Tag Archives: JOURNALIST

At least 127 journalists have died of COVID-19 between March 1, and May 31, this year, around the world, according to a count by the Press Emblem Campaign (PEC). In a press release issued Tuesday, the Geneva-based NGO said that among the 127 deaths, around two-thirds were on duty. “Media workers have …

A Cameroonian journalist working for the German broadcaster Deutsche Welle is receiving treatment after being beaten by soldiers in country’s Anglophone area where separatists are fighting for independence. Jean-Marie Ngong Song “is in serious pain with hearing difficulties” after the incident on Sunday evening in the north-western town of Bambili, the …

Detectives have arrested a juvenile in connection with the gruesome murder Pamoja FM journalist, Mohammed Hassan Marjan, who was killed last week in Kibra on his way home from work. The arrest of the 14-year-old by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Monday comes after he was …

Deputy Information Minister, Pius Enam Hadzide says plans are far advanced to provide scholarships and other support for Journalists across the country who are willing to seek higher education. The World on Sunday May 3 celebrated World Press Freedom Day. In Ghana, Journalists regardless of the work they do are one of …

The issue of who is a frontline worker has dominated the public sphere especially when the Government of Ghana announced some measures laid down for frontline health workers taking care of patients who have been tested positive for the novel Coronavirus. The role of journalists in the fight against Coronavirus cannot be left …

The Damongo Police on Thursday 26th March 2020 arrested two young men, a Butcher called Majeed Yussif and a pantry boy at the Damongo Senior High School called Malik Zonzuwura for assaulting the Damongo Reporter of Bole based Nkilgi FM Zion Abdul- Rauf. The statement of the two young men …

Both the Minority and Majority Leaders in Parliament have dismissed calls for the Speaker of Parliament Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye to apologise to journalists over his threat to revoke the accreditation of journalists. The Speaker made the threats Wednesday after journalists abandoned the SONA debate to interview a minority MP. …

There is widespread criticism directed at the Speaker of Parliament following a threat to withdraw accreditation of defiant journalists. Prof. Mike Oquaye, speaking after a complaint by Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu about journalists leaving the chamber to cover a press briefing by Ellembelle MP, Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah on President Akufo-Addo’s State …

The popular saying “the Police is your friend” is often negated by the conduct of the Ghana Police Service, and only of decreasing minority have a good word to say about these men in uniform in terms of upholding professional conduct with the general public. One major characteristic of a …

A journalist with A1 Radio in the Upper East Region, Samuel Maura, has accused the Minister of Information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah of dishonesty and deception for failing to honour a pledge of GHC10,000 he had made to the Upper East Regional branch of the Ghana Journalists Association(GJA) even after numerous …