Author: Krobea

The estranged wife of incoming Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has been shot dead two days before his inauguration. Lipolelo Thabane, 58, was travelling home with a friend when both women were shot by an unknown assailant, the police say. The police add the motive is unknown and an investigation is continuing. The couple had been living separately since 2012 and filed for divorce which hasn’t been granted yet. BBC southern Africa correspondent Karen Allen reports that neighbours claim there had been an incident earlier in the week when a group of unidentified men were spotted hammering on the First…

Teaching and learning is yet to commence at the Choggu Yapalsi M/A Basic School following a temporary closure of the school on Thursday, June 8, 2017 by school authorities. A visit to the school by TV3’s Northern Regional Correspondent Zubaida Ismail saw pupils busily engaged in various forms of fun including football in the early hours of Thursday, June 8 while their classrooms remained locked. Some pupils confirmed the absenteeism attitude by teachers since Thursday, June 8, a day after teachers arrived in school in the morning to find some items in the Basic 6 “B” classroom. The classroom was…

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Two Nigerian nationals are in the grips of the Cantonment Divisional Police Command for daylight robbery. The two suspected robbers reportedly deflated the tyres of their victim at the Flagstaff House traffic light and snatched GH¢6,000 he had withdrawn from a bank at Osu. The daylight robbery reportedly occurred Wednesday afternoon. The two suspects, Ndubueze Odoemenam and Chiokoko Amadie, according to the Cantonment Divisional Commander, ACP Winfred Frimpong, trailed their victim from a bank in Osu. The police said the victim stopped at the traffic light at Flagstaff House but suddenly realised that he had a flat tyre when the…

The Salaga North constituency in the East Gonja District of the Northern Region perhaps is the most deprived constituency among the 275 constituencies in Ghana. The constituency, one of the infant ones in Ghana, was carved out of the Salaga Constituency in 2012. Eight years on, the constituency is far from being called a developing area. Though some constituencies in Ghana also lack some basic amenities, about 95 per cent of communities in the Salaga North Constituency lack almost all the basic amenities for human development. With an estimated population of about 35,000 in 65 communities, the Salaga North constituency…

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and Former Vice President Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur have been listed among the 2017 Chartered Bankers who are in good standing. The Ghana Institute of Bankers (CIB-GH) was registered in 1978 under the professional bodies decree of 1973(NRCD 143) with 30 professional members and 11 corporate members. Having successfully carried a diligent expansion programme, the Institute now boasts of 36 corporate members and over 860 members in good standing. The Institute serves as a professional body for banks and financial institutions with an aim to provide stimulus for the development of competent and more qualified human…

A Post-UK election analysis by the Financial Times suggests that better educated people tend to vote for leftwing or centrist causes, while those who never went to university are more likely to vote for rightwing or populist parties. It concludes that Tories made heavy forays into working class territories previously considered the exclusive domain of the Labour Party, even though, overall, the Conservatives’ showing at last week’s poll was poorer. An analysis of the trends in the recent elections in France reveals similar results. Emmanuel Macron for instance won his highest votes in Paris, home to France’ most literate population.…

A leading rights group has condemned the imprisonment of a man in Tunisia for smoking a cigarette in public during the dawn-to-dusk Muslim fast. A court in north-western Bizerte town sentenced the man to one month in jail for “public indecency”. The ruling was an “absurd violation” of personal freedoms, Amnesty International said. Dozens protested on Sunday in the capital, Tunis, for the right to eat and drink in public during Ramadan. About a fortnight ago, four men were sentenced to one month in prison after eating in public. There are no laws in mainly Muslim Tunisia requiring individuals to…

Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Member of Parliament for Suame Constituency Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has proposed the creation of a platform which will allow Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to first scrutinize bills before they are brought to Parliament. According to him, contributions from the CSOs to the bills before they are brought to Parliament for further deliberation will not only enhance quality of the bills passed but also strengthen the work of Parliament. Last year, a number of civil society groups expressed their opposition to the passage of the Plant Breeders Bill into law. The groups, which included the Peasant Farmers…

The Former UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, has shared his opinion on the way forward in peace building and providing effective mediation for conflicts in the world. He tweeted on Wednesday to express his appreciation to be part of the discussion on the Oslo Forum, which opened on Tuesday. At the #OsloForum, I was delighted to join colleagues and friends in a discussion on mediation and peacebuilding in today’s changing world. — Kofi Annan (@KofiAnnan) June 14, 2017 Third party countries have a key role in #mediation provided they remain neutral…You must talk to everyone if you want to save…