Liverpool moved to within touching distance of their first title in 30 years as Crystal Palace were brutally dismissed behind closed doors at Anfield. Manchester City must now win at Chelsea on Thursday to further delay the inevitability of Liverpool’s coronation as Premier League champions. After the goalless Merseyside derby at Everton on Sunday, they […]
Volunteers have begun being immunised with a new UK coronavirus vaccine. About 300 people will have the vaccine over the coming weeks, as part of a trial led by Prof Robin Shattock and his colleagues, at Imperial College London. Tests in animals suggest the vaccine is safe and triggers an effective immune response. Experts at […]
A constitutional law scholar Professor H. Kwasi Prempeh has described as “illogical”, reasons cited by the Supreme Court to reject an amicus curiae brief in the case against the compilation of a new voters’ register. Some four civil society groups had gone to the apex court seeking to be granted audience in the case to […]
The Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has described as unacceptable the demolition of a property at the residence of the Nigeria High Commission in Ghana by some unknown armed men. He said the act is one of aggression perpetrated by the people of Ghana against the Nigerian state. Reacting to a report […]
A group of merrymakers at Salaga in the Savannah Region have attacked police officers called in to enforce covid-19 laws. One of the three officers who were pelted with stones and suffered injuries in the neck area is currently on admission at the Salaga Government Hospital where he is being treated. The incident happened at […]
Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church of Ghana, Most Rev. Dr. Paul Kwabena Boafo has backed the punishment against persons who flout the law on mandatory face mask wearing in the country. Critics say the up to 60,000-cedi fine and or maximum 10 years sentence stipulated in the executive instrument (E.I) 164 for persons who […]
Ghana has recorded 445 new coronavirus cases, taking the total case count to 15,013. The figure, according to the Ghana Health Service, was as at Monday, June 22. The numbers of recoveries have also shot up by 171, increasing the tally to 11,078. Twenty-four of the patients are in severe condition and four more in […]
Popular Ghanaian actor Henry Harding, also known as Papa Nii Papafio, has noted that successive governments have failed to grow the creative arts industry. He told Alfred Ocansey on 3FM’s morning show, Sunrise, Wednesday, June 24 that the sector has been bedeviled with several challenges including the lack of financial support from the state and […]
Member of Parliament for Kwadaso Constituency Dr Samiu Kwadwo Nuamah has lost his bid to represent the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the December 7 parliamentary elections. Dr Nuamah lost to Dr Kingsley Nyarko after polling 158 votes as against the latter’s 172. A third candidate, Vincent Frimpong Manu, polled 48 in the primary, which […]
Some members of the clergy have expressed worry at the wanton abandonment of the health protocols in preventing the spread of Covid-19 during the weekend’s parliamentary primaries of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). The pastors claim members of the party were allowed to be together several hours, in most cases, to vote while churches have […]
The Takoradi Technical University (TTU) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Sekondi-Takoradi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (STCCI) to develop and promote joint research and help build the capacities of the students for the job market. The initiative would also assist members of the STCCI with the requisite strategies to develop their […]
All African countries now have laboratories that can process coronavirus tests, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus had earlier advised countries to consider their ability to test and trace before easing any lockdown measures. During a virtual conference to discuss the development of a Covid-19 vaccine, Dr Tedros […]
Member of Parliament for Effutu Constituency in the Central Region Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin has denied news publications that claimed he has contracted coronavirus and was on admission. Other government officials including the Minister for Regional Reorganisation and Development, Dan Botwe, and Education Minister Matthew Opoku Prempeh were said to have also contracted the virus. 3news.com […]
Zoomlion Ghana Limited has lauded heads of basic schools in the Northern Region for their level of cooperation in the execution of ongoing disinfection of their schools against the novel coronavirus. General Manager for Zoomlion in the Northern Region, Peter Dawuni, made the commendation while addressing journalists during the disinfection of Gurugu R/C School in […]
Headmaster of Odorgonno Senior High School Samuel Mensah has dismissed reports that some six returning students have contracted coronavirus and are in isolation. He told our reporter Grace Hammoah Asare on Wednesday that four of the returning students indeed recorded high temperatures and were placed in isolation for further checks. The checks conducted by nurses […]
The Supreme Court has thrown out an application filed by four civil society organisations (CSOs) to be friends in the suit filed by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) against the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) and the Attorney General. The CSOs – IMANI Africa, Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA), Institute for Liberty and […]
The Minister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, is on self-isolation at the University of Ghana Medical Center (UGMC) in Accra after being suspected of contracting coronavirus. This follows a voluntary test he undertook of Covid-19 at the same centre on Monday evening after he returned from his constituency. The Minister reportedly showed symptoms of […]
The Minister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, is on self-isolation at the University of Ghana Medical Center (UGMC) in Accra after being suspected of contracting coronavirus. This follows a voluntary test he undertook of Covid-19 at the same centre on Monday evening after he returned from his constituency. The Minister reportedly showed symptoms of […]
Member of Parliament for Tamale North Constituency Alhassan Sayibu Suhuyini has lashed out at government for its handling of the coronavirus crisis since the outbreak of the viral disease in the country in March. “From the beginning, we have not handled this well,” he bemoaned. He said most of the measures announced by the government […]
Section of the general public including renowned Political Science lecturers in various universities in the country have predicted shocking defeat for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the forthcoming general elections due to the fall of sitting Members of Parliament (MP) in the weekend’s primaries. Famous NPP MPs who play a critical role in Parliament […]
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