Ghana Athletics Association President Prof. Dodoo gets International Appointment
Professor Francis Dodoo – President of the Ghana Athletics Association (GAA), has been appointed as the Chairman of the newly created Governance Commission of the World Athletics (WA). The former President of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) is the only African to chair a commission at the World Athletics and it is believed he would […]
Sierra Leone overturns ban on pregnant schoolgirls
Sierra Leone has overturned a five-year law barring pregnant girls from going to school. The ban was introduced in 2015 as schools reopened after the Ebola crisis, which saw a rise in pregnancies among school-age girls. West Africa’s top court ruled in December that the girls were discriminated against and their human rights violated. Teenage […]
Congo’s ex-President Yhombi-Opango dies of Covid-19
The former president of the Republic of Congo, Jacques Joaquim Yhombi-Opango, has died in Paris from complications related to coronavirus. He was 81 years old. His family said he had been ill before contracting the virus. Mr Yhombi-Opango led Congo-Brazzaville from 1977 until he was toppled in 1979 by the country’s current leader, Denis Sassou […]
Bank of Ghana grants Zeepay Electronic Money Issuer service license
Zeepay, a leading African fintech, has been granted a license by the Bank of Ghana to operate a full Electronic Money Issuer service otherwise known as Mobile Money. The service will allow Zeepay’s subscribers to operate the full bouquet of mobile money services such as Cash In, Cash Out, Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Transfers, Payments and Digital […]
COVID-19: Newmont announces US$ 100,000 support package to Ghana
Newmont Ghana has announced a US$100,000 support package for Ghana’s public health efforts to minimize the transmission of the Coronavirus in the country. Newmont Ghana’s contribution will support the two testing centres in Accra and Kumasi, as well as preventive measures in and around its Ahafo and Akyem mines and the Ahafo North Project area. […]
Huawei warns China will strike back against new U.S. restrictions
Huawei warned on Tuesday that 2020 would be its most difficult year yet due to American trade restrictions which dealt a blow to its overseas sales in 2019, and predicted the Chinese government would retaliate against the United States. The world’s largest maker telecoms equipment issued the warning as it reported its weakest annual profit […]
Ghana Science Association advocates COVID-19 scientific research
The Ghana Science Association (GSA) on Monday advocated support for scientific research into finding a quick cure for the COVID-19 disease. The GSA is “advocating support for scientific research into finding an expedited cure for the COVID-19 disease”. The association is further calling on the Center for Plant Medicine Research to bring together herbalists and […]
Sierra Leone has confirmed its first case of coronavirus, president says
Sierra Leone has confirmed its first case of coronavirus, a 37-year-old man who traveled from France on March 16 and had been in isolation since, the president said on Tuesday. “When I did my first coronavirus press conference, I said that it was not a matter of if, but when. Well, ‘when’ has come,” President […]
Commercial Drivers given one month ultimatum to compulsorily join recognized unions
The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has given commercial drivers (trotro/waawaa) in the city a month’s ultimatum to compulsorily join any of the 24 recognised transport unions of their choice. “Drivers who fail to comply with this directive will have themselves to blame, because their movement will be restricted,” the Assembly noted. A statement signed by […]
2020 Games postponement signals growing power shift from IOC to athletes
Tweeting from her Toronto couch two weeks ago, six-time Olympian Hayley Wickenheiser had two words for the International Olympic Committee, which had yet to postpone the Tokyo Summer Games amid the coronavirus pandemic: “Insensitive and irresponsible.” Days later the IOC acquiesced, delaying the Olympics until July 2021 and sparking what some say could be a […]
COVID-19: Tamale quarantine escapee found
The Guinean national who escaped from quarantine at a guest house in Tamale has been found. The 21 year old Guinean was among ten persons in mandatory quarantine after they tested positive for coronavirus. According to the Northern Regional Minister, Salifu Saed, the young lady scaled the wall at midnight, leaving behind her belongings including […]
COVID-19: Nurses and Midwives to get free transport services
Nurses and Midwives in Accra, Tema, Kasoa, and Kumasi will soon get access to free transportation services amid the restriction of movement, which has rendered many commercial vehicles non-operational. This followed a report to the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association of the difficulty a number of nurses and midwives went through with regards to […]
COVID-19: Chief Justice adjourns all cases to May, June
The Chief Justice, Justice Anin Yeboah has directed that all cases listed for hearing in the various courts within the two-week restriction should be adjourned to May and June. In a statement, the Chief Justice said the restrictions imposed on persons living in Greater Accra and Greater Kumasi affect all lawyers, litigants and other court […]
Ghana Covid-19 Lockdown
NEWS COMMENTARY ON THE GLOBAL THREAT OF CORONAVIRUS AND THE LOCKDOWN MEASURES. The global threat posed by coronavirus began in December 2019 and is affecting socioeconomic lives of everyone in the world. The effects included a threat to life and survival of people in all parts of the world, a situation which has led to […]
