The Center for Social Justice Ghana (CSJ), a social change activism group, has called for ‘wholesale’ reforms at the Attorney General’s Department if the country is bent on reducing instances of judgement debts. CSJ made the call after releasing a report on the judgement debts amounting to over a billion cedis the country was compelled to […] The post AG’s
The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, has said that he requested the presence of the military in Ejura on Tuesday, June 29, 2021, as Chairman of the Regional Security Council, REGSEC. Mr. Osei Mensah said he took that action based on intelligence he gathered a day before the protest that turned bloody with two […] The post ‘I
The National Youth Organiser of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye popularly known as Nana B has urged the Ghana Police Service to allow the youth of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to organise their planned demonstration dubbed “March for Justice”. The youth wing of the NDC had written to the […] The post Allow
The National Youth Organiser of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye, popularly known as Nana B, has urged the Ghana Police Service to allow the youth wing of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to organise their planned demonstration dubbed ‘March for Justice’. The youth wing of the NDC had written to […] The post ‘I
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia says the government has so far activated 20 community mines and plans to increase the number to 100 by the close of 2021 to make local communities benefit from the gold mining value chain. Dr. Bawumia who disclosed this at the opening of the 2021 Ghana Gold Mining Week […] The post More community mines to be activated by end
The counter-terrorism unit at the police headquarters in Accra, the Weija Divisional Police Command and the Ga South Municipal Assembly have arrested about ten suspected criminals posing as police, National Security and BNI officials who were providing security to illegal sand winners at Agbozo in the Ga South Municipality. According to the Assembly, the operations of […] The post Weija:
The Ghana Armed Force (GAF), says it will deal with its personnel seen in a viral video brutalizing some residents of Wa, the Upper West Regional capital on Thursday, July 1, 2021. According to GAF, it has already initiated investigations into the “unprofessional conduct” of the officers. GAF made this known in a press statement issued […] The post We’ll
More than 800 people and an undisclosed number of clients from several companies based in the Kampala Metropolitan Area received fake Covid-19 jabs last month. Some of the recipients have since died in the second wave of the pandemic, the Ugandan government revealed. Dr Wallen Naamara, the head of State House Health Monitoring Unit, told […] The post Alarm as 800 Ugandans get fake
Australia will halve the number of international arrivals it accepts after Covid outbreaks put half the population in lockdown this week. The country’s strict border rules have only allowed Australians and people with exemptions to enter. From 14 July, Australia will accept just over 3,000 people a week – a measure likely to last until […] The post Australia to
A Moroccan couple who documented their lives on a popular YouTube channel have faced a backlash after they published footage of their baby’s funeral and burial. Sara and her husband Hamza, who go by their first names only on the website, have come under fire on social media after they uploaded the viral vlog earlier this week. […] The post YouTube couple under fire
Kwame Joseph, a man believed to be a native of Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region, has been hospitalised after he fell from high tension electricity cables at Loagri in the Walewale Municipality of the North East Region. According to residents, the man, believed to be mentally ill, was seen hanging on a high tension […] The post Walewale: Mentally
An MP has angered many by saying “foreign” dancing, singing and flag-waving at wedding ceremonies in France is “unacceptable” and a “disturbance”. Anne Genevard of Les Republicains party described the kind of celebrations that are typical of French families of North African heritage. She told parliament that “those who get married in a French town […] The post Backlash
Foreign dignitaries have arrived in Zambia’s capital for Kenneth Kaunda’s state memorial. The patriarch of African independence died at the age of 97 last month. He succumbed to pneumonia. The giant of African nationalism will be remembered by past and present African leaders who will be attending his official memorial service here in Lusaka. Zambia’s […] The post Foreign
The Fisheries Commission has said artisanal fisherfolk who flout the closed season directive risk getting their canoe and catch confiscated. According to the Commission, every fisherfolk must stay away from operating during the period. The one-month exercise instituted by the government began on Thursday, July 1, 2021, for artisanal, and inshore fleets and semi-industrial fleets. […] The post We’ll
Dredge Masters, the contractor desilting the Odaw River and the Korle Lagoon, says squatters and encroachers are continuing to hinder the progress of work. The company explained that the squatters have put up illegal structures along the Odaw River impeding their movement to sections of the river where they are to desilt. This is inspite […] The post Squatters
Like many Ghanaians, the events in Ejura in the Ashanti Region this week have left me shocked, saddened and greatly concerned about the present state of affairs in our country. The murder of Ibrahim ‘Kaaka’ Mohammed is a stain on the moral conscience of this country, as is the shooting of unarmed members of his […] The post Kofi Totobi Quakyi writes on events in Ejura appeared
It appears that the brouhaha that ensued at the Audit Service hasn’t ended, despite the controversial retirement of the former Auditor-General, Daniel Yao Domelevo. According to Mr. Domelevo, some staff of the Audit Service who helped him investigate the Kroll case have suffered some punishments. He alleged that while some have suffered undue demotions, others […] The post Audit
The Interior Minister, Ambrose Derry, has said the three-member committee tasked to conduct a public inquiry into the disturbances recorded at Ejura in the Ashanti Region, will meet the deadline given by President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. President Akufo-Addo on Wednesday, June 30, 2021, in a statement from the presidency instructed Ambrose Dery to conduct […] The post Committee
The youth wing of the opposition National Democratic Congress, NDC, has said it will go ahead with its planned demonstration, despite the police’s indication that it will not be able to provide protection for them. The youth wing of the party after writing to notify the police of their intended demonstration, received a response from […] The post Police
Government says the decongestion and clean-up of the Agbogbloshie onion market in Accra will take more than a week to be completed. The government with assistance from about a thousand security officers embarked on the demolition of structures at the Agbogbloshie market on Thursday, July 1, 2021, after the relocation of the onion traders to […] The post Clearing
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