Author: Krobea

The Northern Regional Police Command was on Thursday, April 27 forced to grant bail to 11 supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Sagnerigu Constituency who were picked up on the evening of Wednesday for engaging in unlawful demonstration. The 11 were among some supporters who burnt car tyres at the Tamale Sports Stadium Roundabout in protest against President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s nominee of Chief Executive for the Sagnerigu District. The act, police revealed, is against the law as the protestors prevented other road users from usage of the road; hence the arrests. The Command also revealed…

Sixty-nine illegal mining machines have been confiscated and destroyed by an anti-galamsey taskforce in Dunkwa-on-Offin, Central Region. The ‘Stop Galamsey Operation’ Taskforce at Dunkwa-On-Offin in the Central Region destroyed 19 machines on Tuesday and followed up with 50 machines on Wednesday. The machines were used by illegal miners operating on River Offin, which serves as the major source of water for residents in the Upper Denkyira East District. The taskforce was set up by the Chief of Dunkwa-On-Offin, Okofrobuor Obeng Nuako III, in collaboration with the Dunkwa-On-Offin Small Scale Mining Association and it has representations from the Bureau of National…

Turkey’s police force has suspended more than 9,000 officers over alleged links to the US-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen. It said the action had been taken on the grounds of national security. President Tayyip Erdogan accuses Mr Gulen of instigating a failed coup against him last July – a charge the cleric denies. Earlier, authorities detained more than 1,000 people in the latest operation against alleged Gulen supporters. The nationwide sweep was one of the largest such operations carried out in Turkey in months. As well as the 1,009 detained on Wednesday, arrest warrants were issued for another 3,224 people,…

The Ghana Internet Service Providers Association (GISPA) has urged all domestic corporate businesses and academic institutions to embrace the Ghana Internet eXchange (GIX) by connecting their traffic to it since it will beat down cost and increase the value of data consumption. GISPA noted that currently only 25 per cent of local traffic is exchanged in Ghana and called on the National Communications Authority (NCA) to ensure that it is mandatory for all the telcos to direct about 90 per cent of local traffic through the GIX. Speaking to 3FM 92.7, President of Ghana Internet eXchange Association (GIX) Ernest Brown…

Former Member of Parliament for Akwatia Constituency Baba Jamal has sent the strongest warning yet to the rank and file of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to forget coming to power in 2020 should they decide to settle on another candidate instead of John Dramani Mahama. “John Mahama is not just affable and well marketed but he is the only president in the history of this country who has done a lot of developmental projects in a short time,” he said about the immediate past president. “We can all see it around us. For four years Ghanaians can attest to…

One person died on the spot while three others sustained serious injuries on Thursday morning when a Toyota Camry skidded off the Mallam Junction stretch of the N1 highway unto the main Mallam-Kasoa road. The injured were sent to the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital for treatment while the deceased was also sent to the morgue of the same hospital. The accident occurred around 4am when the Toyota Camry with registration number GR 499-16 was driving from the Awoshie-Baah-Yard stretch of the N1 to the Mallam Junction interchange. An eye witness told Onua FM that the Camry was on top speed from…

A faulty traffic light near Niagara Hotel at Adabraka in Accra caused accidents in the early hours of Thursday. Two vehicles, a Honda Civic with registration number GC 4327-12 and a Sprinter commercial vehicle with registration number GE 8138-14 collided at the traffic intersection in a struggle to beat the confusion. The Honda Civic was from Adabraka to Asylum Down while the Sprinter was from Accra Central to the Kwame Nkrumah Circle. An eyewitness explained that both drivers were on top speed and so the Sprinter somersaulted after the collision. There were three people on the Sprinter but no one…

Former Black Star player Ntow Gyan has explained why he was not part of the team which travelled to Senegal in 1992 for the Africa Cup of Nations tournament. The 1992 African Cup of Nations squad included the football legends Abedi Pele and Tony Yeboah, Emmanuel Armah, Eddie Ansah, Kwesi Appiah, among others. Ntow Gyan was considered one of the best midfielders at that time. These players are considered one of the best generations of players Ghana has ever produced. They won Silver at that tournament, losing 10-11 on penalties to Cote d’Ivoire. An Asante Kotoko great, Ntow Gyan attributed…

A suspected “coup plotter” has been arrested in South Africa for planning to assassinate nearly 19 people – including government ministers, officials of state-owned firms and prominent citizens, the elite Hawks police unit has said.  The 23-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday following undercover operations in the capital, Pretoria, and the main commerrcial city, Johannesburg, Hawks spokesman Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi said. The suspect, a founding member of the Anti-State Capture Death Squad Alliance (ASCDSA), was arrested while trying “to explain to donors how the assassination of state capture beneficiaries was going to be carried out by the undercover coup plot…