The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is unhappy a journalist with Connect FM in the Western Region, Nhyiraba Paa Kwesi Simpson, was arrested and detained last week for allegedly publishing fake news. Simpson was picked up on November 1, 2021, on charges of publishing false news with the intent of causing fear and alarm […] The post Fake Mpohor
One suspected armed robber has been arrested by police in the Ashanti Region. Three other suspects have also been gunned down during a shoot-out after the police undertook an intelligence-led operation in the region last Thursday, November 4, 2021. In a statement, the police said, based on intel of a planned attack on a businessman […] The post Ashanti
The Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to take immediate steps to halt the wanton dissipation of the country’s resources by politicians and their cronies for personal gains. The president of the Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference, Most Rev. Philip Naameh, who made the call at this year’s plenary assembly […] The post Akufo-Addo’s
Workers’ unions in the Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies (SDD-UBIDS) and C. K. Tedem University of Technology and Applied Sciences (CKT-UTAS) are threatening to strike from November 15 over contentions with the migration of their members onto government’s payroll system. In a letter to the Education Minister, the unions complained […] The post Dombo,
The Member of Parliament for the Ketu South constituency, Dzifa Abla Gomashie is demanding urgent attention from President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in relation to the completion of the sea defence project in the Volta Region. Her plea follows devastating tidal waves that destroyed some communities in Keta South, with Salakope as the worst affected. […] The post Tidal
Customers of the defunct Menzgold Dealership Company Limited are calling on the government to factor their locked-up cash in the 2022 budget statement. The group wants President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to direct the Finance Minister to make an allocation to them in the financial document. The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta is expected to […] The post Include
A two-day training workshop on the development of road safety mass media campaign has ended in Kumasi with a call on the government to allocate more funding for road safety interventions, in order to fully tackle the road safety problem. “Work within the road safety arena is capital intensive and demands the allocation of enough […] The post Allocate
The Ghana Recycling Initiative by Private Enterprises (GRIPE), in partnership with ASA Nwura, has embarked on a community plastic buyback project at Effiakuma in the Western Region. The community plastic buyback event is one of the initiatives of GRIPE designed to reach low-income communities; to economically empower people at the local level through an exchange […] The post GRIPE
Rufus Buck – an acclaimed ruffian – sets the reel in a bloody motion as he truncates a family dinner. Nat Love a defenceless young lad witnessed this macabre spectacle. As if the gruesome murders were not enough, Rufus carves an emblematic crucifix on young Nat leaving an indelible symbolic and psychological scar. Time wears […] The post The harder they fall: A review
The Co-founder of Ox Charity, a non-governmental organisation, Henry Cofie-Squire has stated that sustainable development goals can be achieved if students give back to society by sharing the knowledge acquired through volunteerism. According to him, “empowering the youth to become active citizens is achieved by helping them to understand their environment”. “We cannot leave the […] The post Sustainable
The Accra Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service says the 28 tricycle riders arrested last week by a task force for defying a directive not to use the Accra-Tema Motorway will be pardoned. Speaking to Citi News, the Officer in Charge of the operations at the Accra MTTD, ASP Richard […] The post Tema Motorway:
St. John’s Hospital and Fertility Centre was over the weekend named the Private Health Facility of the Year. According to the CIMG, the award was in recognition of the massive contribution the facility made to health especially “with the wide array of quality innovative health services, incorporation of more ICT into the facility’s operation, public […] The post CIMG
The caretaker minister for the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, has inaugurated the boards of three different agencies under the ministry. The agencies are the Domestic Violence board, The Human Trafficking board, and the Central Adoption Authority Board. The Minister charged the human trafficking board to make recommendations for a […] The post Cecila
21-year-old software developer with cerebral palsy, Edmund Owusu, took the spotlight at the 2021 Ghana Tertiary Awards (GTA) which is intended to reward excellence in higher education. The award scheme, sponsored by Universal Merchant Bank, received hundreds of nominations from over 20 tertiary educational institutions across the country. Speaking to citinewsroom.com, Mr. Owusu called for […] The post 21-yr-old
A journalist with Connect FM in the Western Region, Paa Kwesi Simpson, has been granted bail, by the Takoradi Habour Circuit Court A, to the tune of GH¢50,000 after he was arrested in connection with an alleged fake kidnapping case at Mpohor in the Western Region. The bail conditions came with two sureties–one being a […] The post ‘Fake’
The Konongo District Court, in the Ashanti Region, has remanded five accused persons arrested in connection with the death of the first-year male student of the Konongo-Odumase Senior High School. The suspects have been sent to a Juvenile Detention Center at Juaso in the Asante Akim South Municipality to reappear on 15th November 2021. The […] The post Konongo:
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), has threatened to strike in demand for better conditions of service. At a press conference on Monday, the Vice President of NAGRAT, Jacob Anaaba, said “we can no longer survive the current economic malaise with the salary levels of the Ghanaian teacher.” He thus said the union wants […] The post NAGRAT
I have observed with keen interest the pent-up frustration that several brands/corporate institutions have had to suffer when it comes to event or content marketing. These brands add either an outdated page they have lost to an old employee or forge a “ghost account” with an imaginary name, all in their marketing efforts. As though […] The post Social media problem of
The case involving the Member of Parliament for Madina, Francis-Xavier Sosu has been adjourned to November 16, 2021. This is because the legislator is out of the country on parliamentary duties. The case was called at the Kaneshie District Court on Monday, November 8, 2021, but had to be held in chambers and was presided […] The post Xavier Sosu out of the country;
Xodus Foundation has set aside some GHC30,000 grant to be given to some startups and small businesses that are struggling amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the Executive Director of Xodus Communications Limited, Richard Abbey Junior, the initiative dubbed ‘The Pitch’, is to serve as a social change maker by providing technical and financial support […] The post Xodus
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