Yearly Archives: 2021

Don’t approve Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, she failed at her vetting – Two CSOs tell Parliament

Two Civil Society Organisations have passed a negative verdict on Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, the Communications and Digitalisation Minister-nominee after her vetting at the Appointments Committee of Parliament. Sulemana Braimah, the Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) told Joy Prime in a report broadcast on Wednesday and monitored …

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VIDEO: Some MPs don’t understand child labour – Baffour-Awuah

Minister-designate for Employment and Labour Relations, Ignatius Baffour-Awuah, has intimated that the phenomenom of child labour is a big societal problem, so much so that some legislators in Ghana’s Parliament are not able to fully appreciate it. Taking his turn before the Appointments Committee of Parliament for vetting on Wednesday, February 17, …

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Court Threatens To Discharge Obinim

A Kaneshie District Court has threatened to discharge Daniel Obinim, founder of International God’s Way Church (IGWC) and one other person if the police fail to commence the prosecution of the two at the next court date. This was after the prosecution led by Detective Sergeant Richard Amoah told the …

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How Costa Papic created disunity among players – Hearts of Oak board

Hearts Of Oak Board Member Nyaho Nyaho Tamakloe has dared former Coach Kosta Papic to come out to substantiate the allegations he has made against the Board following his resignation. The Serbia Coach tendered his resignation Tuesday after barely two months of taking over the club as the Head Coach …

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Police stops disability group’s intended march

The Accra Regional Police Command has secured a restraining order prohibiting members of the Ghana Federation of Disability Organisations (GFD) from embarking on a planned demonstration scheduled for Thursday, 18 February 2021. The Accra High Court, under Justice Elfreda Amy Dankyi, prohibited members of the group from embarking on the …

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Longest serving pilot retires after 40 years in the sky

One of the country’s longest-serving pilots, Capt Charles Karabarinde, has officially retired after 40 years of service Capt Karabarinde undertook his final flight from Mogadishu in Somalia to Entebbe International Airport yesterday. He retires with a record of flying for more than 21,600 hours. While sharing his career journey yesterday, …

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Lecturer slumps, dies in lecture hall

The Management of Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education has confirmed the death of a senior lecturer, simply identified as Mr Echetama, who slumped and died in a lecture hall on Tuesday. The Acting Public Relations Officer of the college, Mr Joseph Okwulehi, who confirmed the death to newsmen in …

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Ghana Railway Development CEO dead

Richard Dombo, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Railway Development Limited (GRDA) is dead. According to a Joy News report monitored by GhanaWeb, he died of COVID-19 complications on Wednesday, February 17, 2021. Since he tested positive for the virus, Richard Dombo, was on self-isolation at his home until his …

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