The Coalition of Muslim Organisations, Ghana is demanding the removal of the headmistress of Wesley Girls’ High School because it prevented Muslim students from fasting during Ramadan. In addition to the removal of the headmistress, it also wants her to be sanctioned for the school’s treatment of Muslim students. Though the school had been directed […] The post Coalition
A Broadcast Journalist with Citi FM/Citi TV, Caleb Kudah, has revealed how he was physically assaulted by National Security operatives who arrested him for filming some abandoned cars at the Ministry of National Security. Caleb Kudah, who narrated his traumatic ordeal in a yet-to-be aired interview on The Point of View on Citi TV, was […] The post I
The petitioner in the Assin North election petition case, Michael Ankomah-Nimfa, is asking the court to order another parliamentary election to be conducted in the constituency. The lawyers of the petitioner made the submission during a court sitting on Wednesday, May 12, 2021. One of the lawyers for Mr. Ankomah-Nimfa, Henry Nana Boakye, in briefing […] The post Order
A meeting between government and stakeholders within the transport sector on Wednesday, May 12, 2021, for a possible review of transport fares, ended inconclusively. Commercial drivers have been advocating for increment in transport fares following the introduction of new taxes and upward review of others which led to fuel price hikes in the country. A […] The post Stakeholder
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has shot down claims that there is an increasing trend of babies born with deformities in the Sewum Health Center in the Aowin District of the Western North Region. The Ghana Health Service in a statement said available data shows that there has not been any case of birth defect […] The post Claims of increasing cases
The Accra Regional Police Command is on a manhunt for persons involved in the exhumation of a buried body at the Abokobi-Boi public cemetery in Accra. According to the police, on 11th May 2021, they received information that a group of people from Abokobi-Akporman had gone to the Abokobi- Boi public cemetery and buried one Theophilus […] The post Police
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has partnered with Milla Odartei Lamptey popularly known as Gasmilla as part of continuing efforts to rid the city of filth and make Accra clean. The partnership is pivoted on using the musician’s brand to enhance public awareness and education on the need for attitudinal change to boost the quest […] The post AMA
The Landscape & Environment Agility Across Nations (LEAN) project funded by the EU has been launched to address degradation and forest degradation in Ghana. Its implementation is coordinated between the Rainforest Alliance, World Vision Ghana, Tropenbos Ghana, and EcoCare Ghana and will be executed in three landscape with the support of all stakeholders in three […] The post Rainforest
Amazon has won a court battle over €250m (£215m) in taxes it had been ordered to pay Luxembourg. The European Commission had ordered the tech giant to repay the funds as back taxes, alleging that Amazon had been given unfair special treatment. But the EU’s General Court overturned that order, finding it had been given […] The post Amazon has €250m ‘back taxes’
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has urged closer cooperation between the armed forces of African countries to deal with crises on the continent. In his inauguration speech, he said the growing insecurity in Libya, several countries in West and Central Africa, Somalia and Mozambique, had to be addressed. He blamed the situation in Libya, and as […] The post Musevini takes oath for
The Centre for Social Democracy has condemned the manner in which National Security Officers arrested Citi FM/TV journalist, Caleb Kudah, and subsequently stormed the premises of the station to arrest another journalist, Mrs. Zoe Abu- Baidoo Addo. According to the group, the move is a “threat to our democracy.” A team of seven heavily-armed police […] The post Centre
The Centre for Social Democracy has condemned the manner in which National Security Officers arrested Citi FM/TV journalist, Caleb Kudah and subsequently storming the premises of the station to arrest another journalist, Mrs. Zoe Abu- Baidoo Addo. According to the group, the move is a “threat to our democracy.” A team of seven heavily-armed police […] The post Centre
Much has been written about the crashes, congestion and pollution on Ghana’s roads. Road injury is among the top 10 causes of deaths in the country. One report suggests that about $230 million is spent annually on emergency and trauma care associated with motor accidents alone. The heavy traffic jams don’t just undermine productivity, they […] The post Ghana’s
Police have arrested a 22-year-old man, Vincent Tawiah at the Accra Mall for allegedly defrauding people in iPhone deals. The suspect, according to police under the pretext of selling iPhones, succeeded in getting his victims to send him the money in advance and then fail to deliver the item. He was arrested by officers of […] The post Police arrest alleged iPhone fraudster
The Management of the Sabronum Health Centre and residents close to the facility want government to begin the construction work on a polyclinic earmarked for construction in the area. The Minister of Health Kwaku Agyeman-Manu cut sod for the project in 2020. Inhabitants within Sabronum and its surrounding communities have over the years complained about […] The post A/R:
A multi-purpose prison facility funded and constructed by The Church of Pentecost at Ejura in the Ashanti Region has been commissioned and handed over to the Ghana Prisons Service. The facility, described as one of a kind in the country, was constructed at the cost of GHS3,297,139.81. The fully furnished three-dormitory block with the capacity […] The post Church
The National Malaria Control Programme (NAMCOP) and its partners Ghana Health Service (GHS), Noguchi Memorial Institute of Medical Research (NMIMR) and Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL) have organised a one-day training workshop in Larval Source Management (LSM) for key stakeholders in the Upper East Regional capital Bolgatanga. The LSM training, which will be replicated across the […] The post GHS,
Before it rose from the first meeting of its first session, the eighth Parliament passed the 2021 budget statement and economic policy presented by the Majority Leader, Honourable Osei-Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, on behalf of His Excellency President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. This means that government now has the legal authority to implement its policy objectives as […] The post Exploring
The Member of Parliament for the North Tongu Constituency in the Volta Region, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has condemned National Security operatives for besieging the premises of Citi FM/Citi TV in a bid to arrest a journalist, Zoe Abu-Baidoo, after arresting her colleague, Caleb Kudah. Mr. Ablakwa insists the move by the security agency is outmoded […] The post Citi
A group of persons suspected to be part of the disbanded pro-NPP vigilante group, Delta Force who were arrested for allegedly attempting to forcibly remove the Regional Security Coordinator from his office on Tuesday night, have been granted bail. The group stormed the Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council purporting to be security officials. They then insisted […] The post Persons
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