J.B Danquah Murder: Judge to haul Journalists for contempt over inaccurate reporting
A High Court Judge hearing the case of alleged killers of J.B. Danquah Adu, former Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North, says she would haul journalists for contempt if inaccurate reporting of the trial continues. Justice Mrs Lydia Osei Marfo, the trial judge, said she would be compelled to hear the MP’s murder case in […]
Africa needs to prepare for future pandemics-Rebecca Akufo-Addo
First lady, Rebecca Naa Okaikor Akufo-Addo, says Africa needs to prepare for future pandemics by building robust health systems among other things, since COVID-19 will not be the last. She said COVID 19, had had an “unthinkable toll on our lives” and that it had been realised the world-over that the health systems were simply […]
TMA to clampdown on encroachers in Tema
The Tema Metropolitan Assembly on Tuesday embarked on sensitization exercise to address issues of encroachment, and other nuisance that riddled the metropolis over the past few years. The exercise, geared towards bringing sanity to the Tema Region had Mr. Felix Mensah Nii Annan-La, Municipal Chief Executive championing it. Other members of the taskforce include; officials […]
Power fluctuations will soon be over-Energy Minister
The Minister of Energy, Dr. Matthew Opoku Permpeh, has entreated Ghanaians to exercise patience as government is investing financial resources towards the upgrading of the power operating system in the country. That, he said, would ensure efficient and reliable power supply to both domestic and commercial power consumers to improve their businesses. Dr Opoku Prempeh […]
Calls for Dredging of Avutor Tagba lagoon to revamp economic activities
Assemblyman for Aborlove-Nolopi in The Keta Municipality of The Volta Region has called for the dredging of the Avutor Tagba lagoon to revamp economic activities in The Area. According to him, dredging The Avutor Tagba will renew aquaculture-farming in water for breeding, raising, and harvesting fish, shellfish, and aquatic plants to increase buying and selling of commodities […]
Premium Times Centre “Fact-Checking and Research Fellowship” named after Prof. Kwame Karikari
West Africa’s Media Innovation and Development Organisation, the Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism PTCIJ, has named its coveted Fact-Checking and Research Fellowship, after Professor Kwame Karikari, former Director, the School of Communication Studies University of Ghana, Legon. He was also former Dean of Communication Studies at Wisconsin University and founder of the Media Foundation for […]
Vice President of Colombia visits International Criminal Court
ICC President Judge Piotr Hofmański and Vice President of the Republic of Colombia H.E. Marta-Lucía Ramírez at ICC premises on 26 April 2021 at ICC-CPI. On 26 April 2021, H.E. Marta-Lucía Ramírez, Vice President of the Republic of Colombia, visited the International Criminal Court (ICC), where she was received by the President of the Court, […]
Trial of alleged murderers of former MP begins
An Accra High Court has started hearing the murder case of late J.B. Dankwah Adu, former Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North, with the State calling its first prosecution witness as Samuel Berko Sarkodie, the driver of the former legislature, testified as the first prosecution witness. However, in the middle of the court hearing, defence […]
Afadzato South MP supports Ho Prison with items worth over GHc 60,000
Member of Parliament for Afadzato South in the Region Volta Region Angela Oforiwa Alorwu-Tay, has donated items worth over Sixty Thousand Ghana Cedis (GHc 60, 000) to the infirmary of the Ho Medium Security Prison. Presenting the items, The MP said she was moved by the deplorable condition in which men and women in uniform […]
Minority urges Gov’t to enhance COVID-19 measures at Airport to minimize imported cases
The Ranking Member on the Health Committee of Parliament and MP for Juaboso who doubles as a Minority spokesperson on Health has called on the Government to enhance COVID-19 protocols at the Kotoka International Airport to curtail the importation of COVID cases. The MP, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh in a statement dated 25th April, 2021, said, […]
Former Presidents Pledge Support for 2021 Population and Housing Census
A delegation from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) paid courtesy calls on former Presidents John Mahama and John Agyekum Kufuor on Tuesday and Thursday respectively. The delegation was led by the Government Statistician and Chief Census Officer, Professor Samuel Kobina Annim comprised of members of the GSS Governing Board and the Census Coordinating Team. The […]
EKIS Montessori School, Ghana adjudged overall winner in the World Robotic competition
The Director of the National Science and ICT Unit at the National STEM CENTRE, has congratulated EKIS Montessori School on winning the 2021 World Robotic Competition. EKIS Montessori School, one of the prestigious basic schools in the country , emerged the overall winner in the World Robotic competition. The global competition themed, “CoderZ League Sprint […]
Four suspected phone snatchers nabbed at Ashaiman
A four-member phone snatching syndicate operating within the Ashiaman and Tema enclave has been arrested by the Tema District Police Command at Ashaiman. The suspects are John Hackman alias Abeiku, 22, a driver and mechanic by profession; Yaw Antwi alias Ogeze, a 19-year-old coconut seller; Prince Boadi alias Venza, 18, unemployed; and Jacob Asiamah alias […]
A Provost at UCC charges Ghanaians to see 2021 PHC as a civic responsibility
Professor Francis Eric Amuquandoh, the Provost of the College of Humanities and Legal Studies at the University of Cape Coast has called on Ghanaians to see the upcoming Population and Housing Census (PHC) as a civic responsibility and participate in it fully. According to him participating in the “2021 PHC is a civic responsibility because […]
