South Africa has put its rollout of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine on hold after a study showed “disappointing” results against its new Covid variant. Scientists say the variant accounts for 90% of new Covid cases in South Africa. The trial, involving some 2,000 people, found that the vaccine offered “minimal protection” …

The Supreme Court will on Tuesday, February 9, hear legal arguments from parties involved in the 2020 Election Petition on whether the chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) Jean Mensa will mount the witness box to testify or not. After the Petitioner John Dramani Mahama had closed his case after …

The alleged killer of the 24-year-old dancehall artiste, Mr Emmanuel Aikins, known in the music industry as “Unruly Grant” or “Soft Metal” who was stabbed to death in Cape Coast on Sunday, has been arrested by the police. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Irene Serwaah Oppong, the Central Regional Public …

Lead counsel of John Dramani Mahama in the ongoing election petition hearing has insisted that witnesses for the first respondent ought to make appearance in the witness box for cross-examination. This follows a submission by the Lawyer of the Electoral Commissioner, Justin Amenuvor, that his side wishes to close their case …

The Chief Executive Officer of the National Ambulance Service, Prof. Ahmed Zakaria has revealed that the armed robbers who shot to death an ambulance driver did not only rob a pregnant woman in labour, but also sexually assaulted a female paramedic who was onboard the vehicle. Abraham Tetteh Homeku was …

A Sierra Leone, sex workers are often seen as immoral outcasts to be shunned and avoided, even though their profession is legal. BBC Africa Eve investigates an unsolved murder of a sex worker in the country and uncovers a world where women who sell sex are often trafficked, abused, attacked …

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has agreed on a two-year partnership deal with Kasapreko Company Limited as an official partner of the senior national team, the Black Stars. The relationship commenced on February 1, 2021, and will see the ‘Awake’ brand of the company as the “Official Water Partner of …

Family members of the 14-year-old-girl who was allegedly defiled by a 60-year-old are demanding justice at the Awutu Ofaakor Circuit Court in the Central Region. Per reports from the family, the suspect, Job Kwansah Mbia, allegedly sodomised the minor repeatedly anytime she visited his home to watch television, and in …

Asante Kotoko have today, February 8, 2021 notified the Ghana Football Association of the confirmation of the appointment of Coach Abdul Gazale, a CAF License “A” holder as the substantive head coach of the club. Following the mutual termination of the agreement between Asante Kotoko SC and former Head Coach Maxwell Konadu, the …

Three armed men on Monday broke into the GOIL Filling Station Ashongman Pure Water and took away GH¢2,006 and murdered a security man in the process. The night security man whose name was only given as Effo who is in his mid-forties was found dead in a minibus at the …