When it comes to the raging novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, Dr Bernard Okoe-Boye is to Ghanaians what Mr Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah is not. While the pandemic has fast-tracked the making of Dr Okoe-Boye as a Deputy Minister of Health, it has quickened the unmaking of Mr Ahenkorah as a Deputy Minister of Trade and […] The post Maxwell
When it comes to the raging novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, Dr Bernard Okoe-Boye is to Ghanaians what Mr Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah is not. While the pandemic has fast-tracked the making of Dr Okoe-Boye as a Deputy Minister of Health, it has quickened the unmaking of Mr Ahenkorah as a Deputy Minister of Trade and […] The post Maxwell
The Member of Parliament for Abetifi, Bryan Acheampong, on Tuesday 7th July 2020, toured some registration centres in his constituency. He was accompanied by Isaac Agyapong, DCE for the Kwahu East District, Isaac Kwaku Addo, NPP’s Abetifi Constituency Chairman and the entire Constituency Executives. He interacted with registration officers and advised them to adhere to […] The post Bryan
The Member of Parliament for Abetifi, Bryan Acheampong, on Tuesday 7th July 2020, toured some registration centres in his constituency. He was accompanied by Isaac Agyapong, DCE for the Kwahu East District, Isaac Kwaku Addo, NPP’s Abetifi Constituency Chairman and the entire Constituency Executives. He interacted with registration officers and advised them to adhere to […] The post Bryan
Employees of the Finance Ministry will be working from home after they were tested for COVID-19. Their test results are yet to be made known to them. In the meantime, an internal memo indicated that staff who test positive for the virus will be informed “and will receive the necessary care from appropriate health authorities […] The post Finance
Employees of the Finance Ministry will be working from home after they were tested for COVID-19. Their test results are yet to be made known to them. In the meantime, an internal memo indicated that staff who test positive for the virus will be informed “and will receive the necessary care from appropriate health authorities […] The post Finance
Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang has showered praises on the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the 2020 elections, John Dramani Mahama, describing him as a man of vision. The flagbearer the NDC, John Dramani Mahama named the former Minister of Education as his running mate on Monday, July 6, 2020, in Accra. In […] The post ‘Mahama
Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang has showered praises on the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the 2020 elections, John Dramani Mahama, describing him as a man of vision. The flagbearer the NDC, John Dramani Mahama named the former Minister of Education as his running mate on Monday, July 6, 2020, in Accra. In […] The post ‘Mahama
The Ministry of Transport has described the 30 percent increment in transportation fares by some driver unions as illegal. The Ministry wants drivers charging the 30 percent increment to scrap the extra charges since they have not been agreed upon. “It is illegal because any time they want this increment, it is in this room, […] The post Transport Ministry
The Ministry of Transport has described the 30 percent increment in transportation fares by some driver unions as illegal. The Ministry wants drivers charging the 30 percent increment to scrap the extra charges since they have not been agreed upon. “It is illegal because any time they want this increment, it is in this room, […] The post Transport Ministry
A Ghanaian fabric company has launched a new line of designs inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic. “[We] put a positive twist on a negative phenomenon” Stephen Badu, from Ghana Textiles Printing (GTP), told BBC Focus on Africa radio. The new fabrics have symbols like padlocks, keys and planes to reflect some of the measures implemented […] The post Ghanaian
The African Women Lawyers Association (AWLA) has congratulated Professor Naana Jane Opoku–Agyemang on her nomination as the running mate to flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama. The Association in a press statement on Tuesday, July 7, 2020, described the nomination and subsequent acceptance as heartwarming. “The African Women Lawyers Association (AWLA) […] The post African
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) says COVID-19 infections in schools vindicates their caution to government prior to the reopening schools in the country. NAGRAT and other bodies are on record to have advised against the reopening of schools, saying that it will lead to a spread of the virus. Speaking on Eyewitness News, President of NAGRAT, […] The post Close
The mid-week edition of the newspaper review highlighted the closure of COCOBOD and BOST after some staff tested positive to COVID-19. Also, the selection of Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang as the running mate of John Mahama has become a topical issue with various political divides and personalities expressing views. The post Newspaper Review on the Citi Breakfast
The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) is demanding the immediate prosecution of persons engaged in electoral related offences in the ongoing voter registration exercise. Such a move according to CODEO will deter others from engaging in such acts that undermine laws governing the conduct of elections in the country. A preliminary observation report issued […] The post Prosecute
Dr David Nabarro, the World Health Organization’s special envoy on COVID-19, has described President Trump’s decision to take the US out of the global agency as “really sad”. “The world is facing a massive health crisis, it’s been extremely bad for the last six months and I fear it’s going to get much worse in […] The post COVID-19:
The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) has raised concerns over the failure of the Electoral Commission (EC) to ensure full adherence of COVID-19 safety measures in the ongoing mass voter registration exercise. This was one of the major findings of CODEO within the first phase of the registration process which ended on Sunday, July […] The post Voter
A group calling itself Youth for Development in Sege in the Ada West Municipality is calling on for better protection from Police in the area following recent robbery incidents. According to the group, several shops and homes were raided last month where monies were stolen from the victims with others sustaining wounds from gunshots. Some […] The post Sege residents
Over 500 new coronavirus cases in Nigeria have raised the nationwide tally to 29,789, authorities announced on Wednesday. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), 503 more COVID-19 cases and 15 fatalities were recorded in the country over the past 24 hours. The death toll in the country rose to 669 and a […] The post Coronavirus cases in Nigeria near 30,000 appeared
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