Author: Krobea

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…

History was made last Saturday in Yilo when the Konor of Yilo Klo, Oklepemɛ Nuer Anorbaah Sasraku II,  and the people successfully organized a grand durbar to mark the climax of the Silver Jubile celebrations of the Kloyosikplem festival. The grand durbar, which was massively attended, saw a display of the rich Krobo culture and tradition. The Konor, Oklepemɛ Nuer Anorbaah Sasraku II, thanked all who played diverse roles in his installation as Konor for the traditional area and all who also made it possible for this year’s festival to come on successfully and peacefully. He called for unity among…

The Ghana Education Service (GES) is on a region-by-region tour of all senior high schools to take concerns of heads over the Free SHS policy. So far, five regions have been visited by officers of the nation’s education regulatory body. Speaking on 3FM’s Sunrise on Tuesday, Michael Nsowah, who is the Chairman of the GES Council, agreed that the tour has helped officers of GES, on one hand, and the heads, on the other hand. And they are happy, the former GES Director General added. Recently, the outgoing head of the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS), Cecilia…

Youth in Agordeke in the Afram Plains district of the Eastern Region have “besieged” a vessel agreed to be sent to Yeji in the Brong Ahafo Region to help in the transport of passengers and vehicles in the wake of the closure of the Bupei and Yapei bridges. The youth have seized the keys of the ferry from the captain and have gone aboard, preventing any attempt to move the ferry. This was disclosed on 3FM’s Midday News on Wednesday by the Director of Operations of the Volta Lake Transport Company, Emmanuel Ofoe. He told anchor Kwakye Afreh-Nuamah that the…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is not happy with recent news of slave auctions of Africans in Libya. He described the situation as “gross and scandalous”. Recent footages of maltreatment of African migrants in Lbya have stirred anger among many. World leaders have condemned the development, which have been captured on videos gone viral. READ: Gaddafi treated blacks as equals – Rawlings recalls with pain Horrified United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for immediate investigation into the “slave trade”. “I am horrified at news reports and video footage showing African migrants in Libya reportedly being sold as slaves,” the…

Residents of Nima are going to be beneficiaries of a well developed community, Minister for Inner City and Zongo Development Boniface Abubakar Saddique has said. “For now, the best thing to do is to ensure that the place is beautified and for us to bring better sanitation management within the area to reduce some of the problems they encounter.” He also stated that plans are far advanced to establish a Senior High School in Nima under the Inner City and Zongo Development Ministry. The Madina Member of Parliament disclosed that the Ministry has medium and long term plans to engage…

Botswana has played a central role in Prince Harry’s fairytale romance with the American actress Meghan Markle. It was after just two dates the already-smitten royal decided to whisk his future bride off to the country to enjoy five nights camping under the African stars. He would later tell the BBC he felt the “stars were aligned” when he met Miss Markle. The couple returned again the next summer, and the southern African state was still very much in his mind when the prince began designing the engagement ring: at its centre is a diamond from Botswana. But then it…