In this edition of Eyewitness News with Umaru Sanda Amadu and Hawa Iddrisu; The lead story was the Police interrogation of Special Initiatives and Development Minister, Hawa Koomson over the shooting incident in the Awutu East constituency. In a related development, there was a story on the Police retrieving Hawa Koomson’s gun used at the […] The post Eyewitness News, Friday 24th July
The seven (7)-member committee set up to investigate circumstances that led to the death of a final year student of the KNUST Senior High School (SHS) has submitted its report to the Ashanti Regional Directorate of the Ghana Education Service (GES). The committee, which was given two weeks to complete investigations was tasked to look […] The post KNUST SHS student’s
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) says it has filed an application for the review of the Supreme Court judgment in its unsuccessful challenge of the exclusion of the old voter ID card and birth certificates from the list of valid documents needed for registering to vote. In a statement, the NDC said the Supreme Court […] The post NDC heads back to Supreme Court
In response to the government of Ghana’s school reopening plan, Africa Education Watch and ActionAid Ghana have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to monitor the implementation of the Ghana Education Service’s approaches and strategies towards observing national and international protocols on school reopening within the COVID-19 pandemic. The partnership is aimed at monitoring and […] The post ActionAid
Energy Minister, John Peter Amewu has called for calm among residents of Hohoe in the Volta Region as the voter registration exercise enters its final phase. His call comes after alleged acts of violence at some registration centres in the constituency. Mr Amewu who is also the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary aspirant for the […] The post Hohoe: Peter
The Minister for Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Samuel Kofi Dzamesi, has called on constituents in the Ketu North in the Volta Region to look favourably upon him in the upcoming election. The one time Volta Regional Minister has been credited for many developmental activities in Dzodze and its surrounding communities which, according to him, should […] The post Elect
Policy think tank, IMANI Africa says it doubts if the mid-year budget presented by the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta in Parliament on July 24, 2020, can revive the economy. While presenting the supplementary budget, Mr. Ofori-Atta disclosed that the country’s debt stock had increased by over GHS50 billion, while government announced a number of […] The post Mid-year
An aspirant in the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) recently held parliamentary primaries has donated a van to the Old Tafo-Pankrono constituency. Odeneho-Oppong Prince, who failed in his parliamentary bid said the donation is to facilitate the work of the constituency executives and to help them deliver effectively ahead of the 2020 polls. At a short […] The post Tafo:
An aspirant in the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) recently held parliamentary primaries has donated a van to the party in the Old Tafo-Pankrono constituency. Odeneho-Oppong Prince, who failed in his parliamentary bid said the donation is to facilitate the work of the constituency executives and to help them deliver effectively ahead of the 2020 polls. […] The post Tafo:
The unionized staff of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) has called for the complete cancellation of any plans seeking to reduce the number of channels GBC operates on the National Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) platform. President, Akufo-Addo recently ordered the Communications Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful to suspend her directive for the state broadcaster to reduce its […] The post GBC
The Municipal Chief Executive of Salaga in the Savannah Region, Mohammed Tamimu, says no arrest is yet to be made following the lynching of an elderly woman at Kafaba on Thursday. In a video making rounds on social media, a group of women are seen lynching the 90-year-old woman after a soothsayer claimed she was […] The post Salaga: Police yet to
As part of the activities marking the celebration of the country’s 93rd Armed Forces Day, the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in Accra, has presented anti-COVID-19 items to journalists of the Defence Press Corps, to help enhance protection against contracting the deadly Coronavirus, in the course of their duties. Presenting the items […] The post Chinese
Parliament will take the request from the government for a supplementary budget through three days of scrutiny before approval. This is according to Majority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu. Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta presented a supplementary budget to Parliament yesterday, Thursday, announcing new measures to strengthen sectors of the economy following the COVID-19 pandemic. […] The post Parliament
The Central Regional Police Command has retrieved the gun and ammunition used by Member of Parliament for Awutu Senya East, Mavis Hawa Koomson at a voter registration centre in the area. This was after she honoured an invitation by the police to help in investigations after she admitted firing a warning shot at the Steps […] The post Police retrieve Hawa Koomson’s
Newmont Ghana’s Ahafo mine has donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) worth GHS77,460.00 to the Brong Ahafo Regional Hospital in Sunyani and St. Elizabeth Hospital in Hwidiem to help them to fight against COVID-19 within the Bono and Ahafo regions. The donation was in response to requests by the hospitals to get support to fight the […] The post Newmont
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has presented GH¢2 million to 1,000 persons with disabilities, who are also entrepreneurs, under the Presidential Empowerment for Male Entrepreneurs with Disability (PEMED). Launching the event at the Jubilee House, on Friday, 24th July 2020, President Akufo-Addo stated that the funds would provide some relief, and also empower persons […] The post Akufo-Addo
Member of Parliament for Awutu Senya East, Mavis Hawa Koomson, has been interrogated by the Central Regional Command of the Ghana Police Service. It follows warning shots Hawa Koomson fired at the Step to Christ centre in the ongoing mass voter registration exercise on Monday, July 20, 2020. Citi News understands that she was the […] The post Police interrogate Hawa Koomson
A Ranking Member on Parliament’s Roads and Transport Committee, Kwame Governs Agbodza says the Akufo-Addo government could have done more in the road sector with the funds it has expended over the past three years. He said the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration has demonstrated incompetence in the development of the country’s road sector and […] The post Poor
The Office of the Special Prosecutor says it has written to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration asking it to offer Samuel Adam Foster, also known as Adam Mahama, the opportunity to return to Ghana from the UK as investigations into the Airbus bribery scandal continue. There is a flight to Ghana for […] The post Airbus
Flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has pledged to restore to Ghanaians the peace, unity and tranquillity that has eluded them under the leadership of the President, Nana Akufo-Addo and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government. According to the former President, under the late President Mills, there was peace and […] The post I’ll
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