Author: Krobea

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has backed its leader’s call for a full-scale investigation into the murder of Ghana Armed Forces’ Captain, Maxwell Adam Mahama. Captain Mahama was lynched on Monday, May 29 at Denkyira-Obuasi in the Central Region for reasons yet to be known. Initial reports, however, said he was mistaken for an armed robber. In a statement signed by Acting General Secretary John Boadu on Wednesday, May 31, the NPP condemned the act and advised Ghanaians especially the youth “to desist from taking the law into their own hands and rather resort to due process in their pursuit…

The Denkyira Traditional Council has directed all residents to be clad in black on Sunday, June 4 as chiefs pray to pacify the gods over the murder of Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama. As a result, Sunday, June 4 has been declared a mourning day for all residents. Denkyira-Obuasi has been on the lips of all as it is the town where Captain Mahama was lynched and his body partially burnt. The town is under a quasi-lockdown as the police collaborate with the military to fish out persons involved in the lynching of the senior military officer. Captain Mahama was the…

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), David Asante-Apeatu, has expressed sympathies to the family of late Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama, who was murdered in cold blood in Denkyira-Obuasi in the Central Region last Monday. In a statement issued by the Public Affairs Directorate of the Ghana Police Service on Wednesday, May 31, the IGP and the police administration also commiserated with “the Ghana Armed Forces for the gruesome murder of Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama”. Signed by Deputy Director of the Directorate Sheila Kessie Abayie-Buckman, the statement said the police are collaborating with the military high command to unravel the circumstances…

The decomposed body of a woman was discovered on Table Mountain in Cape Town on Tuesday morning, Western Cape police confirmed. Captain FC van Wyk said that the provincial detectives’ team and park rangers made the discovery. “A post-mortem will be conducted to determine the cause of death and identity,” he said. Police officers and the forensic team were still on the scene, with Tafelberg Road said to be cordoned off to members of the public. The last publicised disappearance on the mountain was that of Unicef associate director for human resources Charlotte Nikoi, who disappeared without a trace while…

Black Stars striker Kwesi Appiah has clinched a permanent deal with English League One side AFC Wimbledon. Appiah moves to Wimbledon from Crystal Palace, where he has endured mixed fortunes since 2012. Until the end of the 2016/2017 season, Appiah played for Norwegian side Viking FK on loan. He has had other loan spells with Aldershot, Yeovil Town, Notts County and Cambridge United during his time with the Eagles. In 2014, Appiah was at Kingsmeadow for a loan spell, scoring three goals in seven appearances. “I really loved my short spell at AFC Wimbledon a few years ago and I…

A Ghanaian woman has been found dead near the US-Canada border and police say she died of “possible hypothermia”. Mavis Korkor Larnyoh Otuteye, 57, was found dead near Noyes, Minnesota, the closest American community to Emerson, Manitoba in Canada. “It is believed that Mavis was attempting to enter Canada at the time of her death,” Kittson County Sheriff’s Department wrote in a statement. The deceased was last seen in northwestern Minnesota on May 22 but was reported missing three days later. Canadian website CTV News reports that the investigation into Ms Otuteye’s death was carried out by the Kittson County…

The Black Stars of Ghana will begin non-residential training at the Accra Sports Stadium today, Wednesday, May 31, ahead of their 2019 Nations Cup qualifier against Ethiopia. Coach Kwesi Appiah is hoping to put the players through their paces early in Accra before they travel to Kumasi on Monday ahead of the game. Appiah has shaken up the composition of the squad with many new faces expected at training. There would, however, be the usual suspects and familiar faces including Asamoah Gyan and the Ayew brothers. The session will be the first time Appiah is meeting up with the team…

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Some fisher folks in Western Region have vowed not to give up light fishing and the use of dynamite and other illegal fishing practices. They insist fishing is their livelihood and whoever wants sanity in the industry must first stop foreigners, who they claim invaded their “terrain” with the illegal fishing practices. The fishermen were interacting with a group of journalist on a USAID-UCC-aided training in effective reportage in fisheries and environmental issues. The fishing industry in Ghana is based on resources from the marine, freshwater and coastal lagoons. It is estimated that over 250,000 artisanal fishers depend on these…

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