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UK to begin human trials of COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday

The United Kingdom (UK) Health Secretary, Rt. Hon Matt Hancock, has announced that Oxford University will begin human trials of the COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, 23rd April 2020. He announced that a total of about £20m funding has been made available for the research. The United Kingdom has had a …

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Joyce Dzidzor confesses taking Afia Schwar and Oye Lithur to juju

Former HIV/AIDS Ambassador and mentally unhinged Joyce Dzidzor Mensah in a Facebook post has confessed how she nearly killed Afia Schwar and Oye Lithur by taking them to ‘juju’. According to Joyce, Afia Schwarzenegger’s inability to stay at one media house and always running to troubles is powered by her …

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Coronavirus: WHO worker killed while collecting samples

A World Health Organization (WHO) driver has been killed in a conflict-riven region of Myanmar while out collecting Covid-19 monitoring samples. Pyae Sone Win Maung was driving a well-marked United Nations vehicle when it was hit by gunfire in Rakhine State. The UN says dozens of civilians have been killed as fighting between the …

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Reduce court cases drastically – CJ directs

The Chief Justice of Ghana, Justice Anin Yeboah has directed that “caused list should be reduced drastically for few cases to be listed for hearing” to prevent congestion at the court. The CJ in a press release regarding what management of the court is doing to curtail the spread urged …

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No more money for SAA, government tells unions

South African Airways can no longer depend on financial support from government, the Pravin Gordhan-led Department of Public Enterprises said on Tuesday evening. During a meeting with unions representing workers at the troubled airline, the state was not in a position to provide more capital and that all parties need …

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Zoomlion Disinfects AH Hotel

AH Hotel, a 75-bedroom hotel and conference facility at American House, Accra, has benefited from Zoomlion Ghana Limited’s (ZGL’s) fifty per cent (50%) discount offer of its disinfection service to corporate Ghana against the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic.   The exercise saw various departments of the hotel disinfected. …

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Lifting of lockdown could be an honest decision – Anyidoho

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Atta-Mills Institute Koku Anyidoho, has said the decision to lift the lockdown was an honest one. The outspoken former communications director at the presidency stated that the lockdown brought untold hardship in some homes. Mr. Anyidoho recounted how he had to give GH¢10 …

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Bail For 6 Landguards: Bawumia’s Bodyguard Exonerated

Information gathered from thorough investigations has revealed that claims that the Vice President, HE Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’s bodyguard had secured bail for some six arrested notorious land guards, are false. There have been some media reports suggesting that Azeez, a bodyguard to the Vice President stormed the Greater Accra Regional …

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Man electrocuted while trying to fix faulty transformer fuse

A man identified as Yakubu Alhassan, was electrocuted in Anagada community, a surburb in  Abuja while trying to fix a faulty fuse in a transformer. The residents said the deceased popularly known as Yakubu NEPA was a staff of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) but the company’s Public Relations …

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Akufo-Addo meets Council of State, Religious Groups over coronavirus

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been meeting identifiable groups including the Council of State over the lifting of the partial lockdown of some parts of Accra and Kumasi. The President during the meeting which ended not long ago briefed the members of the Council about the lifting of the three-week partial …

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COVID-19: Six Nigerians fined Ghc86k for lockdown party

A Circuit Court in Accra has fined six Nigerians who were arrested at a birthday party during the restriction on movement a total of GHc86, 400. The accused persons pleaded guilty to the offence and were convicted on their own plea to a fine of GHc14, 400 each or face …

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Global hunger could double due to coronavirus blow – UN

The number of people facing acute food insecurity could nearly double this year to 265 million due to the economic fallout of COVID-19, the United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday. The impact of lost tourism revenues, falling remittances and travel and other restrictions linked to the coronavirus pandemic …

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We managed issues better during my time – Stephen Appiah

Former Black Stars captain, Stephen Appiah has admitted that there were issues at the camp of the team during his playing days but was resolved properly. Appiah became the first captain to qualify the country for its maiden appearance FIFA World Cup during the 2006 Mundial in Germany. The issue …

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