Author: Krobea

The Ghana School of Survey and Mapping has been re-opened for academic activities after a month of closure by the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources. The School will open for full activities on Monday, June 12, according to John-Peter Amewu. He said the issues that led to the shutdown of the school have been successfully resolved. The Ghana School of Survey and Mapping was closed down by Lands Minister John-Peter Amewu on Tuesday, May 2 following a clash between students and some land guards. Mr Amewu ordered the reassignment of staff while the students were asked to vacate their…

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has lined up a “massive durbar” at the Mandela Park in Ashaiman in the Greater Accra Region to mark its Silver jubilee. The current leading opposition party was founded on June 10, 1992 ahead of the elections that marked the return to constitutional rule, later to be the Fourth Republic. Ahead of the 25th anniversary, the party took stock in Elmina in the Central Region to “retool” ahead of the next elections in 2020. Saturday’s durbar is expected to attract the rank and file of the party. Among the speakers lined up are former presidents…

Seasoned sound engineer-cum-producer, Joseph Appiah, known in showbiz as Quick Action, says the current sound engineers for Samini are doing a disservice to the artiste’s musical career. Between 2005 and 2010, Quick Action worked with Samini at which period they produced hit songs like Odo, which was the toast of the moment and earned him the Best African Act award at the 2006 MOBO Awards. They churned out other hit tracks like ”Music Makes Me Survive, Repatriation and Everywhere You Go”, which cemented Samini’s musical career as one of the best dancehall artiste in the country. The two, however, parted…

The fallen hero, late Major Maxwell Adam Mahama who was slain in line of duty, has been laid to rest with full military honours. A burial service was held at the forecourt of the State House in Accra on June 9, after which he was buried at the Osu Military Cemetery. His family, dignitaries and sympathizers were present to bid farewell to the fallen hero. Present at the burial ceremony include the Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, Mahamudu Bawumia  and his spouse. The First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo, former president John Dramani Mahama, ex-President John Agyekum Kufuor, Chiefs,  Members of…

Cooperative Housing Foundation, a US-based NGO operating in Ghana as Global Communities, has been dragged to the Human Rights Court to show cause why its management, assigns and privies should not be reprimanded for wrongfully abrogating a legal contract between them and the Youth Empowerment Synergy (YES-Ghana). YES–Ghana is praying the court to, as a matter of urgency, place an injunction on the termination of YES-Ghana’s involvement in the Youth Entrepreneurial Development Initiative for Employment (YIEDIE) project, funded by the MasterCard Foundation in Canada. According to an affidavit in support of the interlocutory injunction filed by lawyers for YES-Ghana, the…

In a month, the third anniversary of the disappearance of hiplife musician Castro The Destroyer and a female friend will be observed. His longtime manager DJ Amess has stated that he has missed him. On July 6, 2014, Castro accompanied his friend and Black Stars Captain Asamoah Gyan to Ada for holidays but went missing in the Volta River while cruising on a jet-ski with female friend Janet Bandu. Even though efforts from a combined search team comprising the Ghana Navy, Marine Police, local fisher- folks and professional lifeguards could not find the body of Castro and Janet Bandu, their families…

The Black Stars climaxed their preparations for Sunday’s Nations Cup qualifier against Ethiopia with a training match with Asokwa Deportivo on Wednesday. The warm-up game was played at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium. The 2017 Africa Cup of Nations semi-finalists beat the Division One side 6-1 at full time. Jordan Ayew opened the score in the first half after connecting to a Samuel Sarfo’s cross. Two goals each from Abdul-Majeed Warris and Raphael Dwamena and a goal from Frank Acheampong were enough to seal victory for the Stars. The consolation by Deportivo came in spectacular fashion after the striker scored…

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the priority of his government is to build the most business-friendly and people-friendly economy in Africa, which will create jobs and prosperity for all Ghanaians. This, the President stressed, will be done through the introduction of measures which will empower the private sector. President Akufo-Addo made this known on Wednesday, June 7, 2017, when he delivered a speech on the theme “Making Gender and the Youth the Private Sector’s business”, at the opening of the 2017 European Development Days Conference. According to the President, since he assumed the reins of…

There have been a few familiar faces around the Black Stars as they prepare for the 2017 Nations Cup qualifier against Ethiopia on Sunday. A huge throwback feeling about the Black Stars technical team dominated by ex-internationals has given the Stars a unique Ghanaian flavour and those involved are determined to make it count on the field. Kwesi Appiah, the boss and left back from the 80s and 90s, supervises a team that includes former teammates Richard Kingson, Stephen Appiah and Ibrahim Tanko. It has proved a hugely popular move; ex-Black Stars who know and understand the team dynamics in…

The Minority in Parliament says President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo did not inform the House about his recent trip to Belgium as per Article 59 of the 1992 Constitution. Members of the caucus are, therefore, demanding the whereabouts of the leader of the country. According to Article 59 of the constitution, the president cannot leave the country “without prior notification in writing signed by him and addressed to the Speaker of Parliament”. But that was not done before President Akufo-Addo’s departure to Brussels, Belgium for UN meetings, Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu noted on the floor. “Mr Speaker, as we speak…