The big news stories on tonight’s edition of Eyewitness News with Umaru Sanda Amadu are; Remove petroleum taxes to bring down fuel prices – Minority to government Ban on ‘aboboyaa’ on highways problematic; it needs legal backing – Minority Hospitals deserted as Health Services Workers’ Union strike takes effect Akufo-Addo cautions MMDCEs who neglect government’s […] The post Eyewitness

The newly sworn-in Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the University of Ghana, Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, has been extolled following the position she has been inducted into. Prof. Appiah Amfo has particularly been described as one who has by virtue of her academic and leadership credentials risen to the role of a Vice-Chancellor and becoming a […] The post ‘You’ve

Legendary Ghanaian singer, Bob Pinodo, says Ghanaian highlife music has a massive international appeal with a strong fan base in the United States of America (USA). According to the veteran dance band performer who spent most of his career years in the USA, Ghanaian highlife music is loved and appreciated by foreigners because of its […] The post Americans

The Minority in Parliament has called the Greater Accra Regional Minister’s ban on tricycles, popularly known as Aboboyaa, from using the motorway unwarranted. At a press conference on Tuesday, the Minority said the Minister’s ban, set to take effect on November 1, has no legal backing. The Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, announced the ban as […] The post Ban

Two men have been arrested for trading in counterfeit dollars. The two suspects, Kenneth Anarfi, aged 51, and Philip Chorkson, aged 37, were wanted by the police after a complaint on September 24, 2021. According to police, they had gone to a shop at Tuba, a suburb of Accra, and purchased electrical cables and other […] The post Two arrested for trading with fake dollars appeared

The Minority in Parliament is asking the government to consider the suspension of the Special Petroleum Tax and a review of the sanitation levy in the 2022 budget to help address the incessant increase in fuel prices. According to the minority, taxies and levies contribute to almost forty percent of the final ex-pump prices of […] The post Remove petroleum

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, says he will in the coming days engage the Archbishop of Ghana over the Anglican Church of Ghana’s response to the controversial anti-LGBTQ+ bill currently before parliament. He said he is “gravely concerned” about the draft anti-LGBTQ+ bill. According to the Archbishop of Canterbury, the teachings of the Anglican […] The post ‘I’m

A Ranking Member on the Finance Committee of Parliament, Cassiel Ato Forson, has threatened to take action against the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) for failing to seek parliamentary approval before the collection of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) margin, Fuel Marking Margin and the Unified Petroleum Pricing Fund (UPPF) levies. He […] The post Fuel

Police have detained two persons over the chieftaincy clash that led to the death of one person at Prampram in Accra. “Two suspects have since been detained at the Devtraco Police station and are assisting the investigations,” a statement from the police said. The Prampram Divisional Police in Accra has launched investigations into the chieftaincy […] The post Police

The Chief Executive Officer of Citi FM/Citi TV, Samuel Attah-Mensah (Sammens), wants the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to relieve his ministers who have unofficially hinted of their intents to contest for the party’s flagbearerership race into the 2024 elections of their posts.  According to Mr. Attah-Mensah, such persons may lose focus on their core […] The post Sack

Some departments in hospitals nationwide have been deserted following the strike by the Health Services Workers Union. This has left some patients stranded because of the absence of records personnel, cleaners, lab technicians, orderlies, among others. The union is striking in protest of its desire for better conditions of service, which it says have not […] The post Hospitals

29-year-old Joana Krah who faked her abduction at Takoradi in the Western Region has been sentenced to six years imprisonment. She was found guilty of causing fear and deceiving a public officer. She was sentenced to two years on her first charge of the publication of false news and six years on the second charge […] The post Takoradi: Woman

A review panel of the Supreme Court on Tuesday, October 26, 2021, overturned a ruling of the court’s ordinary bench removing Justice Clemence Honynuga as a trial judge in the prosecution of former COCOBOD Chief Executive, Stephen Opuni. By a 4-3 majority decision, the panel said the earlier decision to remove the presiding judge and […] The post Supreme Court restores

The Ghana Health Service has appointed gospel musician Celestine Donkor as COVID-19 vaccination ambassador. The official unveiling took place on Friday, October 22, 2021, at Cleaver House in Accra. Celestine’s role as ambassador is to mobilize people to take the COVID-19 vaccines and to mask up. Generally, she is expected to use her influence, social […] The post Ghana

President Akufo-Addo has sounded a warning to all Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Chief Executives who fail to execute the government’s development agenda in their respective areas. Speaking at an orientation program for the new local government heads, the President said he will hold the various MMDCEs accountable for all developmental projects and government initiatives in […] The post Akufo-Addo

The trial of former COCOBOD Chief Executive, Stephen Kwabena Opuni, continues to take different twists and turns as his lawyers have commenced a new move aimed at removing Justice Jones Dotse from the panel. Mr. Opuni’s lawyers earlier secured a 3-2 majority Supreme Court ruling axing Justice Clemence Honyenuga as presiding judge. The Attorney General, […] The post Opuni’s

Hiplife artiste, Samuel Frimpong, popularly known as Medikal, has been granted bail after five days on remand. He was granted bail to the tune of GH¢100,000 with one surety. Medikal was remanded by a Circuit Court judge in Accra on October 22, 2021, for brandishing a weapon in a video found on social media. He was charged […] The post Medikal granted GH¢100,000 bail

Dancehall artiste, Charles Nii Armah popularly known as Shatta Wale and his three accomplices have been granted bail by an Accra Circuit Court. They were granted bail to the tune of GH¢100,000 each on Tuesday, October 26, 2021. While Shatta Wale was given a self recognizance bail, his accomplices had one surety each. Wale was […] The post Shatta Wale and accomplices

Persons undergoing screening in the ongoing Ghana National Fire Service recruitment exercise have expressed disquiet at the process they described as chaotic. Thousands of applicants have since Monday, October 25, 2021, thronged the National Fire Academy and Training School in a bid to go through the screening and verification process. There was gridlock in front […] The post Fire

Persons undergoing screening in the ongoing Ghana National Fire Service recruitment exercise have expressed disquiet about the process, describing it as chaotic. Thousands of applicants have since Monday, October 25, 2021, thronged the National Fire Academy and Training School in a bid to go through the screening and verification process. There was gridlock in front […] The post Fire