urgent responsibility facing leaders on the continent is to make Africa attractive so African youths see the continent as a place of opportunities. With the continent having the youngest population, President Akufo-Addo noted that “our youth who bear the brunt of the suffering now resort to desperate measures to get out.” He bemoaned the fact that African youths “brave the Sahara desert on foot, and, those who survive the ravages of the desert, risk being sold in slave markets in Libya, or risk journeys across the Mediterranean sea on rickety boats, all in…

Google has launched an ad-blocker for its Chrome web browser that is designed to prevent “annoying” and “intrusive” ads being shown to users. Google announced the move to curtail full-page and auto-playing video ads, among others, last year. The choice of which ads to block will be determined by the Coalition for Better Ads (CBA) – made up of companies including Google and Facebook. Sites will have 30 days to remove disruptive ads before blocking begins. A survey of 40,000 US and European web users found that the most intrusive ads were full-page ads that hide the content of a…

Ghana are one of the three African nations that dropped out of the top 50 in the latest FIFA ranking released on Thursday. Ghana dropped to 54th from the 50th placing last month. African champions Cameroon and Burkina Faso are the other nations to have dropped out of that bracket. The Indomitable Lions dropped six places to 51st while the Stallions plummeted 13 places to 57th. Tunisia’s 23rd position in the global ranking makes them the continent’s Number 1-ranked side. They are followed by fellow FIFA World Cup returnees Senegal, who dropped three places to 27th. DR Congo are the…

Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has resigned unexpectedly, saying he hoped to end years of unrest and political upheaval. In a televised address, he said his resignation was “vital in the bid to carry out reforms that would lead to sustainable peace and democracy”. Mr Hailemariam, who has led the country since 2012, also stepped down as chairman of the ruling coalition. Hundreds of people have died in three years of anti-government protests. Demonstrations first spread across the country in 2015 amid calls for political and economic reform and an end to state corruption. Most of the unrest has centred…

Cyril Ramaphosa has become South Africa’s president a day after embattled leader Jacob Zuma resigned. He was the only candidate nominated by parliament, which is dominated by his African National Congress. MPs broke into song at the announcement. In his first presidential speech, Mr Ramaphosa, 65, said he would tackle the corruption which allegedly became widespread under Mr Zuma. The ANC had told Mr Zuma to step down or face a vote of no-confidence. Mr Zuma faces numerous corruption allegations but denies any wrongdoing. One allegation is that he allowed the wealthy Gupta family, who whom he has personal ties,…

The government of Ghana is to lose a tax revenue of GH¢47.90 million on petroleum by the passage of the Special Petroleum Tax Amendment Bill 2018 on Thursday. Before the passage of the Bill in Parliament, the Chairman of the Finance Committee, Mark Asibey Yeboah, noted that an expected revenue loss of GH¢ 47.90 million per annum will result from the fiscal impact of the Bill if passed into law. The Committee believes that the bill is in tandem with government’s aim of shifting the focus of tax policy from the introduction of new taxes to improving tax compliance as a…

Management and staff of Groupe Ideal, a leading and fast growing finance and non-finance institution with over 13 subsidiaries in Ghana, shared their Valentine’s joy with the children of Osudoku Global Orphanage and the Child Protection Centre. Valentine’s Day is a day set aside to show appreciation to the people we love; while some take their loved ones on romantic dinner dates , others propose marriage, send cards, chocolate, flowers, and jewelry; the staff of Groupe Ideal celebrated the day in the most spectacular way. It was all joy for the children of the Osudoku Orphanage and the Child protection Center…

‘Dangerous Highway’ is a comprehensive road safety documentary that focuses on the George Walker Bush Highway in Accra six years after it was opened to the public. The six-lane George Walker Bush Highway of 14.1 km links the Tetteh Quarshie Interchange to Mallam Junction. The project was initiated in 2008 by then President John Agyekum Kufuor and completed in 2012. It was completed under late President John Evans Atta Mills with $175 million funding from the United States government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation. Exactly six years on, TV3’s Portia Gabor, the 2017 Komla Dumor Most Promising Journalist of the Year, explores…