Author: Krobea

A Former Deputy Attorney General, Dr Dominic Ayine, has dared the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, and, by extension, the current government to publicise Ghana’s agreement with the US government on the two former Guantanamo Bay detainees if there is no exit plan. “They are not telling you the entire truth,” Dr Ayine said. “They are playing politics with the agreement.” He was speaking on 3FM’s News Hour on Wednesday in reaction to Ms Botchwey’s statement on the floor of Parliament, earlier in the day, over the fate of the two Yemenis. “It must be…

Ex-US Olympic gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar has been sentenced to 40 to 175 years following testimony from over 150 women who accuse him of abuse. “I will carry your words with me for the rest of my days,” Nassar turned and told his victims in the courtroom. Nassar, 54, pleaded guilty to multiple counts of sexual assault against girls and young women, including Olympians. Judge Rosemarie Aqualina told Nassar during the sentencing he will “be in darkness the rest of his life”. “As much as it was my honour and privilege to hear the sister survivors, it was my…

The government of Anambra, a state in south eastern Nigeria, has banned the drinking of raw garri, which it says can lead to Lassa fever. The disease is transmitted to humans via food and objects contaminated with rodent urine or faeces, according to the World Health Organisation. Garri is a popular Nigerian food made from cassava that can be eaten or drunk. If it is cooked thoroughly, the Lassa fever virus will die. But many Nigerians consume it raw. “The garri you see spread along the highway while you’re travelling is very risky to consume, especially when you drink it,”…

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…