Author: Krobea

North Korea has carried out another ballistic missile test, days after a new president took office in the South. Japanese officials say the missile, which launched from north-western Kusong, reached an altitude of 2,000km. South Korea’s newly elected President Moon Jae-in, who campaigned on a platform of better engagement with the North, said it was a provocation. US President Donald Trump has called for “stronger sanctions” against North Korea, while China is urging restraint. A series of North Korean missile tests this year – which are banned by the UN – has sparked international alarm and raised tensions with the…

Tight security is in place across Paris for the inauguration of Emmanuel Macron as France’s president. Mr Macron, an independent, won a resounding victory in last weekend’s second round of voting against the far-right candidate Marine Le Pen. The former investment banker had never contested an election before and only formed his centrist political movement a year ago. Mr Macron takes over from outgoing President Francois Hollande. Hundreds of extra police will be on patrol across the French capital while the ceremony is conducted at the Elysee Palace, the president’s official residence. France has been under a state of emergency…

All but two clubs will be involved in matches on Sunday, May 14 to end the first round of this season’s Ghana Premier League. League leaders West African Football Academy (WAFA) beat Inter Allies 2-0 at home on Saturday to end their best ever first round in the top-flight league. The rest will take their turn as the 2016/2017 season takes the bend on Sunday. At Elmina in the Central Region, debutants Elmina Sharks will welcome Ebusua Dwarfs to the Nduom Stadium in what promises to be one of the who-gets-the-bragging-rights games in Ghana. Another debutant side Bolgatanga All Stars…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that it is in the laboratories and workshops of Technical High Schools that students will get the opportunity to expand their imagination, and develop the skills that would equip them for the modern world. According to President Akufo-Addo, his government will not “turn the Free SHS into a process that simply churns out young people that would not be equipped to cope with the modern world”, stressing that “a High school educated child without any skills would be even more frustrated than a child that ended her education at the Junior High School.”…

Ghana Premier League leaders West African Football Academy (WAFA) wrapped up the first half of the 2016/2017 season with a 2-0 home win over Inter Allies. The match played at Sogakope in the Volta Region on Saturday, May 13 was a Match Day 15 fixture. Prince Obeng Ampem scored in each half of the game for the Academicians to keep them in hunt for their maiden top-flight title. The match was officiated by Alex Nsiah with BA Crentsil and Ben Samari assisting on the lines. Eku Boateng was the Fourth Official. The rest of the Day’s matches will be played…

Artiste Manager Mel Kwasi Davis, who doubles as the boss of Event Republic, has stated emphatically that hip-life artiste Guru cannot be classified as an A-List artiste in Ghana. Explaining who an A-List artiste is, Mel Kwasi Davis said an “A-List artiste must be an artiste who has a track record and he/she must be relevant in the current dispensation. “There is another level of A-List artiste who has a track record but he may not be ‘hot’ in this dispensation [but] because of his/her track record, he can be rated among the hottest artiste. “When I’m talking about track…

International ratings agency Fitch has revised the outlook on Ghana’s long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) from negative to stable. Fitch has also affirmed the issue ratings on Ghana’s senior unsecured foreign and local currency bonds at ‘B’, as well as the ‘BB-‘ rating on Ghana’s $1 billion partially guaranteed notes. According to the ratings agency, the stable outlook has come about as a result of the progress Ghana is making in stabilizing its economy after its recent crisis period with an expected revival in GDP growth, declining inflation, a more stable currency and increasing foreign exchange…

Angry soldiers have blocked off access to Bouaké, the second largest city in the Ivory Coast, as a revolt over a pay dispute continues. One of the uprising’s leaders said the soldiers were “ready to fight” if attacked. Sergeant Seydou Koné said they did not want to negotiate with anyone, according to Reuters news agency. The unrest began after a spokesman for the soldiers announced on Thursday that they had dropped their pay demands. In January, they forced the government into paying them about $8,000 (£6,200) each in bonuses to end a rebellion. They were due to receive a further…

After what seemed like an unending battle with the youth wing of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Savelugu Constituency after her nomination, Hajia Ayishetu Seidu finally gets the nod to lead constituents of the Savelugu/Nanton municipality in the Northern Region. The accountant at the Yendi Municipal Hospital becomes the first woman since 1992 to be nominated and confirmed as the Municipal Chief Executive in Savelugu. She joins her colleague Madam Mariam of the Sagnerigu District as two out of four women nominated and confirmed in the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo-led administration. Hajia Ayishetu garnered 50 out of the…

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has withdrawn its suit against Engineers & Planners owned by Ibrahim Mahama, a brother of Former President John Dramani Mahama. Counsel of the nation’s pension-management body made the announcement in court on Saturday, May 13. SSNIT had dragged E&P to the Accra District Court over the non-payment of workers’ social security. It had told the Court on Saturday, April 29 that E&P was in arrears in excess of GH¢660,000. Though E&P failed to make an appearance in court on the first day of hearing, its lawyers on Saturday, May 13 pleaded not…