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Bawku Radio Station Closures: NCA lacks authority to sanction media content – MFWA

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has intervened in the closure of four media outlets in Bawku, Upper East Region, asserting that the National Communications Authority (NCA) lacks the authority to enforce ethical and professional standards. MFWA argues that the NCA is not a suitable entity to impose sanctions on media content. The stations […]

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Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill has constitutional issues, it’ll fail any serious test in court – Afenyo-Markin

Majority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has raised constitutional concerns regarding the proposed Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values bill, also known as the anti-LGBTQ+ bill. The Efutu MP has stressed the significant constitutional issues that need addressing before the bill can proceed. He cautioned that failure to address these concerns could render

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Retired judge, Justice Aduama Osei launches book on justice delivery

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A former Justice of the Court of Appeal, Justice Kwasi Nkrumah Aduama Osei, has launched a book that sheds light on justice delivery in the country. Titled “Dispensing Justice in a Society in Flux: Walking the tightrope”, the book explores areas such as delays in the justice delivery system and how that affects public trust

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President presents SONA today

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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will present a message on the state of the nation to Parliament today, in which he is expected to enumerate some achievements over the last 12 months and spell out the roadmap for a stronger economy under an International Monetary Fund (IMF)-backed economic stabilisation programme. The exercise, which has become

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Taxicab robber gets 15 years imprisonment in hard labour

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A Tema Circuit Court has sentenced Eric Gyimah, a mobile phone seller, to 15 years imprisonment in hard labour for robbing a taxi driver of his taxicab. Gyimah, who had pleaded not guilty to two counts of robbery and dishonestly receiving, was handed over the sentence after a full trial. Before his sentence, Gyimah had

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Farmer granted GHC10,000-bail over allowing animals to cause damage, disturb public peace

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The Hohoe Magistrate’s Court has granted a GHC10,000 bail to Korkuvi Atiga, a farmer, with one surety over allowing his domestic animals to stray into neighbours’ farms, causing damage to their crops, among other things. Atiga pleaded not guilty to the charge and will reappear on March 14, 2024. Mr Frank Azila-Gbettor, prosecuting, told the

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Farmer butchered to death by unknown person at Devegodo in Anloga

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A man believed to be in his early 40s, has been butchered to death on his farm at Devegodo in the Shime area of Anloga District. The victim identified as Maxwell Dzormatsi, died of severe bleeding from cutlass wounds he sustained on Wednesday, February 21. Eyewitnesses said the incident occurred around 1200hours when some two

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NCA shuts down 4 radio stations in Bawku over security concerns

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The National Communications Authority (NCA) has shut down four radio stations in Bawku in the Bawku Municipality in the Upper East Region. The affected stations are Bawku FM, Source FM, Zahra FM and Gumah FM respectively. Graphic Online gathered that the exercise, which was carried out last Saturday, February 24, 2024, amid heavy military protection,

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Ghana signs visa waiver agreement with Bahamas

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has signed a visa waiver agreement with the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. A circular from the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) issued on February 20, explained that the waiver aims to forestall challenges and inconveniences faced by uninformed travellers between Ghana and the Bahamas. The visa waiver agreement

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No stolen booty found in Opuni’s house after ‘excavation’ — Lawyer

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The extensive searches including a reported excavation for alleged stolen booty conducted in the house of the former boss of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Stephen Kwabena Opuni, became a topical issue in his trial at the Accra High Court last Wednesday. During cross-examination, counsel for Dr Opuni, Samuel Codjoe, inquired from a witness whether

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