GENERAL NEWS

I will be critical about standards even in my retirement – Outgoing CJ

Outgoing Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo, has served notice that she’ll continue to be critical of standards in the studying of law and its practice in Ghana even while she’s on retirement. Describing her relationship with the Ghana Bar Association as “bittersweet”, she emphasized the need to always main a high …

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‘Govt must prove Atewa is out of Bauxite deal’ – NGOs

The Coalition of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and Concerned Citizens Against Mining in Atewa has urged Government to demonstrate that indeed Atewa is out of the $2 billion sinohydro bauxite deal. The Coalition made the request in its response to Dr. Gideon Boako, spokesperson for the Vice President, statement “that government …

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Sad story of 200 babies abandoned by wicked mothers

Sensing it from afar as fate may have it, one hears the voice of these innocent kids at the Royal Seed Orphanage Home at Kwoa Bondzie, a suburb of Kasoa in the Central Region of Ghana. When Adom TV inquired about the whereabouts of the mothers of these children, the saddening response …

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Afrobarometer report good feedback for govt – Hadzide

The Deputy Minister of Information Pius Enam Hadzide has stated that the Afrobarometer on Citizens’ perceptions of the country’s economic conditions is positive feedback to the Government and shall inform Government’s plans and programs going forward. The Deputy Minister who was reacting to the report indicated that more than half …

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BNI to chase those re-bagging foreign rice as local rice

Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture, Kennedy Osei Nyarko, has hinted that his outfit, together with the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), will soon be going after persons believed to be re-bagging foreign rice as local rice for sale. Speaking in an interview on Adom FM’s morning show Dwaso Nsem …

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Majority of Ghanaians believe Ghana is moving in wrong direction – Report

A new Afrobarometer report by the Center for Democratic Development (CDD) says that majority of Ghanaians believe that the country is “moving in the wrong direction.” Six in 10 Ghanaians, representing 59% of the population said the country was going in the wrong direction while only 35% felt the country …

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I haven’t spoken on ‘Western Togolanders’ yet – Rawlings

Ex-President Jerry John Rawlings has denied media reports that he has spoken to the presidency about developments regarding a separatist group Homeland Study Group Foundation in the Volta region. “The former President intends to issue a statement on the developments in due course,” a statement from his office Thursday said, …

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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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