The Ashanti Regional Police Command is investigating the circumstances that led to the total disregard of COVID-19 safety protocols during the recent final funeral rites of Mr. Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, popularly known as ‘Sir John’. The funeral, held from June 3 to 5 at Sakora-Wonoo in the Kwabre-East District of the Ashanti Region, saw a […] The post Police
Police have arrested two suspects, Abdula Saeed and Kudjo Akorlor for their alleged involvement in a kidnapping incident. The two were arrested in their hideout at Abeka Lapaz in Accra after a sister of the victim reported the incident to the police. The suspects had allegedly demanded GHS1,000 from the victim’s sister through mobile money […] The post Two persons
The five police officers who were arrested for alleged extortion have finally been granted bail. This was disclosed by their lawyer, Andrew Vortia, in an interview on Eyewitness News on Friday, June 11, 2021. According to him, while three of the officers are out of custody, two are still in custody because they failed to […] The post 5 police
Sony Music has cancelled the debts of thousands of artists who signed to the record label before the year 2000. It means that many will now, for the first time, earn money when their songs are streamed on services like Spotify and Amazon Music. Sony said it could not name the eligible acts due to […] The post Sony Music writes off artists’ decades-old debts appeared
Nigeria’s justice minister has told the Vanguard newspaper that the government never intended to prosecute citizens still using Twitter after the micro-blogging site was banned in the country last week. Abubakar Malami, who is also the country’s attorney general, told the newspaper that the government would only go after “anyone, whether individual or corporate institution, […] The post Nigeria
The National Labour Commission (NLC) has instructed the Technical University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (TUTAG) to suspend its intended strike and appear before it on Wednesday, June 16, 2021. TUTAG has declared an indefinite strike effective Monday, June 14, 2021. This was announced by the group in a statement issued after they addressed the media […] The post Suspend
US lawmakers have introduced five bills aimed at limiting the power held by Big Tech companies. The bills were drafted after a 16-month investigation into the powers of Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook. They address topics including data, mergers, and the competitive behaviour of these companies – which could ultimately lead to them being forced […] The post US lawmakers
The Minority Leader in Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu has served notice that the caucus will stand against the approval of Martin Adjei-Mensah Korsah as a Deputy Minister for Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development. He said the caucus’ decision is based on incidents of violence that led to deaths in Techiman South during the 2020 polls. […] The post We’ll
Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian teenager in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said on Friday. Mohammed Hamayel, 15, died in clashes as Palestinians protested against the building of an illegal Jewish settlement near the city of Nablus. The Israeli army said there was a riot and soldiers’ lives were in […] The post Palestinian teenager
The government is considering delaying the lifting of England’s remaining Covid restrictions by up to four weeks, sources have told the BBC. The final stage of lifting lockdown, originally planned to take place no earlier than 21 June, would see all legal limits on social contact removed. It comes amid growing concern over rapidly increasing […] The post England considers
The Chairman of Parliament’s Appointments Committee, Joseph Osei Owusu has explained why the Appointments Committee sat on Friday, June 11, 2021, despite a directive for parliamentarians to go to their constituencies to plant trees. In an Eyewitness News interview, Mr. Osei Owusu said “I was informed by the Minority Leader that the leadership of Parliament […] The post Joe
A group known as the Global Civil Society wants the government, together with chocolate and cocoa companies, to start living up to the decades-old promise to ending child labour in the country. The Global Civil Society in a statement bemoaned that the cocoa sector has been conspicuously quiet on the topic. “Today, June 12, 2021, […] The post ‘End
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