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Covid-19: Togo declares 3 months state of emergency

Togo President Faure Gnassingbé has declared a 3-month state of emergency to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. The President said the seriousness of the situation warrants a quick response, which includes the immediate start of a curfew from 7pm to 6am local time. President Gnassingbe announced that an alleviation …

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Why I rejected two Rolls-Royce gifts – Duncan-Williams

Founder and Leader of Action Chapel International, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams, has revealed that he has rejected Rolls-Royce car gifts on two occasions. Archbishop Duncan-Williams said different people offered to bring him Rolls-Royce cars as gifts and that the first offer came two years ago and the second came in last …

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Coronavirus: Akufo-Addo to meet leaders of political parties

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is expected to meet leaders of the various political parties in the country today, Friday, March 3, 2020, to seek their views on measures to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus in Ghana. Chairmen and General Secretaries of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), National Democratic Congress (NDC), Progressive Peoples’ Party …

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Malawi records its first coronavirus cases

The southern African nation was among the few African countries yet to report coronavirus cases. Others include Lesotho, Comoros, South Sudan and São Tomé and Príncipe. President Peter Mutharika made the announcement in an address to the nation on Thursday and the government also tweeted about it on its official …

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COVID-19: Football not important now; health first – FIFA President

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has stressed that no football match is worth a life and health remains the top priority, but that football needs to take its own responsibility to ensure the sport “survives and moves forward” in his address to the 72nd Ordinary CONMEBOL Congress. “Football is not the most important thing, …

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Coronavirus: UK hospital refused to admit me – Ghanaian patient [audio]

A Ghanaian resident in the United Kingdom (UK) has shared his near-death experience by health authorities. Narrating his ordeal on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen programme Thursday, Kwasi Brempong, said he started exhibiting symptoms of the virus-like coughing, fever, tiredness and difficulty in breathing, but surprisingly, he claimed it took the ambulance service about …

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Coronavirus: Oppong Nkrumah Explains Delay In Akufo-Addo’s Test

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has indicated that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was under a 14-day observation after his recent trip from Norway, hence the delay of his Coronavirus test. According to him, the president was immediately tested for the virus by his doctors, after the introduction of enhanced …

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Coronavirus: More than 10,000 die in Spain

Spain has passed another grim coronavirus milestone after the number of deaths exceeded 10,000. The country, the second-worst hit in terms fatalities, has also lost nearly 900,000 jobs. The US, too, has registered 6.6m new jobless benefit claims – a record. The unemployment figures are another sign of the dire …

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I just need the right woman to hold me down – Kwesi Arthur

The year 2020 is still in its early months but Ground Up Chale boss Kwesi Arthur has really had one of the most difficult moments in his flourishing career. After earlier allegations that he has been having sex with multiple ladies and telling them to abort pregnancies anyhow surfaced online, …

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Mosque sealed after imam, members attacked task force, Policeman

Officials of the Lagos State Government were attacked at Agege area of the state during a sensitisation exercise on social distancing to curb the spread of coronavirus. Jubril Gawat, digital media aide to Lagos State governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu disclosed the confrontation experienced by government officials. “A Mosque in Agege with …

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