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Breaking news:Uganda minister shot dead by bodyguard over ‘unpaid salary’

2,222Charles Engola, Uganda’s state minister for labour, employment and industrial relations, has been shot dead by his bodyguard. Fred Enanga, police spokesperson, said the minister was shot dead at about 8am local time on Tuesday at his home in Kampala, the country’s capital. Enanga said it was a murder-suicide case. “He (Engola) was shot at […]

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GJA demands amendment of Electronic Communications Act to protect journalists

2,338The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has lamented Ghana’s drop in the 2023 global ranking in press freedom from the 60th to the 62nd position out of 180 countries. The Association made these concerns at the commemoration of the 2023 World Press Freedom Day in Accra in which it also lamented the Electronic Communications Act which […]

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Supreme Court throws out case against DCEs holding office in acting capacity

2,182The Supreme Court has, in a unanimous decision, dismissed a case challenging government’s decision to permit Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCE’s) to remain in office in an acting capacity. Member of Parliament for South-Dayi, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, had contended that government’s directive was contrary to the constitution. President Akufo-Addo, at the commencement of his […]

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PRINPAG Salutes All Media Practitioners For Sterling Performance Amidst Challenges

1,826 As the World marks this year’s World Press Freedom Day today, May 3, 2023, on the theme: “Shaping a Future of Rights: Freedom of Expression as a Driver for all other human rights,” the Private Newspapers and Online News Publishers Association of Ghana (PRINPAG),has saluted all media practitioners in Ghana, who have sacrificed to […]

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Solidarity for Humanity International (SOHI) collaborates with NRSA to fight road accidents

1,976Solidarity for Humanity International (SOHI), a human empowerment NGO has provided the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) with over 1,500 road safety paraphernalia to support the Stay Alive Road Safety Campaign in the Eastern and parts of the Bono and Ahafo Regions. The NRSA team was led by the Director General, and supported by Directors […]

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Gender Minister galvanizes more financial support for women in agribusinesses

1,696The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Lariba Zuweira Abudu, has urged financial institutions to join government’s efforts in supporting women in agribusiness with loans to procure critical inputs such as improved seeds, fertilizer, agricultural technology, and processing equipment. She said government, through the Ghana Enterprises Agency and Microfinance and Small Loans Centre, provides […]