Midday News

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Blood Service, Dr. Justina Ansah, has advised the general public to demand receipts for services rendered to them at the National Blood Bank. She believes this will significantly reduce the rate of extortion at the facility.

A Cape Coast High Court has slapped the Ghana Police Service with a ¢320,000 fine for the negligence of its officers over the shooting of three persons in a taxi cab. The officers who were pursuing goat thieves from Twifo Praso fired into the thieves’ car.

One person has been confirmed dead in the clash between the police and the youth of Lamashegu. Another seven persons have sustained various degrees of injury during the riot. The disturbance is reported to have erupted when a young man who was being pursued by the police dashed into the Lamashe-Naa’s palace to avoid being apprehended by security personnel.

Joy FM Afternoon News Bulletin

Joy FM Afternoon News Bulletin

Police are on a manhunt for three others whom they said together with the Accra FM broadcaster, Kwabena Bobie Ansah published false news on his ‘Citizen Show’ on January 11, this year.

The Police Service made the announcement in a press statement on Friday, February 11, signed by the Head of Public Affairs in the Ashanti Region, Dept. Supt. Juliana Obeng.

The Youth Wing of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has hit the streets of Accra to protest the passage of the Electronic Transactions Levy (E-levy) being pushed for by government.

President Nana Akufo-Addo has terminated the appointment of Yaw Kwakwa, the Managing Director of the Ghana Airports Company Limited. In a letter dated February 4, 2022, to the Company’s Board Chair, the Transport Minister said, “per a letter No OSP127/22/104 dated on January 31, 2022,” the President has directed the sacking of Mr. Kwakwa.

Maxam Company Limited, the company at the centre of last month’s explosion at Appiatse in the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality of the Western Region has been slapped a fine of US$6 million by the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources. This is after a report was submitted to the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr Samuel Abu Jinapor after tasking a committee to investigate the explosion.

Deputy Finance Minister, John Kumah, says Ghanaians should not pay attention to what he calls negative propaganda put out by rating agency Moody’s. In a scathing attack launched on the agency, Mr Kumah questioned whether someone who sits behind a computer can issue an accurate report.