Author: Krobea

Several people have died and more than 50 are in hospital after a huge fire raged through the night at a west London tower block, a fire chief says. Eyewitnesses said they saw people trapped inside the burning Grenfell Tower, in north Kensington, screaming for help, and shouting for their children to be saved. Firefighters, still at the scene, rescued “large numbers” of residents. The 24-storey block, now smoking ruins, looks at risk of collapsing. Eyewitnesses said they saw lights – thought to be mobile phones or torches – flashing at the top of the block of flats, and trapped…

An elder of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) says the party is not perturbed about the 2020 elections if the former President, John Mahama, will contest. Dr. Kwame Amoako Tuffour said the NPP will ‘beat’ him if he comes because with all the alleged stealing during the 2016 elections, the NPP won with over one million votes. The former President Mahama reportedly gave indication to lead the NDC in the 2020 polls when he used scenarios to declare his intent to the party members at a rally to mark the Silver anniversary celebration at Ashaiman in the Greater Accra…

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has bemoaned the inability to exercise effective oversight over the Executive arm of government, stressing that Parliament should be able to exercise full authority over public finances. Whilst admitting that there is, so far, not yet a consensus on this, President Akufo-Addo has stated that “I belong to the group that feels strongly that our Parliament should be able to exercise full authority over our public finances.” To this end, President Akufo-Addo stated that it will be necessary to amend the Constitution, adding that “if this were done, it would enhance…

The Appointments Committee of Parliament has brought forward the scheduled public hearing on the nomination of Supreme Court Judge Sophia Akuffo as Chief Justice. Akuffo JSC will be interviewed on Friday, June 16 instead of Monday, June 19. According to the Committee, no petition has yet been brought against her. Akuffo JSC was nominated by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to replace retired Georgina Theodora Wood, Ghana’s first female chief justice who retired on June 8 at age 70. Before she assumes office, Akuffo JSC would have to get the approval of Parliament as per the country’s constitution. Addressing journalists…

‘Wop3 dodo’ hitmaker Yaw Siki, now ‘Brother Yaw’ said goodbye to doing secular music, after surviving a near-death accident in April 2013. After his recovery last year, the former hiplife artiste has had to sacrifice the fame, money and temporal ‘goodies’ that came with stardom. He has since taken on to evangelism. Though he finds the work of God fulfilling, he says it also came with its own challenges. In an exclusive with TV3’s Owusu Worae, Brother Yaw disclosed how tempting it gets sometimes working in God’s vineyard. “The temptation comes but the grace of God keeps me going,” he…

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has stated that his government has put in place reforms, over the last five months, which involve fiscal responsibility and discipline, addressing corruption and unresponsive bureaucracies, focusing on the productive sectors of the economy, and improving the business environment, all aimed at attracting private investment, domestic and foreign, into the country. Ghana with these reforms, according to President Akufo-Addo, “is a land of opportunity for private capital.” More importantly, he added, “Ghana is ‘Open for Business’, and has taken it upon herself to build a business-friendly economy that will enable her…

Communities hit by tidal waves in the Ketu South Municipality are calling for relocation and support from government. This was disclosed by the Municipal Chief Executive of the Keta Municipal Assembly, Elliot Edem Agbenorwu. Communities like Blekusu, Adina, Agorko and adjoining communities were hit with heavy tidal waves over the weekend. This has displaced many and disrupting academic calendar in some schools. This current situation has forced the residents in the affected area to make an urgent call on the central government through the Municipal Assembly for an immediate resettlement. Elliot Edem Agbenorwu told Bright Kwesi Asempa on Onua FM…

A university in central China is punishing students who skip class by making them clean the sleeping quarters of their opposite-sex peers, it’s reported. This is the choice that faces truant first-year fashion students at the Wuhan International Culture University, according to the Chutian Metropolis Daily. College counsellor Cui Bowen told the newspaper that “if students want to skip class, their classmates will remind them of this rule.” So far, three male students have been punished under the terms of the new regulation after consistently cutting class to sleep in. They had to scrub floors, dust furniture, and even clean…

There was heavy security at the Tamale Teaching Hospital on Tuesday morning following a clash between some vigilante groups on Monday over the administrative changes at facility. Government’s appointee Dr David Akobilla, who is to head the facility, was resisted, reports suggest, by incumbent Chief Executive Officer Dr Prosper Akambong. Dr Akambong, who was appointed as CEO of the Hospital in 2014, claimed he had not received any letter purporting to terminate his appointment. But the clash on Monday was precipitated by the storming of a press conference by New Patriotic Party-affiliated Kandahar Boys, who said the organizers of the…

Spanish prosecutors have accused the Real Madrid footballer Cristiano Ronaldo of defrauding the authorities of millions of euros in tax. The prosecutor’s office in Madrid says it has filed a lawsuit against the Portuguese player. He is accused of evading tax of 14.7m euros (£13m; $16m) from 2011 to 2014. The world’s highest-paid sports star had previously said he was not worried about tax investigations as he had nothing to hide. On this occasion he is accused of knowingly using a “business structure” to hide income made from his image rights. In December, leaked documents suggested that Ronaldo had avoided…