Xtra-Gold Mining Limited, a licensed small-scale mining company in the Atiwa West District of the Eastern Region, has expressed its disappointment in the burning of 16 of its excavators and a bulldozer by military personnel. The company said it views the development as a violation of the rule of law. It said despite paying “big […] The post Xtra-Gold
The Awutu Ofaakor Circuit Court in the Central Region, presided over by His Honour, Ebenezer Osei Darko, has sentenced four armed robbers to 72 years imprisonment for allegedly robbing and raping a woman with a four-month-old pregnancy at Awutu Bereku in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central Region. The robbers, Solomon Quaye (26), […] The post 4 young
The Okyehene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin, has underscored the need for Ghanaians to respect nature by ensuring that their communities and gutters are clean. “In the olden days, our mothers would wake up around 4:00 a.m and sweep the compound; there was nothing like dumping of refuse into the gutters. In those days, our gutters […] The post Okyehene speaks against
The Alliance for Social Equity & Public Accountability, (ASEPA), has petitioned the National Security Ministry to furnish it with a copy of the report of its investigations into the arrest and alleged torture of two journalists of ModernGhana.com in 2019. The two journalists were sent to the offices of the National Security for reasons that […] The post ASEPA
The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID), has granted a 50 million USD facility to the Consolidated Bank Ghana Limited (CBG) to support Ghana’s road infrastructure development. The President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of EBID, Dr. George Agyekum Donkor, and the Managing Director of CBG, Mr. Daniel Wilson Addo, signed the […] The post EBID
The Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA), has served notice it will embark on strike beginning June 4, 2021. The industrial action according to the group, will be in force if the Finance Ministry halts the payment of allowances to some of its members who have been described as “unqualified office holders in the public […] The post University Administrators
The Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Samuel Nartey George, has attributed the current challenges at various hospitals to bureaucratic processes at the Ministry of Health. Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show, Mr. George said these practices frustrate benevolent persons who try to support hospitals in dire need of medical equipment and supplies. He recounted […] The post Bureaucracies
The Ministry of Education has announced that the Achimota preparatory school is going to be under the General Management of the Ghana Education Service, GES. This comes after deliberations between both parties following the long-standing dispute over the ownership of the land on which the Achimota Preparatory School is situated. In a statement signed by […] The post Achimota
The Human Rights Court 1 of the High Court in Accra will on May 31, 2021, deliver its judgement on the Oheneba Nkrabea suit against the Achimota School and three others. The lawyer for the applicant, Wayoe Ghanamannti in arguing on the substance of the case, opined that per the offences and sanctions contained in […] The post Judgement on rasta student,
The Human Rights Court 1 of the High Court in Accra will on May 31, 2021, deliver its judgement on the Oheneba Nkrabea suit against the Achimota School and three others. The lawyer for the applicant, Wayoe Ghanamannti in arguing on the substance of the case, opined that per the offences and sanctions contained in […] The post Judgement on rastafarian student;
The former CEO of the Ghana Cocoa Board, Stephen Opuni, was absent in Court on Monday, May 17, 2021, due to ill-health. His lawyers, led by Samuel Codjoe, told the Court presided over Clemence Honyenuga JSC that Mr. Opuni had been referred to a Specialist for tests to determine his actual ailment. According to Samuel […] The post ‘Unwell’ Opuni appeals dismissal
A 23-year-old fashion designer is in the grips of the Sunyani Municipal Police Command in the Bono Region for allegedly attempting to sacrifice his nephew for money rituals at Abesim in the Sunyani Municipality. The suspect, Benjamin Adjei, was arrested over the weekend with the help of an informant, while on his way to allegedly […] The post 23-year-old
The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU), is asking commuters to disregard the 20 percent increment in fares announced by other private transport unions. The intended increment according to the unions has become necessary in view of the number of taxes on fuel announced by the government in the 2021 Budget, and subsequently approved by […] The post Ignore
The National Media Commission (NMC), has said it hopes to conclude its investigations into the assault on Citi News’ journalist, Caleb Kudah, and the invasion of the premises of Citi FM and Citi TV by National Security operatives in two weeks. Management of the media house on Monday morning presented a petition to the regulatory […] The post We
A former Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Inusah Fuseini, wants a probe into the circumstances of the alleged burning of equipment belonging to licensed small-scale miners in the country. The Communications Director for the Small-Scale Miners Association, Abdul Razak Alhassan, recently complained about the burning of mining equipment owned by its members. This, he described […] The post Inusah
The Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana says it will embark on an indefinite nationwide strike from Tuesday, May 18, 2021. The Association explained that the decision follows the government’s failure to address the concerns of its members after they called off a similar action early on in the year. The intended strike comes […] The post Senior
A lecturer of Communication Design at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dr. Ginn Assibey Bonsu has advised researchers to allow sound theory and variables from philosophy to guide their research design and questions. Delivering a keynote address at a virtual webinar organized by the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) on the theme, […] The post Research
Military personnel deployed to flush out persons illegally mining in forest reserves and along water bodies in the Eastern Region have burnt 14 excavators, pumping machines, and other mining equipment in the Atewa East and West Districts. The team further proceeded to Akyem Muoso close to Anyinam and burnt some excavators allegedly parked along the […] The post Galamsey
The Movement for Responsible and Accountable Governance (MoRAG), has backed calls for an independent investigation into the assault on Citi FM’s Caleb Kudah by National Security operatives. The operatives, after arresting Caleb Kudah, besieged the premises of Citi FM to arrest another journalist, Zoe Abu-Baidoo Addo because he had sent the files to her via […] The post MoRAG
The Progressive People’s Party (PPP), has backed calls for an independent investigation into the assault on Citi FM’s Caleb Kudah by National Security operatives. The PPP says it expects that the investigation will bring the operatives to book once they are found culpable. The operatives, after arresting Caleb Kudah, besieged the premises of Citi FM […] The post PPP
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