The United Kingdom’s High Commissioner to Ghana, Mr. Jon Benjamin has implied in a publicly shared tweet that the newly opened Kwame Nkrumah interchange is nothing exceptional, based on his travel experience. When a Twitter user, @ZimmAconcept mentioned the commissioner in their tweet that said they were looking forward to knowing Mr. Benjamin’s impression about … Read more
The Saboba District Police Command has mounted a manhunt for two persons namely Amin also known as Atingo Rasta and Olu, both said to be activists of the National Democratic Congress in the Saboba Constituency. This follows alleged physical attacks on Saboba-based Gaaki Radio presenter Mathias Licho, teacher Williams Amuzu and another person, whose name … Read more
I will like to preface my argument on the words of a former president of Sierra Leone, General Joseph Saidu Momoh when he hold the view that “The journalist with a pen and paper in his hands is like the Soldier with AK47, he can either use it to kill or to defend”. There are … Read more
Ghana is bleeding from the nose daily, while politicians continue to pillage her and even think Ghanaians have a ‘weak mind’. One wonders where they get their monies from. “Back off Mr. Journalist, this isn’t your business,” I was told. Really, whose is it then? The work of a journalist seems taboo to corridors of … Read more
The Deputy Education Minister in charge of Tertiary Education says the issue of youth unemployment in Ghana is not peculiar to the country. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa said countries in Europe and America which serve as greener pastures for their African counterparts are themselves battling with their own unemployment issue. According to him, the political developments … Read more
Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide Newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako has chided President John Mahama over his recent comment on the attack on the residence of the Flagbearer of opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo Addo by supporters of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC). According to him, the President should had hessitated … Read more
Ghanaian journalist, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako, is one of the many Ghanaians who appear to be excited about the Supreme Court’s order, to allow a former Attorney General, Martin Amidu, orally examine Ghanaian businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome, over the wrongful payment of Ghc51 million in judgment debt to him. The New Crusading Guide Editor, could not hide his … Read more
Veteran journalist, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako, could not help but take to the dancing floor inside the studios of Accra-based Peace FM after news broke that former Attorney-General has won a court judgement. The judgment means Martin Amidu will get a prized opportunity to cross-examine NDC financier and businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome, who is yet … Read more
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary Candidate for the Asante Akim North constituency of the Ashanti Region Lawyer Andy Appiah Kubi, has promised to decline parliament if the party’s flagbearer fails to garner over 30,000 votes at the close of polls next month from the area. He is optimistic that Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo will … Read more
Founder and General Overseer of the Champion Ways Chapel International, Bishop, Sam Owusu, has cautioned media personnel, especially news anchors on Akan speaking radio stations, to be circumspect and lessen the intensity of exaggerations in their reportage. That, according to the man of God, would avoid turmoil and misunderstanding amongst political parties and the people … Read more
Ghanaian author, Fadi Dabbousi has asked the Ghanaian electorate to punish President John Mahama and the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) by voting them out in this year’s general elections. The journalist has accused the government of inflating the cost of projects in the country so as to siphon public funds at the expense of … Read more
A journalist with Saboba-based Radio Gaakii Matias Acop, has been attacked in a street rampage allegedly involving a vigilante group – Azorka Boys – loyal to the Northern Regional chairman of the NDC, Chief Sofo Azorka. Acop said he was attacked and beaten at a location near Saboba market when he went to witness a … Read more
Ghana’s investigative journalists, Anas Aremeyaw Anas has announced that the cry about corruption at the passport office has come to his attention and that very soon, he would focus his attention in the area. The passport office would soon see me, he said, amid thunderous applause from the audience who attended a public lecture he … Read more
Renowned Pollster and Editor of the Daily Dispatch Newspaper Ben Ephson has challenged NDC parliamentary candidate of the Weija-Gbawe constituency to prove him wrong by clinching the seat from the NPP in the upcoming elections. Mr. Ephson in a broadcast on GhOne on Sunday and a subsequent publication in his Daily Dispatch on Monday painted … Read more
PPF welcomes the judgment of court to punish the convicted for assaulting a female journalist in Uganda Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in a letter to Ruhakana Rugunda, Prime Minister of Uganda welcomed the judgment of Magistrate’ Court that convicted Eddie Ssansa Luwaga for assaulting a Daily Monitor journalist, Shamim Jjingo Nakawooya and maliciously damaging her … Read more
A number of Nigerian Shia Muslims on a religious procession have been shot during clashes with police in the northern city of Kano, reports say. At least 10 pilgrims were killed, the AFP reported. Police said one officer had died, Reuters reported. The group behind the procession, the Iran-backed Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), has … Read more
Guests of the consul general took photos with the candidates. As darkness fell across America on the night of November 8, halfway across the world in Pakistan, dozens gathered outside the United States consul general’s home in Karachi to watch the election results as they trickled in. It was a sunny day and a public … Read more
The governing National Democratic Congress’ parliamentary candidates in the Weija Gbawe constituency, Obuobia Darko—Opoku, has rubbished prediction by pollster, Ben Ephson that she will lose the parliamentary contest to the New Patriotic Party’s, Tina Mensah in the forthcoming elections. In a statement issued on Monday, Ms. Opoku called for calm among her supporters, assuring them … Read more
Anas Aremeyaw Anas, an ace investigative journalist, has called on the media to play its role as the fourth estate of the realm, by acting as a watch dog to the other arms of government. “We should not just say we are the fourth realm without putting our role into practice,” he said at the … Read more
A pro-New Patriotic Party (NPP) humanitarian service group, Patriotic Professionals Ghana (PPG), has reconstructed a collapsed bridge that separated the residents of Dwene Woho, a suburb of the Trobo constituency, from the rest of the constituency. The bridge, which was first constructed by the Member of Parliament for the area, Moses Anim, collapsed some months … Read more