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A sex worker in the northern Nigerian has told the BBC how coronavirus has affected her livelihood. She lives in the main Muslim state of Kano, which is in the fourth week of a lockdown. No-one is allowed to leave their houses, except on Mondays and Thursdays between 10:00 and …

The Congolese army has announced that government solders have killed 23 members of the Codesco rebel group and taken back control of two villages, including one of the group’s important bases in Djugu town in the north-eastern Ituri province. Codesco has been active in the region for three years. Its …

Uganda has decided to allow imports of used clothing, reversing a previous decision introduced last month, to ban second-hand garments and footwear, amid fears they could spread coronavirus. The ban was welcomed by textile and clothing manufacturers as a boost to the Ugandan industry. But traders of used garments complained, …

The ongoing tussle between the Ghana Football Association and former Ghana coach James Kwasi Appiah looks like it will not end anytime soon after the association revealed that it is not responsible for paying the coach’s salaries. Kwasi Appiah this week revealed that since leaving his post at the beginning …

The Minister for Monitoring and Evaluation, Anthony Akoto Osei has been stranded in the United States for more than a month. The Tafo MP, Citi News understands, was out on official assignment before the President ordered the closure of the airport making it impossible for him to return into the …

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) aims to fully operationalize the use of the Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS) as the national single window platform for import facilitation effective June 1, 2020 at the Ports and other entry points. ICUMS which is currently being piloted since April 28, at the Tema …

Singer Sista Afia has reacted to rapper Eno Barony’s diss song which is currently making waves on social media. The Argument Done song seems to settle the score between the duo with regards to who the best rapper is. Eno Barony also called out Medikal saying he is the one writing songs …

The cold store of Madam Gladys Afari, a 58-year-old widow at North Taifa (Nkate Burger) in Accra, was razed last Wednesday, with the cause of the fire unknown. Items destroyed included cartons of fish and meat, two deep freezers, and an unspecified amount of money, being the previous day’s sales. …

Gun-wielding men on Friday besieged the Northern Regional office of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and destroyed properties belonging to the party. The incident occurred minutes before the start of an executive meeting, Regional Secretary, Mohammed Abdul-Salam said in an interview. Abdul-Salam said the attackers bounced into the office, started ransacking and destroying …

The Convention People’s Party (CPP’s) Acting General Secretary Kwabena Bomfeh (aka Kabila), has single-handedly thrown out Lawyer Bright Akwetey, a three-time failed flagbearer aspirant of the CPP and others from the party’s headquarters. The incident occurred on Friday, May 8, 2020. Recently, Bright Akwetey and a defeated former Central Regional …

Ghana has recorded its biggest single-day spike of 921 new infections of the COVID-19 pandemic. This has effectively seen the country record a quantum leap of infections from 3,091 to 4,012 after recording its first two cases on March 12, 2020. According to an update on the Ghana Health Service’s …

The working relationship between Caroline Sampson and Y107.9FM has come to an end, the award-winning radio personality announced, Friday. Caroline who had been with the subsidiary of Global Media Alliance Broadcasting Company for close to a decade confirmed to GhanaWeb her appointment was terminated by the employers with immediate effect. …

A Kenyan widow filmed cooking stones to make her children believe she was preparing food has lost her last-born child, the Daily Nation newspaper report. The four-month-old baby died on Thursday after being discharged from hospital where she was treated for a persistent fever, the newspaper reports, quoting Peninah Bahati …

Correctional services centres across South Africa have 172 confirmed cases of COVID-19, with three deaths and 59 recoveries. A total of 95 officials have tested positive for COVID-19, with 77 inmates also being affected by the virus. “Currently, our COVID-19 preventative measures are stretched to the brink.We have managed thus far, but the spread …

Former Member of Parliament for Gomoa West, Ama Benyiwa Doe has described the embattled former NDC Chairman of Central Region, Bernard Nii Allotey Jacobs as a “schemer”. According to her, the former Chairman was nothing until he joined the National Democratic Congress (NDC). She claimed that Bernard Allotey Jacobs did …

Founder of the Ghana Union Movement (GUM) and General Overseer of the Life Assembly Worship Centre, Rev. Christain Andrew has given President Akufo-Addo a week to lift the ban on church activities or face the wrath of God. The man of God and an aspiring president told Nyankonton Mu Nsem …

A fire outbreak at Ashaiman Lebanon Zone Two has claimed the lives of a 50-year-old man and his nine years old daughter. Three other children, two boys, and a girl, who sustained degrees of injury, are currently in critical condition at the Tema General Hospital. According to an eyewitness, Harouna …

The Heads of Christian Ecumenical Bodies in Ghana have issued guidelines to mitigate the spread of coronavirus when church reopens. The bodies that presented the guidelines included the Christian Council, the National Association of Charismatic and Christian Churches, Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference. Signing the mitigating guidelines were; Most Rev Dr …

One Joseph Yohana, who is based in Kaduna with his family, has reportedly collapsed out of joy after his wife, Juan revealed she built a new house with savings she made from money he has been giving her to cook and take care of other domestic needs. A Facebook source, …

The Asokwa District Court 2 has remanded a married woman and her boyfriend who conspired to kill her husband at Pamen near Kwabeng in the Eastern region. The two were remanded after the prosecutor, Chief Superintendent Kofi Blagodzi, prayed the court, presided over by His worship Korkor Achaw Owusu, to …

Kweku Baako Jnr is advocating for the reopening of some radio stations that have been closed down in the country. The Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide Newspaper held the view that even though some laws were violated by these media houses, “I think it’s about time amnesty” is granted them. Radio Gold …

Member of Parliament for Talensi Constituency, Benson Tongo Baba’s Infrared Thermometers donated in the Upper East Region have been detected to be fake. The MP has made some donations to health facilities in his constituency as part of his contributions to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. It is unclear …

Majority Leader has expressed fear for parliament over the lack of quality of persons who get the opportunity to be parliamentarians. Out of the 275 MPs we have in parliament, only 20 of them are keen on the legislative work of the House. “We don’t have more than 20 MPs …

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has indirectly fired a warning shot to Atletico Madrid midfielder Thomas Partey that he is only interested in recruiting players who have a strong desire to don the Gunners shirt. Partey has been identified by Arteta as a priority target this summer, with the Spaniard keen …

Following the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic In Ghana, it’s been a rather hectic week into the new month of businesses having to adjust to the new normal. With some firms and business having being forced to fold and lay off staff, others have introduced innovative measures due to social …