Elvis Anokye

Obour reacts to reports he has tested positive for coronavirus

Former President of MUSIGA, Bice Osei Kuffour has reacted to reports he has tested positive to the deadly coronavirus which is alleged to have killed his father, MyNewsGh.com reports. There were reports in sections of the media that suggested that Obour had been infected by COVID-19 after his father was …

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Special Prosecutor invites Mahama’s ‘brother’, others over Airbus scandal

The Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, has sent out an invitation to four people to make themselves available to assist in the ongoing investigation into an alleged act of corruption in the purchase of three aircraft from Airbus SE for Ghana. According to the Special Prosecutor, upon completion of preliminary investigation, …

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Stonebwoy to distribute free hand sanitizers to people living in Ashaiman

Multiple award-winning reggae dancehall artiste, Stonebwoy, has joined his colleagues in the fight against Coronavirus by distributing free hand sanitizers to people living in Ashaiman and its environs. “We’re giving out free sanitizers at the BHIM shop located at Ashaiman as our own way of contributing to stop the spread of COVID-19,” Stonebwoy told Daily …

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Akufo-Addo hasn’t given power to police or military to brutalize citizens – Wontumi

‘On Friday when President Akufo-Addo addressed the nation, never did he mention that he has given power to the military or police to use brute force on citizens’, the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party has said. According to Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, government isn’t …

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28 courts in Accra and Kumasi designated for only lockdown-related cases

The Chief Justice has directed all hearings within the partial lockdown areas to be adjourned to May and June 2020. This follows a directive by President Nana Akufo-Addo for citizens to stay indoors as part of measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19. This two-week directive is to be enforced …

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Pastor charged for denying coronavirus exists in Africa

Ugandan authorities have charged a controversial pastor who is accused of telling his congregation that there is no coronavirus in Africa. Prosecutors accuse Augustine Yiga of making the comments to the Revival Christian Church congregation on Friday, in comments carried by local television stations. He denied the charges. “Claiming that …

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Congo’s ex-president Yhombi-Opango dies of Covid-19

The former president of the Republic of Congo, Jacques Joaquim Yhombi Opango, has died in Paris from complications related to coronavirus. He was 81 years old. His family said he had been ill before contracting the virus. Mr Yhombi Opango led Congo-Brazzaville from 1977 until he was toppled in 1979 …

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Police intercept cargo trucks loaded with 150 kayayes heading North

The Nkawkaw District Police Command has arrested two cargo vehicles with registration numbers AS 8983-12 and GT 4260-15 respectively at Asona in the Kwahu West Municipality fully loaded with head potters popularly known as kayayes who in the fear of  Covid-19 are fleeing to the North for safety. The Kayayes …

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Botswana executes duo convicted of murder in 2014

Botswana, one of the few democracies to still enforce the death penalty, executed two men convicted of murder on Saturday, March 28. The latest executions bring to four the number of hangings since President Mokgweetsi Masisi was elected last October. 33-year-old Moabi Seabelo Mabiletsa, and his co-accused 39-year-old Matshidiso Tshid …

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