Media Capacity Enhancement Programme kicks off at UniMAC with 100 journalists to be trained
Story By: Gloria Anderson The Minister for Information, Honourable Fatimatu Abubakar has officially inaugurated the third cohort of the Media Capacity Enhancement Programme (MCEP) at the University of Media Arts and Communication (UNIMAC) in North Dzorwulu today. The 3rd cohort will train 100 journalists in a hybrid session with 40 attending in person and 60 […]
Walewale MP Lariba Zuweira Abudu withdraws from parliamentary primaries
By Magdalene Andoh In a surprising turn of events, the Incumbent Member of Parliament for Walewale, representing the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Lariba Zuweira Abudu has announced her withdrawal from the 2024 parliamentary primaries. This decision comes after the re-run of the primaries in the Walewale Constituency, which ended inconclusively due to an unfortunate incident […]
Police arrest four persons in connection with violent attack at Oyarifa
By Jeremiah Nutsugah On September 8, 2024, the Ghana Police Service arrested four suspects in connection with a violent attack that left three persons injured at Oyarifa, a suburb of Accra. The suspects, Latif Bako, Ebenezer Ewuzie, Stephen Owusu, and Ebenezer Adjei, allegedly attacked and inflicted machete wounds on the victims during the Homowo festival […]
PFAG calls for total ban on “Galamsey” to avert food crisis
By Jeremiah Nutsugah The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has urged the government to ban illegal mining “galamsey” to prevent a generational food and nutrition crisis in the country. In a press release signed by their president on September 10, 2024, the association expressed concern over the escalating galamsey menace, which is devastating water […]
Ghana’s democratic evolution ushers in new dawn of development – President Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the significant improvement in the country’s democratic dispensation, particularly under the Fourth Republican Constitution, has ushered in a new dawn of participatory governance. “The voices of women, youth, and marginalised groups, which were often silenced during the years of military rule, are now heard loud and clear,” he noted. […]
Two students in Court for allegedly robbing teacher at gunpoint
Two students have been charged in the Dansoman Circuit Court with robbery and conspiracy to rob. Joshua Kwabena Nyador and Wisdom Ayekple have pleaded not guilty to the charges. Two other accomplices whose names were given as Toussant Afadolo and one Stanley are at large. Nyador, Ayekple, and the other accomplices allegedly robbed the complainant, […]
Alleged killer of Ugandan athlete Rebecca Cheptegei dies from burns, hospital says
The former partner of Ugandan athlete Rebecca Cheptegei, who is accused of killing her by dousing her in petrol and setting her on fire, has died from burns sustained during the attack, the Kenyan hospital where he was being treated said on Tuesday. Cheptegei, 33, who competed in the marathon at the Paris Olympics, suffered […]
Media professionals urged to embrace digital tools at Media Capacity Enhancement Programme
By Gloria Amoh The President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Mr. Albert Kwabena Dwumfour, has announced GJA’s participation in the Third Cohort of the Media Capacity Enhancement Program, an initiative of the Ministry of Information Speaking at the Media Capacity Enhancement Programme on September 10, 2024, Mr. Albert Dwumfour explained that the initiative provides […]
GBC’s Abagna Jose Nelson wins Upper East Region’s Best Sports Journalist of the Year for the third time
By Peter Agengre Sports journalist and commentator from the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC URA Radio) Abagna Jose Nelson claimed the coveted title of Sports Journalist of the Year for the remarkable year in review in the Upper East Region. The all-time sports presenter has won the ultimate prize for the third time since the inception […]
Prof. Opoku-Agyemang bids farewell to WUA after six years of leadership
By Gloria Amoh The running mate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, has performed her final academic duty as a Chancellor of Women’s University in Africa (WUA). In her farewell address on September 9, 2024, in Harare, Zimbabwe, the outgoing Chancellor Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang reflected on her six-year journey with […]
