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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »GFA consoles families of Opoku Afriyie and Kwasi Owusu
The Ghana Football Association wishes to express its deepest condolences to the families of late Ghana legends Opoku Afriyie and Kwasi Owusu. The GFA received with shock news of the demise of former Asante Kotoko and Hearts of Oak player Opoku Afriyie on Sunday. The Association was again hit with …
Read More »AC Milan interested in Ghanaian youngster Jeremy Doku
Italian giants AC Milan are interested in signing Belgium born Ghanaian youngster Jeremy Doku in the transfer window. The Rosenerri’s are the latest club to show interest in the high flying youngster following his incredible performances this season with Anderlecht. AC Milan have been monitoring the teen sensation and sent …
Read More »Disturbing video shows dead bodies loaded onto truck outside NYC hospitals
The coronavirus pandemic has slammed New York City so hard that health care workers are using forklifts to load dead bodies into refrigerated trucks, according to a viral video. The 5-minute and 32-second clip posted to YouTube shows medical officials helping to load the corpses in body bags into the …
Read More »No new register no election 2020 – EC declares
Director of Electoral Services at the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr. Serebour Quaicoe has said in an interview that there will be no elections in 2020 if plans for the new register fails . The Electoral Commission (EC) has suspended the compilation of the new voters’ register over the coronavirus pandemic …
Read More »C.K Akonnor to change squad for Sudan game when qualifiers resume
Ghana coach Charles Kwablan Akonnor could be forced to make changes to the squad he named for the Sudan game when the Nations Cup qualifiers resume. The AFCON 2021 qualifiers was postponed due to the spread of the novel coronavirus, which has brought major sporting activities to a halt worldwide. …
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