Author: Krobea

The Ashanti Regional branch of the Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) has called on the police administration to beef up security at the various courts. JUSAG says such measure will prevent litigants from attacking or disrupting court proceedings as it occurred on Thursday at the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) Court. Members of a vigilante group affiliated to the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Delta Force, stormed the KMA Circuit Court and freed members who were facing charges for causing disturbances at the Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council. The group allegedly vandalized some court properties and almost assaulted the presiding judge,…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has observed that the public sector alone cannot be a source of funding for the infrastructural projects to be embarked on by his government. According to him, funds would have to be raised from the private sector to fill the gaps. He made this known at the inauguration of a nine-member board for the Ghana Investment and Infrastructure Fund (GIIF) at the Flagstaff House on Wednesday, April 5. Among the members of the board are Solomon Asamoah, who is the Chief Executive Officer of GIIF, Tweneboah Kodua Fokuo, Yvonne Sowah, Kofi Boakye and Cecilia Gambrah.…

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A nun in Chile is suing the religious order she belonged to after its members pressured her to leave her convent over her pregnancy. The nun became pregnant after she was raped by a man carrying out repairs at the convent. She alleges that, when her fellow sisters found out about her pregnancy, they pressured her to leave the convent and the Church. Her lawyer says the sisters blamed her for having been raped. She is suing the Archbishopric of Santiago and the Order of St Clare. The Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago, Rt Rev Jorge Concha, said that the nun…

Former Minister of Defence Benjamin Bewa-Nyog Kunbuor has backed calls for an early congress for the National Democratic Congress (NDC). He says as per the current constitution, which requires election of local executives before the presidential primary, NDC will have only nine months to prepare for the 2020 polls. There is a provision in the party’s constitution, however, which allows some waivers in special situations, he said. Cadres of the opposition party on Wednesday, April 5 called for an early congress to end the despondence within the rank and file of the party. READ: Key NDC members call for early…

The Association of Spare Parts Dealers at Abossey Okai in Accra says members do not feel betrayed if they do not enjoy the tax cuts announced in the 2017 budget immediately. The traders were thrown in a fix when it emerged that they may not enjoy any tax cuts due to the rules and regulations regarding the common external tariff of the Economic Community of West African States, Ecowas. There were agitations from importers on Monday, April 3 after news broke that the spare parts dealers may not enjoy tax cuts as promised by government in the 2017 budget statement,…

The Konongo Divisional Police Command has taken delivery of two recovery trucks, following a recent report by TV3 on the increasing spate of accidents on the Konongo stretch of the Kumasi-Accra highway. On Wednesday, March 15, 2017, TV3’s Ashanti Regional correspondent, William Evans-Nkum, carried a news report on how innocent lives have been lost on the Odumase steep hill. The half kilometer three-lane stretch had become a trap to many unsuspecting drivers. In 2016, a total of 240 accidents were recorded on the Konongo stretch, most of which occurred on the Odumase steep. The first quarter of 2017 has also…

Russia’s Supreme Court has begun hearing a government request to outlaw the Jehovah’s Witnesses and declare it an extremist organisation. The justice ministry has already placed its headquarters near St Petersburg on a list of extremist groups. An estimated eight million people worldwide are part of the Christian-based movement, best known for going door to door looking for new converts. It has 175,000 members in Russia and 395 branches across the country. As the case began in Moscow on Wednesday, lawyers representing the movement submitted a counter suit, asking the High Court to declare its members victims of political repression…

West African Football Academy (WAFA) have leapfrogged leaders of the Ghana Premier League after a 3-0 drubbing of former champions Ashanti Gold SC in midweek. The match played at Sogakope in the Volta Region saw WAFA leading by a lone goal at the break through Prince Obeng. Two additional goals in the second half nailed the 2015 champions to the bottom of the log. WAFA are two points clear after Asante Kotoko and Aduana Stars failed to win in their respective Match Day 10 games. Kotoko lost 2-1 to Medeama SC while Aduana Stars drew 1-1 with Liberty Professionals. Find…

Some students of Kumasi Academy say they are taking the official cause of death of four of their mates with a pinch of salt. According to them, there is no truth in the autopsy report which cites meningitis as the cause of death. Speaking to Akoma FM’s Antwi Boasiako on Wednesday, a group of students, who claimed they had to return to school due to the end-of-the examinations, said they are not satisfied with the results of the autopsy conducted. It is not meningitis, they said, it is spiritual. They narrated how some of the deceased students had to complain…