Yearly Archives: 2021

Ramaphosa calls meeting over Omicron as cases continue to surge

President Cyril Ramaphosa wants to meet with the National Coronavirus Command Council as soon as he lands back in South Africa from a tour of Africa in the coming week, to discuss the rising number of Covid cases in the country. According to the City Press, the president will return …

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A/R: One dead, 11 hospitalized in road crash at Akumadan

A female passenger died in an accident which occured on the outskirts of Akumadan on the Kumasi-Techiman road Saturday afternoon. At least 11 others said to have sustained various degrees of injury are receiving treatment at the A.M.E. Zion Hospital at Afrancho, near Offinso North District of the Ashanti Region. …

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4 die as bus carrying choristers plunges into a river

At least 23 people have drowned after a bus travelling to a wedding plunged into a flooded river in Kenya. Video footage shows the bus was swept away after the driver tried to cross fast-flowing water over a bridge in the Enziu River, about 200km (125 miles) east of the …

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15 family members, others die on their way to parent’s wedding

A rescue mission coordinated by Kenya Navy divers late Saturday night retrieved 23 bodies of members of Mwingi Catholic Church choir who perished after the bus they were traveling in plunged into Enziu River in Mwingi East area of Kitui County on Saturday. The bodies have since been airlifted by …

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11 chainsaw operators arrested at Akyem Oda

Some eleven suspected chains saw operators who are illegally cutting down trees in the Akyem-Oda Forest in the Birim Central Municipality of the Eastern Region are currently in the grips of the Police. The suspects are; Yaw Toku, 60; Kwaku Fosu, 21; Kofi Yeboah, 36; Ibrahim Alex Adamu; Kofi Baffour, …

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CNN fires Chris Cuomo

CNN said Saturday that anchor Chris Cuomo has been “terminated” by the network, “effective immediately.” The announcement came after an outside law firm was retained to review information about exactly how Cuomo aided his brother, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, when the then-governor was accused of sexual harassment. CNN …

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Grusah boys end Kotoko’s unbeaten run

Asante Kotoko suffered their first defeat of the season against King Faisal in the Kumasi derby at the Baba Yara Stadium on Sunday. King Faisal forward Zubairu Ibrahim stole the show with a hat-trick to help the Isha Allah Boys secure an impressive 3-2 victory. Cameroonian Mfegue Omgba’s brace wasn’t …

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Bulldog and A Plus clash over Stonebwoy’s UK concert

Singer, Kwame A Plus, has clapped back at artiste manager and entertainment critic, Bulldog, for belittling Stonebwoy’s strides in the UK last month. The two pundits who appeared on UTV’s flagship show, United Showbiz disagreed on whether Stonebwoy deserved praise for selling out the Indigo 02 at his recent show. …

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