The security personnel of the National Chief, Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu, have assaulted EIB journalist, Lantam Panpanko. According to him, he was asked to move off the road because the National Chief Imam was behind him. Narrating the incident, Mr. Panpanko stated “So, I was driving from the Ofankor roundabout headed …
Read More »Attack on journalist undermines principles of press freedom – PRINPAG
The Private Newspapers and Online News Publishers Association of Ghana (PRINPAG), has expressed with concern, the distressing incident involving an attack on a journalist in the discharge of her professional duty. The incident unfolded on Friday, October 13,2023, during the vetting process of Parliamentary aspirants of the National Democratic Congress …
Read More »Renown journalist supports pupils with educational materials
A KUMASI-based Journalist, Simon Opoku Afriyie , has extended a helping hand to scores of children of school-going age at Manso Muawano in the Amansie South District of the Ashanti Region. Mr. Opoku Afriyie who is also Otec Fm news reporter and doubles as the Chief Executive Officer of choicenewsonline.com, …
Read More »Journalist cum taxi driver hangs to death in Mankessim police cell
A 29-year-old journalist who doubles as a taxi driver has died in a police cell with a rope tied around his neck at the Mankessim Jedu Divisional Police Command in the Central Region. Information gathered by Kasapa News Yaw Boagyan indicate that the deceased, Kwame Egyama popularly known as Big …
Read More »Ghanaian journalist wins 2023 BBC News Komla Dumor Award
Ghanaian TV presenter and journalist Paa Kwesi Asare has won the 2023 BBC News Komla Dumor Award. The 36-year-old is the eighth recipient of the award and the first to come from Ghana, like the late Komla Dumor. Asare is currently the head of business news at Ghana’s private TV3 …
Read More »Kumasi-based journalist makes wild claims about Cecilia Dapaah, cites Addo Kufuor, Joseph Yamin as witnesses
A Kumasi-based journalist, Nana Frimpong Zeigah, has made a damning allegation against the former Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Dapaah. According to him, Cecilia Dapaah, in 2009, spewed lies about him to his political mentor, Dr Kwame Addo Kufuor in a bid to mar their relationship. The case, he said, …
Read More »He is even a criminal too – Bawumia boy hits Nigerian journalist after Zimbabwe deportation
Krobea Kwabena Asante, a New Patriotic Party (NPP) activist has lauched an attack on a Nigerian journalist who recently made claims about the source of funding of Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia’s presidential bid. David Hundeyin, alleged via a tweet that Bawumia’s presidential bid to be elected president in 2024 was …
Read More »Nigerian journalist with Ghanaian refugee passport details how authorities refused him entry into Zimbabwe
Nigerian journalist details how authorities refused him entry into Zimbabwe with Ghanaian refugee passport An investigative journalist and filmmaker from Nigeria who attempted entering Zimbabwe without a visa has prompted an online diplomatic conversation on Twitter after he was turned away. David Hundeyin first made a post on Twitter at …
Read More »There is no legislation on LGBTQ – Akufo-Addo corrects US journalist
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) is a very sensitive topic to Ghanaians as some of them have taken an entrenched position against the practice. Speaking at a press briefing as part of the Vice President of the United States, Kamala Haris’ visit to Ghana, President Akufo-Addo debunked claims …
Read More »Police rescue kidnapped journalist
Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command on March 11 rescued a journalist, Oduneye Olusegun, who was kidnapped by some gunmen in the Mobalufon area of Ijebu Ode on March 9. The journalist, who was coming from Abeokuta was kidnapped in the Mobalufon area in his Toyota Camry car at …
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