Some youth of Juapong blocked the main road on Wednesday, August 12, 2020, after the killing of a businessman in the area by suspected robbers. The incident happened on Tuesday, August 11, 2020, at about 11 pm while the deceased and his wife were returning home from work. About three men reportedly accosted the two […] The post Juapong residents block road over killing
The old students Association of Bright Senior High School (SHS) in Kukurantumi in the Eastern Region has downplayed calls by the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council for the closure of the school. The Council made the demand following the alleged assault of both WAEC officials and a journalist by students undertaking the ongoing West African Senior […] The post Demand
The voter registration exercise ended with 16,963,306 persons registered to vote. These provisional figures were announced today [Wednesday] by the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean Mensa, pending processes of deduplication and adjudication. It includes the 30,814 persons registered during the two-day mop-up registration exercise over the weekend. She expects the figure to drop after […] The post 16.9
The bus conductor beckoned me to get onto the bus, as he shouted his destination. I hurriedly got on board and was about my own business. About five minutes into the journey, the man seated next to me coughed. Initially, I wasn’t bothered in the least because he was wearing his nose mask and there […] The post Maame Kessewah Addo writes: Everyone
Cities they say are the mottos of civilisation. In this breadth, books are the melting pots of ideas and continuity of society. More so historical accounts. History, when recounted in a form of memoir, presents to its varied readers the many shades of a rainbow preference of a reader’s choice. A few weeks ago, a […] The post The Ahwoi stoke?
The 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) has been eventful and bloody as well. In a swift turn of events, students of certain Senior High Schools sort to assert their right to cheat and when prevented, they vented their anger on the invigilators. Below are four observations I have made from the nationwide […] The post Eric Otchere
The Voices of Youth Coalition, a youth-led platform for advocacy and action for youth participation in shaping the development agenda in Ghana is making a strong case for young people to be placed at the centre for the national development agenda by political parties. The coalition said as Ghana prepares to hold the 2020 general […] The post ‘Centre
The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Asawase Constituency, Alhaji Muntaka Mubarak, says the just-ended voter registration exercise by the Electoral Commission (EC) has rather created division amongst Ghanaians. According to him, the exercise has led to enmity between some community members, especially those whose eligibility, was challenged when they turned up at the various […] The post Voter
Education-focused civil society organization, Africa Education Watch says it is concerned about the low quality of basic and secondary education in the country despite the huge investments made in the sector. The Executive Director of the Africa Education Watch, Kofi Asare in an interview on Eyewitness News on Tuesday said while the government has been […] The post Africa
The People’s National Congress (PNC), National Youth Organiser, Awudu Ishaq, has blamed the party’s leader, Dr. Edward Mahama, for the perceived disarray in the party. Speaking on Eyewitness News, Mr. Ishaq said the five-time flagbearer’s leadership “has not translated into anything positive for the PNC.” “What I know is that Dr. Mahama has not worked […] The post PNC
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has warned of its intentions to probe the activities of the Electoral Commission (EC) should the party win the 2020 presidential elections. General Secretary of the NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketia also hinted of a possible prosecution of the Commissioners should findings prove enough grounds for illegal acts such as […] The post NDC
The Chamber for Local Governance (ChaLoG) wants the government to account for the actual amount of money spent on feeding the less privileged during the three-week Coronavirus-induced lockdown in Ghana. The Chamber argues that the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Attah during the presentation of the mid-year budget to Parliament understated the actual expenditure by coming out […] The post ChaLOG
Newspaper Headlines for Wednesday, August 12, 2020 The post Newspaper Headlines: Wednesday, August 12, 2020 appeared first on Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana.
The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) says the just-ended voter registration exercise was generally successful and peaceful. CODEO rated the exercise conducted by the Electoral Commission (EC) 80 percent successful. The Coordinator of CODEO, Albert Arhin, said on Eyewitness News that “I will give them [the EC] about 80% success. I have watched registration […] The post ‘Voter
The Management of St. Mathias Catholic Hospital at Yeji in the Bono East Region has suspended non-emergency and mortuary services at their facility. This comes after some residents of Kojo Boffour, a neighbouring community allegedly attacked workers of the facility last Friday and removed the remains of a person suspected to have died from COVID-19. […] The post Yeji:
The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, says former Local Government Minister, Prof Kwamena Ahwoi’s book which records his time working with ex-president Jerry John Rawlings will not have any effect on the party’s fortunes ahead of the general elections in December. “I don’t see how somebody has written his […] The post Ahwoi’s
The police in Accra have arrested 10 persons for engaging in offensive conduct and disrupting the peace at Teshie. The arrests come on the back of agitations by some 300 rampaging youth who took to the streets of Teshie on Monday, August 10. The youth armed with bottles, stones, missiles and other offensive weapons attempted […] The post Homowo: Police
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has welcomed the government’s policy of Professional Teacher Allowance. Under the new allowance scheme, professional teachers will receive an amount of GHS 1,200 while non-professional teachers will receive GHS 600 per year. The initiative, according to government is to enable teachers to invest in improving and upgrading their […] The post New
The outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has changed the face of healthcare delivery across the world. A lot of countries have had to review most health standards and approaches as they respond to the novel infection and its associated mortality and issues. To a larger extent, sub-Saharan Africa is dealing with this new public […] The post Nii
The outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has changed the face of healthcare delivery across the world. A lot of countries have had to review most health standards and approaches as they respond to the novel infection and its associated mortality and issues. To a larger extent, sub-Saharan Africa is dealing with this new public […] The post Nii
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