COVID-19 won’t affect food production in Upper West- Agric Director
The Upper West Regional Director of Agriculture, Emmanuel Sasu Yeboah is confident that the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) will not significantly affect food production in the Upper West Region. This is because farmers in various communities across the region have begun preparing their farmlands in anticipation of the rains while certified seed distributers have also begun […]
Noguchi clears backlog of COVID-19 samples
The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research says it has cleared the backlog of COVID-19 samples, giving it room to conduct tests and provide results within 24 hours. The backlog was cleared last weekend and the results was part of the 550 new cases which brought Ghana’s total case count to 2,719. The country is, […]
The Bundesliga could return this month
The draft agreement in Germany that we’ve just reported on could also see professional football resume this month. The Bundesliga has been suspended since mid-March but players have been back in training. Politicians are expected to decide when games can begin in a telephone conference later on Wednesday, with 15 and 21 May possible dates […]
Nigeria coronavirus patients protest against ‘poor care’
Dozens of coronavirus patients held a protest outside a treatment centre in the north-eastern Nigerian state of Gombe, saying the authorities were not taking good care of them. The patients complained of lack of drugs and proper feeding. They mingled with members of the community during the Tuesday evening demonstration and blocked a nearby highway […]
Students in Chinese province of Hubei return to school
About 57,000 Senior students who are preparing to take their exams in Chinese city of Wuhan -where the virus originated- are back to school today. The classrooms were said to be busy though all the students wore masks. Students have to first pass through temperature checks before being allowed in class. Millions of senior students […]
4 Burkinabes arrested for entering Ghana illegally
Four Burkina Faso nationals have been arrested by immigration officials at the Babile inland checkpoint in the Lawra Municipality of the Upper West Region. A statement signed by the Upper West Regional Public Affairs Officer of the Ghana Immigration Service IbnYusif Durana said the ages of those arrested range between 22 and 39. The statement […]
Government facilitates GH¢3bn loan to cushion private sector
President Akufo-Addo says there are additional sources of funds available for private sector players to turn their companies around apart from the 600 million Ghana cedis stimulus package for Small and Medium Scale Enterprises, SMEs. Speaking with the Tourism and Hospitality players at the Jubilee House, the President Akufo-Addo noted that an agreement has been […]
We have been delivering on our mandate without sustainable funds – GBC DG pens emotional letter to concerned citizen
The Director-General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, GBC, Professor Amin Alhassan, has commended a concerned citizen for raising issues with some operations of the state Broadcaster – GBC. In the letter addressed to the Director General titled: ‘A letter to Prof. Amin Alhassan, DG, GBC’, the writer raised concerns with GBC’s set designs, lighting and […]
Road projects in Ashanti region to be completed by December 2020
Government says 500 kilometres of new road projects will be completed in the Ashanti region by December this year in line with its Year of Roads initiative declared by President Akufo-Addo late last year. The Minister for Roads and Highways Akwasi Amoako Atta who gave the assurance, noted that already, 460 kilometres of the new […]
Government donates PPEs to the Media
The Government of Ghana has kept its promise of donating Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) to support the media as it intensifies the fight against the novel coronavirus in the country. The donation includes 5000 pieces of full set locally manufactured PPEs. President Nana Akufo-Addo as part of the COVID-19 response programme engaged the leadership of […]
Suit challenging US – Ghana Military Cooperation dismissed by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has in a unanimous decision dismissed a consolidated suit filed by the Ashanti Regional Youth Organizer of the NDC, Brogya Gyenfi and one Emmanuel Koti challenging government’s decision to sign the United States- Ghana Military Cooperation Agreement. The seven-member panel presided over by Chief Justice Anin Yeboah said the full reasons of […]
Supreme Court dismisses suit against Finance Minister on issuance of dollar bond
A Seven Member panel of the Supreme Court presided over by Chief Justice Anin Yeboah has unanimously dismissed the suit against the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta, on the issuance of a two point two-five-billion-dollar bond. The Court dismissed the suit is without merit. The Chief Justice said the reasons of the court would be […]
The Grasshopper’s Fight – Bawumia vrs Mahama
Nyaba, Our elders say “by trying often, the monkey learns to jump from tree to tree”, I used to draw several folds of inspiration from what I thought was the wisdom of the elders, until only a few cock crows ago. When the elders talked about “monkey” and “trees”, were they perhaps, insinuating that those […]
Coronavirus: Calls for Kumasi Central Prisons to be decongested
The Deputy Ashanti Regional Director of Prisons, Ousmane Tesembedo, has called for urgent steps to decongest the Kumasi Central Prisons. According to him, the facility currently accommodates almost two thousand inmates, which is almost three times the capacity of the prison. Mr Tesembedo noted that as a result of the increasing numbers, the social distancing […]
