Author: Krobea

The Member of Parliament for Builsa South Constituency in the Upper East Region, Dr. Clement Abas Apaak, is challenging the government to revoke the conditions under which the two former Guantanamo Bay detainees in Ghana are currently living in Ghana. The Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Parliament said government has the choice to either revoke their status here and repatriate them or allow them to live in Ghana. The two former Guantanamo Bay detainees in Ghana – Mahmud Umar Muhammed Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammad Salih Al-Dhuby – will continue to stay in the country although the two-year…

It is gradually becoming a favourite league for Ghanaian players. From the days of Joe Addo when no one in Ghana particularly cared about the Major League Soccer (MLS), the league has grown to become a destination that attracts some of the brightest and smartest Ghanaian footballers. And after draft weekend, there are new Ghanaian faces to keep up with in America’s fastest growing league. Francis Atuahene and Edward Opoku are in. Edward Opoku will add to an already established Ghanaian presence in the league.  Atuahene has gone to FC Dallas. Opoku will add to a strong Ghanaian presence at…

The headmaster of Breman Edumanu D/A Basic School in the Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa District of the Central Region, Robert Sepey, who is seen in a sex video with a former student, has been relieved of his post. He has also been directed to meet a two-man disciplinary committee “for the appropriate disciplinary actions”. The decision was taken by the Ghana Education Service (GES) after separate meetings with the lady in question, Priscilla Tettey, a final year student of Odoben Senior High School, the headteacher and residents of Edumanu. The delegation of GES was led by the District Director of Education, Isaac Godwin…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has disclosed that the Wa Polytechnic in the Upper West Region will soon be named after late former President Dr Hilla Limann after the completion of all parliamentary processes. Speaking at the 20th anniversary remembrance celebration of Dr. Hilla Limann on Tuesday, President Akufo-Addo said the board of the academic institution in a meeting on January 18, this year, indicated to the Minister for Education, Matthew Opoku Prempeh, its intention to name the institution after the late Former President Limann. The President added that the proposal has his blessing and that the proposal will still hold after…

The Western Regional Command of Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) repatriated hundreds of illegitimate foreign nationals from the region, a senior officer has said. Speaking on the sidelines of the Service’s end-of-year dinner and awards night in Takoradi, the Western Regional Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Immigration (DCI) Dr. Prosper Asima mentioned that due to some unapproved routes, controlling entries of some of these nationals become a challenge. Dr. Asima said officers are constantly deployed to patrol such routes to ensure sanity and legal entries. He said letters have been sent to institutions employing foreign nationals to submit annual returns of all…

Three illegal miners have been arrested by the Asokwa District Police at Nweneso in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti Region. They were arrested after the District Chief Executive for Atwima Kwanwoma, Nana Okyere, and the police stormed the place upon intelligence. One of the suspects was arrested with one pump action gun and seven BB live cartridges while one other suspect, dressed in a polo T-shirt with a police symbol boldly embossed at the front and back, claimed to be a Community Policing Assistant at Hwidiem. About fifteen excavators, chanfan machines, water pumping machines, among other mining equipment were…

President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has given a speech declaring his “love” for US President Donald Trump. Earlier this month, Mr Trump was accused of referring to African nations as “shithole” countries during an immigration meeting. Mr Trump has denied making the remarks but US senators who attended the meeting say that he did. The African Union demanded that Mr Trump apologise for his “clearly racist” comments. “America has got one of the best presidents ever,” Mr Museveni said to laughter during the opening of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) in the Ugandan capital of Kampala. “I love Trump…

Former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana Professor Ernest Aryeetey is alleging that there is a grand scheme by some individuals to wipe out his legacy. The 62-year-old economist, who served as VC of the nation’s premier University for six years, has been accused by a Deputy Health Minister, Kingsley Aboagye-Gyedu, of colluding with two other individuals to register the UG Medical Center in his name. “It will shock Ghanaians to hear that a limited liability company such as the facility has been registered in the names of Rojo Mettle Nunoo, Prof. Ernest Aryeetey and one Prof. Aaron Nii…

Former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana Professor Ernest Aryeetey has launched a scathing criticism against Deputy Health Minister Kingsley Aboagye-Gyedu. This follows comments by the Deputy Minister that the former VC and two other persons – former Deputy Health Minister Rojo Mettle Nunoo and Prof. Aaron Nii Lante Lawson – have registered the University of Ghana Medical Center in their names. Responding to the allegation in an interview with 3FM on Tuesday, Professor Aryeetey expressed shock about the development, indicating that the deputy health minister only exposed his ignorance. “How is that possible? It is not possible. There…

Match Day 3 of the 2018 Hockey Africa Cup for Club Champions tournament in the men’s group continued with big games involving Trustees, who lost their third game while GRA also picked up all three points to keep them in the competition. It was fast and furious between the defending champions, Eastern Company of Egypt, and Trustees of Ghana. Eastern Company defeated Trustees by a lone goal, which came through the stick of Ibrahim Amir. Though Trustees piled pressure, it was not good enough to earn them a point. Trustees coach Ebo Arthur admitted it was a tough game. “The match…