Author: Krobea

Actress Vicky Zugah believes some churches are not doing their members any favours with pre-marital counseling but rather paving the way for them to end up in hell. Counseling has become the norm for most couples who intend to get married after having been in a relationship for some time but there have been concerns about whether people practise laid down procedures set by God. Avoiding pre-marital sex, for example, is a must for Christians as part of marriage preparations. Making her point on The Purple Room on Angel TV, the actress stated that the direction of some churches on…

Freight forwarders have raised concerns over the “aggressive” timeline in the implementation of the paperless system at the ports as directed by Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. They claim though they have been involved in meetings since the announcement by Vice President Bawumia in May, a lot more should have been done before the takeoff on Friday, September 1. Speaking on TV3’s Hot Issues on Saturday, the President of the Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders, Kwabena Ofosu Appiah, said “I think that if we had anticipated a very aggressive timeline and had probably put ourselves in better shape, we would…

An 18-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of a terror offence in connection with Friday’s attack on a London Tube train. The man was held in Dover on Saturday and taken to a Kent police station – he will be moved to south London later. The arrest is “significant” but the terror threat level remains at “critical”, Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu said. Armed police are now at an address in Sunbury, Surrey, the BBC understands. Thirty people were injured after the explosion on a train at Parsons Green. Met Police Commissioner Cressida Dick described the attack…

A new kindergarten block has been constructed for the Breman Jamrah Methodist Basic School in the Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa District of the Central Region. This replaces the old one that collapsed and killed four KG children early this year. The whole Jamrah township was thrown into a state of mourning on January 31, 2017 when six kindergarten pupils were killed after their classroom collapsed. READ: Kindergarten building collapses, killing six kids According to sources, several organizations pledged to put up a new building for the school but that could not see the light of the day. But Goldkey Properties came in to…

Member of Parliament for Builsa South Constituency Dr Clement Apaak says all the recent concerns raised by former president Jerry John Rawlings regarding the National Democratic Congress (NDC) are already being addressed with the roadmap of the Kwesi Botchwey Committee report. He, therefore, said the concerns are not new and just a “reminder” to the party. The founder of the NDC, Mr Rawlings, on Friday asserted that his party may not reclaim power from the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in 2020 given the apparent disunity in the former and the growing popularity of the latter’s leader based on the implementation…

Government is set to engage the 12 labour unions whose members – as announced by their leadership – have threatened to lay down their tools after Friday, September 29. This was made known by Member of Parliament (MP) for Sekondi Andrew Kofi Egyapa Mercer. Speaking on TV3’s New Day on Saturday, the New Patriotic Party MP said the Nana Akufo-Addo-led government has been diligent in making sure workers are given what they are due. He said the recent agitations have to do with the management of the second-tier pension funds during the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government. Over the week,…

An audit of the electronic system used to tally votes in Kenya’s cancelled presidential poll showed no manipulation of data, the French biometrics firm that supplied the system told AFP Friday. Opposition leader Raila Odinga has accused the company, OT-Morpho, of being complicit in alleged rigging of the election, which was declared null and void by the country’s Supreme Court due to “irregularities and illegalities” in the transmission of results. While the court has yet to deliver its final judgement detailing what went wrong, OT-Morpho said an “in-depth audit” of the system showed the opposition’s claims about hacking to be…

The new Board Chairman of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), Sammi Awuku, has assured Ghanaians that under the tenure of the newly constituted board, YEA will see a new life, new focus and new direction in its operations and service delivery. According to Mr. Awuku, the new board will provide clear direction to management with a revolutionary verve towards transforming YEA and positioning it as the foremost agency for youth employment in the country. Mr. Awuku, who is also the National Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party, was speaking during the inauguration of the YEA Board in Accra on…

The Black Princesses have beaten their Algerian counterparts 5-0 in their 2017 FIFA World Cup qualifying match played in Algiers on Friday. Elmina Sea Lions midfielder Olivia Anokye scored a brace with Grace Asantewaa, Sandra Owusu Ansah and Helena Obeng all hitting the back of the net. The win puts Ghana in  a good position to qualify to the next stage of the qualifiers with the return leg set to be played in a fortnight. Winner of the two-legged tie will advance to the next stage of the qualifiers of the 2019 FIFA World Cup, which will be staged in…

Nigerian government has classified the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) as a terrorist group, as earlier reported by the BBC. Declaring Ipob a terrorist organisation opens the door for mass arrests and military operations against the group. The problem with this move is that the Nigerian military might have underestimated the amount of support and sympathy Ipob has in the south-east of Nigeria and the problems their alienation could feed. It could open up a third frontier of active confrontation for the Nigerian forces, after Boko Haram in the north-east and the Niger Delta – neither of which have been…