Author: Krobea

Teenager Red Gerard snatched a dramatic gold medal in the men’s slopestyle to win the United States’ first gold of the Pyeongchang Games. The 17-year-old scored 87.16 on his final run with just four other athletes left to complete their third run. Canadian pair Max Parrot and Mark McMorris took silver and bronze respectively. “I feel awesome and so stoked about today,” Gerard said. “I cannot believe what has just happened it is insane.” Jamie Nicholls, Billy Morgan and Rowan Coultas all fell in qualifying on Saturday meaning there were no Britons in the final. Gerard made mistakes in his…

The Islamist militant group Boko Haram has released 13 people who were kidnapped in north-eastern Nigeria last year, the government says. They include 10 women seized during an attack on a police convoy and three lecturers from Maiduguri taken during an oil exploration trip. President Muhammadu Buhari’s office said their release was facilitated by the Red Cross. About 20,000 people have died in Boko Haram’s eight-year insurgency. In a statement, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said it had acted only as a neutral intermediary and were not involved in the negotiations. ICRC vehicles arrived at a refugee…

The final year student of the Ghana Secondary Technical School (GSTS) shot dead by a police officer at Nyankrom in the Shama District of the Western Region has been buried. Lawrence Joe Baidoo was buried on Saturday. He met his untimely death on Friday, December 22, 2017 when detective corporal Adjei Shaibu shot at him and four other mates. They were mistaken for thieves, according to earlier reports, while going for a jam at night. While Lawrence Joe Baidoo, 18, died instantly, the others sustained injuries and were treated at the St Benedict Hospital in Takoradi. The officer has since…

The Deputy Director of the National Service Scheme (NSS), Nana Boakye has said vigilantism is not in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) as many people may think. The National Youth Organiser aspirant said perhaps recent disturbances by some of the party’s youth members may have given room to the assertion. Speaking to Media General on Saturday while on an official visit to the north, Mr Boakye said the NPP is not noted for such. Recent vigilantism by some of the party’s youth groups notably Delta Force and Invisible Force have awakened the need for the majority of the youth to…

It appears the attention of the management team of dancehall artiste Ebony Reigns was drawn to an impending fatality but all efforts to turn it away proved futile given Thursday’s crash. Sound engineer Kaywa is named as one of the close pals who had a premonition that the unexpected will befall Ebony. “Kaywa saw this long time and did a lot of directions and prayers for us,” Ebony’s manager Ricky Nana Agyemang, popularly known as Bullet of Ruff N Smooth fame, posted on Facebook on Saturday. “I have chats with prophets who also saw this coming,” he added. “We did…

Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram Constituency Sam Nartey George appears unhappy with judgements of the country’s Supreme Court. According to him, some of the judgements “give government a carte blanche to be irresponsible”. He cited judgements in the Waterville and Isofoton, among a few others, as cases in point. Sam George was speaking on TV3 and 3FM’s New Day on Saturday. He was commenting on the recent high court decision upholding Exton Cubic Group’s license to prospect in the Nyinahini bauxite concession in the Tabo Offin Forest Reserve of the Ashanti Region. The Accra High Court held that the Minister…

The President of Breast Care International has urged government to take off taxes on imported medical supplies offered for free distribution to disadvantaged health institutions and patients in the country. Dr Beatrice Wiafe-Addai says the huge taxes and high import duty discourages humanitarian aid organizations from sending medical equipment and consumables to the country. “Even though we donate the medical supplies we receive from our international partners to both private and government health institutions and poor but needy patients for free of charge to enhance quality healthcare delivery, we still have to pay huge amount of money at the port…

There were two major casualties at the end of the regional contest of the 2018 National Science and Maths Quiz for the Central Region. St Augustine’s College and Mfantsiman Girls’ Senior High School failed to book a place in the national contest. The regional contests are the qualification rounds for the quiz proper to be held mid-2018 at the University of Ghana. Already, contests have been held in the Western Region. Ahantaman Girls’ SHS, Nkroful Agric SHS, Bompeh SHTS, Nsein SHS, Sekondi College, Fijai SHS, Fiaseman SHS and St Mary’s Boys’ SHS are the schools that made it to the…

A South African self-styled prophet who sprayed his followers with the insecticide, Doom, has been found guilty of assault, local media report. Lethebo Rabalago – widely known as the Doom Pastor – was also found guilty of contravening the Agricultural Stock Remedies Act, a court ruling said. Rabalago claims the insect repellent he used in 2016 could heal cancer and HIV. A sentence is yet to be handed down after the verdict by Mookgopong Magistrates Court in Limpopo province. On Friday, magistrate Frans Mahodi told the court the state had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt that the five people…

Pupils and teachers of the Wassa Mampong D/A Primary School in the Mpohor District of the Western Region have vacated their classrooms for the past three weeks due to stench emanating from the excrement of bats, which have set up abode in the school for the past three years. Investigations by Media General reveal the bats invaded Classes 4, 5 and 6 and the head teacher’s office but little attention had been given to the situation over the past three years until some pupils and teachers started having metabolic reactions. The School’s management and the Parent-Teacher Association, therefore, compelled the…