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World Water Day Bringing An End To CONVID-19 – Sir Fred

Adjei Frederick who is well known in the limelight of advocacy as SIR FRED has penned down some measures that are going  to combat the COVID-19 as we are celebrating World Water on Sunday 22nd March.   SIR FRED who is an Ambassador and an Advocate for Global Goals stated …

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15-year-old girl dies in midnight street shooting at Aboabo

A murder investigation is underway after a young girl was fatally shot at Aboabo bus stop, near Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. The incident happened during the wee hours of Sunday, Dailymailgh.com can report. The victim has been named as Diana Adomako, who until her death, was a pupil of …

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SSNIT brand ambassador program takes off in UDS, Navrongo

The Management of Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) as part of its efforts to build a social security conscious generation, has commenced the training of students as brand ambassadors on selected university campuses. The maiden program took place at the Navrongo campus of the University for Development Studies …

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SSNIT set to train brand ambassadors at GETFUND in Sunyani

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has held a program to train SSNIT Brand Ambassadors (SBAs) for the Trust at the University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani.   The SSNIT Brand Ambassadors’ training which was organized for some selected student opinion leaders who are assumed to be …

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Coronavirus deaths: What we don’t know

The drastic measures taken in the UK to tackle coronavirus have been justified because of the need to save lives. Modelling by Imperial College London – used to inform government – suggests 500,000 could die if we do nothing. Even the government’s previous strategy to slow the spread was likely to lead …

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Suspected case of coronavirus detected in Paga

Health authorities at Paga in the Kasena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region are currently monitoring a suspected case of coronavirus. The suspected case was detected yesterday by health workers at the Nakolo Clinic and efforts are being made to ascertain the condition. The patient, it is gathered, came …

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Coronavirus: Ghana to observe national day of fasting and prayer

Ghana is to observe a national day of fasting and prayers to seek the face of God in the fight against the novel Coronavirus pandemic, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has announced. In a televised broadcast to the nation, the President indicated that, “whilst we continue to adhere to these measures, and ramp …

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Kofi Manu wants government to grant imprisoned goalkeeper amnesty

Veteran Ghanaian Football Administrator, Kofi Manu has advocated for imprisoned goalkeeper Arhin Aboagye to be granted amnesty by government. Aboagye, an inmate of the Nsawam prisons came to the limelight after displaying his goalkeeping qualities in a TV3 documentary last month. In the documentary titled A Hero behind Bars, Arhin …

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True love comes in sizes

The first person who drew my attention to my size was my mom. My name is Akua and I had a cousin who lived with us who was also called Akua. To differentiate between the two of us, My mom called me Akua Obolobo. That was it. The whole neighborhood …

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Ghanaian musicians to fight Coronavirus with new song

Veteran Musician, Bessa Simons, has disclosed that Ghanaian musicians are set to collaborate on a new song that will sensitize Ghanaians on the novel and deadly COVID-19 (Coronavirus). In an interview with Happy FM’s Doctar Cann on the Showbiz Xtra show, he stated that this initiative was a way musicians …

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90,636 nurses posted for 2020/2021 Service Year

Management of the National Service Scheme (NSS) has released the posting of 90,636 nurses for the 2020/2021 service year, to various health facilities in all sixteen (16) regions across the country, to undertake their mandatory one year National Service. All eligible nurses who register for the national service are requested …

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Former Real Madrid president passes away after coronavirus battle

Former Real Madrid president Lorenzo Sanz has passed away aged 76 after being hospitalized with coronavirus, his son has confirmed. Ex-Real Madrid chief Lorenzo Sanz sadly passed away on Saturday after contracting coronavirus. The 76-year-old’s son Lorenzo Sanz Duran confirmed the news in an emotional message posted on Twitter. “My father has just …

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COVID-19: Akufo-Addo shuts down Ghana’s borders from Today

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has ordered the closure of Ghana’s borders from Sunday, March 22, 2020. This is to help reduce further escalation of the Coronavirus infection rate in the country. “Anybody who comes into the country, before midnight on Sunday, will be mandatorily quarantined and tested for the virus.” President …

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Coronavirus cases rise to 21 in Ghana

Ghana records two(2) new cases of COVID-19 with 1 death, this leaves the existing case count in the country to be 21. Prior to this new development, the Ghana Health Service reported three new cases earlier on Saturday pushing the figure to 19. One of the patients, a 61-year-old Lebanese …

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Coronavirus: Ghana Records First Death

Ghana has recorded its coronavirus-related death. A 61-year-old Lebanese man who was diagnosed with the disease recently is believed to have died at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi. There is no official confirmation yet from the Ghana Health Service about the death. But Deputy Health, Alexander Abban, has …

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What you need to know about Ghana’s legalisation of cannabis

Why the ‘legalization’ of cannabis not what Ghanaians think it is On Friday, Parliament passed the new Narcotics Control Commission Bill, 2019, which makes the country’s Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) a Commission. Why the legalization of cannabis is not what Ghanaians think Reuters The new law also enhanced the powers …

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