Author: Krobea

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…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is scheduled to deliver his maiden address to the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, September 21. He will also hold a meeting with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres the next day. These were contained in a release issued by the Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin, on Friday. According to the release, President Akufo-Addo will leave Accra Friday night for New York, USA, where he will lead Ghana’s delegation to the 72nd Session of the UN GA. While in the US, the president will engage in a series of Sustainable Development Goals…

The Member of Parliament for Cape Coast North and a Deputy Minister of Education, Barbara Asher Ayisi, has called on the parents in the Central Region to invest in the education of their children. The Deputy of Education in charge of Basic Education urged pupils in basic schools to stop watching telenovelas. Speaking to Onua FM’s Central Region correspondent Kwame Kakarba after embarking on ‘My First Day AT School’ tour, Mrs Ayisi said the telenovelas have negative effects on their education and therefore cautioned them not to watch. The Deputy Minister also distributed 5,000 exercise books to some selected schools…

Managing Director of the Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL) Kenneth Ashigbey has tendered in his resignation letter, 3news.com can confirm. Mr Ashigbey wrote to employer National Media Commission (NMC) to relinquish his post. In a letter sighted by 3news.com and dated September 14, 2017, Mr Ashigbey assured staff of GCGL that its leadership “is secure and all our plans are progressing very well”. Mr Ashigbey is, however, yet to get a response from the Commission over his resignation, 3news.com gathers. “I am still awaiting that response and I will inform you accordingly,” he stated in his letter to the staff.…

The new smart ‘Ghana Card’ shall be the only card to be used in transactions where identification is required as provided by law, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said. He added that the card will bring to an end the phenomenon of several agencies taking the biometric details of Ghanaian citizens. Speaking after receiving his ‘Ghana Card’, President Akufo-Addo said the smart cards, which have tactile features to help the visually impaired, are “safer and in line with current trends”. The promise of a new national identification card was made by the president during the 2016 electioneering campaign. The…

An “improvised explosive device” was detonated on a Tube train in south-west London during Friday’s rush hour, Scotland Yard has confirmed. The blast, at Parsons Green station on an eastbound District Line train from Wimbledon, is being treated as terrorism, police said. Twenty-two people are being treated in hospital, mostly for burn injuries. Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley said hundreds of detectives, working with MI5, are investigating the explosion. Mr Rowley refused to answer whether anyone had yet been arrested over the incident at the station. Pictures show a white bucket on fire inside a supermarket bag, with wires trailing on…