A Kenyan journalist and TV presenter has won this year’s BBC World News Komla Dumor Award. Waihiga Mwaura presents Kenya’s most-watched evening news bulletin on Citizen TV. As part of the prize, he will spend three months at the BBC in London and travel back to the continent to report on a story there. The […] The post Kenyan Waihiga Mwaura wins
Speaker of Parliament, Prof Mike Oquaye has kicked against calls for the scrapping of the death penalty in Ghana’s statute books. The death penalty has been in Ghana’s statute books since the application of the English common law in 1874, but in practice, no execution has been recorded since July 1993, when then-President Jerry John […] The post Don’t Abolish Death Penalty –
The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) has revealed that minors have registered in the just ended limited registration exercise. The exercise which began on Sunday, September 16 and ended Tuesday, September 25 was in preparation towards the creation of the six proposed new regions by the government. It took place in all districts which […] The post Minors
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has received the 2018 Outstanding Leader’s Award, given to him by the United States Chamber of Commerce and its U.S. Africa Business Centre. Receiving the award on Monday, 24th September, 2018, President Akufo-Addo noted that “it is good to know that advocating for Ghana to opt for a partnership with […] The post Akufo-Addo receives
Parliament Tuesday unanimously approved President Akufo-Addo’s nominees for the Supreme Court. They are; Justice Samuel K. Marful-Sau, Justice of Appeal; Justice Agnes M. A. Dordzie, Justice of Appeal; Prof. Nil Ashie Kotey, former Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Ghana, Legon; and Nene A. 0. Amegatcherr, Private legal practitioner and former President of the Ghana […] The post Parliament
Vice president Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has noted the various policies being introduced by government must transform the lives of Ghanaians beyond stabilising the economy. He admitted there is hardship in the system, but promised the various social policy interventions will soon address challenges of the average Ghanaian. “I know and share in the sentiments of […] The post We
A number of Senior Police Officers have been reshuffled in command positions at the Police Headquarters Tuesday, according to a statement by the Director-General Public Affairs of the service, ASP David S. Eklu. The latest shakeup saw the appointment of Deputy Inspector-General of Police (IGP) in the person of COP James Oppong Boamah, the first […] The post Deputy IGP Appointed
President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the only way to create a society of opportunities for the youth, empower them to confront the challenges of this globally competitive world, and, at the same time, realise the 17 UN SDGs, is to guarantee for them access to education. Lending Ghana’s voice in support, at the launch […] The post “Guarantee Access To
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