Author: Krobea

The Vice Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, will from Sunday, September 13 begin a four-day tour of the Western Region. The tour comes on the heels her recent six-region in the north. “This tour will see her pay courtesy calls on traditional authorities and religious leaders and interact with a broad range of stakeholders from all walks of life in the region,” a statement from her office on Sunday said. “Her focus will be to listen, understand their challenges and share highlights of the NDC’s Manifesto that respond to their unique issues.” She…

Police have begun investigations into the suspected murder of Professor Emmanuel Yaw Benneh of the University of Ghana Law Faculty. Prof Benneh is said to have been murdered at his Adjiriganor residence in East Legon after his mutilated body was found on Saturday morning. His legs and arms were tied as his body was found between his living room and bedroom. The news was broke on Facebook by a colleague lecturer, Dr Poku Adusei. Folks, I had wanted not to be the breaker of such ominous news, but the calls are incessant: The world is damned evil;… Posted by Poku…

Naomi Osaka demonstrated her growing maturity to fight back against Victoria Azarenka in a compelling US Open final and claim her third Grand Slam title. Japanese fourth seed Osaka, 22, won 1-6 6-3 6-3 for her second US Open title. Osaka was overwhelmed in the first set and in danger of trailing 3-0 in the second but then won 10 of the next 12 games to seize the momentum. The Belarusian, 31, in her first major final since 2013, was broken for 5-3 in the decider before Osaka served out. Osaka shrieked with joy as she took her second match…

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on Saturday commissioned Ghana’s third medical drone delivery centre at Vobsi in the West Mamprusi Municipality of the North East Region. The centre, as characteristic of the ones at Omenako in the Eastern Region and Mpanya in the Ashanti Region, is to improve healthcare delivery, especially, in hard-to-reach areas. The center would use drones to make on-demand emergency deliveries of vaccines, blood products and life-saving medications to over 500 health facilities in the five regions in the north of Ghana. The Vice President said the decision of government to adopt the revolutionary service of using…

The Spokesperson to the Vice President, Dr. Gideon Boako, has expressed surprise that a donation made by Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia to the funeral of the late Wa Imam has been rejected. While expressing surprise in a Facebook post, Dr. Boako put out the facts on the said donation and the circumstances under which it was made. Dr. Boako emphasised the point that the Vice President did what Islam required of him as a Muslim to fellow human beings in times of grief. Below is the full post put out by Dr. Boako: 1. Neither the Presidency nor the Vice…

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is set to take its People’s Manifesto to the Ashanti Region and its environs. The opposition party has scheduled a town hall meeting in Kumasi, the regional capital, on Tuesday, September 15 on the document. The event, which will afford the party an opportunity to break down and explain the transformational policies and programmes contained in its 2020 manifesto, will also be held in other regions of the country in the coming weeks. The programme will be addressed by flagbearer John Dramani Mahama and other speakers. “The NDC assures the general public that we intend…

Boris Johnson has urged Conservative MPs to back his plan to override part of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement. In a Zoom call with about 250 of them, he said the party must not return to “miserable squabbling” over Europe. The EU has warned the UK it could face legal action if it does not ditch controversial elements of the Internal Market Bill by the end of the month. And a Tory MP has proposed an amendment to the bill, which would affect trade between Britain and Northern Ireland. Meanwhile, the European Parliament has threatened to scupper any UK-EU trade deal…

Jamaican reggae pioneer Frederick Nathaniel “Toots” Hibbert has died at the age of 77. The legendary musician fronted the reggae and ska band Toots & the Maytals from the early 1960s. Hibbert “passed away peacefully” in Kingston, Jamaica surrounded by his family, the group announced on Friday. As yet it is unknown how Hibbert died, although he had been tested for coronavirus in the last two weeks and was put into intensive care. Hibbert is credited with popularising reggae music and even naming the genre – his 1968 single “Do the Reggay” is the first song to use the term.…

The family of the late Dr Suleman Mahama Haroon Bakuri has rejected a donation of GH¢20,000 from the Vice President, Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, as his support for the funeral and burial rites of the late Wa Imam. According to the family, though the donation is well-intentioned, it is belated as the final rites have been performed already. But they raised other concerns. “Besides, the Vice President never showed up in person to mourn with the family when he paid a visit to the region on the 7th of September, 2020. “The money was only sent through the constituency Chairman…

The National Lottery Authority (NLA) in collaboration with the Volta Regional Police Command has successfully arrested four lotto fraudsters in the Volta Region. The four lotto fraudsters are Godwin Agbenyefia alias Demon, 19, Reuben Abusah alias Last Burial, 20, Kelvin Kwame Abouzi alias Kartel, 20, and Kingsley Adelekey, 21. The accused persons were operating from Akatsi and Ho. The Circuit Court in Ho presided over by His Honor Felix Datsomor has remanded the suspects in police custody to re-appear on Wednesday, September 23, 2020. The lotto fraudsters have created several Facebook accounts, Whatsapp platforms and other social media platforms using…