Elvis Anokye

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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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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Akufo-Addo to address nation tonight but no lockdown – Oppong Nkrumah

President Akufo-Addo will address the nation Saturday evening on measures being taken to fight the novel coronavirus. He is, however, not going to announce a lockdown, Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has said, adding “do not panic.” The address follows a meeting with the Covid-19 response committee. Mr. Oppong Nkrumah …

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Mahama clears air on running mate

Former President John Dramani Mahama, has reacted to news that he has settled on Asunafo South Member of Parliament as his running mate for 2020 elections. There were media reports that the former President will choose Eric Opoku as his running mate. The report went ahead to say that the …

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Ghanaians react to Kenny Rogers’ death

The world has been thrown into further state of sorrow and melancholy with the passing of a man many tout as the greatest country musician of all time. Kenny Rogers, the legendary American singer passed on this morning in what a family representative described as “peacefully at home from natural …

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We’re reading Chinese literature to understand covid-19 – Nugochi expert

A Medical Research Fellow at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Dr Joseph Kofi Bonnie, has disclosed health experts in Ghana are now studying Chinese literature to help understand the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) which has been declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Ghana has so …

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