Author: Nana Yaw Cobbina

Ghana has been a flash point in which the perpetrators used in trafficking people all in the name of corrupt officials in our borders. This has been a wake up call for all of us to take serious note about the current situation happening in Sub Sahara Africa. Speaking in an interview with an expert on human rights and the Director of Sub Sahara Africa of the Engaged Now Africa, has said that, alot of people do not  have much knowledge about human trafficking and that’s what is causing a lot of harm…

The chief of Aburi who doubles as the acting President of the Akuapim Traditional Council in the Eastern Region, Nana Otuobour Djankwasi II, has denied wide spread media reports to the effect that this year’s Odwira Festival of the chiefs and people of Okuapeman was cancelled. “This is completely misleading reports and misrepresentation of the facts sent by the media practitioners to the Ghanaian public,”  Nana Otuobour Djankwasi stated, adding that the Akuapim festival has not been put on hold, and that we are going to celebrate the festival in quite without carrying various chiefs in the palaquins.…

AirtelTigo Management Team wishes to inform all customers that the AirtelTigo Money services have been restored across the country. The unfortunate system outage that started in the late hours of 23rd July 2022 was resolved earlier today. We are aware of the inconvenience this may have caused our valued customers. AirtelTigo extends its gratitude to all its customers and ATMoney agents for their patience whilst our engineering teams worked round the clock to restore the service. While the service has come up, we are aware that some customers have discrepancies with their balances. AirtelTigo assures all its…

The clouds gathered as if they could only whisper to themselves, the sun became shy and couldn’t look at mother earth and had to dodge behind the clouds because it knew what had happened. Phones kept ringing and the questions were the same. *Is it true*? As African as I am, who believes there is no smoke without fire, I ended up knocking on other phones with the same question; how true is it? We have heard these rumours over and over, but this one looked heavy, and everyone was tight-lipped. The gongon begun…

The 2024 General elections will be a battle of competence and achievements and not a battle of rants, brags and empty promises. Presidency is not a fun fair issue but a serious one that has a huge impact on the welfare of party members, so credibility and competence should never be compromised. The Mahama/NDC was ousted on the back of “competence challenge”, and so, it is exactly what the electorates will rate whoever the NPP presents against whoever the NDC presents. So far as a Party, the only person with the requisite composure, aura, achievements…

The Human Trafficking Secretariat (HTS) under the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social PROTECTION (MoGCSP) with the support of Expertise France is organizing a four-day ‘Advanced Training and Sensitization Workshop’ for some fifty (50) selected Law Enforcement Officers to nib the menace of Human Trafficking in the country. The workshop started on Tuesday, July 19, 2022, and is expected to end on Friday, July 22 2022 in Accra. The project, funded by European Union in Ghana through the European Union Emergency Trust Fund and Expertise France, is built around four components, namely; (the institutional and operational…

The John Evans Atta Mills Memorial Heritage has announced activities for the commemorate the 10th anniversary slated to take place in Accra Aftermath the demise of the late President of the republic of Ghana on July 24, 2012. There will be a statement from the minority to be made on the floor of Parliament on Thursday, July 21, 2022, there will be a courtesy call on the National Chief Imam, Dr Osman Nuhu Sharubutu; Muslim prayers on July 22, 2022, and a hockey tournament on July 23, 2022 all in honoured to the late president. Speaking at…

Congratulation for the new position. Many people try to get this, but only the champ like you get this. This amazing accomplishment is just one step on your journey. Your ability to relentlessly search for solutions to problems and find innovative ways to improve the party is the key to this success and many to come.” Your diligence, commitment and extra time you’ve been putting in on this has really paid off, and I believe that you have presented an ambitious and attainable set of goals for the party. This is just the beginning of your bright and blooming future…

The citizen Eye of Ghana promise delegates 16 buses for all the region when voted out the current general secretary of the governing NPP in person of Mr.John Boadu because the last election his performance was very poor. Speaking at a newsconference held in Accra, the president of Citizen Eye Ghana, Mr. Alex Kwaku Tetteh, reiterates that Ghana can never be the beacon of democracy in Africa without the contributions of civil society groups like us. According to him, the NPP’s victory was a collective achievement  of several like-minded Ghanaians, some did not physically…

I can appreciate the eagerness members of the NDC want to see and to partake in the upcoming elections, to me, it shows signs of victory. However, let’s be circumspect in what we circulate and share. Many executives have had calls to confirm or deny some timetable making the rounds. FEC is taking measures to ensure the upcoming elections go through an effective clearing system. Don’t forget the branches are our first safety net on the day of elections. It cannot be business as usual. We just came out of an elections which we won…

The government that respected democracy, it was bound to account to the people on its stewardship and make amends where necessary through open discussions and suggestions from the governed. Speaking in an exclusive interview with some selected media in Accra, the chief of Gbiliga, Naa Alhaji Dawuda M.Jawara,  hinted that Ghanaians had been free to express their opinions without intimidation and harassment through the repeal of the criminal libel law and call for Coexistence among the traditional authorities. He added that the value of the cedi had been unstable, while inflation…

Today yet again, I find myself addressing you as citizens and friends, confident in your investment in deciding where we go from here. I acknowledge today’s affirmation by the supreme court as a confirmation of all that is right within our traditional and judicial systems – imperfect as they are. Nana Afrakoma, my Elders and I, are grateful to the great traditional minds represented by the Regional and National Houses of Chiefs; and the judicial minds represented by the apex court of Ghana who deliberated long and hard to get us here. They have provided us plenty to ponder over…