Every journalist would have to pay GHC10 to procure an accreditation card from the Ghana’s Electoral Commission to have access to polling centres during voting on December 7. “It’s now been confirmed to be 10.00 cedis, please,” Communications Director at the EC, Eric Kofi Dzakpasu told Onua FM. He explained that the fees would be … Read more
The rise and rise of fake news The deliberate making up of news stories to fool or entertain is nothing new. But the arrival of social media has meant real and fictional stories are now presented in such a similar way that it can sometimes be difficult to tell the two apart. While the internet … Read more
Ghana’s lack of attention to mental health issues points to its “lack of humanity”, New Crusading Guide Editor Abdul-Malik Kweku Baako has said. His comment follows the declaration of a strike by nurses at the Accra Psychiatric Hospital – the nation’s foremost mental health facility – over what they described as dangerous working conditions. The … Read more
Kwesi Pratt Jnr, Managing Editor of the Insight Newspaper, has jumped to the defense of Awutu Senya West MP Hanna Tetteh in her fight to retain her seat. In a video which is circulating on social media, Madam Tetteh’s main opponent, George Nenyi Andah is seen telling the crowd to ask Madam Hanna Tetteh to … Read more
With 31 days to the elections, uncertainty over the number of contestants and several litigations in court, will the general elections come off on the constitutionally set date -December 7? Three panelists of Joy FM’s news analysis show, Newsfile Saturday remain confident the elections will come off. In the optimist corner – law lecturer Clara … Read more
Inaki Urdangarin they say is not a good man . His name, Inaki Urdangarin turned from “ideal son-in-law” to the black sheep of Spain’s royal family when he landed in court in a corruption case. He had his little ways. And sometimes no one spoke to him for days . He was wasteful, very fond … Read more
The Chief of Akyem Abuakwa, Okyenhene Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin II, has cautioned chiefs against making partisan utterances that suggest they have been bribed, noting it could bring the image of the chieftaincy into disrepute. He noted though Ghana’s constitution disapproves chiefs engaging in partisan politics, that does not take away their freedom of speech … Read more
The Chief of Akyem Abuakwa, Okyenhene Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin II, has cautioned chiefs against making partisan utterances that suggest they have been bribed, noting it could bring the image of the chieftaincy into disrepute. He noted though Ghana’s constitution disapproves chiefs engaging in partisan politics, that does not take away their freedom of speech on … Read more
Access to information during the December 7 elections will now be sold to the media before they can disseminate to the general public. According to the Electoral Commission (EC), it will demand accreditation fees from journalists who wish to cover the elections on December 7. Even though the Commission is yet to determine the fee to be paid … Read more
In Ghana, the electoral commission is now requiring journalists to pay a fee to be accredited to cover the presidential and parliamentary elections next month. Journalists are rejecting the requirement, which they say will reduce election transparency. The electoral commission has not said how much the accreditation fee will be, but according to the statement … Read more
Journalist and television personality Nana Aba Anamoah has begun a social media campaign to compel government to pay more attention to mental health in the country. Nana Aba wants government to send drugs to the Accra Psychiatric hospital. Nurses of the facility on Monday began a strike over what they describe as unfavourable working conditions. … Read more
To GIMPA Professor: Sir, go ahead and vote for your man Electorates wait for their turn to vote at a polling station. File photo. Journalists are like lawyers; we look up to our seniors and quote them freely, even when the reference is far-fetched. Right here in these pages, I have celebrated a few of … Read more
Pope Francis’ resounding no to women becoming priests may come as a surprise considering the popular narrative of him as a reformer who seeks to bring change to the Roman Catholic Church. Often seen as wanting to overturn the conservative thrust of recent pontificates, Francis has shown himself to be squarely on the side of … Read more
The new arrangement by the Electoral Commission (EC) whereby journalists are to pay for accreditation to cover the December 7 presidential and parliamentary elections is illegal, Professor Audrey Gadzekpo, a lecturer at the School of Communications, University of Ghana, has said. The commission set November 7 2016 as deadline for submission of requests for accreditation … Read more
Five polyclinics cited by government as achievements in the Western region do not exist, journalists have found. “There is nothing like a polyclinic there”, Kojo Brace of Takoradi-based radio station Sky Power reported after dispatching a team of resident reporters to Bogoso, Nsuayem, and Mpohor districts of the Western region to verify the claims of … Read more
The parliamentary debate organised by the National Commission on Civic Education (NCCE) at Assin Bereku in the Central region ended abruptly after the husband of one of the contestant allegedly assaulted a female journalist at the venue. According to reports, the husband of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate for Assin North, Mrs. Abena … Read more
She is a jack of many trades: a model, TV show producer/host, actress, and entrepreneur, all at the same time. And before that; a bar operator, a farm help, and a cassava processor. But Philomena Esinam Afi Antonio is most famous for her Solar4Girls project which is lighting up several homes in rural Ghana, one … Read more
A member of the Communications Team of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye has described as blasphemous claims by National Democratic Congress (NDC) communicators that President John Mahama is the ‘Kwame Nkrumah of our time’. NDC Communicators have on different platforms compared the sitting President to the first President of independent Ghana, arguing … Read more
She is a jack of many trades: a model, TV show producer/host, actress and entrepreneur, all at the same time. And before that; a bar operator, a farm help and a cassava processor. But Philomena Esinam Afi Antonio is most famous for her Solar4Girls project which is lighting up several homes in rural Ghana, one … Read more
This nation does not need lectures from a disappointed Nigerian politician, who has made Ghana his abode, as a result of moribund state officials showering state largesse on him. This nation has always welcomed foreigners, but we do not take delight in taking useless lessons from them. According to various versions of the same story, … Read more