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Dr. Okoe-Boye approved as Deputy Health Minister

Parliament has approved the nomination of Dr. Bernard Okoe-Boye for the position of a Deputy Minister of Health. The approval comes follows recommendations by Parliament’s Appointments Committee by consensus after he appeared before it on Wednesday, 15th April 2020. Chairman of the Appointments Committee, Joe Osei Owusu, read the committee’s …

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We will investigate attacks on Africans – Chinese Ambassador

Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Shi Ting Wang has said that the government of China will intiate investigations into the alleged attacks on Africans in China. Many videos flooded social media to confirm the reports. Ghana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Chinese Ambassador on the situation and the Chinese ambassador …

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Yaa Jackson goes raw in latest bedroom photo

Fast-rising Kumawood actress and musician Maame Yaa Jackson has got social media buzzing after sharing some raw bedroom photos. Yaa Jackson is arguably the most controversial young celebrity in Ghana. She has always been causing trouble on social media with the kind of photos she has been releasing. Well, it seems the …

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Nigerian coronavirus patient who escaped from quarantine arrested

The 46-year-old Nigerian Coronavirus patient who disappeared from self-isolation in his Wapaani residence in the Upper West Regional capital, Wa, after he was diagnosed with the deadly virus has been arrested. It is not immediately known where Simon Okafor Chukudi was picked up as the media is yet to be briefed on the issue. …

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Efia Odo blast NPP over abandoned Mahama project

Ghanaian actress and social media influencer, Efia Odo has blasted the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for abandoning the Mahama housing project. In a tweet Efia Odo complained about the abandoning of projests just because they were undertaken by a previous government. The Ghana government under the Mahama administration constructed 1,500 housing units, …

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Police Hospital morgue to be decongested

The Ghana Police Hospital has announced a mass burial of unclaimed and unidentified bodies within the next two weeks in a move to decongest its morgue. A statement issued by the Head of Public Affairs of the Hospital, DSP Yaw Nketia-Yeboah, on Friday, April 17, 2020 has therefore called on …

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No amount of threats, attacks can stop me – Afia Pokuaa warns NPP

Longstanding journalist and widely respected critic Afia Pokuaa has declared that no amount of attacks or threats will stop the Ghanaian media from playing its watchdog role of ensuring accountability of the government, emphasizing the point that the media’s role is not to sing the praises of any government. Ms …

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10 hottest Ghanaian songs in 2020 so far

The beginning of 2020 was hit by a pandemic that no one saw coming, even the best scientists in the world. The music industry across the globe was also hammered by the same deadly pandemic. However, musicians in the country are not bothered by the negative impact the novel coronavirus …

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Fire kills 14 at refugee camp in northeast Nigeria

At least 14 people were killed and dozens injured when a fire broke out Thursday at a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in northeast Nigeria. The incident took place at a camp in Ngala, a small town close to the border with Cameroon, an official of the Borno State …

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Kenya police kill more during curfew than coronavirus

The Kenyan police have killed 12 people in an attempt to enforce a dawn to dusk curfew in the wake of Coronavirus. This figure is greater than the death toll from the pandemic in the country which stands at 11. Wilfred Olal, a rights activist, confirmed the deaths to Anadolu Agency. …

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Coronavirus: Africa could be next epicentre, WHO warns

Africa could become the next epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. There was a sharp rise in cases in the past week. There have been almost 1,000 deaths and more than 18,000 infections across Africa so far, although these rates are far lower than …

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Threatened SA journalist missing since last week

South African journalist Oliver Meth, who received online death treats last year, has been missing since 8 April and his family has appealed to anyone who might know his whereabouts to come forward. According to a missing person’s report filed at the Florida police station, Meth was last seen on …

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Security man found dead in galamsey pit

A private Security man has been found dead at a galamsey site in Akanteng, a community in the West Akyem Municipality of the Eastern Region. The deceased,  identified as that of  Tetteh Kodah, 50, was found in an abandoned mining pit filled with water while his locally manufactured single barrel gun was …

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AMA provides canopies for displaced Old Fadama squatters [photos]

The Accra Metropolitan Authority (AMA) on Thursday provided five canopies to cover squatters at Old Fadama in Accra who have been compelled to sleep in the open after their makeshift home structures were demolished. The squatters at the slum community were on Wednesday evening captured by Joy News cameras sleeping …

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