A 37-year-old man in Anambra State, Chigorom Ezeofor, has allegedly hacked his father to death. Punch gathered that the incident occurred in Umuchiana village, in the local government area of the state. A family source told our correspondent that the suspect had been exhibiting some unusual behaviour before the incident …
Read More »COVID-19: Ghana records 1,550 cases, 11 deaths
A total of 11 persons have so far died from Coronavirus in Ghana with the total number of infections spiraling to 1,550, according to the Ghana Health Service. The current number of cases means 271 new cases have been confirmed since the last count which stood at 1,279. The number …
Read More »Adenta: Convicted prisoner, 5 others test positive for coronavirus
A convicted prisoner and Five (5) out of Twenty-Seven (27) persons who were arrested by the Adenta police for violating the restriction order have tested positive for the deadly coronavirus, MyNewsGh.com reports. According to police sources available to this portal, the three women and three men respectively whose samples were taken and …
Read More »Saudi Arabia to abolish flogging as punishment for crime
Saudi Arabia is to abolish flogging as a form of punishment, according to a legal document seen by media outlets. The directive from the Gulf kingdom’s Supreme Court says flogging will be replaced by imprisonment or fines. It says this is an extension of human rights reforms brought by King …
Read More »[PHOTOS]: Biakoye Education Directorate pickup involved in an accident
The newly donated Isuzu double cabin pickup by the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) to the Biakoye Education Directorate has been involved in an accident. JoyNews sources say the accident occurred last Friday at about 4 pm when the vehicle was travelling from the Biakoye District in the Oti Region …
Read More »Back to work for 1.5m South Africans as lockdown rules eased
The economy was the biggest winner in the government’s relaxed Covid-19 regulations announced yesterday, as more than 1.5-million workers are expected to return to their jobs next week under the level four lockdown that begins on Friday. The government appears to have heeded appeals from business to open the economy …
Read More »Sam George mulls further legal action against EC
Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram Constituency Sam Nartey George says he is weighing his options to file an order of contempt against the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) for allegedly going ahead with a workshop despite a high court injunction. On Saturday, April 25, reports came through that officials of the …
Read More »‘You think your president is crazy?’: Muslims arrested for praying under lockdown
Minister Bheki Cele warned on Sunday that police had “no choice but to enforce the law” if the lockdown regulations were flouted for religious gatherings. He was speaking after the arrest of 17 people during a Muslim prayer gathering in Pretoria. The incident on Friday was captured on video and …
Read More »Search for missing woman leads to human remains buried under house
Community members helping police search for a missing woman stumbled upon a decomposed body at Libode in the Eastern Cape, police said on Sunday. Capt Khaya Tonjeni said the community were “assisting police in information about a 34-year-old woman who went missing on September 26 2016″. “A case of a …
Read More »Govt to impose curfew as business counts the cost and sport codes set to suffer big losses
The country will be subject to an unprecedented curfew from 20:00 to 05:00 if the government’s draft proposals regulating business and society under new risk levels are finalised next week. Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and Trade and Industry Minister Ebrahim Patel announced wide-ranging draft proposals on …
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