Embattled broadcaster, Bobie Ansah, can return to host his radio show after meeting his bail requirement and release from police custody. This is according to his lawyer, Victor Kojogah Adawudu. Speaking on Eyewitness News on Friday, Mr. Adawuda said his client is in good spirits and is free to continue his work since it is […] The post Accra FM’s Bobie
Member of Parliament for Tamale Central, Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed, has condemned the arrest of Accra FM Journalist, Kwabena Bobie Ansah. Speaking to Citi News, Murtala Mohammed said the arrest is part of a grand scheme by the government to gag the media. “I expect you journalists to be the loudest in speaking out against this […] The post Media must speak
A convener of social movement, #FixtheCountry, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, will be arraigned on Monday, February 14, 2022, following his arrest over a threat to stage a coup. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Director-General of the Public Affairs Unit of the Ghana Police Service, DCOP Kwesi Ofori. The statement explained that the Cambridge […] The post #Fixthecountry’s
The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has rejected media reports suggesting that it has approved the use of the National Identification Card, popularly known as Ghana Card, as an e-passport. The Organisation in a thread of tweets, clarified that it was not its responsibility to “certify the use of a state’s identity card for international […] The post ICAO
The Executive Director of the Media Foundation For West Africa (MFWA), Sulemana Braimah believes the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) might be drifting away from promoting democracy, given the increasing spate of arrests of journalists in Ghana. “I think increasingly we have a government that is becoming despotic rather than democratic, and that is not […] The post Sulemana
The National Democratic Congress has urged civil society and other interest groups to call the government to order following the arrest of Accra FM’s Kwabena Bobie Ansah. “We are deeply worried by the loud silence of moral society, a large section of civil society and rather surprisingly the Ghana Journalists Association, whose members are under […] The post Bobie
A convener of social movement, the #FixtheCountry, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, has been been picked up by the police. He was arrested over a social media post on Facebook announcing a plot to stage a coup should the controversial Electronic Transfer Levy (E-levy) be passed. “The post contained a clear statement of intent with a possible will […] The post #FixTheCountry
The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) says it is in full support of the government’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccination as outlined by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to stem the spread of the virus in the country. The group, however, wants the government to exempt health workers from the mandatory vaccination directive. In a statement, the GMA […] The post GMA
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