Alhaji Haruna Attah should be grateful to the NPP that he is not at the Accra psychiatric hospital now. Before NPP came to power in 2001, he had a brain tumour. It was President Kufuor who paid for his surgery. An NPP party, which Haruna Attah says is an Akan party, made he, Haruna Attah, … Read more
Jose Mourinho has confirmed that Manchester United will exercise their option to extend Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s contract for a second season. Ibrahimovic, 35, joined United on a free transfer from Paris Saint-Germain in the summer but suggested this week he remains keen to play in Major League Soccer in the future. “Zlatan’s situation is simple,” Mourinho … Read more
Nana Akufo-Addo has vowed that a non-Akan will not lead the New Patriotic Party (NPP) – a party largely dominated by Akan speaking persons, especially in the Ashanti region. According to Ghana’s ambassador to Namibia, Harruna Attah, who used to be a staunch NPP leading personality, Nana Addo thrust those words at him following his … Read more
The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) is set to begin investigations into an allegation that investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas does not pay contributions for his Tiger Eye PI staff. The complaint filed at SSNIT by embattled judge Justice Paul Uuter Dery in October this year, claims that the famous Ghanaian journalist is … Read more
There was a ‘Big Brother’ at a stakeholders forum organised by the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) in Accra on Monday November 21, ahead of the 2016 December 7, general elections. The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) was there too. Journalists from the print and the electronic media were there in their numbers. … Read more
President-elect of the US, Donald Trump In a lengthy Tuesday interview with the New York Times, Donald Trump repeatedly cast aside some of his provocative past statements. The president-elect’s phenomenal rise to the White House was characterized in part by his boisterous personality and flair for the theatrical. His off-the-cuff responses to journalist’s questions and … Read more
Trend of election violence in UK, USA and Ghana “You got to punch him in the face, I tell you”. This rhetoric became the ultimate election zinger for one of the candidates in the just ended controversial US election campaigns. This was used as a sound bite by CNN, so people who followed the US … Read more
Ghanaian journalist, Kwame Sefa-Kayi, has described the Electoral Commission’s decision to charge journalists willing to cover this year’s election as “shameful” and “unfair”. According to him, the decision by the country’s electoral body “makes no sense” and may force some journalists to focus on negatives on the day of the elections. “I think it is … Read more
Ghanaian journalist, Kwame Sefa-Kayi, has described the Electoral Commission’s decision to charge journalists willing to cover this year’s election as “shameful” and “unfair”. According to him, the decision by the country’s electoral body “makes no sense” and may force some journalists to focus on negatives on the day of the elections. “I think it is … Read more
Media Practitioner, Kwame Sefa Kayi has descended heavily on state institutions at the helm of affairs during elections. Speaking at a stakeholder meeting organised by the Media Foundation for West Africa on Monday November 21, 2016, the Chairman General as he is popularly known expressed his disappointment on why the Electoral Commission has charged Journalists … Read more
Donald Trump has cancelled a meeting with the New York Times, a day after berating media chiefs at his headquarters for “unfair” coverage. Without elaborating, the US president-elect accused the newspaper of changing the terms of the meeting. He tweeted: “They continue to cover me inaccurately and with a nasty tone!” Mr Trump has had … Read more
Donald Trump has cancelled a meeting with the New York Times, a day after berating media chiefs at his headquarters for “unfair” coverage. Without elaborating, the US president-elect tweeted that the newspaper had changed the terms of the meeting. He posted: “They continue to cover me inaccurately and with a nasty tone!” Mr Trump has … Read more
play videoJournalists seeking to cover Ghana’s 2016 elections are being made to pay GHC 10 for accreditation Host of Peace FM’s Kokrokoo Morning Show, Kwame Sefa Kayi has described as shameful, a decision by the Electoral Commission of Ghana to charge journalists for accreditation ahead of the December polls. Speaking at a stakeholder meeting organised … Read more
Veteran journalist, Alhaji Abdul Rahman Haruna Atta has endorsed the candidacy of the presidential candidate of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), President John Mahama stating that he will vote for him in the forthcoming presidential race. According to him, he believed President Mahama is the right man for the Flagstaff House job thus his … Read more
Accessory Designer of the Year at the 2016 Ghana Fashion Awards ‘Mpaboa’ has described his award as the greatest achievement in his one year of service in the fashion industry. ‘Mpaboa’ scooped the award in the bags and sandals category at the event held on Saturday, November 19 at the Mercedes Benz Showroom, Silver Star … Read more
It couldn’t be better to have businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome come face to face probably with his fiercest critic in Ghana, former Attorney General Martin Amidu. What’s uncertain though is whether Mr. Amidu will be able to get the most out of the troubled NDC-financier (in terms of the truth) on Thursday November 24. Yes, … Read more
Pep Guardiola saved the best for last at his Friday press conference, inviting a question on Samir Nasri’s ‘no sex before midnight’ comments before insisting “the more sex, the better!” Nasri, on loan from Manchester City at Sevilla this season, gave an interview earlier this week saying Guardiola had stopped his players having sex after … Read more
An air strike has hit a children’s hospital in Syria’s eastern Aleppo, forcing its medical staff to evacuate their patients, including several newborn babies still in incubators. The moment of the attack on Friday was captured by an Al Jazeera crew, including journalist Amr al-Halabi, who was reporting about survivors of a previous Syrian government … Read more
Desperation has set in, government machinery is virtually shut down as the Chief of Staff who is supposed to be running the government systems is on the campaign trail, Kwmena Ahwoi has his team, Asiedu Nketia is on the other side. The otherwise neglected and abandoned Amissah-Arthur who is a ‘constitutional Vice-President’ with no active … Read more
Journalists billed to cover this year’s elections for various media house are being advised to work as a team for their own safety. Media Consultant Michelle Betz made the call at a Workshop organized by the Media Foundation for West Africa for News Editors and Senior Journalists on safety for journalists during the elections. She … Read more