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Communications Ministry’s Covid-19 App not on App Store and Play Store – IT experts reveal (Watch)

A security and data protection and information and technology expert, Emmanuel K. Gadasu and Kofi Gane, an Information and Technology and Development expert, both say the recently outdoored GH Covid-19 Tracker App, is not on App Store and Play Store as announced by the Minister of Communications, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful. …

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Germany Grants Ghana €23 Million To Intensify COVID-19 Fight

Germany has made available an amount of €23 million to Ghana to enhance its response measures in curtailing the spread of COVID-19. The German Ambassador to Ghana, Christoph Retzlaff announced this on Twitter on Thursday, April 23, 2020. According to Mr Retzlaff, out of the amount, €13 million will be …

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1 dead, another injured after robbers clash with police

The Tema police on Thursday engaged in a shootout with two robbers on a motorbike leading to the death of one and another injured. The robbers were said to have tracked some businessmen who went to withdraw money at the Tema Metropolitan Assembly branch of Zenith Bank. According to one …

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Daylight robbery incident at Tema, 2 suspects shot dead

Two unidentified armed robbers have been shot dead at Tema community 1 TDC junction by a policeman who engaged the robbers in a shootout on Thursday afternoon. The incident occurred after the robbers immobilise the car tyres of the victim, a Lebanese man who had been to the bank to …

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COVID-19: Ahafo Region Receives PPE To Fight Against Corona Virus

The Corona Virus Pandemic has become a Major threat to Ghana and the world at large. Many people are suffering from this deadly virus while millions are perishing.   The hardworking president of the Republic of Ghana, H. E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been commended locally and internationally for …

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KNUST Develops Low-Cost Ventilator To Support Covid-19 Care And Management

One in six people is expected to become seriously sick from the new coronavirus, with breathing difficulty as one of the symptoms they’re likely to face. With Ghana’s cases going over 1,000 with 9 deaths, issues of life-support equipment have become topical. One of them, respirators or ventilators have been …

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Coronavirus: ‘Mentally-ill’ on our streets could be virus storehouse – MHA

The Mental Health Authority (MHA) is in talks with the Gender Ministry to pull-out all mentally-ill on the streets, clean them up, and return them to their communities in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the MHA, there are an estimated 1,600 mentally-ill persons on the streets of …

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Paul Adom-Otchere lied again – Manasseh hits back

It appears that the host of Good Evening Ghana was factually inaccurate with his attempt to explain the $100,000 bribery allegation he levelled against investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni. Paul Adom-Otchere on his show last Tuesday indicated that, he only called up Manasseh after the latter’s alleged ‘exclusive’ meeting with …

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I don’t know what Captain Smart drank or smoked – Ursula Owusu fights back

Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, Communications Minister, has hit back strongly at Captain Smart, a radio presenter, after the latter rained curses on her for allegedly not being candid with expenses on the virtual concert to launch the COVID-19 Tracker App. The minister, in a Facebook post indicated that she returns Captain Smart’s curses back …

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Police rescue man from being killed for allegedly raping a popular king’s wife in Tamale

A 40-year-old man who allegedly raped one of the wives of a high profile king in the Northern Region has been rescued by the police in the area from being killed. Abass Shani was tied and beaten to pulp Tuesday by some angry youth who arrested him few metres away …

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