In the run up to the 2024 General Elections, IMANI presents PULSE, a fortnightly curated social media-based sentiment analysis report designed to follow the ldquo;pulse rdquo; of Ghanaians The IMANI Public Understanding and Literacy for Sentiment and Election analysis (PULSE) is to determine the sentiment on social media regarding the major political contenders for the election, as well as influential trends and influencers that are shaping social media discourse.
The period under observation for this edition of the report is from the 26th of February to the 26th of March 2024 For the first time since the inception of IMANI PULSE, the NPP has an edge over the NDC in lesser negative sentiments on social media.
The Nungua Traditional Council has come under fire amid controversies surrounding a recent traditional marriage ceremony between 12-year-old Naa Yoomo Ayemuede and 64-year-old Gborbu Wulomo of Nungua, Nuumo Borketey Laweh Tsuru XXXIII.
The bid to host the 2025 International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA) has been extended to April 30, the main organizers, the Society for AIDS in Africa has announced.
The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Mr Samuel A. Jinapor, has commissioned a new state-of-the-art office complex for the Greater Accra Regional Lands Commission, marking a significant step toward improving land administration services in the country.
An electrician and a mason wept uncontrollably as an Accra Circuit Court fined them for posing as Electricity Company of Ghana staff and taking money from some customers over illegal connections. Nana Adu Gyamfi, a 33-year-old electrician, and Derrick Ntow Adumah, a 22-year-old mason, collected between GHC20 and GHC50 from ECG customers whom they claimed had engaged in illegal connections.
A 20-year-old trader who allegedly made false claims that his penis had vanished causing fear and panic at Kasoa has been remanded by a District Court in Awutu Breku in the Central Region. Osman Mohammed has been charged with publication of false news and deceit of public officer.
Mr. Francis Asenso-Boakye, the Minister for Roads and Highways, has cut the sod for work to begin a 120-kilometer asphaltic overlay of the Sunyani to Berekum and Sampa road in the Bono Region. The road works, with a budget of $125 million, is to be executed under a fixed-term contract and scheduled for completion within 24 months.
Togbi Akwaah III, the Chief of Alakple and spokesperson for the Loafe Clan in Anlo, has advised other chiefs in the community to place Alakple 39;s development above chieftaincy titles. He said the type of chieftaincy, kingship and leadership, that their forebears practiced and bequeathed to them, saw traditional leaders in the past played important roles, including ensuring the comfort of their subjects.
Mr Alban S. K. Bagbin, the Speaker of Parliament, has joined congregants of the St. Dominic Catholic Church in Sombo in the Nadowli-Kaleo District to dedicate church pews to help promote the work of God.
The executive members of the Muslim Executive Foundation (MEF), a pro-Muslim movement based in Kumasi, have joined the chorus urging President Akufo-Addo to sign the anti-gay bill into law, denouncing it as contrary to religious and cultural values.
Founder and leader of the New Jerusalem Chapel located at Sokoban Ampayoo in the Ashanti Region, Bishop Dr, John Yaw Adu has stressed the need for Ghanaians, especially christians to renew their faith in the Lord who shed his blood for the remission of sins.
