The national year-on-year inflation rate for April 2020 hits 10.6%, which is 2.8 percentage points higher than last month, the Ghana Statistical Service has said. The year-on-year inflation for March 2020 was at 7.8 percent. The Month-on-month inflation between March 2020 and April 2020 was 3.2%. These are the highest …
Read More »Video | Moment Shatta Wale met Sarkodie’s lookalike
Dancehall artiste Shatta Wale has got everyone talking as a video of him with his ‘rival’ Sarkodie’s look-alike surface the net. In the video, Shatta Wale was seen having fun and enjoying the company of Sarkodie’s look-alike and that got a lot of people surprised. Shatta showed in the video …
Read More »Allotey Jacobs resigns from Peace FM’s ‘Kokrokoo’ show
“I decided that today I will not come . . . I am very sorry; I know I will disappoint you (Kwami Sefa Kayi),” Social Commentator, Allotey Jacobs said in an interview with Kwami Sefa Kayi on Peace FM’s ‘Kokrokoo’ programme Wednesday. The former Central Regional Chairman of the National …
Read More »Violence forces 23,000 Nigerians to flee to Niger
At least 23,000 people escaping violence in north-western Nigeria have fled to neighbouring Niger in recent weeks, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has said. The refugees were “mainly desperate women and children”, who had been allowed to seek protection in Niger despite border closures as a result of coronavirus pandemic, …
Read More »COVID-19: Registration of stranded Ghanaians in US starts for evacuation
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration of Ghana is collating information on Ghanaians and Legal Permanent Residents who are stranded abroad as a result of the closure of international borders in the containment of the Covid-19 Pandemic. To this end, eligible nationals who are prepared to pay for …
Read More »Girl kills baby for making her miss university admission
A 22-year-old lady, Adisa Funmilola, has drowned her baby because she prevented her from going to the university to study law. According to reports, she drowned the one-year and six-months-old baby inside a bucket of water in her apartment in Lagos, on Monday, after which she reported herself to the …
Read More »Coronavirus: Cancel December general elections – Maurice Ampaw tells EC
Astute Accra based private legal practitioner Dr. Maurcie Ampaw is advocating for immediate cancellation of the Ghana’s general elections slated for December 7, 2020 due to what he terms as limited time period created by the COVID-19 expressing doubt if the Electoral Commission of Ghana could run a credible elections. …
Read More »Tuobodom tomato season: DCE distributes free masks to enforce ‘No Mask, No Entry’
As the new season for tomato set to begin, the Techiman North District Chief executive Hon Peter Mensah has distributed over 20,000 branded reusable cloth nose masks to be distributed to the vulnerable in the district as part of the assembly’s efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) …
Read More »Polo commends C.K. Akonnor for adopting 1978 AFCON squad
Mohamed Ahmed Polo a member of the 1978 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Cup-winning squad has said Black Stars coach Charles Kwablan Akonnor will be able to replicate their style of play if he ensures competition in the squad. Coach Akonnor has indicated that he would adopt and modify the …
Read More »Nurses at Ashaiman polyclinic in trouble for stealing PPEs
The Ashaiman District Police is currently is currently investigating suspected stealing of facemask and other Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) by some nurses at the Ashaiman polyclinic The case was officially reported by one Foster Bampoe, an opinion leader in the area, and a failed Assembly Member aspirant to the police …
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