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33 persons die from Meningitis in Upper West Region

A total of 33 people have died of Meningitis while some 214 others are under treatment in the Upper West Region. The Upper West Regional Director of Health Services, Dr. Osei Kuffuor Afreh who disclosed this at a media encounter in Wa today [Saturday] said the situation has become a …

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Don’t let the fear of coronavirus torment you – Bishop Agyinasare

Founder and Head Pastor of Perez Chapel Church International, Bishop Charles Agyinasare, has encouraged Ghanaians to eliminate fear and panic resulting from the Coronavirus outbreak. He cautioned that individuals must not be consumed with anxiety and entertain fear of the deadly virus adding that “God has His eyes on you.” In a …

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Speaker Prof Mike Oquaye turns 76 today

The Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye Snr turned 76 today. The astute barrister was born on 4th April 1944 to Mr. E.G.N. Oquaye of Osu, Accra (a cocoa merchant) and Mrs. Felicia Awusiki Oquaye, (nee Azu) of Odumase-Krobo – the third of 7 children. He was brought up at Asamankese …

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Read Martin Luther King’s glorious speech about Ghana

Dr Martin Luther King Jr. did not return to the United States the same man who had visited the newly-independent Ghana in March 1957. He struck a friendship with Ghana’s independence leader Kwame Nkrumah and was impressed by the way the intelligent and eloquent Nkrumah philosophized about the need for …

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Akufo-Addo to give account of lockdown directives on April 5

President Akufo-Addo will tomorrow April 5, 2020, give an account of the progress of the partial lockdown of Accra and Kumasi. This was disclosed by the Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah. The address is expected to be made at 6:00pm. The President according to Oppong Nkrumah will account to the …

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Missing Female Teacher At Atebubu-Amantin Found Dead In Volta Lake

The 26-year-old female teacher who went missing two days ago in the Atebubu-Amantin Municipality has been found dead. The lifeless body of Benedicta Gyane Afofie, a teacher at Amantin Roman Catholic Junior High School was retrieved from the Volta Lake in Yeji in the Pru East District. Details surroundings her …

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Expand 37 Hospital, build Noguchi-like centre up north – Mahama

For Ghana, in the future, to be well-prepared to fight infectious diseases such as COVID-19, it must expand the capacity of some of its main health facilities such as the 37 Military Hospital in Accra and also establish in the northern part of the country, a medical research centre à …

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Akufo-Addo extends border closure to 2 more weeks

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has further extended the closure of Ghana’s borders to an additional two-week period. This was announced by the Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah via his social media handle. “Hi Folks, President @NAkufoAddo has by a new executive instrument, EI 66, extended the closure of Ghana’s borders by …

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Hundreds of Dutch, EU citizens repatriated from Ghana

Some citizens from the Netherlands and some EU countries have been safely repatriated to their various home countries amidst the scourge of the coronavirus, a tweet from the Dutch embassy in Ghana has confirmed. The flight which took off from the Kotoka International Airport, Friday afternoon was arranged by the …

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33 year old driver drowns in Densu River

A 33-year-old man has drowned in the New Juaben South Municipality stretch of the Densu River. The body of the deceased identified as Christopher Ahadzi reported to be a driver was retrieved on Thursday April 2,2020 by local divers under the supervision of personnel from Ghana Police Service,and National Disaster …

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