It was all pomp and pageantry yesterday at the International Press Centre when the National Organising Secretary of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Albert Kwabena Dwumfour, filed his nomination papers to contest the presidency. Dwumfour, a renowned media personality with over two decades of experience and currently the Head of Corporate Affairs of the Tobinco Group of Companies, was accompanied by media stalwarts including Gabriel Bosompim, formerly of TV3, Vance Azu, who
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Abuja, April 14, 2021 Police in Ghana should drop their investigation into journalist David Tamakloe and allow him to report freely, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
On April 1, in Accra, the capital, four police officers in plainclothes arrested Tamakloe, editor-in-chief of the privately owned
Whatsup News website, and detained him for about 24 hours at the city’s National Police Headquarters, seized his two phones and mobile hotspot, and then released him on bail on April 2, according to Tamakloe, who spoke with CPJ in a phone interview, and a report by the privately owned
Myjoyonline news website.
Officers released Tamakloe on a bond of 100,000 cedi (US$17,300) and two sureties, and told him to return to the police station on April 6, according to news reports, Tamakloe, and a police statement reviewed by CPJ.
Police Detain Ghanaian Journalist David Tamakloe Overnight In Relation To âfalse Newsâ Complaint
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Abuja, April 14, 2021 Police in Ghana should drop their investigation into journalist David Tamakloe and allow him to report freely, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
On April 1, in Accra, the capital, four police officers in plainclothes arrested Tamakloe, editor-in-chief of the privately owned Whatsup News website, and detained him for about 24 hours at the city’s National Police Headquarters, seized his two phones and mobile hotspot, and then released him on bail on April 2, according to Tamakloe, who spoke with CPJ in a phone interview, and a report by the privately owned Myjoyonline news website.
The statement signed by PRINPAG President, Andrew Edwin Arthur, ESQ, reads:
GJA/GIBA/PRINPAG urge journalists to ensure successful COVID-19 vaccination
On February 24, 2021, Ghana received 600,000 COVAX vaccines, which are part of an initial tranche of deliveries of the AstraZeneca / Oxford vaccines. The arrival of the COVID-19 vaccines in Ghana is critical in the fight against the pandemic. The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), the Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association (GIBA) and the Private Newspaper Publishers Association of Ghana (PRINPAG) note with satisfaction arrangements made by the government to fight COVID-19 and ensure that Ghanaians are safe from the pandemic. The three media groups understand that the combination of getting vaccinated and following World Health Organisation (WHO) recommendations to protect yourselves and others, provide the best antidote to COVID-19.
The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), the Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association (GIBA), and the Private Newspaper Publishers Association of Ghana (PRINPAG) are urging journalists to use their platforms to educate the need to take part in the Covid-19 vaccination exercise.