The Managing Editor of Ghana Business News and a member of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), who worked with the team that published the Pandora papers, Emmanuel Dogbevi, says any meaningful journalism that is effective must be collaborative rather than one that focuses on competition. Speaking in an interview with Citi News’ Fred […] The post Journalism
The Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), has queried and interdicted some of its staff pending the conclusion of investigations into product storage and transfer losses at the refinery. This is part of recommendations by an interim management committee, which was inaugurated in June 2021, to oversee the affairs of the company as part of the government’s […] The post Some
The Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), has queried and interdicted some of its staff pending the conclusion of investigations into the disappearance of fuel, product storage, and transfer losses at the refinery. This is part of recommendations by an interim management committee, which was inaugurated in June 2021, to oversee the affairs of the company as […] The post TOR
The opposition National Democratic Congress, NDC, believes the Justice Koomson Committee that probed the Ejura disturbances, did nothing but a “poor attempt at a cover-up.” It said the three-member committee failed in its mandate and produced a report that is full of faults and recommendations that will amount to nothing. Speaking at a press conference, […] The post Ejura
The Shama District Assembly in the Western Region has rejected the President’s DCE nominee, Ebenezer Dadzie, after he failed to obtain 50 percent of the total 25 votes cast. The nominee only secured 12 yes votes out of a total of 25 votes cast, with eleven no votes whiles two were rejected. His rejection has […] The post Shama DCE nominee rejected by assembly appeared first
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday, 5th October 2021, inspected ongoing work on the retooling and re-equipping of the Kwahu-Atibie Hospital, and the $$77 million 47-kilometre Mpraeso-Hweehwee- Oyimso road. At the commencement of his 3-day tour of the Eastern Region, President Akufo-Addo visited the Atibie Hospital, which is part of […] The post Nana
A distraught family is seeking public assistance to raise GHS 70,000, to foot the medical bills of a relative who suffered a severe bone fracture near the base of his skull. 34-year-old Eric Henyo suffered a fracture after he fell from the roof of a building he and his father, a carpenter, were working on […] The post Family appeals
Some journalists were, on Tuesday, October 5, 2021, heckled and prevented from covering the confirmation exercise for the Municipal Chief Executive nominee for Atebubu-Amantin in the Bono East Region. The nominee, Edward Owusu, instructed the police and New Patriotic Party members to prevent media personnel from entering the Atebubu-Amantin Municipal Assembly Hall where proceedings were […] The post Atebubu-Amantin:
The President’s nominee for the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), Samuel Pyne, has been confirmed by Assembly Members as Mayor. Out of the 58 persons who voted, 55 of them voted YES, while three persons voted NO. Sam Pyne will take over from Mr. Osei Assibey-Antwi who occupied such position from 2017. The Assembly Members had […] The post KMA
The National Communications Authority (NCA) says it will soon announce plans for the re-registration of Ghanaian SIM cards that are being used outside Ghana. “We know that there are quite a number of Ghanaian SIM cards that are being used outside Ghana. In due time, we will come up with a process to have them […] The post We’ll introduce processes
The Wa West MP, Peter Toobu, paid a visit to the Wechiau D/A Junior High School and taught some Junior High School students Mathematics in preparation for the next Basic Education Certificate Examination, BECE. This was in preparation for his sponsored district-wide mock examination, which started on October 4th, 2021, for the next BECE candidates […] The post Wa
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Ashanti Region says President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo cannot pat himself on the shoulder for developments in the region because he has done too little for the residents to merit any acknowledgement. Its Regional Secretary, Kwame Zu who spoke on Eyewitness News, intimated that years after the […] The post Akufo-Addo
Ghanaian rapper Kwame Ametepe Tsikata, known in showbiz as M.anifest, has asked Ghanaian DJs to make a conscious effort to promote Ghanaian music. Responding to claims that Ghanaian music consumers now get influenced by foreign songs they come across on the internet, he said there is still a role for the DJs to play in […] The post M.anifest charges DJs to
The male orthopedic ward D at the Trauma and Orthopaedic Department at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has been opened after it was closed down last year for refurbishment. The 20-bed ward was re-commissioned on Wednesday, September 29, 2021, following the refurbishment at a cost close to GHS 700,000 generated internally from the sale of […] The post Refurbished ward
The Minority in Parliament is demanding the immediate withdrawal of the threat for all SIM cards not re-registered by March 2022 to be de-activated. According to Deputy Ranking Member on the Communications Committee, Sam George, the legislation that backs SIM registration does not make the Ghana Card, the sole card for purposes of registration. The […] The post Minority
The state has filed new charges against the Head Pastor of the Glorious Word Power Ministries International, Rev. Owusu Bempah, and two others after withdrawing the previous charges which were dismissed by the court. The pastor and the other two persons, namely Bright Berchie and Mensah Ofori, have been on trial for more than three […] The post Owusu Bempah slapped with new
The leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Upper East and North East Regions have honoured the National Youth Organiser of the party, Henry Nana Boakye (Nana B). They honoured the NPP patriot for his contribution to the growth of the party’s youth young. Nana B as he is popularly called was elected […] The post NPP leaders in Upper East and North
Ghana’s fastest-growing furniture and décor retail company, Orca Deco (Ghana) Limited, has presented 176 hospital beds worth GH¢200,000.00 to the Office of the First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo, through The Rebecca Foundation in Accra. This gesture forms part of Orca Deco’s commitment and the First Lady’s resolve to supporting the government’s commitment to reducing the […] The post Orca
OPEN LETTER TO WAEC Dear WAEC, I sincerely feel in your frustrations with regard to alleged leakages and malpractices in the ongoing WASSCE after all that you invested into ensuring an incidence-free examination this year. On Wednesday 15th September, you postponed sine die two papers – Business Management and Physics – in the ongoing WASSCE […] The post Nicholas
The nationwide SIM re-registration exercise kicked off on Friday, October 1, 2021. According to the government, the registration is aimed at ridding the country’s cyberspace of fraudsters, monitor and track down persons who use their phones for criminal activities. SIM card users will require the National Identification card also known as Ghana card to be […] The post National
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