Tag Archives: MEDIA

  Reggae-dancehall artist, Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jr., known as in showbiz as Shatta Wale has announced his disappearance from social media. The top dancehall ‘guru’ is best known for interacting with his fans and the general public on his various social media platforms especially on microblogging site, Twitter. He …

  Bright Appiah, Executive Director of Child Rights International has hinted that very soon, his organization will be going after celebrities who have opened social media pages for their children and using that for commercial purposes. “Very soon, they will hear from us on some actions we are going to …

  National Vice President of the Ghana Psychological Association, Rev. Albert Banibensu, has shared reasons why social media is currently the leading cause of divorce in the country. According to him, most of the divorce cases he has handled over the years all identified social media as their root cause. …

A statement issued by President Akufo-Addo mourning the death of Prince Philip, the late husband of Queen Elizabeth II was met with hostility from social media users. Some social media users are unhappy that President Akufo-Addo has maintained a loud silence on key issues in the country, but was quick …

  Lawyer Martin Kpebu says the media’s way of reporting the trending case involving two juveniles who are alleged to have killed a 10-year-old boy in Kasoa for money rituals, was wrong. According to him, it was unlawful for some sections of the media to disclose the identities of the …

The sitting president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and other leading opposition members back in 1993 rejected media regulations in favour of a blanket constitutional provision that guaranteed freedom of the media and locked out censorship. Akufo-Addo along with the then opposition leader Albert Adu Boahen, Dr Charles Wereko-Brobby among others, rejected any regulations because …

Workaholic Frank Kojo Boateng, reporter of Ashanti region-based multiple award-winning radio station Ashh FM says his ambition is to win the best reporter category in the Ashanti region. Kojo Boateng studied at the Radio Of Excellence at Santa Maria in the Greater Accra Region in the year 2012 to fulfil …

Mr Emmanuel Abankwah Kesse, a Political Activist, has called for the formal and legal recognition of the Ghanaian media as the fourth arm of government “with good benefits and remuneration.” He said that had become necessary in view of the role the media were playing in promoting Ghana’s democracy and …

As President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo wrapped up his State of the Nation Address, Tuesday, social media platform, Twitter as usual was inundated with comments about his address, with various hashtags. One hashtag though, which managed to top the trends although it was not centered on the address was ‘Ramatu’ – a …

Sulemana Braimah, the Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), has admonished the media to remain firm in the wake of the threats from the judiciary. A warning by the Judicial Service to media houses to delete “hateful, spiteful, vengeful and incendiary” stories about the Justices of …