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, …
Read More »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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Read More »Wife, kids of nurse who threatened to burn Supreme Court beg for clemency
The family of Simon Ayamga, the 33-year-old nurse who was arrested by operatives of the National Security for allegedly threatening to burn down the Supreme Court is on a hunger strike. Children of the embattled nurse are said to have refused intake of food since the arrest of their father. …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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, …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Chantelle Kudjawu sues Eugene Arhin’s wife for GHS3.5m
Ms Chantelle T. S. Kudjawu, a private investigator, wife and mother-of-three, has sued Mrs Gloria Arhin, the estranged wife of Mr Eugene Arhin, the Acting Communication Director at the Presidency, for GHS3.5 million in damages for defamation. She has taken issue with Mrs Arhin’s claim in her divorce petition that …
Read More »Farmer murdered over GH₵100 utility bill at Dunkwa-on-Offin
Collins Dorman, a 30-year-old farmer has been stabbed to death with a knife at Atechem, a suburb of Dunkwa-on-offin in the Upper Denkyira East Municipality of the Central Region. The sordid act was allegedly committed by one Isaac Owusu Boateng, a Community Police Personnel (CPP) in the early hours of …
Read More »Teachers, education officials disagree over new curriculum
Teachers and the Ministry of Education officials are speaking at cross-purposes over a compressed curriculum, just weeks to reopening of schools for semi-candidate classes on March 1. Whereas Mr Alex Kakooza, the Education ministry permanent secretary, says they have condensed the content for Terms II and III to fast-track teaching …
Read More »Facebook blocks Australian users from viewing or sharing news
Facebook has blocked Australian users from sharing or viewing news content on the platform, causing much alarm over public access to key information. Australians woke up on Thursday to find the Facebook pages of all local and global news sites were unavailable. Several government health, emergency and other pages were …
Read More »Court adjourns treason trial due to Covid-19 upsurge
The Accra High Court hearing the case of Dr Frederick Yao Mac Palm and ten others, being held over alleged treason, has adjourned the hearing to April 13, 2021, due to the upsurge of Covid-19 cases in the country. Justice Samuel K. Asiedu, an Appeal Court Judge with additional responsibility …
Read More »LGBT’s ‘criminality non-negotiable’, culturally ‘unacceptable’, – Adwoa Safo
The Minister-designate for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Sarah Adwoa Safo has taken a bold stance against the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) practice in the country. Taking her turn before the vetting panel at the Appointments Committee of Parliament on 17 February 2021, the Member of Parliament for the Dome-Kwabenya …
Read More »Farmers to boycott work for Agric Minister-designate’s vetting
Some Farmers in the northern parts of the country say they will keenly monitor the Vetting Proceedings on Friday when the Minister-designate for Food and Agriculture, Hon. Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto appears before the House. The farmers say due to the COVID-19 restrictions which makes it impossible for them to appear in person to …
Read More »My blood pressure has shot up because I still haven’t met Kuami Eugene – Alleged father cries
The man who claims to be the father of Ghanaian high-life musician Kuami Eugene has established that his health has deteriorated due to the controversies surrounding himself and his son. According to Mr. Kofi Boakye, he has been diagnosed of severe high blood pressure as a result of his inability to reconcile …
Read More »HEARTBREAKING: Man dies few hours after announcing his wedding date
A young man in Tamale, the Northern Regional Capital has sent shockwaves down the spines of his friends after he died shortly after announcing his Islamic wedding date,MyNewsGh.com reports. Fuseini Sayibu Baba known among peers as Citizen Shaibu Promzy was set to walk down the aisle with Ibrahim Latifa known …
Read More »Ghana Public University bans female students from ‘showing skin’ in campus dressing
A Ghanaian public University, the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) has issued stern directives to female students against “showing skins” by wearing dresses on campus that the Vice-Chancellor says goes against the University rules. He has therefore cautioned female students who wear indecent outfits, especially when attending lecturers to …
Read More »We’ll give Funny Face the best of care for him to recover – Accra Psychiatric Hospital
A Public Relations Member at the Accra Psychiatric Hospital, Emmanuel Appiah has said the facility will give Funny Face who was recently ordered to seek an examination at the facility the best of care. He said what the comedian needs now is the show of love and not insults and attacks as …
Read More »University bans female students from ‘showing skin’ in campus dressing
A Ghanaian public University, the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) has issued stern directives to female students against “showing skins” by wearing dresses on campus that the Vice Chancellor says goes against the University rules. He has therefore cautioned female students who wear indecent outfits, especially when attending lecturers …
Read More »Net worth of ex-Black Stars forward KP Boateng revealed
According to information gathered, former Ghana Black Stars attacker Kevin Prince Boateng is worth 20 million dollars. Born in Germany but of Ghanaian descent, the veteran forward played for the country of his birth at the junior national team level before subsequently playing for his native country. Widely adored by …
Read More »I don’t take Wontumi serious, I won’t respond to his allegations – Alfred Mahama
Alfred Mahama, the elder brother of former President John Dramani Mahama has said he won’t respond to the baseless allegations of the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Bernard Antwi-Boasiako popularly called Chairman Wontumi that he (Alfred Mahama) wanted to kill him (Chairman Wontumi) prior to election 2020. Chairman Wontumi has …
Read More »Bolga Tech Institute shut down over student clashes
The Bolgatanga Technical Institute in the Upper East Region has on Wednesday, 17 February 2021, been shut down. This follows a clash between two student groups of the school on Tuesday night. The situation which got out of hand by Wednesday morning, led to the destruction of school property. Some …
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