Western Region registers 145,741 voters in the first phase
A total of 145, 741 people were registered by the Electoral Commission in the Western Region during the first phase of the exercise which ended last Sunday. Also, 125 challenge forms were filed across the 237 registration centers challenging the eligibility of the persons involved to be registered and issued with a voter’s ID. The […]
COVID-19: Accra Girls SHS cases quarantined; 600 contacts traced
Deputy Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum says the six students of Accra Girls Senior High School and an instructor and his wife who tested positive to COVID-19 have been quarantined and are receiving the best of health care. Speaking at the Media briefing on the pandemic, Dr. Adutwum said about six hundred contacts […]
Nigeria’s Cross River state doctors begin strike
Doctors in Cross River state in southern Nigeria have started an indefinite strike over poor coronavirus management. It’s the only state in the country where coronavirus cases have not been officially confirmed. The strike comes days after the chief medical director of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Dr Ikpeme Ikpeme, announced that five patients […]
COVID-19: Minority calls for closure of schools after students test positive
The Minority in Parliament has called on government to close schools again following reports that some students at Accra Girls’ Senior High and other Senior High Schools (SHS) have contracted the coronavirus just weeks after academic work resumed. Final year SHS and Form Two Gold Track students have returned to school after months of closure […]
