Yearly Archives: 2019

Pastor ‘disciplines’ church members with cane [Video]

A video making rounds on social media has a pastor whipping church members with cane for reasons that are not immediately clear. Most comments under the video have condemned him for his actions but the church members don’t look perturbed in the video – it appears to be a norm. …

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‘Soli’ is wrong, don’t accept it – Journalist of the year

The reigning GJA journalist of the year Doreen Hammond has urged Ghanaian journalists to stop accepting ‘soli’ because it is not a good practice. The Junior Graphic editor believes ‘soli’ can easily influence the storyline of a journalist. ‘Soli’ in Ghanaian journalism practice is  an amount of money paid to …

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126 African-American diasporans receive Ghanaian citizenship

President Akufo-Addo has in accordance with section 10 of the Citizenship Act (2000) Act 591, approved the applications of some one hundred and twenty-six (126) members of the African-American Diaspora Community, to become Ghanaian Citizens by registration. According to Section 10 of the Citizenship Act (2000) Act 591 which is …

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Anas, West African journalists visit Ahmed Suale’s grave site

Ghana’s most decorated award-winning investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas and a group of West African journalists on Wednesday visited the graveside of slain colleague Ahmed Hussein-Suale. Hussein-Suale was shot in the neck and chest by unknown assailants while he was driving in Accra on the evening of 16 January 2019. …

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ECOWAS is dead – GUTA fumes

The Ghana Union Traders Association (GUTA) has expressed disappointment in the failure of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to enforce trade protocols “ECOWAS is dead, we don’t have ECOWAS,” GUTA National Organizer Clement Boateng declared as a retail trade feud between Ghanaian traders and other West African …

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Rawlings angry with ‘independent’ Western Togoland separatists

Former President Jerry John Rawlings who hails from Volta Region is angry by a so-called breakaway from Ghana of the Volta Region and some parts of the Northern and Upper East regions otherwise called the Independent Western Togoland, MyNewsGh.com reports. According to Deputy Minister of Defense, Major [rtd] Derrick Oduro, …

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Act as a vice president and stop being jocular – Kwakye Ofosu

A former Deputy Minister of Information has admonished the Vice President to stop usurping the functions of ordinary serial callers and rather conduct himself with sobriety and candour befitting of the high office he occupies. Speaking on JoyNews’ TV programme, Pm Express, Felix Kwakye Ofosu said of Dr Mahamudu Bawumia that “it …

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Video: Shatta Wale causes stir by drinking from huge wine glass

Actress and TV personality, Efia Odo, has set up a wine shop at Afrikiko near the Jubilee House. True to media reports, Efia Odo’s shop, which is named South Africa wines, has been opened today, Wednesday, November 27, 2019. Among the patrons at the official opening was South Africa’s High …

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Akua Donkor reacts to Supreme Court ruling

Leader of the Ghana Freedom Party, Akua Donkor, is dissatisfied with the Supreme Court’s decision to dismiss her writ against President Nana Akufo-Addo and his vice, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. She argued that the judges at the apex court, who sat on the case, did the bidding of the president who …

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