Author: Krobea

Ghana’s leader Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Monday, March 20 led Ghanaians in Switzerland to observe a minute’s silence for victims of the Kintampo Waterfalls disaster. The disaster on Sunday claimed 18 lives with several others receiving treatment for various degrees of injury. Before meeting the Ghanaians, who came from Geneva, Zurich, Lausanne and Bern, President Akufo-Addo called for the tribute to the victims. “I don’t want to introduce a sad note into our proceedings,” he conceded. “Even though today is International Day of Happiness, something happened in Ghana which is a very sad occurrence for all of us and…

One could not have had a better understanding of the Nigerian proverb which says that ‘stupidity is the lover of ignorance’ than the crass foolhardiness exhibited by a group in Banda Ahenkro in the Brong Ahafo Region. The group, Concerned Members of Banda Ahenkro, had pasted on the walls of schools and other buildings demanding that non-indigenes leave their district with immediate effect. Failure to leave would mean anything atrocious could happen to such stubborn non-indigenes. The aggrieved, unknown, and coward Banda Ahenkro thugs claim the non-indigenes have taken over their jobs. Hence, their call for them to leave their…

Pupils at Banda Ahenkro in the Brong Ahafo Region will have to wait for another week before teachers can return to class for teaching and learning activities. This is because after stakeholders met on Monday to deliberate on the issue and how teachers and other government workers will return after the xenophobic threat, the Ghana Education Service (GES) told the teachers to wait until Friday, March 24. GES joined the security services and the Banda traditional authorities on Monday to decide on the appropriate time for teachers and other workers who fled the town to return. Officials of the Ministry…

Ghanaian center official Joseph Odartei Lamptey has been handed a life ban by the world governing body of football, Fifa. Lamptey was banned “due to match manipulation”. Lamptey received a Confederation of African Football (Caf) suspension last year after his penalty decision in a 2018 world cup qualifier gave South Africa a 2-1 win over Senegal. In its decision communicated on Monday, March 20, Fifa’s Disciplinary Committee said Mr Lamptey was found guilty of breaching Article 69 of the Fifa Disciplinary Code. He is not to take part in “any kind of football-related activity (administrative, sports or any other) at…

The Minority in Parliament has joined dozens to express sympathy with families of victims of the Kintampo Waterfalls disaster that claimed 20 lives. In a statement issued on Monday, March 20, the Minority, however, warned journalists to be circumspect in posting images accompanying their reportage. Signed by leader Haruna Iddrisu, the statement urged government to demand full scale investigations and make same public and, more importantly, carry out a safety audit of all tourist sites “to forestall any similar future occurrence”. The disaster occurred on Sunday when students of the Wenchi Methodist Senior High School had visited the site after…

A video of last Friday’s clash between students from three of Ghana’s universities that led to the stabbing of some students has emerged. Students from the Commonwealth Hall of the University of Ghana, Unity Hall of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology as well as those from the Atlantic Hall of the University of Cape Coast clashed with those at the Ogua Hall of the same University. The Ogua Hall students were said to have prevented those from the three halls who were attending the hall week of Atlantic from entering their hall, leading to the riot which…

The Bank of Ghana has expressed happiness about the performance of the latest legal tender released onto the market. Though there have been mixed responses over the new GH¢5 notes, the Bank says the effort it put into campaigning for the acceptance of the notes is yielding positive results. The notes were released on Tuesday, March 7 to mark the 60th anniversary of the country’s Central Bank. “We have had very good response from the market,” said Bernard Otabil, the head of communications at the Bank. “That’s exactly what we expected,” he noted on TV3’s Midday Live on Friday, March…

Former President John Dramani Mahama has rallied support for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the wake of agitations within the party. The opposition party is on a fact-finding mission over the cause of the party’s loss in the December 7, 2017 elections. An elections review committee chaired by Former Chairman of the National Development Planning Commission Dr Kwesi Botchwey is leading a team to collate reasons for the first round defeat of the party. But there was trouble in the Eastern Region as youth of the party blocked the committee from meeting party officials. This may have informed a…

Uganda Police Spokesperson Andrew Felix Kaweesi has been shot dead. Assistant Inspector-General Kaweesi and two other police officers were killed on Friday by unknown assailants about 100 metres from his home in Kulambiro, Nakawa Division, Kampala. 3 OFFICERS Presidential Press Secretary Linda Nabusayi confirmed the incident to the Daily Monitor, a member of the Nation Media Group stable. “It is true and it’s so sad,” Ms Nabusayi said when asked to confirm whether Mr Kaweesi was one of the three police officers killed in the Friday morning shooting. It is not yet clear how Kaweesi was killed but Inspector-General of…

Mali’s Football Association (FEMAFOOT) has been suspended by Fifa until further notice over government interference in football matters. Fifa acted after Mali Sports Minister Housseïni Amion Guindo dissolved the executive committee of FEMAFOOT. Guindo has also appointed a provisional committee mandated to run FEMAFOOT and set up elections within 12 months. Fifa said the ban would be lifted only when the FEMAFOOT board and president Boubacar Baba Diarra are reinstated. Football’s world governing body stated: “No team from Mali of any sort (including clubs) can take part in international competitions as of 17 March 2017 and until the suspension is…