Author: SAMUEL
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has reassured teachers across the country following growing concerns about the 2025 teacher promotion registration process. In a press release issued on Thursday, August 21, the Service acknowledged two major issues raised by educators: Ensuring that all eligible teachers, particularly those last promoted or appointed in or before 2021, are included. Addressing widespread technical difficulties affecting access to the online registration platform. GES emphasised that no eligible teacher will be left out, clarifying: “The application is open to all teachers who received their last promotion or appointment in or before 2021.” The Service admitted to…
The popular Ghanaian dancehall artist, Shatta Wale, may face extended detention beyond Ghana’s 48-hour constitutional limit, according to legal and governance consultant, Kweku Asare, who has weighed in on the Economic and Organised Crime Office’s (EOCO) ongoing investigations. Shatta Wale was invited by EOCO earlier this week over alleged links to money laundering and suspicious financial transactions. The development has sparked widespread debate among fans and legal observers, many of whom argue that Ghana’s 1992 Constitution provides a safeguard that prevents individuals from being held without charge for more than two days. However, Consultant Asare in a media engagement clarified…
Media General, operators of TV3, has honoured 2025 BBC News Komla Dumor Award winner, Godwin Asediba, with a cash prize of $10,000 in recognition of his dedication and hard work. At a brief presentation ceremony held at TV3’s premises in Accra on Thursday, August 21, 2025, the award-winning journalist was presented with a symbolic cheque by Media General executives. Mr. Asediba, who was recently announced as the prestigious recipient of the BBC’s Komla Dumor Award, expressed deep gratitude to the Media General Group for their support throughout his career. He noted that the gesture not only motivates him but also…
Ghanaian music executive Ricky Nana Agyemang, popularly known as Bullet, has strongly condemned the arrest of dancehall star Shatta Wale, describing it as part of a systemic agenda to suppress successful musicians. Speaking to reporters outside the offices of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), Bullet insisted that the situation goes beyond legalities and reflects a “witch-hunt” against Shatta Wale. “The arrest of Shatta Wale is more of a witch-hunt. The system has been designed for musicians and celebrities to remain poor, so anytime they see one of us rise above the odds, they try to suppress us,” Bullet…
A ghastly accident has reportedly occured at Mile 40 on the Buipe–Kintampo highway on Wednesday, August 20, 2025. It happened when a Kia truck loaded with groundnuts collided with an empty trailer. According to eyewitnesses, the trailer, traveling from Bolgatanga to Kumasi, attempted to overtake the Kia truck, causing the crash. The truck, carrying eight passengers, veered off the road in the process. A rescue team from the Buipe Fire Station managed to save six people, who are now receiving treatment at the Buipe District Hospital. Sadly, two passengers were confirmed dead at the scene. Savannah Regional Fire Service PRO,…
Former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has extended his condolences to Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II following the passing of his elder sister, Nana Konadu Yiadom III, the late Asantehemaa. Speaking at the one-week observation held on August 21, 2025, the former President described his message of sympathy as one rooted in shared kinship with the Oyoko royal family. “I am an Oyoko, and so I share in His Majesty’s grief. I therefore mourn with the King today on his loss,” Mr. Akufo-Addo said. In addition to his words of comfort, he made donations of cash, drinks, and water in…
Charles Nii Armah Mensah, aka Shatta Wale was invited by EOCO to assist in investigations surrounding a 2019 Lamborghini Urus, a car identified by the FBI and the US Justice Department as proceeds of a $4 million crime involving, one Nana Kwabena Amuah, a Ghanaian who is currently serving jail term in the USA. The investigation forms part of a larger investigation regarding possible co-conspirators in the $4m crime which occurred in the US involving some Ghanaians and recoveries of the proceeds of the crime. Following requests from the FBI and the US Justice Department of EOCO to track the…
Renowned legal practitioner and Top Journalist, Samson Lardy Anyenini, has lashed out at Ghana’s political class, accusing them of protecting corruption while ordinary citizens suffer. Speaking at CoMSSAFest 2025, a seminar organized by the Communication and Media Studies Students’ Association (CoMSSA) of the School of Communication and Media Studies(SCMS) at the University of Education, Winneba(UEW), he said Ghana’s democracy is under siege because “gargantuan political thieves” continue to loot state resources and then mobilize “a broke army” of ordinary people to defend them. Anyenini pointed to the removal of former Auditor-General Yaw Daniel Domelevo as a turning point in Ghana’s…
Renowned legal practitioner and Top Journalist, Samson Lardy Anyenini, has lashed out at Ghana’s political class, accusing them of protecting corruption while ordinary citizens suffer. Speaking at CoMSSAFest 2025, a seminar organized by the Communication and Media Studies Students’ Association (CoMSSA) of the School of Communication and Media Studies(SCMS) at the University of Education, Winneba(UEW), he said Ghana’s democracy is under siege because “gargantuan political thieves” continue to loot state resources and then mobilize “a broke army” of ordinary people to defend them. Anyenini pointed to the removal of former Auditor-General Yaw Daniel Domelevo as a turning point in Ghana’s…
Newsfile host Samson Lardy Anyenini has revealed that his outspoken fight against corruption and defence of press freedom has attracted threats on his life. Speaking at this year’s Communication and Media Studies Students’ Association (CoMSSA) gathering dubbed CoMSSAFest 2025, he said that exposing the corrupt deeds of the political elite often comes at a heavy personal cost. “Some of us have spoken. We have come under national security protection. But we must do it. Who else will do it?” he asked a hall-packed audience Mr Samson Lardy Anyenini disclosed that his role as a lawyer for investigative journalist Manasseh Azure…