Burundian police detained more than 200 opposition electoral observers during this week’s election, the spokesman for the main opposition National Freedom Council (CNL) told Reuters on Friday, alleging voting irregularities. The elections, which is the first competitive presidential election since civil war erupted in 1993, is meant to usher in the first democratic transfer of […] The post Burundi
South America has become a new epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic with Brazil hardest-hit, while cases are rising in some African countries that so far have a relatively low death toll, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. “The COVID-19 pandemic today reached a milestone in Africa, with more than 100,000 confirmed cases. The […] The post South
Ghana’s Minister for Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu has been elected to serve on the Executive Board of the World Health Organisation (WHO). The 34-member Executive Board is composed of technically qualified members who were elected to serve a three-year term. The Board is tasked with the functions of implementing the decisions and policies of the Health […] The post Ghana’s
Thousands of people in Spain are protesting against the government’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak. The far-right Vox party urged supporters to drive through major cities without leaving their vehicles in order to maintain social distancing. Protesters in the capital, Madrid, drove in convoy and waved Spanish flags as they called for socialist Prime Minister […] The post Coronavirus:
In this edition of The Big Issue with Godfred Akoto Boafo and his panellists, they discuss the reopening of schools, Public University Bill, EC’s C.I 91 and the new voters’ register. Citi97.3 · The Big Issue, Saturday 23rd May 2020 The post The Big Issue, Saturday 23rd May 2020 appeared first on Citinewsroom - Comprehensive
More than 40 churchgoers who attended service after the lockdown was eased in Germany earlier this month have contracted coronavirus, officials say. The service was held on 10 May at a Baptist church in Frankfurt. Church officials say they followed social distancing rules and disinfected the building ahead of the service. Each of Germany’s 16 […] The post Coronavirus:
The Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD), has debunked some reports on social media suggesting that validation for the salaries of government workers for the month of May has been postponed due to some technical challenges. The widely circulated reports claimed that the payment of salaries of public sector workers for May was going to […] The post We
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, on Friday, cut the sod at the Burma Camp, in Accra, for works to start on the upgrading of all the barracks roads in the garrisons of the Ghana Armed Forces. Dr Bawumia said the 250 kilometre-project was not only to ensure that vehicles were well maintained but to also […] The post Bawumia cuts sod for rehabilitation of GAF barracks
During the second semester of 2018/19, I taught two courses in Media and Communication at the African University College of Communications, AUCC, in Accra. The two courses: Journalistic reporting, writing and editing, and Communication Theory presented different challenges for both my undergraduate and graduate classes. At face value they seemed dialectical; perched at opposite ends […] The post Kwame
Drivers and bus conductors have expressed worry about the non-compliance by some passengers over the wearing of nose mask as a preventive measure. Some passengers gave trivial reasons while others attributed it to health reasons such as dizziness, among others. The post Wearing nose masks: Commercial bus operators bemoan resistance from some passengers
Management of Royal Foam Limited says Friday’s evening fire outbreak will not affect production at the factory. Management of the factory insists that only the unit where raw materials are stored was affected by the inferno. Fire officers in the Ashanti Region have begun investigations to unravel the cause of the fire at the factory. […] The post Kumasi:
The 245 Ghanaians who were deported from Kuwait have arrived at the Kotoka International Airport. Government of Kuwait bore the travel cost of the returnees who arrived on a chartered flight today, Saturday, May 23, 2020. The Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah had earlier said all 245 persons will be mandatorily quarantined and tested […] The post 245
The 245 Ghanaians who were deported from Kuwait have arrived at the Kotoka International Airport. The deportees arrived on a chartered flight today, Saturday, May 23, 2020. The Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah had earlier said all 245 persons will be mandatorily quarantined and tested for COVID-19 upon arrival in the country. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah […] The post 245
The Ho Municipal Hospital is set to reopen its OPD and Emergency Units to the public after it was closed on Thursday, May 21, 2020, for disinfection. The Units were closed after a staff of the hospital and a police recruit tested positive for COVID-19. This will be the second time a unit of a […] The post Ho Municipal Hospital to resume operations
The Majority in Parliament is ever ready to debate the motion calling for the rejection of Constitutional Instrument, C.I 126, seeking to amend the law governing elections in the country. This is according to Majority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu. C.I. 126 filed by the Electoral Commission seeks to amend C.I. 91 to allow the […] The post We’re
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Ranking Member on Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has questioned government’s decision to allow Ghanaians to be deported before they were granted access into the country. Ablakwa in a statement indicated that government ought to have opened the borders earlier to Ghanaians stranded in other parts of the world instead of waiting for […] The post Government
The Minister for Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu has reiterated Ghana’s resolve to continue to enhance the tracing, testing and treatment strategy it adopted for COVID-19 cases while it strives not to leave anyone behind. He said, Ghana, like any other nation of the world, was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the national response has been […] The post Ghana to
A 31-year-old Nigerian woman has been granted bail by an Accra Circuit for impersonating the Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah and other ministers to defraud unsuspecting victims to the tune of about GHC10,000. According to the police, the accused person, Vivian Sajida Imran, together with her husband, Prince Joel, currently at large, have been […] The post Nigerian
The Medical Superintendent of the Maamobi General Hospital, Dr Dorcas Anfu Okine is calling on the public to bring an end to the stigmatization of persons who have recovered from COVID-19. In her view, Ghanaians should be happy that these persons have recovered. “…We are begging them to stop it. It is not a crime […] The post COVID-19: Stop stigmatizing
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