In order to protect whistleblower journalists, ace Investigative Journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas yesterday launched the Whistleblowers and Journalists’ Safety International Center (WAJSIC) in Accra. With support from the Platform to Protect Whistleblowers in Africa (PPLAAF), the Center would provide shelter, communication, advocacy, and legal services to persons who will be in need of its services. On shelter, WAJSIC will provide accommodation to individuals and groups who will need it as a result
Ghana and Mozambique have jointly condemned Russia’s attack on Ukraine, and have also called for an immediate cessation of the conflict. The presidents of both countries expressed concern over the happenings at a joint press conference at Jubilee House in Accra yesterday. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the President of Mozambique, Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, lamented over the effects of the war on their countries, at a time the losses from the pandemic were still being counted. Mr. Filipe
21 years old Freda Ibrahim has been sentenced to a fine of 200 penalty units (GH¢2,400.00) or in default six months imprisonment, for hiding Indian hemp (wee) in waakye for her boyfriend who was in police cells. Freda, a waitress and resident of the Arts Centre, was sentenced last week by an Accra Circuit Court, presided over by Susana Eduful, after being found guilty of unlawful possession of narcotic drugs. The brief facts presented to the court by the prosecuting officer, Chief Inspector C. Baah,
Samuel Nuetey Abotsi, a self-acclaimed stool elder at Appolonia in the Greater Accra region has been arraigned before an Accra Circuit Court for causing unlawful damage to the property of a businesswoman, Grace James Ocloo. The court, presided over by Samuel A. Acquah, was told yesterday by DSP Augustus Anim Yirenkyi, that although a claimed stool elder at Appolonia, he lives at Nungua, also in the Greater Accra region. He said in 2016, Madam Ocloo acquired 23 acres of land from F.A. Global Company
President Akufo-Addo on Friday, May 20, 2022 cut the sod for the commencement of construction of the University of Engineering and Agricultural Sciences (UEAS) at Bunso, in the Eastern Region. It will be recollected that, in this year’s State of the Nation Address delivered in March, this year, President Akufo-Addo did indicate that steps were being taken to turn the planned Bunso campus of the University of Environment and Sustainable Development into a standalone, independent University dedicated
– Government must not fail Mother Ghana In my write-up on the E-Levy headlined: “Mother Ghana’s Lamentation – Will the E-Levy dry her falling tears?” published in The Chronicle of Thursday May 12, 2022, I indicated that the E-Levy would “dry the falling tears of Mother Ghana” and so it must be supported so that she would be counted among developed nations and further discourage some of her children from taking risks in seeking greener pastures abroad. The Electronic Transfer
4Ward Development West Africa, a private water utility service provide, has provided more than 100,000 people with access to safe water services that ensures sustainability through a carbon neutral water distribution system in 10 communities in two regions of the North. The model thrives on an economics of scale, through a modular, purpose approach and offers convenience and builds costumer aspiration with over 175 people, mostly women who work as vendors, technicians and marketers, which provide
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a man for allegedly trafficking his wife and two-year-old son to Mali. Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, identified the suspect as Kingsley Essien. He was nabbed for selling his son for N600,000 while moving his wife out of the country for prostitution. “The suspect was arrested following the report lodged at Agbara divisional headquarters by his wife, Bright Essien, who reported that sometime in October 2021, her husband,
Police in Anambra State have frowned over the reluctance of indigenes of various communities in the state to volunteer information about the activities of criminals in their areas. The Commissioner of Police, CP Echeng Echeng, stated this in a press conference on Monday, saying that there was nothing unknown about the gunmen terrorising Anambra State to warrant the ‘unknown gunmen’ tag. The commissioner also, while reacting to rumours that the slain Anambra lawmaker, Hon Okey Okoye was killed
The U.S. government has announced the extradition of a Nigerian, Chibundu Anuebunwa, a suspect accused of a multi-million dollar business email compromise scam. Mr Anuebunwa was extradited from the United Kingdom to face criminal charges in the United States before U.S. Magistrate Katharine Parker, according to a statement released by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York on Friday. According to the details of the case already assigned to a U.S. District Judge, Paul
President Muhammadu Buhari has re-echoed his government’s resolve to restore peace to every part of the country. Buhari said this on Monday during the 58th anniversary of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) held at the NAF base in Kano. “This government would not rest until peace and security are fully restored to our nation,” he said in his speech. The President, who congratulated the NAF and other security agencies for their sacrifices toward peace, assured of his government’s continued support.
