In this edition of Eyewitness, Umaru Sanda Amadu and Zoe Abu Baidoo come your way with all the big news bulletin of the day. In the news; Private medical practitioners raise red flags over Ghana’s COVID-19 management The minority have also challenged the Communications Ministry’s move to reduce GBC’s channels The deputy health Minister Bernard […] The post Eyewitness
The Youth Wing of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has warned that it will conduct citizens’ arrest of persons involved in the killing of a 28-year-old man at a registration centre at Banda in the Bono Region. The graduate teacher trainee from the Methodist College of Education at Akim Oda in the Eastern Region, […] The post NDC Youth
A 23-year old final year student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Emmanuel Awuah is in police custody over the death of an Uber driver. According to police at Tafo-Pankrono in the Ashanti Region, Emmanuel confessed killing the deceased driver after he was arrested. Police say the deceased, Thomas Danso who […] The post A/R:
The Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) has written to the National Media Commission (NMC) for urgent help after it was asked to reduce its channels from six to three by the Communications Ministry. The directive “will virtually mean that GBC will have to reduce its operations by half,” the Corporation noted in a letter to the […] The post GBC runs to NMC
The flagbearer and leader of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has cited the government for bungling up the national response to the Coronavirus pandemic. Mr. Mahama says increasing cases of community spread of the virus is attributable to the government’s response, which put other considerations ahead of science. The former president was […] The post Government
A group calling itself the Concerned Zongo Lane Youth is accusing the New Patriotic Party (NPP) of sending thugs to the Zongo Lane registration centre located within the Odododiodo constituency to intimidate applicants in the National Democratic Congress-friendly constituency. According to the group, these thugs, who had in their possession, guns and other weapons, terrorised […] The post Odododiodo:
The Society for Medical and Dental Practitioners is worried over what it describes as Ghana’s explosive COVID-19 case count and the poor government intervention to handle the outbreak four months after the country recorded its first two cases. According to the group, issues such as the shortage in Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), delays in testing […] The post Private
A Deputy Minister of Health, Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye has shot down calls by some members of the public for the Electoral Commission to halt the new voters’ registration exercise due to the spread of COVID-19. According to the Deputy Minister, many countries are embarking on elections irrespective of the disease. Addressing the media after […] The post COVID-19:
The Management of the Metro Mass Transit Limited has queried the Kumasi Depot Chairman for the Junior Staff Association of the Company for leading workers to embark on a sit-down strike over unpaid salaries. The chairman, John Osei, was accused by the management of only intending “to plunge the company deeper in the doldrums.” On […] The post Kumasi
The MTN Ghana Foundation has donated 44,000 Personal Protective Equipment, four (4) Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Machines and Test Kits to the National COVID Trust. The donation which comes at an estimated cost of GHS 5 Million is to enhance the protection of all health personnel in the fight against COVID -19 in the Country […] The post MTN Ghana Foundation donates
The National Youth Organizer of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye, popularly known as Nana B, has defended his decision to visit some Senior High Schools in the country despite a directive from the Ghana Education Service banning all such visits. Nana Boakye has come under fire after a photo of him […] The post I didn’t campaign in Senior
The family of Silas Wulochamey, the 28-year-old man who was allegedly stabbed at a registration centre at Banda in the Bono Region is mourning the sudden demise of their departed relative. The deceased, a graduate teacher trainee from the Methodist College of Education at Akim Oda in the Eastern Region was allegedly accosted by some […] The post Banda: Family in grief
Ghana’s annual petroleum revenue dropped in 2019, though production of crude oil in the country’s three major fields witnessed sharp increment. The 386,460,893 barrels of crude oil produced from the three oil fields – Jubilee, TEN and SGN in 2019 fetched the nation US$925 million dollars as against US$977 million dollars of 62,135,435 barrels produced […] The post Ghana’s
The National Democratic Congress in Ajumako Enyan Essiam says it will petition the five paramount Chiefs in Ajumako to intervene in the situation where some non-residents are alleged to have been bused to register in the ongoing voter registration exercise. According to the Communications Officer for the NDC in the area, Galahad Alex Andoh, although […] The post Ajumako:
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The Ghana Bar Association has called on the Electoral Commission (EC) and law enforcement agencies to ensure that all required protocols are strictly observed in the ongoing voters’ registration exercise. The Association argues that breaches at the registration centres “will result in an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases.” The GBA’s caution follows the […] The post Ensure
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has turned down suggestions for this year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) or Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) to be held online. Speaking on Face to Face on Citi TV, Professor Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, the Director-General of the GES opined that Ghana is not ready for a virtual examination […] The post Ghana
Dr Hafiz Bin Salih, the Upper West Regional Minister has appealed to political parties to respect the Vigilantism and Related Offences Act 2019 (Act 999) while planning their campaign activities towards election 2020. He said the enactment of Act 999 was borne out of the realization that vigilantism could no longer be tolerated in the […] The post Political
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) says it will investigate and take appropriate action on the allegation of sexual assault levelled against one of its directors in the Savannah Region. The Sawla-Tuna-Kalba district manager of the NHIA, Mahama Sakara has been accused by a nurse at the Soma CHPS facility of attempting to forcibly have […] The post Sawla-Tuna-Kalba:
Mr. Kwaku Agyemang Manu, the Minister of Health, has served notice that the government would not be pressured to shut down Senior High Schools over COVID-19 fears. He said the current number of cases recorded in some schools was not enough ground to send the students back home and that, government was determined to deal […] The post COVID-19: We won’t be
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