Author: Krobea

A group of human rights lawyers in Warri, southern Nigeria, is seeking compensation for four hotel workers who were allegedly stripped naked by their employer. They had been accused of stealing some money, but local media are reporting that they had been tipped by some guests. The four, three women and a man, were allegedly ordered to undress and were left wearing only their knickers or underpants as others, including the police, looked on. Photos and videos of the victims standing nearly naked were taken and shared widely on social media. The lawyers have written to the hotel owner -…

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has intercepted 152 kilograms of cocaine concealed in a shipment of sugar from Brazil. This was after a joint operation with the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) and the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS). A statement issued by the Commission said the seizure was based on intelligence received that a consignment of 50 containers of sugar destined for Ghana is likely to have substances suspected to be narcotics. “Acting on the intelligence, NACOC, together with BNI and NSCS, mounted surveillance on the shipment until the suspected narcotics substances were retrieved from the consignment of sugar…

The Head of IT of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Osei Kwame Griffiths, has accused the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) of announcing a voter exhibition exercise when there was no proper register. He said the Commission should have taken its time to rectify all the anomalies before announcing an exhibition of the so-called provisional register. He was speaking on The Key Points on TV3/3FM on Saturday, September 26. Osei Kwame Griffiths was speaking in relation to complaints by his party that names of its supporters have been missing from the register. So far, the flagbearer of the NDC has cited…

One area of the economy that was severely hit by the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic was the tourism industry. In March, government announced that all public gatherings be suspended. Ghana’s biggest wildlife site, the Mole National Park, was thus closed down to the general public following the announcement. The Mole National Park is Ghana’s largest wildlife conservation that hosts elephants, antelopes, some spotted Hyenas, among other animals. The Park is located in the West Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region. The Park covers an area of 4,577 squared kilometers. Annually, the Park records an average of 18,000 tourists. The…

Weeds and domestic animals have taken over a number of basic and second cycle institutions in the Northern and North East regions where Zoomlion Ghana Limited is currently disinfecting against the deadly coronavirus. The compound of the schools that have since March this year been closed due to the outbreak of the global pandemic have become a mini-forest of weeds and plants due to months of abandonment. The situation has attracted domestic animals including sheep and goats, which now use the school compounds as grazing grounds, and the number of unlocked classrooms as their pen. The floors, desks and veranda…

Manny Pacquiao’s special assistant says that the eight-weight world champion hopes to fight Conor McGregor in 2021. Jayke Joson added that a “huge portion” of Pacquiao’s earnings would go to help coronavirus victims in the 41-year-old’s native Philippines. Former two-weight UFC champion McGregor, 32, tweeted on Friday that the the Irishman would be “boxing Pacquiao next in the Middle East”. “We don’t deny it,” Joson said in a statement on Saturday. While nothing has been signed yet, he added that negotiation between the two camps “is now starting to move on” and that both fighters are “getting ready for this…

Analysis of data on presidential election results from 1992 to 2016 reveals that the National Ddemocratic Congress (NDC) have been losing votes in Ashanti Region and their stronghold, Volta Region. According to the Governance Research Bureau, in the Volta Region, the NDC votes declined from 93.24 to 80.97 per cent while votes in Ashanti Region reduced over the years from 32.87 per cent to 23.32 per cent. Discussing the 2020 elections on Election Watch on TV3 earlier this week, Dr. Ezekiel Nortey, a researcher at the Bureau, said during the same period, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) had been doing…

The former president, John Dramani Mahama has descended heavily on the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Madam Jean Mensah and his reason? Madam Jean Mensah is incompetent in her duties as the EC chair. He and his National Democratic Congress(NDC) have accused the Commissioners of a bad job due to some alleged irregularities with the exhibition of the voter’s register currently ongoing at various polling stations across the country. While name calling and pouring of invectives at the elections management body may not be new in the country, it is quiet novel and unusual for a former president and for…

The Director of Electoral Services at the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC), Dr Serebuor Quaicoe, says the incidents of missing names and duplicate IDs that have characterised the ongoing voter exhibition exercise are normal. He said that is the essence of the exercise: to correct anomalies on the register. The EC has come under heavy criticism, particularly from the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), for the anomalies, which have seen thousands of names missing with others having their details wrongly represented. NDC’s flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama, and his running mate, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, suspended their campaigns over the week to…

The series of Covid-19 disinfection of various facilities and installations across the country by Zoomlion Ghana Limited have significantly improved Ghana’s efforts at halting the spread of the deadly virus, an impact assessment has shown. Since the outbreak of the global pandemic in Ghana early this year, the waste management giant has been at the forefront of the fight and disinfected thousands of schools, markets, churches, mosques, police and military installations among other public places against the virus. Markets have received two rounds of disinfection while schools are currently being disinfected for the third time by Zoomlion in partnership with…