Actor Kwadwo Nkansah, popularly known as Lil Win, has mocked final year students in the country following easing of restrictions on educational activities. President Nana Akufo-Addo on Sunday announced that final year students in university, Senior High and Junior High Schools can return to school from June 15 to prepare …
Read More »New Ebola outbreak hits DR Congo
New cases of Ebola have been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Health Minister Eteni Longondo said four people had died from the virus in the western city of Mbandaka, which has a population of about a million people. It is more than 1,000km (about 600 miles) from the …
Read More »Any church or mosque that flout 100 worshippers order will be closed down – Oppong Nkrumah
President Akufo-Addo has eased the restrictions on public and social gatherings by announcing the commencement of religious activities from June 5. In his 10th address to the nation on measures being taken against the spread of COVID-19, the President said effective June 5, 2020 churches and mosques can start meeting with …
Read More »Akufo-Addo reacts to George Floyd’s death
President Nana Akufo-Addo has expressed shock and disgust towards the killing of an unarmed black man, George Floyd, by a white police officer in the United States of America. The President, in a Facebook post on Monday said the act brought back painful memories of how people of colour were …
Read More »Tema Port gets new director
President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed Ms Sandra Opoku as the Director of the Tema Port. According to the state-owned newspaper, Daily Graphic, a letter announcing her appointment dated May 4, 2020, and signed by the Secretary to the Public Services Commission, Mrs Mabel Amoako Atta, said the decision by the …
Read More »CONVID-19: CalBank donates PPEs to Four Hospitals in Ghana
The Board of Directors, Management and Staff of CalBank have donated a set of Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) valued at GHS 230,000.00 to four Hospitals in Ghana. CALBANK The beneficiary Hospitals are the University of Ghana Medical Centre in the Greater Accra Region, the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in the …
Read More »Two Injured, Vehicles Damaged In Accidents at Teacher Mante
Multiple Vehicle accident on Teacher Mante stretch of Accra to Kumasi Highways has led to injuries of drivers and damages to vehicles. The accidents involved four (4) vehicles, Matrix Salon car with registration number GX 4265-18 with the driver named Isaac Quashie, Howo A7 Trailer with registration number GT 3609-20, …
Read More »Trump reportedly fled to bunker as protesters storm White House
President of the United States of America, Donald Trump reportedly fled the White House and was taken in the bunker as protesters gathered outside the White House, according to a White House official and a law enforcement source. The President was there for a little under an hour before being brought upstairs. …
Read More »94-year-old queen Elizabeth spotted riding on horseback [photos]
The Queen has made her first public appearance since lockdown in the United Kingdom began, on horseback. The 94-year-old took Balmoral Fern, a 14-year-old fell pony, for a ride in the grounds of Windsor Castle, where she and the Duke of Edinburgh have been isolating. She hasn’t stopped with official …
Read More »Journalist ‘Severely Beaten’ By Soldiers
A Cameroonian journalist working for the German broadcaster Deutsche Welle is receiving treatment after being beaten by soldiers in country’s Anglophone area where separatists are fighting for independence. Jean-Marie Ngong Song “is in serious pain with hearing difficulties” after the incident on Sunday evening in the north-western town of Bambili, the …
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