POLITICS

Member of Parliament for Assin Central Kennedy Agyapong has disclosed how he pleaded with the Ministry of Communications and the National Communications Authority to give owners of Radio Gold and other pro-NDC radio stations a fair hearing. According to him, during the period in which the Radio stations were closed down, he was the Chairman of the Communications Committee in ...

The Judicial Service has rejected claims by the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) that its recent statement asking the media to remove from their system incendiary and vengeful stories about judges on the election petition case constituted a threat to journalists. A statement signed by lawyer for the Judicial Service Thaddeus Sory said the GJA misled the public on the intention ...

The General Overseer of Potterville Church International, who is also the UN Eminent Peace ambassador to Ghana, Amb. Bishop Sam Owusu has commended President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for stating his position on same-sex marriage. He said the laws of the land do not permit the act hence the president’s comments were apt. “The president comments settle the debates as ...

The Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Sulemana Braimah has said no institution in the country can compel Ghanaians to respect it. It comes on the back of the demand by the judicial council for media houses to remove all stories that are deemed insulting to judges from their system. “In the light of the foregoing, ...

The President’s Facebook page was on Sunday inundated with vile and funny comments as he was busily addressing the nation on the Covid-19 vaccines. President Akufo-Addo on Sunday urged Ghanaians to be confident about the safety of the COVID-19 vaccines which are set to be deployed in the country this week. According to him, Ghana’s Food and Drugs Authority has ...

Veteran journalist Ben Ephson has described as unnecessary threats contained in the caution statement by the Judicial Service to media houses. According to him, the Judicial Service could have demanded better exercise of discretion by the media without threatening them. The Judicial Service has in a statement called on media houses to remove stories they describe as inciteful or insulting ...

On the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the overthrow of Kwame Nkrumah, veteran journalist Kwesi Pratt Junior has moved to clarify what he assumes to be ‘deliberate misinformation’ aimed at tarnishing the image and reputation of Ghana’s first president. Pratt on Saturday, February 27 edition of the Alhaji and Alhaji show on Pan African TV dismissed notions that some ...

Lead Counsel for the 1st Respondent in the Election Petition hearing, Justin Amenuvor, has shown solidarity to colleague Lawyer Dominic Ayine who was cited for Contempt by the Supreme Court. According to Justin Amenuvor, he has been friends with the spokesperson for the Petitioner for as long as possible and was even the best man at his wedding thus he ...

In one of his trademark tirades on Oman FM in August 2017, Assin Central Member of Parliament Kennedy Agyapong accused President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of superintending over corruption at the Jubilee House. Kennedy Agyapong listed a number of persons he believed were corrupt officials working with the president. Acting on an allegation by musician Kwame A Plus which later ...

President Akufo-Addo will receive the first dose of the initial consignment of COVID-19 vaccines which arrived in the country on Wednesday. “President Akufo-Addo will be the first to be vaccinated,” Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare, Presidential advisor on health, disclosed. According to Dr Nsiah-Asare, the move to have the President take the first jab of the vaccines “is to assure Ghanaians that ...