The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has imposed sanctions on some Petroleum Service Providers (PSPs) who have engaged in illicit third-party trading of petroleum products. According to a statement signed by Corporate Affairs Directorate of NPA, Maria Edith Oquaye, yesterday, any company that fails to comply with the rules and guidelines stipulated by the National Petroleum Authority will be subjected to appropriate sanctions. Below are the affected companies and accompanying sanctions: Moari Oil
Award-winning comic actor Kwadwo Nkansah, aka LilWin, secretly tied the knot with his American-based baby mama at Jamasi in the Ashanti Region. The event was strictly by invitation and a selected few was allowed to witness the actor make Maame Serwaa his official wife. No guest was authorised to take photos of the couple as they exchanged their vows, except the official photographer contacted by the family. After a week, actor Lil Win has finally released photos from his secret traditional marriage
Actress and producer, Yvonne Nelson, has revealed the challenges she faced when she started out as a film producer. According to her, the major setback she encountered when she began producing movies was when her first movie was stolen while being edited in 2011. “So, my first movie was in 2011, The Price, which was quite challenging because it got stolen while editing.” Regardless of the difficulties, she has gone on to produce several movies since then. “I’ve had my own
The family of the late veteran actor, Psalm Adjetefio, has made public the date for his final funeral rites. The family announced that he will be buried on June 4, 2022. The finale rites will be held at the forecourt of the defunct Ghana International Trade Fair Centre, La – Accra. This became widely known after television presenter, Barima Kaakyire Agyemang revealed via his Facebook page the plans of the actor’s family. The burial service is expected to be thronged by several stars in the entertainment
Reverend Charles Barifi Ahwireng of the Aburi Presbyterian Church, last Sunday, held a fundraising ceremony to mobilise more funds towards the construction of a two-storey 200-bed capacity boys’ dormitory for the Presbyterian Secondary Technical School (PSTS) in the town. The ceremony coincided with Reverend Ahwireng’s 50 years of service to God. Last Sunday was the second time Reverend Ahwireng had raised funds for the project, which was started in July 2019. The first ceremony to raise
The Financial and Economic Division of the Accra High Court will today deliver ruling on a mini trial involving the second accused person (A2), Kafui Donya, in an alleged coup plot. The mini trial is due to some issues that ensued during the main trial. Victor Kojogah Adawudu Esq claimed that his client, A2 Kafui Donya aka Ezor, speaks Ewe, but some of his statements were taken in the Twi Language, as well as taken without an independent witness present. The investigator in the case, Detective Chief
A former Speaker of Parliament of Israel, Avrum Burg and fifty two others have, according to online news portal, www.peoplesdispatch.org petitioned the Attorney General of Israel, Gali Baharav-Miara, to conduct criminal investigation into the sale of Pegasus Software to Ghana in 2016. The petition, which was signed by others such as academicians was sent to the AG on Sunday, May 22. The following is the full and unedited report filed by the news portal. A former speaker of Israel’s parliament
Government has commenced a nationwide stakeholder engagement on its flagship entrepreneurship and job creation programme, YouStart, ahead of its scheduled launch next month. It will be recalled that Government, last year, during the presentation of the 2022 budget and economic statement announced plans to roll an ambitious GHC10 billion programme for the next three years to address the growing unemployment situation in the country. In order to drive acceptability for the programme and to ensure Ghanaians
Ghanaians expressed mixed reaction on the internet when documents releasing several acreages of the revered Achimota Forest to its original owners, the Owoo family leaked. Both social and traditional media were inundated with rage from the general public, accusing government of selling the forest, an accusation government denied. A will, purportedly left behind by the former Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, popularly known as Sir John, is causing a lot of
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