Management of the National Service Scheme (NSS) has released the posting of 90,636 nurses for the 2020/2021 service year, to various health facilities in all sixteen (16) regions across the country, to undertake their mandatory one year National Service. All eligible nurses who register for the national service are requested …
Read More »Former Real Madrid president passes away after coronavirus battle
Former Real Madrid president Lorenzo Sanz has passed away aged 76 after being hospitalized with coronavirus, his son has confirmed. Ex-Real Madrid chief Lorenzo Sanz sadly passed away on Saturday after contracting coronavirus. The 76-year-old’s son Lorenzo Sanz Duran confirmed the news in an emotional message posted on Twitter. “My father has just …
Read More »COVID-19: Akufo-Addo shuts down Ghana’s borders from Today
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has ordered the closure of Ghana’s borders from Sunday, March 22, 2020. This is to help reduce further escalation of the Coronavirus infection rate in the country. “Anybody who comes into the country, before midnight on Sunday, will be mandatorily quarantined and tested for the virus.” President …
Read More »Coronavirus cases rise to 21 in Ghana
Ghana records two(2) new cases of COVID-19 with 1 death, this leaves the existing case count in the country to be 21. Prior to this new development, the Ghana Health Service reported three new cases earlier on Saturday pushing the figure to 19. One of the patients, a 61-year-old Lebanese …
Read More »Coronavirus: Ghana Records First Death
Ghana has recorded its coronavirus-related death. A 61-year-old Lebanese man who was diagnosed with the disease recently is believed to have died at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi. There is no official confirmation yet from the Ghana Health Service about the death. But Deputy Health, Alexander Abban, has …
Read More »Stealing case: Court grants NDC Effutu Parliamentary Candidate bail
The Winneba District Court presided over by His Honour Isaac Oheneba Kuffour has granted bail to the National Democratic Congress(NDC) Parliamentary Candidate for Effutu, Dr. James Kofi Annan. He has been charged on two counts: Conspiracy to commit crime to wit Stealing contrary to Section 23(1) and 124 of Act …
Read More »Angry youth storm Police station to attack suspected armed robber
Angry youth of Akyem Kwabeng in the Atiwa West District of the Eastern region stormed Kwabeng Police station to demand the release of a suspected armed robber alleged to be part of a gang that killed a security man Saturday dawn. The deceased security man, Tahiru Adamu, 43, was reportedly …
Read More »Police officer hops onto a moving car [watch]
A video on social media, sighted by Adomonline.com, shows an unidentified police officer with the Motor Transport and Traffic Department of the Ghana Police Service holding onto the bonnet of a moving vehicle. The unidentified police officer in the video, hopped onto the bonnet of the vehicle to prevent the unidentified …
Read More »Court dismisses 3 applications brought before it by Hajia Fati
Three applications brought before the Adjabeng Magistrate Court by New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Hajia Fati have been dismissed. Applications filed before the court by the accused person, Hajia Fati, requested that Judge Isaac Addo recuse himself from the case as well as revoke the court’s final ruling on the case …
Read More »Coronavirus and chloroquine: Has its use been approved in US?
President Trump claims a drug used against malaria has been approved in the United States to treat the new coronavirus. Chloroquine is one of the oldest and best-known anti-malarial drugs. So is the president right and what is known about its effectiveness? Chloroquine has been around for decades. It’s no …
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