President Nana Akufo-Addo has directed all Ministers and Deputy Ministers who are Members of Parliament (MPs) not to travel outside the country for the next one month. It is unclear the reason for this directive, but sources at the Jubilee House say the President wants all NPP MPs present when …
Read More »Omicron to hit Africa’s economies hard as leaders protest ‘Afrophobia’
As flight KL592 was in the air between Johannesburg and Amsterdam on November 26, the rules of the Covid-19 pandemic changed. The spread of an alarming new variant named Omicron, first reported by South Africa, had prompted an abrupt reappraisal of the risks of international travel. The Netherlands banned entry …
Read More »Wizkid ranks number 1 on Apple Music top 10 artistes of 2021
Annually, Apple Music keeps track of the most streamed songs, albums, and artists Read more: Tutulapato of TV3’s Talented Kidz gains admission to St. John’s Grammar SHS Also, Apple Music specially awards Top Artists on their platform and for the first time this year 2021, a new category “Artiste Of …
Read More »How South African government spends every R100 of taxpayers’ money
Statistics South Africa has published its latest data on government spending, and the key sectors where taxpayer money is used. The data shows that government spending flirted with the R2 trillion mark in the 2019/20 financial year, representing a 10% rise from the R1.79 trillion recorded in 2018/19. ‘General government’ …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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. …
Read More »National Security and Custom Officers clash over confiscated fuel in Sekondi
It was a sight to behold at the Bosomtwi-Sam Fishing Harbor in Sekondi when personnel from the National Security and the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority clashed over a confiscated fuel. The Bosomtwi-Sam Fishing harbour in Sekondi on any ordinary day experiences a number of busy activities. Fishermen …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Another win for KETASCO trio as star girl Francisca’s plea gets all three Dubai tickets
Some updated good news coming in is that the three contestants of the Keta Senior High Technical School who won bronze for their school in the just-ended National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) will all get the chance to travel to Dubai. This is coming after the girl of the …
Read More »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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