The big news stories in this edition of the Eyewitness News bulletin with Umaru Sanda Amadu and Hawa Iddrisu are; – NPP demands apology from NDC for inciting ethnic sentiments in just ended voter registration exercise – GES reviews sanctions on 13 dismissed WASSCE candidates after Akufo-Addo’s intervention – Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council demands immediate […] The post Eyewitness

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) says its mobile renewal enrolments have continued to improve on monthly basis, predominantly since the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic. A statement from the Authority says its latest summary report of all 16 regions recorded increases in mobile renewal enrolment ranging from 8 to 64 percent between June and […] The post NHIS

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) of the Ministry of Communications, in collaboration with the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service and the National Cyber Security Technical Working Group, have nabbed the administrator of the notorious website, empress leak. Empress leak is a website known for the publication of child pornographic and […] The post CID,

The Minority in Parliament is demanding an audit of payments made to depositors whose funds got locked up in the financial sector crisis. After the government said 96 percent of depositors funds have been paid, the Minority said there had been “a great breach of the law” and due process must follow the payments. Speaking […] The post Minority

The latest update by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) shows that 209 new cases have been recorded, pushing the total coronavirus case count to 41,212. The active cases are 2,270 with the discharges/recoveries count pegged at 38,727. The death count, however, still stands at 215.   The post 209 new COVID-19 cases push Ghana’s case count to 41,212 appeared first on

The Chairman of the Volta Regional Council of Elders for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dan Abodakpi has disassociated himself from news publications that claimed he had made a comment on tribal politics. Recent reports on some news outlets indicate that the Chairman advised Voltarians to reject NDC tribal politics. “The attention of this office […] The post Abodapki

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) wants the flagbearer of National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, to apologise to Ghanaians for raising ethnic sentiments during the just ended voter registration exercise. Speaking at a press conference on Monday, August 10, 2020, the General Secretary of the NPP, John Boadu, said the actions of the NDC […] The post Mahama

Lebanon’s government has resigned amid mounting anger over the explosion on Tuesday that devastated parts of Beirut and left more than 200 people dead. The announcement was made in a national TV address by Prime Minister Hassan Diab on Monday evening. Many people have accused the country’s leaders of culpability through their alleged negligence and […] The post Beirut

The police in the Eastern Region have charged Proprietor of the Bright Senior High School (SHS) at Akyem Kukurantumi for allegedly inciting final year students of the school to attack West African Examinations Council (WAEC) officials and a journalist during the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). Bright Amponsah was charged with abetment […] The post Police

The flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NPP), John Dramani Mahama has condemned the violence that occurred at a voter registration centre at Nkrankwanta in the Dormaa West District of the Bono Region. Supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and National Democratic Congress (NDC) clashed in the Bono regional community over the weekend […] The post Mahama

The Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council in the Eastern Region wants educational authorities to quickly shut down the Bright Senior High School in Kukurantumi. It follows recent acts of assault perpetrated by students of the school during the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) that threw the school into a state of chaos. Last […] The post Akyem

A 60-year-old man has died after he sustained a knife wound during a struggle with his 12-year old son at Pipiiso in the Adansi Asokwa District of the Ashanti Region. According to police, the deceased, Kwaku Akromah was cut in an attempt to stop his son from destroying his mother’s slippers. According to the Adansi […] The post A/R: 12-year-old boy in

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has reviewed its decision to bar 13 dismissed students from partaking in the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) at their current centres. The students who have been dismissed from school for varying acts of indiscipline can now continue to write the exams in their schools. Some had […] The post GES

The General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu says the President, Nana Akufo-Addo will not do anything to endanger the peace of the country. He thus urged Ghanaians to ignore the contrary claims by the flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress party, John Dramani Mahama. The NDC’s flagbearer for the […] The post Akufo-Addo

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Dormaa West, Ali Maiga Halidu has denied reports that his driver was among the persons who fired gunshots during the violence at Nkrankwanta in the Bono Region. Supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and National Democratic Congress (NDC) clashed in the Bono regional community over the weekend leading […] The post Bono:

Early this week, most of us were outraged by the attitudes of a few senior high school students who behaved in ways that contradicted the moral obligation school authorities imposed on them. These students insulted the president of Ghana because they felt the past examination questions they answered in their studies did not reflect in […] The post Charles Prempeh

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) will launch its 2020 manifesto on August 22, 2020. This is according to the party’s General Secretary, John Boadu. Mr. Boadu made this know at a press conference on Monday, August 10, 2020. Whilst announcing the date for the launch of the manifesto, Mr. Boadu also urged Ghanaians to […] The post NPP to launch 2020 manifesto on August 22

A court in northern Burundi has sentenced two men and a woman to 30 years in prison for attempting to assassinate new President Evariste Ndayishimiye after they threw stones at his convoy. The prosecutor requested the court in Kayanza province to jail the three to seven years for causing insecurity for the president, but the […] The post Burundians jailed 30 years

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is asking the government to be bold and render a detailed account of revenue generated from the botched operations of the Power Distribution Services (PDS). According to the opposition party, the government’s decision to terminate the fraudulent contract with PDS has led to a huge loss of state funds that […] The post NDC

A musician in Nigeria’s northern state of Kano has been sentenced to death by hanging for blaspheming against the Prophet Muhammad. An upper Sharia court in the Hausawa Filin Hockey area of the state said Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, 22, was guilty of committing blasphemy for a song he circulated via WhatsApp in March. Mr Sharif-Aminu did […] The post Nigerian singer