In this edition of Eyewitness News Umaru Sanda Amadu and Zoe Abu Baidoo Addo and Zoe Abu-Baidoo Addo The big story in this bulletin was the arrest of the Kafaba Chief in connection with the lynching of the 90-year-old woman. The Savanna Regional Police command was interviewed on the matter. There was a playback of […] The post Eyewitness News, Tuesday 28th July 2020 appeared first
CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, has today announced an additional US$75 million commitment to its existing trade finance facility with Absa Bank. The investment will provide systemic liquidity across CDC’s African markets and enable local banks to sustain the availability of trade finance, supporting supply chains during the COVID-19 crisis. […] The post COVID-19:
The Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church Ghana, Most Rev. Dr. Paul Kwabena Boafo, has urged the running mate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, to use her good office as a change agent in Ghana’s politics. Most Rev. Dr. Kwabena Boafo explained that Prof. Opoku-Agyemang as a Christian should play […] The post Strive
Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has responded to former President, John Dramani Mahama over recent promises made by the latter. While outdooring his running mate ahead of the 2020 polls, on Monday, July 27, 2020, John Mahama, who is also the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress, among other things promised to pay all persons […] The post 2020
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) says it has received COVID-19 rapid diagnostic tests from 34 companies in Ghana and other countries. It said none of the kits passed the specificity and sensitivity tests, hence could not be adopted for use in Ghana. According to the Chief Executive Officer of the FDA, Delese Mimi Darko, […] The post COVID-19:
The Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Hollard Ghana, Patience Akyianu, has been named the outstanding Group CEO of the year at the 10th edition of the Ghana Entrepreneur & Corporate Executive Awards. The event was held under the theme, “Celebrating Ten Years of Entrepreneurial Excellence and Business Development in Ghana.” The prestigious awards, which […] The post Hollard
The Minister for Aviation, Joseph Kofi Addah has attributed the suspension of flight operations to the Wa Airport to COVID-19 and dwindling passenger numbers. After the rehabilitation of the Wa Airport in October 2019, airline operations to the Upper West Regional Capital commenced. Flight operations, however, have been suspended in recent times. Answering questions in […] The post Flights
“Every ideal, idea and principle must draw men and women to itself. Every idea must step out before the nation, must win from the nation the fighters whom it needs, and must tread alone the difficult path with all its necessary consequences that it may one day gain the strength to turn the course of […] The post Boakye Agyarko writes: A salute to the NPP at 28 appeared
“Every ideal, idea and principle must draw men and women to itself. Every idea must step out before the nation, must win from the nation the fighters whom it needs, and must tread alone the difficult path with all its necessary consequences that it may one day gain the strength to turn the course of […] The post Boakye Agyarko writes: A salute to NPP at 28 appeared first on
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has commissioned the Nalerigu Water Supply Project constructed under the Sustainable Rural Water and Sanitation Project. Speaking at the commissioning ceremony on Tuesday, 28th July 2020, President Akufo-Addo noted that the Sustainable Rural Water and Sanitation Project has been implemented in 11 out of the 16 regions of the […] The post Akufo-Addo
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has admitted to the use of Zinc and Zithromax as a treatment for persons infected with COVID-19. Director-General of the Ghana Health Service said the drug is proving to be one of the most effective medications for managing persons with the virus. He also noted that health authorities are awaiting […] The post GHS begins use of Zinc, Zithromax
The Savannah Regional Police Command has arrested the Chief of Kafaba, Zackaria Yahaya, over the lynching of 90-year-old Akua Denteh. According to the regional commander, DCOP Enock Adutwum Bediako, the chief was picked up around 10:00 am and sent to the Salaga police station for interrogation. “We are interrogating him to know the side of […] The post Kafaba
Yesterday was one of the worst days of my life. As I watched the video footage of an old woman of 90 years being hacked to death. I cried in my spirit and felt the heavy yoke of religious indoctrination and enslavement. Like many of you, I could not wrap my brain around such a […] The post The interpreters are reliable; A relook at religious
The Pan African Writers’ Association (PAWA) has appointed Nigeria’s Dr. Wale Okediran as General Secretary. “The Interim President of PAWA and Chairman of the PAWA Council, Emeritus Professor Femi Osofisan on Tuesday, July 7, 2020, announced the appointment of Dr. Wale Okediran of Nigeria as the Secretary-General of PAWA,” a statement from the Association declared. […] The post Dr.
The winners of the Samira Bawumia Literature Prize were crowned at the Fitzgerald in Accra on Monday, July 27, 2020. Over a thousand young Ghanaians participated in the competition, with only 30 participants shortlisted for the final three categories, that is, Short fiction, Non- fiction and Poetry. In the Short Fiction category, 20-year-old Anthony Morrison […] The post Winners
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has questioned the slow pace of investigation, being conducted by the police, into the death of Akua Denteh in the Savannah Region. A group of women had been seen in a video lynching the 90-year-old woman after a soothsayer allegedly claimed she was a witch. The […] The post CHRAJ
The Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Academic and Student Affairs of the University of Ghana, Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo has been elected to serve on the Executive Committee of Fédération Internationale des Langues et Littératures Modernes (FILLM). She was unanimously elected to the International Federation for Modern Languages and Literatures committee during a virtual Committee meeting on Sunday […] The post UG’s
The Commercial Division of the Accra High Court has given the greenlight for the founder of the defunct Capital Bank, William Ato Essien, to challenge the revocation of the bank’s operating licence by the Bank of Ghana (BoG). That was after the court dismissed an application by the BoG which was urging the court to […] The post Court dismisses BoG’s
Transport fares are set to reduce by 10 percent after operators were allowed to return to normal business. The reduction will take effect from August 1. This announcement is after the transport operators held a meeting with the Transport Ministry. Transport fares increased by 15 percent in July because operators were struggling with the limit […] The post Transport fares to drop
Ghana’s COVID-19 recoveries and discharges as of Tuesday, July 28, 2020, stand at 30,621. Seven hundred and eighty-two new cases have also been recorded from 58 districts in seven regions across the country pushing the cumulative cases to 34,406. These are samples that were taken from the period June 23 to July 25 but reported […] The post Ghana’s COVID-19
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