The National Council of Fulani Chiefs (NCFC) on Wednesday declared its intent to set up a task force to deal with the activities of Fulani herdsmen. The Council, seeking the approval from the Government to set up the task force, would among other things, arrest nomadic miscreants and hand them over to the security agencies … Read more
A licensed US gold buying firm, Green Global Resources, has accused the Ghana Police of serious corruption at the highest level in the case of an alleged GHC 1.3 million gold scam. This gold scam case led to the interdiction of the then-East Legon Police Commander, DSP Emmanuel Basintale, and 6 others after they seized … Read more
A licensed US gold buying firm, Green Global Resources, has accused the Ghana Police of serious corruption at the highest level in the case of an alleged GHc 1.3 million gold scam. This gold scam case led to the interdiction of the then-East Legon Police Commander, DSP Emmanuel Basintale, and 6 others after they seized 13 … Read more
The Independent presidential candidate in 2016 General elections, Mr. Jacob Osei Yeboah affectionately called JOY, has appealed to the leadership of Ghana National Association Small Scale Miners (GNASSM) not to incite members against government. “President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is not against mining at all. All what he is seeking is to protect the environment … Read more
The Principal of the Gushegu Midwifery Training School who took what turned out to be controversial decision to stop a pregnant adult student Cecilia Awuni, from taking her exams now says she feels her powers as head have been taken away after she was “forced by her superiors” to rescind the decision. In an exclusive … Read more
Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu says the Chinese government is in full support of Ghana’s efforts to end illegal mining known as galamsey. He said the Xi Jinping government has given its backing for punitive measures to be meted out to Chinese nationals who are caught engaging in illegal mining in Ghana. … Read more
FDA Issue: Why FDA’s reaction is an overkill I have followed the Adonko issue with keen interest since the media backlash after the now infamous concert. As a marketing communications practitioner, my initial reaction was; ‘this is bad PR for the Adonko brand!’ I also thought the company could have adopted a different approach by … Read more
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana says intake of foreign students into universities in the country have been affected by media reportage of suicide cases. Professor Ebenezer Oduro Owusu said sensational headlines by both print and electronic media outlets about suicide cases on university campuses have driven away foreign students from applying. Speaking … Read more
Even though it appears the anti-galamsey fight has chalked some successes, “we should all know that this is not a battle that we are going to win immediately, it’s a war, so, there are a few of the battles that we are winning but there are greater ones that are out there,” Managing Director of … Read more
According to president of GNASSM, the media have an evil agenda against the galamsey business The leadership of Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners (GNASSM) has attacked media reportage which sought to encourage clamping down of every illegal mining activity in the country. “The media now have evil agenda against galamsey business. In cases … Read more
The China mission in Ghana is upset with the barrage of media reportage citing Chinese nationals as complicit in Ghana’s soaring challenge of illegal small-scale mining popularly called galamsey. The mission has expressed reservations about the manner in which the West African country is treating Chinese engaged in illegal small-scale mining (galamsey). The concerns of … Read more
By: Eugenia Ntekor The past few weeks have seen a lot of media reportage of suicides in Ghana. It started off with a suicide of a KNUST student, University of Ghana student, a 16 year old, a driver, a 12 year old and a woman who reportedly died by suicide near a clinic in the … Read more
The Cocoa Industry Workers Union has rejected calls for investigations into the tenure of office of former chief executive of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr. Stephen Opuni. At a news conference in Accra Wednesday, the Union strongly supported Dr. Opuni for what it said has been the transformation of the cocoa industry to meet … Read more
The media has been described as the Fourth Realm of the State. Many theories have been propounded about how the media shapes the issues that are discussed and how those issues should be discussed. Recently, history was made when Donald Trump was elected to become the 45th President of the United States of America. It … Read more
A survey by Group Ndoum (GN) Research team has revealed that majority of Ghanaians have lost faith in media houses operating in the country due to what they described as their “preferential treatment” in the coverage of ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), and New Patriotic Party (NPP) activities – to the detriment of other political … Read more
A visually impaired person is among the 64 aspirants who have filed to contest the parliamentary election in the Chiana-Paga Constituency in the Upper East Region. Three aspirants were, however, unable to pay their filing fees as at the close of nominations. In all, 61 males and six females filed their nominations to contest the … Read more
Commissions (EC) has said there is the need for responsible reportage on the part of journalists to make this year’s elections one of the best in our political history. Journalists must report accurately on the elections and avoid declaring winners before the EC does. The practice has the tendency of causing confusion among political parties … Read more
A feature by Akolgo A. Samuel, Senior Civic Education Officer of National Commission for Civic Education, Bolgatanga Regional office A key indicator of democracy and good governance in the developed world is credible and peaceful elections. However, elections in most developing countries, especially in Africa, have not been the best since they bring untold hardship, … Read more
The role of inter-party dialogue committees in ensuring peaceful elections A feature by Akolgo A. Samuel, Senior Civic Education Officer of National Commission for Civic Education, Bolgatanga Regional office A key indicator of democracy and good governance in the developed world is credible and peaceful elections. However, elections in most developing countries, especially in Africa, … Read more
Upper West Regional Director of the Electoral Commission of Ghana, Azu Bosco Anyigire has cautioned politicians and the electorates that his outfit will not relent in its efforts in implementing all laws governing elections, the reason why the Commission refused to accept the nominations of some twelve Presidential nominees for the 2016 General Elections. Bosco … Read more