Multimedia journalist Israel Laryea has tested positive for the novel Covid-19 Mynewsghana.net has confirmed. The ace broadcaster has revealed that he test positive for the virus on 27th January 2021 after which he has been quarantined in his abode while he undergoes treatment. According to the broadcaster, he contracted the …
Read More »Soldiers detain 3 Joy News employees, delete reporting footage
Ghanaian authorities must investigate the recent detention of three Joy News staffers, and hold to account the soldiers who interfered with their reporting, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On January 16, a group of about 30 military officers at the Apamprama forest reserve in Ghana’s southern Ashanti region …
Read More »Ignore fake video, Akufo-Addo is the president elect – EC reiterates
The Electoral Commission has reiterated that Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is the president-elect in the just-ended polls. This was contained in a statement following the spread of a doctored video on social media in which Jean Mensa declared John Dramani Mahama as the President-elect. The commission has called on Ghanaians to ignore the video as it …
Read More »Kasapa Fm’s News Anchor Pomaah Kyekyeku Nominated For 2020 National Communications Awards
Pomaah Kyekyeku Astute,affable and renowned news anchor of Accra based kasapa Fm has been nominated for the second time in a row for the National Communications Awards’ 20. Ms. Kyekyeku affectionately known as The voice of Kasapa FM was adjourned the winner in the same category last year. …
Read More »Woman Abandons Newborn Baby On A Refuse Dump
A 35-year-old woman, Eunice Brobbey, has been arrested for abandoning her newborn baby on a refuse dump in Bediako, a town in the Bono Region. A woman, who went to dump refuse at the site, rescued the baby. The infant was later sent to the palace of the town’s queen-mother …
Read More »Africa’s fake news of the year
A man raised from dead, an imposter as president, Jesus on a visit, or imminent attacks: The lines between reality and fiction were outrageously blurred on African social media networks in 2019. South Africa was the scene of a resurrection miracle, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari was said to have died …
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