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Coronavirus: 11 more cases recorded, case count now 152

Ghana has recorded eleven (11) new cases of Coronavirus, confirms the Ghana Health Service (GHS). This makes the total number of cases in the country 152. “As of 29th March 2020, at 10:30 hrs, 11 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Ghana. Ten (10) of the new cases were …

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Usage of “Greater Kumasi” by president Akuffo Addo 

It is said that for lack of knowledge my people perish. I want to believe this assertion was in the contemplation of H. E Nana Addo Danquah for boldly introducing the Free SHS policy despite its glaring challenges. Greater Kumasi is an extension of the KMA (Bantama, Nhyiaeso, Subin, Manhyia …

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Ejurahene supports the fight against COVID-19 in Ejura (Photos)

BARIMAH OSEI HWEDIE II  Divisional of Ejura who is also the Adontehene of Asante Manpong Stool Lands of the Asante Mampong Traditional Council, he called on the public to observe and abide by the precautionary outlined by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) as well as the World Health Organization(WHO) . …

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Former NUGS President mourns death of Obour’s Father

An aspiring Parliamentary candidate for the New Patriotic Party in the Asante Akyem South Constituency and a former NUGS President, William Yamoah, on Saturday expressed his sympathy to former MUSIGA President Bice Osei Kuffour following the death of his Father. Mr Osei Kuffour known in Showbiz circles as Obour lost …

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Mali goes to the polls despite coronavirus fears

Malians are voting in long-delayed parliamentary elections a day after the country’s first coronavirus death. The poll has also been overshadowed by Wednesday’s kidnapping of opposition leader Soumaïla Cissé by suspected Islamist militants. The elections were supposed to have taken place in 2018, but have been put off a number …

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Hospital suspends non-emergency surgeries over coronavirus

The Management of the Eastern Regional Hospital in Koforidua has indefinitely suspended all non-emergency surgeries due to coronavirus outbreak in the Country. Management of the facility says it will attend to only emergency surgeries. A statement issued by the Hospital and signed by the Acting Medical Director, Dr Cardinal Newton …

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Seven-year-old boy drowns in river

A seven-year-old class two pupil has drowned in a river at Akyem Kwabeng in the Eastern Region. The incident occurred on March 27, 2020. The deceased went to river Taasu in the company of his younger siblings to wash their clothes at the river bank but got drowned in an …

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Commuters stranded as transport, business activities halt in Kumasi

Many commuters found it difficult getting to their destinations as transport activities came to a virtual halt in the Kumasi metropolis on Friday, March 27.   This was as a result of the ‘National Disinfection Exercise’, a programme spearheaded by the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD) and …

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Uproar over police brutality during virus curfew in Kenya

Uproar has greeted the manner in which police officers executed curfew orders on Friday, with some rights groups calling for civic education for them and the public. In Nyanza, lobbies said the government must protect civilians’ rights in effecting the indefinite 7pm-5am curfew aimed at curbing spread of the deadly …

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VIDEO: Kayaye runaway from Accra over CONVID-19 lock down

Many female head porters generally called Kayayei have trooped major lorry stations in Accra with their belongings in an attempt to run away to other cities to avoid the lock down. Photos and videos tendered in on Saturday evening by reporters on from the Mallam Atta market, Neoplan station in Circle, …

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CONFIRM: Queen Elizabeth tested positive for CONVID-19

News of the Queen testing positive for COVID-19 does not come as a surprise since there was a possibility that she could have been exposed by the virus during one of her weekly meetings with Prime Minister Boris Johnson who tested positive an hour ago, according to UCR. Royal Palace …

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Fire Ravages Dagombaline

More than 500 slum dwellers at Dagombaline in the Ashanti Region have been rendered homeless after fire destroyed wooden structures that served as homes for head porters and scrap dealers. It is barely a month after fire gutted other parts of the slum, displacing about 13,000 persons, according to the National Disaster …

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Royal Princess Maria Teresa dies from Coronavirus

The princess of the Bourbon-Parma Royal Family in Spain, passed away at the age of 86, after contracting the virus days earlier, Prince Sixtus Henry of Bourbon-Parma, announced. She was born in Paris, France on July 28, 1933 to parents, Prince Xavier and Madeleine de Bourbon, who had a t …

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Two arrested for assaulting Journalist

The Damongo Police on Thursday 26th March 2020 arrested two young men, a Butcher called Majeed Yussif and a pantry boy at the Damongo Senior High School called Malik Zonzuwura for assaulting the Damongo Reporter of Bole based Nkilgi FM Zion Abdul- Rauf. The statement of the two young men …

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Notorious Savannah Region armed robber shot dead by police

A notorious armed robber known to operate on the Bole-Bamboi-Wa highway has been shot to death by police, Saturday. A planned highway robbery by Hassan Lanya and two other armed robbers was disrupted when the Police Intelligence Directorate at Teselima in the Bole district of the Savannah Region learned about the planned …

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Coronavirus: Arrest parents of child-hawkers – CHRAJ/NCCE

Two institutions have called for the arrest of parents and guardians who let loose their children to loiter or engage in hawking in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic. The institutions, the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) and the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) described the phenomenon …

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Coronavirus: Resort to our Ghanaian traditions – Gyan

Asamoah Gyan has recommended neem leaves to prevent the spread of the coronavirus around Africa. Also known as the Indian lilac, the tree is popular in Africa because of its bark, leaves, and the seeds contain medicinal properties. Neem leaves are good to kill bacteria as well as cure leprosy, eye …

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GPL can’t start immediately after coronavirus

Ghana Football Association (GFA) general secretary Prosper Harrison Addo has stated clubs will be given time to prepare their teams before the Premier League resumes after the coronavirus pandemic. The top-flight is in the second week of a one-month suspension as part of the measures to curb the spread of …

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