President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed caretaker ministers to hold the fort pending the substantive appointments. This follows the expiration of his first term and the commencement of his second four-year term on January 7, 2021. The action is in accordance with the Presidential Transition Act, 2012, (Act 845), to avoid …
Read More »Fire renders many homeless at Tema
Several residents have been rendered homeless following a wild fire which swept through Abonkor, a suburb of Tema Newtown in the Greater Accra Region, Saturday dawn. About 40 wooden structures were completely burnt, with their occupants unable to salvage any of their valuables in the area commonly called Waterland. Aside …
Read More »Ashanti: Fire destroys wooden structures at Dagombaline
Fire has swept through some wooden structures serving as makeshift shelters at the slum Dagombaline in the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi. Citi News’ Ashanti Regional correspondent, Hafiz Tijani said fire personnel are at the scene but appear to have been having difficulties gaining access to the fire. The …
Read More »No laptops, no second man: Ghanaian Journalist designs a simple gadget to ease video interviews
In video interviews, many interviewees either go blank or get their thoughts mixed up along the line. Journalists are therefore compelled to type points on a laptop or on a piece of paper and show it to the interviewee as prompt. This wastes time as it extends the duration of …
Read More »Family wails as 14yr old Shanel goes missing in Accra
The Afaglo family of Tafia Norway, a suburb of Dome in the Greater Accra Region is reporting of their missing 14-year-old daughter, Miss Shanel Afaglo on Sunday, January 10, 2021. According to the mother, Nana Yaa Ocran, a 38-year-old woman living at Tafia Norway told the Tafia Police that Ms …
Read More »Ahead of reopening Over 6,000 Basic Schools In Greater Accra Undergo Mass Disinfection & Fumigation
With a few days to the official reopening of schools in Ghana after a long break owing the COVID-19 pandemic, Zoomlion Ghana has taken the mass disinfection and fumigation to the doorsteps of public and private schools in Greater Accra. In all, over six thousand (6,000) schools are being …
Read More »Akufo-Addo directs some appointees to stay on amid reports of impending reshuffle
Some persons who held ministerial positions in the first term of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s have been ordered to hold on to their respective appointments until the upcoming ministerial appointments are approved by Parliament according to some reports. The directive by the President is said to affect only substantive ministers …
Read More »Judge in Ofosu-Ampofo leaked tape trial unwell, case adjourned
The case of an alleged leaked audio recording of the National Chairman of the Nation Democratic Congress (NDC) Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo has been adjourned to tomorrow, Tuesday, January 12, 2021. This was because Justice Samuel Asiedu, a Court of Appeal judge sitting with additional responsibility as a High Court judge is …
Read More »Election of Speaker: A Supreme Court judge attempted to bribe a female NDC MP – Muntaka
Mohammed-Mubarak Muntaka, the National Democratic Congress Chief Whip and Member of Parliament for Asawase, has alleged that a Supreme Court judge called a female MP-elect from the NDC and persuaded her to vote against the NDC’s nominee of Speaker for the 8th Parliament. The NDC Chief Whip alleged that this judge was …
Read More »How to handle an abusive boss – Casandra gives tips
Casandra, a Ghanaian media personality has shared tips per her experience on how to handle an abusive boss in the workplace. Speaking with host, Eunice Dede Tornyi on eTV Ghana’s African Women’s Voices show, she shared her own experience where she was losing her self-confidence due to verbal abuse from …
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