Former Ghana international Nii Odartey Lamptey says being tagged the next ‘Pele’ placed a lot of pressure on him to succeed as a footballer. The ex-Black Stars forward was named the heir to Brazilian legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento’s throne, following his sparkling display at the FIFA Under-17
Deputy Minister for Youth and Sports, Perry Okudzeto, has said efforts were being put in place to ensure Ghana’s Premier League (GPL) resumes in coming days. According to the Minister, they had been in consultations with the Ghana Football Association (GFA) and health officials to ascertain the state of the COVID-19 pandemic and the possibility … The post Plans underway to
Lack of potable water has forced residents of Namemboku, a community in the East Mamprusi Municipality, to disregard the social distancing protocol by gathering in their numbers at a pit dug along the path of a dried river in the community to fetch water. They expressed knowledge
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) Ghana has urged government to inject $3.1 billion, equivalent of GH?18 billion, into the economy to ameliorate the impact of COVID-19 on the country. That, it said, was the only way to boost consumption and export to revamp the economy and
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has warned that anyone who flouts the ban on public and social gathering as set out in Executive Instrument (E.I 64) will face the full wrath of the law. Till May 31, no one is expected to hold or attend conferences, workshops, parties,
The number of persons confirmed to have been infected with COVID-19 in Ghana now stands at 4,700. As of Sunday, 494 people had recovered; 22 dead, five critically ill and 4,179 responding to treatment at various facilities. President
The Electoral Commission (EC) has denied receiving or announcing receipt of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) from the government as alleged by the Minority Leader in parliament, Haruna Iddrisu. “The commission finds it troubling that, the leader of the minority party in parliament will
COVID-19 is what might be called an equal opportunity slayer. The British thought they could be their usual clever selves in dealing with it. They said they had supplied PPEs to front-line health personnel, when they had not. They said they were doing scores of thousands of tests, when they had only done a few … The post GHANA HEALTH SERVICE, YOU ARE PLAYING WITH FIRE! appeared
The government of Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has fallen apart in Parliament after his coalition partners withdrew their support, signalling a potential end to a lengthy political crisis that has gripped the country. Announcing the collapse of the government majority, National Assembly Speaker Sephiri Motanyane said on Monday the embattled prime minister would have … The post Lesotho:
Libya’s UN-supported government launched a counterattack on Sunday against a strategic military base used by renegade commander Khalifa Haftar to pound the capital Tripoli with rocket fire. The response came after a missile barrage damaged Tripoli’s main airport and set fuel tanks and several aircraft ablaze, with at least six civilians killed in surrounding residential … The post Libya’s
In the first instalment of the above captioned article the attention of readers were drawn to the nature of viruses and how they are transmitted to humans through chains of animal carriers to become fatal diseases. In this second instalment these dangerous animal carriers are critically examined in the light of Islamic and Biblical meat … The post THE
A top aide to Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) President Felix Tshisekedi is set to go on trial for corruption, in an important case that has rocked the country’s political establishment. Vital Kamerhe, Tshisekedi’s chief of staff, is accused of embezzling funds for a government infrastructure programme. He has been in custody since April 8 and … The post Top
A Supreme Court nominee, Justice Clemence Jackson Honyenuga, has suggested the number of judges at the apex court to be sealed at 17. Doing this would give the Chief Justice a pool of justices to choose from to sit on a particular case, he argued. There have been fears over the years that a tyrannical … The post Cap Supreme Court Judges at 17—Justice Honyenuga appeared
When the virus that causes COVID-19 is able to swerve hand sanitisers, face masks and other safety protocols and eventually lands in the human body, the last mechanism it struggles with is the immune system. This is because the immune system is the body’s defense system that is armed with biological structures and processes with … The post COVID-19: HEALTHY EATING HABIT
The Western Region has recorded its first COVID- 19 death as a suspected person in the Tarkwa- Nsuaem municipality, has died of the disease. The Western Regional Health Directorate in its daily situational report (DSITREP) on Sunday, May 10, explained that the decease had underlining conditions of asthma and hypertension. Meanwhile, 14 new positive cases … The post W/Region records first
A self-styled family head, “Abusua Panyin”, of the Adusah Family, in the Ga West municipality of the Greater Accra Region, who allegedly led six people to attack five people, who were working at a site near Mayera in the area, has been arrested by the police. The family head, Bismark Nfarfo, 55, and six accomplices, … The post Self-styled family head
A teenager and two men, suspected to be members of a marijuana cartel operating at Ve-Koloenu in the Afadzato South District of the Volta Region, were nabbed by personnel of the Drugs Law Enforcement Unit of the Regional Police Command in a dawn operation in the area last Sunday. Two of the
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