Umaru Sanda Amadu and Wilma Obuobisa bring you today’s edition of the Eyewitness News. The following headlines and others were discussed. – Parliament to sit only twice a week after 15 MPs, 56 staff test positive for COVID-19 – Shutdown Parliament for 14 days over COVID-19 infections – Dr. Apaak – Election Petition: Supreme Court […] The post Eyewitness News:

The New Patriotic Party’s Member of Parliament for Damongo, Samuel Abu Jinapor has fulfilled one of his campaign promises to his constituents in the run up to the 2020 election. On Friday, the Minister of Lands and National Resources designate begun the disbursement of various sums of money to the first batch of One Hundred […] The post Samuel Abu Jinapor

The Member of Parliament for New Juaben South, Michael Kofi Okyere Baafi, has charged school heads in Koforidua not to let their guards down but strictly enforce all COVID-19 safety protocols at school. In an interview with Citi News after visiting some Basic Schools in Koforidua, Michael Okyere Baafi called on all teachers in the […] The post COVID-19: New Juaben

The Upper East Regional Secretariat of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) says it will resist attempts by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to use illegal processes for the upcoming Council of State election. According to the NDC, attempts by the NPP in the region to use former Municipal and District Chief Executives and former […] The post U/E: We won’t

John Mahama’s legal team in the election petition has expressed satisfaction with the court’s decision to maintain the bulk of their third witness’ statement, made by Robert Joseph Mettle-Nunoo, despite objections from President Nana Akufo-Addo’s counsel. Addressing the press, one of Mahama’s spokespersons, Dr. Dominic Ayine described it as “a great victory”. Dr. Ayine admitted […] The post Election

The grand finale of The Spelling Bee 2021 edition will be held tomorrow, Saturday, February 6, 2021. All 60 finalists have promised to prove their mettle by battling for the ultimate prize of GHS10,000 and the bragging rights as the best speller in Ghana. The closed-door event will be held with only spellers, parents, and […] The post Spelling Bee 2021 grand finale to be held

Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Databank Group, Kojo Addae-Mensah who is well known in the Ghanaian media fraternity for his role as a football pundit, has indicated his numerous media appearances have always been for free. Kojo Addae-Mensah started working as a resource person in the media space way back in 2000 and still […] The post My media

Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Databank Group, Kojo Addae-Mensah has bemoaned how everything is politicized in Ghana. He believes such a phenomenon only discourages development. Sharing why he was unhappy with the trend of politicizing every situation in the country, he related his own experience of how people branded him politically because of […] The post Stop

At least four people are in a critical condition after a shooting incident on Friday at Madagbeh, a community in the Ada West District of the Greater Accra Region. The motive for the shooting is not known, but eyewitnesses say one of the “men in pickups, threatened to kill them in the village for [allegedly] […] The post Four in critical condition

The hearing of the 2020 Election Petition at the Supreme Court this week saw the continuation and conclusion of cross-examination of John Mahama’s first witness, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah on Monday, February 1, 2021. The cross-examination ended with the second respondent, Nana Akufo-Addo’s lead counsel, Akoto Ampaw putting questions to the witness and requesting answers aimed […] The post Election

At the election petition hearing on Friday, February 5, 2021, the Supreme Court ordered for the removal of five paragraphs from the witness statement of Rojo Mettle-Nunoo, one of the agents who represented John Mahama at the Electoral Commission’s National Collation Centre during the 2020 polls. The seven Justices hearing the case gave the ruling […] The post Election

The Volta River Authority (VRA) has urged calm after it said some students of the Akosombo International School have tested positive for COVID-19. The Eastern Regional Health Directorate earlier indicated that a school in Akosombo had recorded 42 COVID-19 cases. VRA in a statement said a COVID-19 screening exercise has been ongoing for Staff and […] The post VRA

The Central Regional office of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) last year recorded a total of 568 reported cases as compared with the 694 cases recorded in 2019. The total number of cases were made up of 561 human rights infractions, seven administrative justice with no anti-corruption case reported. One hundred […] The post CHRAJ records decrease

Officers of the Volta Regional Command of the Ghana Immigration Service on Wednesday intercepted a bus with illegal immigrants from Benin and Togo at the Asikuma Inland Checkpoint in the Volta Region. The 51 ECOWAS nationals, included 49 Beninese and two Togolese, who were travelling on board a Hyundai vehicle with registration number AW 9955-19. […] The post 51 ECOWAS

Some employers within Ghana’s petroleum industry say one of the difficulties living up to the Local Content Law expectation of employing locals is sometimes getting the true locals with the needed skills. Anastasia Abban, who is the Group Human Resource Manager for Quantum Terminals, which is a major support service provider to the Atuabo Gas […] The post Justify

A suspect in a theft at Kasoa has been arraigned after he also bit off part of the thumb of a police officer trying to effect an arrest. The suspect, Eric Awutey, has been charged with stealing, resisting arrest, assault on a public officer, causing harm and causing damage. Police from the Millennium City tried […] The post Kasoa: Man arraigned after

Ghana and the UK have successfully completed negotiations on the new interim Trade Partnership Agreement between the two countries. The new agreement will take effect immediately both countries finalize on their internal procedures to accommodate the concessions. As part of the new agreement, Ghana will get duty-free and quota-free access to the UK market while […] The post Ghana-UK

The Sissala East Municipal Security Committee (MUSEC) has ordered mining activities around the Pido and Wuru enclave in the Banu paramountcy of the Sissala East Municipality to cease with immediate effect. Mr Karim Nanyua, the acting Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), disclosed this to the GNA after a meeting of Chiefs, Settler Moshie and acting Municipal […] The post Assembly

Ghana recorded 8,037 deaths from cancer-related diseases in 2020, Dr. (Mrs) Beatrice Wiafe Addai, the former Chairperson of the Ghana Cancer Board, has disclosed. Giving the breakdown, the Consultant Surgeon said, out of the figure, 2,055 related to breast cancer, 3,166 to liver cancer, 1,117 to prostate and 1,699 to cervical cancer. She indicated that, […] The post Ghana

Rice farmers at Fumbisi and Tono in the Builsa South District and the Kassena-Nankana Municipality of the Upper East Region have attributed heavy losses they have incurred on the delay in harvesting due to the lack of combine harvesters. The farmers said they could not harvest their produce on time, leading to the drying up […] The post Rice farmers attribute losses