Ghana’s 112 emergency call centre set up by government to enhance emergency response received 1,887,125 prank calls between January 28 and March 16,2020 this year. Only about 15,801, of the 1,902,926 calls to the centre within the period were real emergency related, the Ministry of Communications has revealed in a statement signed and issued in … The post Emergency
The case of Kwesi Nyantakyi, the former Ghana Football Association (GFA) President and Abubakar Alhassan, ex-Chairman of Northern Regional Football Association (RFA) in a football scandal following Tiger Eye PI expose, has been adjourned to April 28, by an Accra High Court. When the matter was called Mr Nyantakyi was present but Mr Alhassan was … The post Nyantakyi trial adjourned to April
The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has assured residents in the Upper West Region that, in spite of the increased demand for water as a result of the dry season and the coronavirus (COVID-19), there will be constant supply of water to residents. “The region does not have issues with water at the moment within … The post GWCL assures UWR residents of constant supply
Professor Ransford Gyampo, a lecturer at the University of Ghana, has observed that the mandatory quarantine policy of the government is yielding results which may not be appreciated by those who, fortunately, may not be infected by the deadly virus. “Just imagine what would have happened if all who were mandatorily quarantined were allowed to … The post Mandatory quarantine
The second edition of the African Triathlon Sprint Cup and the West African Triathlon Championships to be held in Accra has been postponed indefinitely. This was revealed in a statement signed by My Bawa Fuseini, Chief Executive Officer (CEI) of the Ghana Athletics Association (GAA). The event was originally scheduled for this month but has … The post Africa Triathlon Sprint Cup postponed
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, otherwise or more popularly called CORONA-VIRUS (or Chinavirus by President Trump), several issues have cropped up. It started with a debate around the virus being an engineered bio-craft for bio-warfare, the conspiracy theory being that, one of the big powers, notably the US and/or China, may have started some war … The post The Corona-virus
The Electoral Commission (EC) has indefinitely suspended the compilation of the new voters’ registration exercise due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The EC had slated the registration exercise for April 18, 2020 ahead of the December 7 polls. Addressing journalists after an Inter Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting on Wednesday, Dr Serebour Quaicoe, Director of … The post EC
Ernest Norgbey, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashaiman in the Greater Accra Region, has sued the Electoral Commission (EC) over its refusal to provide him with information relating to the procurement of a new biometric management system. Among other issues, the MP wants to know the processes the commission adopted prior to contracting the … The post EC sued over refusal
Asiedu Nketia, the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has alleged that the Electoral Commission (EC)’s decision to suspend its scheduled compilation of a new voters’ registration exercise is not as a result of the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic but the commission is not ready for the exercise. “The use of COVID-19 … The post EC
The Ghana Coalition of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in Health has appealed to the government to as a matter of urgency provide adequate protective equipment to health professionals particularly those working at the country’s borders to help fight the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease. The coalition noted that apart from the health staff, there was also the … The post Provide
The spread of the coronavirus into sub-Saharan Africa will hit the region’s economic growth hard, with direct disruptions to people’s livelihoods, tighter financial conditions, reduced trade and investment and a steep drop in commodity prices, the International Monetary Fund has said. In a blog posting on the IMF’s website, top officials in the Fund’s Africa … The post Coronavirus
Each morning at a crowded bus station east of Nairobi, Kenyans load their bags on to minibuses emblazoned with the faces of pop stars and Jesus, heading to their villages in the hope of escaping the coronavirus. “I am going back home because of corona,” said Amina Barasa, her yellow headscarf standing out in the … The post Fearing coronavirus, African city dwellers
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