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Some 35 staff of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital have reportedly contracted the COVID-19 virus. According to sources at the hospital, 70 percent of the 35 infected staff got the virus from within the hospital while 30 percent of the infections came from outside the health facility, asaaseradio.com reports. A …

Albinism, caused by a lack of melanin, the pigment that colours skin, hair and eyes, is a genetic anomaly that concerns hundreds of thousands of people across the globe, particularly in Africa. Ahead of International Albinism Awareness Day on Monday, AFP looks at the specificities of a very visible condition …

Opposition National Democratic Congress Communicator, Dela Coffie, has reportedly been granted bail by the Special Prosecutor following his detention on Monday, June 6, 2022. Dela Coffie having been declared wanted by the Office of the Special Prosecutor on June 3, 2022, turned himself in on Monday. He was subsequently detained …

His initial reaction was emitting the complimenting phrase ‘Good question’, followed by resounding laughter as he moved his hands across his knees and then admitted, “I’m not too sure how to reply this”. Prof. Kwabena Agyapong Kodua, Vice-Chancellor of the Pentecost University had been asked if there ever would come …

For a third consecutive month, in May 2022, dampening liquidity conditions on the money market continued to weigh on government’s auction target as GH¢6.43billion target size was missed. A total amount of GH¢4.60 billion was raised from the market during the month under review, indicating a shortfall of 28 percent …

One person has been shot dead in troubling Bawku in the Upper East Region. Citi News sources say the deceased, one Yakubu, who hails from Gingande, was allegedly shot by military personnel in Bawku at Mazema. It is unclear what might have led the soldiers to shoot at Yakubu. The …

A 15-year-old class six girl has been flogged while almost naked by two men contracted by her stepfather at Ofoase in the Akyemansa District of the Eastern Region. Her ‘crime’ was failing to sleep home. The video sighted by 3news.com shows two young men getting hold of the 15-year-old while she was …

Deputy General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Lawyer Nana Obiri Boahen has slammed the late Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Forestry Commission for amassing too many properties within the short period he was an appointee. Nana Obiri Boahen believes that if the late Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, popularly known as Sir John, could …

Captain Smart, host of Onua FM Morning Show, is on record to have said he is not aware of any letter by his group, #FixTheCountry Movement, notifying the Ghana Police Service of a planned demonstration on Saturday, June 4, in which they [protestors] requested to hold weapons and to hire …

The body of a 17-year-old who is alleged to have suffered a lightning strike in the Ho municipality has been moved for burial after being left in the open for over 24 hours. The boy, identified as Emmanuel Doli, a former student of the Sokode Senior High Technical School, was …