Author: Krobea

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused the US of seeking to provoke North Korea into stepping up its nuclear missile programme. He rejected a call by the American envoy to the UN Security Council to sever ties with the North after its latest ballistic missile test. Russia argues sanctions do not work and advocates negotiations instead. The US has warned that North Korea’s government will be “utterly destroyed” if war breaks out. On Wednesday, the North tested its first missile in two months, saying the continental US was now within striking distance. However, defence experts have cast doubt on…

The West African Senior Schools Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) will from 2018 be written in May instead of February, the Minister of Education has said. This is part of measures to streamline the education sector under the Free Senior High School policy. Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh announced this on Thursday at a press conference to address recent concerns about the policy. He said the three-year duration for senior high schools does not churn out the best of graduates and so government has decided to extend the period as it mulls a four-year system. The examination for final year SHS students -…

The Member of Parliament for Afram Plains North, Betty Nana Effua Mensah, has thrown her support behind youth of Agordeke in the Eastern Region for preventing a ferry from being taken to Yeji to ease congestion at the ferry station. Youth of Agordeke on Wednesday stopped authorities from prosecuting government’s directive to have a ferry sent to Yeji in the Brong Ahafo Region to help in the transport of stranded passengers and vehicles. They seized the keys of the ferry and went aboard in what an officer of the Volta Lake Transport Company described as a siege. In an interview…

Sensational and promising Takoradi-based singer, Afezi Perry, has debunked rumours that he is copying Castro’s style of singing. He said he does not know any musician called Castro and so he is not doing anything similar to what he did. Afezi Perry stressed that he is doing his own style of music and not following anybody’s footsteps. Speaking on Connect FM’s entertainment show Oil City Mix hosted by DJ Oxygen, Afezi Perry indicated that Castro did not have any special style of singing for which he would copy. Even though the 2017 VGMA Unsung nominee has stayed with Castro for…

Match Day 14 in the English Premier League presented us with last gasp wins, close victories and even a rare win for a team on a steep decline. After Tuesday’s entertaining games, Wednesday treated us to 19 goals, four of which came at the Goodison Park, even when Everton have not kick started under Sam Alladyce yet. Wayne Rooney produced something of a rare sight in recent seasons, grabbing a hat-trick as Everton thrashed a hapless West Ham 4-0. The Hammers remain rooted in the bottom three this season with their eighth loss. Arsenal also produced some entertaining display at…

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has resolved to restructure its various competitions management bodies, including the Premier League Board, which is expected to be overhauled. Addressing the media in Cape Coast on key decisions taken at the end of the three-day summit, GFA President Kwesi Nyantakyi said a team of experts will be engaged to form a new board for the league, which will meet periodically, while directors in charge of marketing and media wand a general manager will manage the day to day affairs of the premier league. The leadership of the country’s met key internal and external stakeholders…

A total of 127 Ghanaians touched down at the Kotoka International Airport on Wednesday from Libya, where they had been put under detention for various offences. Among the returnees were one woman and two children, the Chief of Mission at the Ghana Office of the International Organisation for Migration disclosed on 3FM. Sylvia Lopez-Ekra was speaking in an interview on morning show Sunrise on Thursday. Ms Lopez-Ekra said more are expected to return as there are about 700,000 migrants in Libya. ‘Suffered physically’ She told host Winston Amoah that some of the migrants had developed diseases as a result of…

The Member of Parliament for Ledzokuku Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye, has blamed African leaders for what is currently happening in Libya, where illegal migrants are being sold cheaply. The MP said leaders of African countries who have abundant resources have either failed to utilize the natural resources for the benefit of the people or they have stolen monies meant for the development of their various countries. It has come to light that hundreds of Africans are being auctioned in modern day slave markets in Libya for $400 per person as Libya has become the…

Donald Trump has told UK Prime Minister Theresa May to focus on “terrorism” in the UK after she criticised his sharing of far-right videos. “Don’t focus on me, focus on the destructive Radical Islamic Terrorism that is taking place within the United Kingdom,” Mr Trump tweeted. The US president had earlier retweeted three inflammatory videos posted online by a British far-right group. Mrs May’s spokesman said it was “wrong for the president to have done this”. The US and the UK are close allies and often described as having a “special relationship”. Theresa May was the first foreign leader to…

US Ambassador Robert Porter Jackson has called on Ghanaians to be a little more patient with the government as it prepares to fight against corruption. Mr Jackson said he is confident the current government led by President Nana Addo Dankwa AKufo-Addo will tackle the canker head-on. “I am aware that investigations are ongoing,” he revealed. The US Ambassador made the revelation in an interview with Media General’s Alfred Ocansey on Tuesday. He said there has been cooperation between the government and its US counterpart “and I feel optimistic that this is moving in the right direction”. Mr Jackson said Ghana…