POLITICS

Bongo MP explains why he donated alcohol for COVID-19 fight

Member of Parliament for Bongo Constituency in the Upper East Region, Edward Bawa has explained the reason behind he distributing alcohol to some elders in his constituency. The MP in his engagements with some constituents donated a bottle of a local hard liquor ‘Kalahari Bitters’ to pour libation to protect the constituency …

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Akufo-Addo jabs Mahama over management of coronavirus

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has subtly jabbed former President John Dramani Mahama and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) over their criticisms of government’s management of Coronavirus in the country. He says the opposition NDC and Mahama are only criticizing his government for their “political survival”. The President during his ninth televised address to Ghanaians on …

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Panic at Ghana Manganese as community officer dies of coronavirus

There is growing fear among workers of Tarkwa-Nsuta-based company, Ghana Manganese after a principal community officer died of COVID-19. The Deputy Health Director in charge of clinical services in the Western Region, Dr Atsu Dordor who confirmed the news said sample of the deceased was taken last week but she died …

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W/R: 14 new COVID-19 cases confirmed; regional tally now 52

The Western region has recorded 14 new cases of COVID-19 raising the regional figure from 38 to 52 as of Sunday. The regional tally stood at 38 as of the last update on Saturday evening. The Sekondi Takoradi Metropolis leads with 16 positive cases while Tarkwa comes second with 15 …

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coup d’état In CPP

The Convention People’s Party (CPP) say they have quelled a coup d’etat by Lawyer Bright Akwetey, a three-time failed flagbearer aspirant of the CPP and Yaw Asamoah. According to CPP in a disclaimer dated May 10, 2020, “last Friday, May 8, 2020, an illegal meeting called by the Chairman of …

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COVID-19: No facemask, no entry at KATH – Management

Management of the Konfo Anokye Teaching Hospital(KATH) reminds the general public that the facility is a mandatory facemask wearing zone. According to KATH management, any member of the public who wishes to access the hospital must, therefore, wear a facemask. This is in line with the directives outlined by the …

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Ghanaians react to increasing coronavirus cases, deaths

Mixed reactions greeted Ghana Health Service’s latest announcement of an increase in Ghana’s coronavirus infections and deaths on social media. The Ghana Health Service (GHS) on May 9, 2020, announced that Ghana’s confirmed cases of the coronavirus have increased from 4,012 to 4,263, an increase of 251 new cases with …

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Nigeria Loses Another Political Icon

The Special Adviser to Governor Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa state on Adult and Higher Education, Ibrahim Isma’il, is dead. The news is coming weeks after the death of the special adviser on to the governor on Assembly matters Alhaji Yahaya Muhammad. Auwalu D. Sankara, Isma’il died on Friday after suffering …

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Akufo Addo Is Disappointed President – PNC Slams

A stalwart member of the People’s National Convention (PNC) in the Chreponi Constituency of the North East Region, Hon. Eugene Tamado Bashiru has lashed out at the ruling government for suddenly losing grounds to fight the deadly virus to political gimmicks. The government machinery seems to have spending much of …

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Armed gang vandalises Northern Region NDC party office

Gun-wielding men on Friday besieged the Northern Regional office of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and destroyed properties belonging to the party. The incident occurred minutes before the start of an executive meeting, Regional Secretary, Mohammed Abdul-Salam said in an interview. Abdul-Salam said the attackers bounced into the office, started ransacking and destroying …

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CPP throws out Bright Akwetey, others

The Convention People’s Party (CPP’s) Acting General Secretary Kwabena Bomfeh (aka Kabila), has single-handedly thrown out Lawyer Bright Akwetey, a three-time failed flagbearer aspirant of the CPP and others from the party’s headquarters. The incident occurred on Friday, May 8, 2020. Recently, Bright Akwetey and a defeated former Central Regional …

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Ghana’s Covid-19 cases are now 4,012

Ghana has recorded its biggest single-day spike of 921 new infections of the COVID-19 pandemic. This has effectively seen the country record a quantum leap of infections from 3,091 to 4,012 after recording its first two cases on March 12, 2020. According to an update on the Ghana Health Service’s …

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Allotey Jacobs is a “schemer” – Ama Benyiwa Doe

Former Member of Parliament for Gomoa West, Ama Benyiwa Doe has described the embattled former NDC Chairman of Central Region, Bernard Nii Allotey Jacobs as a “schemer”. According to her, the former Chairman was nothing until he joined the National Democratic Congress (NDC). She claimed that Bernard Allotey Jacobs did …

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NDC MP donates “fake” thermometers to health centers

Member of Parliament for Talensi Constituency, Benson Tongo Baba’s Infrared Thermometers donated in the Upper East Region have been detected to be fake. The MP has made some donations to health facilities in his constituency as part of his contributions to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. It is unclear …

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NDC hates me because of Prof. Mills – Allotey Jacobs

The former Central Regional chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Bernard Allotey Jacobs has put forward that allegation of misconduct leveled against him by his party is because of his close relations with the late Professor John Evans Atta Mills. Allotey who now describes himself as a social commentator …

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I Did not Kill Mills – John Mahama

Former President John Dramani Mahama is going after Kwame Baffoe, aka Abronye DC, after the New Patriotic Party (NPP) man had allegedly said on a television programme that he (Mahama) killed the then sitting President, Professor John Evans Atta Mills. He has caused his lawyers to write to the Criminal …

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Cabinet retreat on COVID-19 begins

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his cabinet have begun a three-day retreat to examine the impact and the implications of the Coronavirus pandemic across all governance sectors in the country. Various recommendations made over the pasts months would also be considered. The retreat would also allow government to place its recommendations before Parliament …

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