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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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …

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, …

Legal Practitioner Martin Kpebu has argued for the cancellation or postponement of the December 17 referendum saying the Bill to amend Article 55 (3) could simply be withdrawn from Parliament. An amendment of Article 55 (3) of the 1992 Constitution will enable political parties to sponsor candidates for local level …

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 …

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 …

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 …

A 40-year-old man is fighting for his life after being stabbed in the scrotum over an alleged land dispute. The victim, Sampson Bortey, was said to have been attacked by some land guards on a disputed land at Gomoa Mafam near Buduburam in the Gomoa East District of the Central …

Former President John Mahama has described the raid of an accra-based IT firm SOFTtribe by National Security operatives as unacceptable. According to him, the government is using the National Security machinery to infringe upon the human rights of Ghanaians. National Security Operatives on Tuesday conducted an operation to reportedly secure …

The Chief Executive Officer for Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) Dr. Ibrahim Anyars and his National entourage visited the Ahafo Region for a workshop to build the capacity of all the NABCO Trainees in the Region. The workshop was held at the Ahafo Regional Coordinating Council,GOASO. Hon. Evans Opoku-Bobie was honoured …

Two Ghanaian nationals in South Africa have been arrested by Mthatha police in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa in police raid in churches and business centers. Richard Amoah and Ismael Mohammed were arrested on Friday, 18th October, 2019 and remanded into police custody. Unconfirmed report reaching thepressradio.com indicates …

The Ministries of Tourism and Sanitation are set to get a a helping hand from Ghana Beach Soccer to create awareness about sanitation and environmental issues. This comes after Beautiful Beneath signed up to join the Voluntary Sanitation Education & Awareness Campaign in partnership with Ghana Beach Soccer. The campaign …

Old students of Dwamena Akenten Senior High School at Offinso in the Offinso South district of the Ashanti region has averted what could have been a sanitation crisis in the school with the building an ultra modern 20-seater toilet facility. The facility, which was at the cost of GHC70, 000, …

The Tema Development Corporation (TDC) will soon pull down Anointed Palace Chapel International, Tema Branch belonging to Reverend Francis Antwi alias Obofour over encroachment, MyNewsGh.com has gathered. Checks from the TDC Development Company survey department and Tema layout has revealed that Reverend Obofour’s Church Anointed Palace Chapel International situated at …

Crusaders Against Corruption (CAC) Ghana, an anti-graft organisation has submitted a petition to the Special Prosecutor, Mr Martin Amidu, to investigate the purchase of some 50 buses for the Metro Mass Transit Company Limited (MMT). “Sir, in the interest of protecting the public purse and to avert any form of …

About 400 unemployed graduate teachers have appealed to the government and the Education Ministry to have them immediately posted. According to them, despite graduating from the various Colleges of Education, they are yet to be posted to the various senior high schools in the country. President of the coalition of …

A 23-year-old man has been arrested after being accused of throwing faeces at five people on three different occasions. He allegedly threw liquefied faeces which he held in a bucket at passersby in three different locations between Friday afternoon and Monday night in Toronto. The accused, Samuel Opoku was arrested in the …

A contempt application initiated by Jonathan Holm, through his lawyer Bright Akwetey against President  Dankwa Akufo-Addo over the National Cathedral saga has been dismissed by the Supreme Court. A seven member panel chaired by Justice Jones Dotse while dismissing the application said the president is immune from both criminal and …

The work of a journalist is hard enough, but when that journalist decides that he will foray into the uncharted waters of undercover investigations then he and she is walking the thin line between life and death. The fallout of a classic investigative piece can blow up the life of …

A seven-member panel of the Supreme Court presided over by Justice Jones Dotse has dismissed a writ filed by leader of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP), Akua Donkor against President Nana Akufo-Addo and his Vice Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. The apex court after dismissing the case also slapped on Madam Akua …

Inspector-General of Police (IGP), James Oppong-Boanuh, has spoken for the first time about the treatment meted out to senior police officer, ACP Dr Benjamin Agordzo for an alleged coup plot. The Director of Transformational Programme Office at the Police Service charged with abetment to commit treason, was said to have …

The Government of Ghana has finally handed over the Komenda Sugar Factory to a Strategic Investor. Park Aggrotech Company Limited, an Indian company based in Ghana and a subsidiary of the Skylark Group of companies won the bid to manage the sugar factory. The Managing Director of Agrotech Company Limited …

Inspector-General of Police (IGP), James Oppong-Boanuh, has given a diagnosis of the growing police unprofessional conduct on the road including the acceptance of bribes. He explained that civilians, especially drivers, who break the law willingly offer the bribe to avoid being prosecuted. Such unholy enticement, the IGP said makes it …