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COVID-19 team buying cars instead of PPEs for frontline health workers

The Akufo-Addo government is busily purchasing cars and customizing them in the name of the deadly Coronavirus instead using the money to provide the much-needed medically certified Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) which Ghanaian health workers continue to cry as their only amour in the fight against the pandemic. Aside the benevolence of …

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Minority exopses Osafo Maafo over UNIPASS deal

78-year-old Yaw Osafo-Maafo, the Senior Minister, is reported by the Minority in Parliament to have written to GCNet, proposing to pay off the company with taxpayer’s cash so that they hand over operations of the Ghana National Single Window (GNSW) to Ghana Link/UNIPASS. The revelation comes as a surprise because government has insisted …

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‘I’m proud of being black, I don’t give a damn’ – WHO boss hits back at critics

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of World Health Organisation (WHO), says he doesn’t give a damn being called black or negro because he proud of who he is. According to him, people of Taiwan especially started attacking his race three months ago, including sending him death threats because of …

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CSM kills 37; over 200 people infected!

Thirty-Seven out of 214 persons under treatment for Cerebrospinal Meningitis in the Upper West region have died. The Upper West Regional Director of Health, Dr Osei Kuffuor Afreh, who disclosed this at a media orientation on COVID-19 in Wa by the Ministry of Information today [Wednesday], said the situation has …

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Coronavirus: Wa East MP ‘missing’

Whereas many organisations, individuals, philanthropists and opinion leaders are devoting time and resources to support the underprivileged, who are highly affected by the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, the Member of Parliament for Wa East, Hon Godfrey Bayon Tangu is nowhere to be found, neglecting his constituents. The Wa East Constituency Executives of the …

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Police arrest DR Congo president’s chief of staff

The chief of staff to the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo was arrested on Wednesday in the capital, Kinshasa, after hours of questioning into the alleged misappropriation of funds. Vital Kamerhe was questioned over his role following allegations of corruption in infrastructure projects that fell under his remit …

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SA records highest coronavirus deaths in a day

South Africa has announced the death of five patients who were undergoing treatment for coronavirus, the highest to be reported in a day so far. The latest deaths were confirmed on Wednesday bringing the total number of deaths in the country to 18. The ministry of health tweeted a list …

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Ramaphosa to make ‘serious decisions’ about lockdown based on science, possible economic repercussions

President Cyril Ramaphosa will make “serious decisions” about the lockdown after considering all options based on scientific modelling and advice as well as the possible economic repercussions of the nationwide shutdown. Jackson Mthembu, the minister in the presidency, told News24 Ramaphosa had not yet taken a decision whether the current …

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Kofi B’s death not normal, it was highly spiritual – Eagle Prophet

Ghanaians have managed to heal their broken wounds after the death of talented Ghanaian Highlife musician Kofi Boakye Yiadom aka Kofi B. Popular for so many hit songs, the musician died on February 2, 2020. While family, friends and music lovers are expected to pay their last respect to the …

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Frontline health workers will be clearly defined – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has assured the healthcare fraternity that authorities will soon demystify “frontline health workers”  that has triggered intense anxiety and confusion among it circles. The President gave the assurance when he met stakeholders at the Jubilee House today April,08, 2020, as part of his government’s broad …

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