Ghana has approved Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine for use against COVID-19 according to Russia’s sovereign wealth fund. The country is the fifth in Africa and 31st in the world to approve the emergency use of the vaccine in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a statement from the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), […] The post Ghana approves
Click here to read Part 1 of this article. Lessons from previous outbreaks clearly showed that when health systems are overwhelmed, mortality from vaccine-preventable and other treatable conditions increase drastically. During the 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak, the increased number of deaths caused by measles, malaria, HIV/AIDS, and tuberculosis as a result of health system failures exceeded […] The post Victor
A Chadian court has sentenced an activist to three years in jail for writing that the country’s president was seriously ill and being treated in France. The head of the Chadian Organisation of Human Rights Baradine Berdei Targuio was arrested in January 2020 after publishing the Facebook post about President Idriss Déby. The Criminal Court […] The post Chadian activist
A man has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for the brutal murder of a pregnant woman whose death galvanised protests in South Africa and prompted a speech by the president. The body of 28-year-old Tshegofatso Pule was found hanging from a tree last June, with multiple stab wounds. Mzikayise Malephane, 31, pleaded guilty […] The post Man jailed for killing pregnant 28-year-old
A woman has been left in a critical condition after a yet to be identified police officer reportedly shot into a group of people on the Tema motorway. Reports say the group was returning from a burial at Ashaiman aboard a bus when the policeman driving a Toyota Landcruiser crossed them, claiming they were driving […] The post Policeman arrested
A total of 3,717 qualified students who applied for admission into the Accra College of Education (ACCE) in the Greater Accra Region, for the 2020-2021 academic year, have been denied admission into the college. This is due to infrastructure challenges, Dr Samuel Awinkene Atintono, the Principal of the college, said at the third matriculation ceremony […] The post Over
The Ho Technical University has empowered its lecturers to deny access to indecently and provocatively dressed students. Prof. Ben Honyenuga, Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the University, at its 28th Matriculation Ceremony on Thursday, said the University sought to maintain its reputation of decency and respect for the benefit of students and would continue to forbid “all […] The post HTU
Environmental Health practitioners within the Cape Coast Metropolis have threatened to boycott the burial of persons who succumb to COVID-19, if they do not receive benefits due them as frontline health workers. While underscoring the importance of their role in the fight against COVID-19, the group has lamented its exclusion from the government’s incentives such […] The post Cape
A professor of political science at the University of Ghana, Legon, Prof Atsu Ayee has called on the Appointments Committee of Parliament to be fair to all nominees appearing before it. The started vetting the ministerial nominees over a week ago. While some of the nominees spent longer hours before the committee, others spent fewer […] The post Vetting:
There was drama at an Accra High Court when a lawyer objected to the selection of a female juror on the basis that she was young and could be influenced by social media. Mr. Yaw Danquah, objected to the seventh jury in the case of Daniel Asiedu, aka, Sexy Dondon, and Vincent Bossu, aka, Junior […] The post J.B. Danquah murder: Lawyer rejects juror over possible social
Two people died on the spot and several others sustained various degrees of injury when a Masloc-branded minibus and a saloon car collided on Saturday morning at Kpelgini on the Yendi-Tamale road. Reports said the saloon car attempted to swerve a pothole when it veered into the oncoming lane, crashing into the minibus. An attempt […] The post N/R: Two die, several others
An Accra High Court has asked Daniel Asiedu aka Sexy dondon, a murder suspect, to stop behaving like an “inmate celebrity. Asiedu, the first accused person in the murder of J.B Danquah Adu, former MP for Abuakwa North, had complained of being subjected to assault and his movements restricted in prison. On Friday, February 19, […] The post J.B. Danquah
Mr. John Dramani Mahama, the petitioner in the ongoing Election Petition, has filed an application for review of the Supreme Court’s ruling that prevented him from reopening his case. The Supreme Court on Tuesday, February 16, 2021, turned down a request by Mr. Mahama to re-visit his case which his lead lawyer, Tsatsu Tsikata closed […] The post Mahama
Frank Ablorh, a businessman has been sentenced to a fine of GH¢24,000.00 for collecting $2,000 each from six persons under the pretext of securing them Canadian visas. Ablorh in default would go to jail for eight months in hard labour. Ablorh had pleaded not guilty before an Accra Circuit Court on six counts of defrauding […] The post Businessman convicted
The Ghana Tuna Association has petitioned the Speaker of Parliament over the poor performance of the nominee to head the Fisheries and Aquaculture Development Ministry, Mavis Hawa Koomson. The association feels the nominee is not capable of running the Fisheries and Aquaculture Development Ministry. It highlighted some sector concerns in the petition like the collapsing […] The post Tuna
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