Author: Krobea

The chaos began when she was mentioned the Municipal Chief Executive nominee for the Savelugu/Nanton Municipality, the rampaging spree began in earnest as feelings were hurt. Party stalwarts felt betrayed, then began the nationwide rampaging, though they were bruised deep inside, some sadly respected the president’s decision and went ahead to confirm their nominees, others who felt the President has been manipulated by some regional party executives held on to their entrenched position of no backing out until the number one gentleman of the nation heeds to their demands of a new candidate. But the learned lawyer stood unshakable amidst…

A Deputy Education Minister, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has said that the free Senior High School policy, which would soon be rolled out by government, is not to readily offer access into senior high school but also to offer quality education to students. He made the statement during 65th Speech and Prize Giving Day of St. Louis Senior High School in Kumasi. The programme was under the theme: ‘Equipping the Girl Child for Tomorrow’s Leadership, Giving Back to the Society’. Dr. Osei Adutwum reminded the gathering that government would roll out the free SHS as planned, saying it will be…

Local poultry farmers only produce five per cent of chicken consumed in the country with 95 per cent imported, an official has said. Chairman of the Western Regional Farmers Association Napoleon Agyemang Oduro,  who is also the National Vice Chairman for the National Farmers’ Association, said the situation has created a lot of problems for local producers, leaving some farms ideal. Mr Agyemang Oduro made this known in an interview on Connect FM’s Asem Nyi Dzi Ka. Chicken is a type of meat enjoyed and loved by many including the young and the old. It is also the most common…

A US military court has charged an Indonesian detainee at Guantanamo Bay in connection with the 2002 bombing in Bali, according to documents obtained by the Associated Press news agency. The detainee, known as Hambali, was also charged in connection with an attack on the JW Marriott Hotel in Jakarta in 2003. According to rules of the US military commission, a military court will later decide whether a trial will be held. The October 12, 2002, Bali resort island attacks, which occurred near the US consulate, killed 202 people. A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a nightclub jammed with…

Retired army officer Kwadwo Boakye Gyan has lamented the seeming breakdown in law and order under the presidency of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. He said the numerous attacks on security establishments must be a cause for worry to all well-meaning Ghanaians. On a scale of 1 – 10, the retired army major ranked the incumbent government the lowest – giving it 1. Major Boakye Gyan expressed these sentiments on Saturday, when he sat in the hot seat on TV3’s Hot Issues. A leading architect of the June 4, 1979 revolution, the card-bearing member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) said…

More than 120 people are missing after a landslide in Sichuan province in south-western China, state media say. About 40 homes were destroyed in Xinmo village in Maoxian county, after the side of a mountain collapsed at about 06:00 local time (22:00 GMT Friday). Rescue teams are frantically searching for survivors trapped beneath rocks dislodged by hours of heavy rainfall. Five people are confirmed dead. President Xi Jinping urged rescuers to “spare no effort”. A couple and a baby were rescued and taken to hospital after teams of workers used ropes to move large rocks, AFP news agency reports, citing…

Some youth of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Walewale Constituency in the Northern Region went on rampage on Friday night, destroying party property. This follows the nomination of one Abu Mohammed, a resident of Tinguri, a suburb of Walewale, after assembly members failed to confirm Saaka Sayuti, who was earlier nominated by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as the East Mamprusi District Chief Executive. The Constituency office and the Office of the Bawumia Youth for Change suffered the major destruction after air-conditioners, computers, chairs, tables, and some party documents were set ablaze by the angry youth. The destruction,…

Over 100 youth living in Israel, a fishing community located within Bukom, a suburb of Accra, have been vigorously sensitized on the dangers of illegal abortion under a project dubbed ‘Abortion 360’. They were also advised to always adopt the practice of comprehensive abortion care (CAC) to stay out of danger. The youth, usually made up of teenagers, were schooled at a durbar organized by three NGOs spearheading the ‘Abortion 360’ campaign on dangers of unsafe abortion and the need to embrace the comprehensive abortion care for their own safety. The method used to drum home the message was a…

Outspoken gospel diva Gifty Osei has revealed how disappointed she was when John Dramani Mahama lost the 2016 general election. In an exclusive interview with Christian Agyei Frimpong on Onua 95.1 FM, Gifty Osei said: “I got hurt when John Dramani Mahama lost the election because he is my father.” Empress Gifty, as she is affectionately called by her fans, said she could recount in 2011, when a journalist asked her to make a wish for the Christmas season, how she said it was her wish to have lunch with the then Vice president John Dramani Mahama. A day after…

A private citizen, Emmanuel Korsi Senyo, has filed a suit against the General Legal Council (GLC), challenging its power to prosecute lawyers. He has prayed the Supreme Court to among other things make a declaration that the General Legal Council’s Disciplinary Committee lacks the jurisdiction to inquire into issues of misconduct of lawyers as that amounts to a violation of Article 19(1) of the 1992 Constitution. According to him, Article 19(1) of the 1992 constitution vests the power of enquiry into criminal offences in the courts not the GLC. Emmanuel Korsi Senyo in his suit also prayed the court to…