The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has confirmed that its incumbent National Chairman, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has not picked nomination forms to contest the party’s upcoming national executive elections. The party’s Director of Elections and IT, Mahdi Gibril, said Asiedu Nketia, popularly known as “General Mosquito,” had neither picked nomination forms before the deadline nor indicated…
The suspended headmaster of Obuasi Senior High Technical School (SHTS), Zakaria Abdulai, says he is awaiting a court date over a rape allegation against him, insisting that he has his own account of the events and has presented it to the committee investigating the matter. Speaking in an interview with Black Rasta, Abdulai said police…
Colgate has partnered with retail giant Melcom and the Ministry of Education to launch an eight-week scholarship campaign aimed at supporting the education of underprivileged Ghanaian schoolchildren while promoting oral health and hygiene. Dubbed “Give a Child a Future to Smile About,” the initiative will award scholarships totalling GH¢240,000 to 16 brilliant but needy students,…
The Minority in Parliament is demanding an independent parliamentary inquiry into the handling of earlier complaints of alleged sexual abuse involving the suspended headmaster of Obuasi Senior High Technical School (SHTS), including possible political interference. The demand follows a JoyNews investigation by investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni, which reported allegations of sexual abuse involving as…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has confirmed that its incumbent National Chairman, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has not picked nomination forms to contest the party’s upcoming national executive elections. The party’s Director of Elections and IT, Mahdi Gibril, said Asiedu Nketia, popularly known as “General Mosquito,” had neither picked nomination forms before the deadline nor indicated…
The suspended headmaster of Obuasi Senior High Technical School (SHTS), Zakaria Abdulai, says he is awaiting a court date over a rape allegation against him, insisting that he has his own account of the events and has presented it to the committee investigating the matter. Speaking in an interview with Black Rasta, Abdulai said police…
Colgate has partnered with retail giant Melcom and the Ministry of Education to launch an eight-week scholarship campaign aimed at supporting the education of underprivileged Ghanaian schoolchildren while promoting oral health and hygiene. Dubbed “Give a Child a Future to Smile About,” the initiative will award scholarships totalling GH¢240,000 to 16 brilliant but needy students,…
The Minority in Parliament is demanding an independent parliamentary inquiry into the handling of earlier complaints of alleged sexual abuse involving the suspended headmaster of Obuasi Senior High Technical School (SHTS), including possible political interference. The demand follows a JoyNews investigation by investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni, which reported allegations of sexual abuse involving as…
Former Executive Vice President of Unilever Ghana and Nigeria, Yaw Nsarkoh, has asserted that expanding the judiciary and appointing additional judges will not resolve Ghana’s systemic legal challenges unless the root causes of civil friction and disputes within society are directly addressed. Speaking at a joint event hosted by JoyNews and the Amalgam of Professionals,…
Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has raised sharp concerns regarding the structural framework of the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod), arguing that its current operational guidelines lack mechanisms to distinguish legally mined gold from gold sourced through illegal small-scale mining, popularly known as galamsey. Speaking at an engagement with the Christian Council of Ghana, Afenyo-Markin pointed out…
