11 killed in two car bombings in rebel area in Syria
At least 11 people, including six civilians, were killed on Sunday in two car bombings in an area controlled by Turkish-backed rebels in northern Syria, a war monitor reported. Six civilians, including a child and a woman, were killed when a car bomb exploded in the rebel-held town of Azaz in the countryside of the […]
Brussels police detain at least 200 at anti-virus measure protest
Brussels police placed at least 200 people in administrative detention and shut down an unauthorized protest against Belgium’s coronavirus containment measures on Sunday. “We are shutting down the demonstration outside Central Station,” Brussels police tweeted. Those involved would be allowed to leave one by one after identification, provided they leave peacefully and there are no […]
Israel to transfer 5,000 vaccines to Palestinian medical personnel
Israel will transfer 5,000 Covid-19 vaccines to the Palestinian Authority for use by medical staff who work on the pandemic’s front lines. “The first batch is expected to be transferred at the beginning of the next week,” the office of the defence minister said on Sunday in a statement. No further details were immediately available. […]
Police to arrest anyone who flouts protocols
The Upper West Regional Police Command said it will not hesitate to arrest and prosecute any individual or group of persons who flout the President’s directive on the COVID-19 safety protocols. It said the police had revamped its patrol activities in the region to ensure that the presidential order, particularly on nose mask wearing, social […]
China’s Xiaomi sues US government for inclusion on blacklist
The Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has taken legal action in the United States to overturn sanctions imposed during the final days of the Trump administration. Xiaomi was blacklisted by the Defence Department in mid-January along with eight other Chinese firms. As a consequence, US investors are to be banned from buying Xiaomi stock and must […]
KNUST researchers get approval to trial potential treatment
Researchers from the School of Public Health at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology have received approval to commence clinical trials of a potential treatment for COVID-19. The approval which was granted by Ghana’s Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) and the National Medicine Regulatory Agency (NMRA) is for the herb Cryptolepis sanguinolenta, known […]
Customer Service Index increases by 3.3 per cent for 2020
President of the Institute of Customer Service Professionals (ICSP), Madam Yvonne Ohui Maccarthy has said Customer Service Index (CSI) for the year 2020 increased by 3.3 percent as against that of 2019. She said a survey conducted by the Institute with a sample size of 3,182 for the year in review saw the index at […]
Prosecution ordered to serve Bulldog with disclosures
An Accra Circuit Court has adjourned to February 23, the case of Lawrence Nana Asiamah Hanson a.k.a Bulldog who is accused of threatening President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in a video recording. Hanson, an artiste manager, is said to have said on a United Television (UTV) programme that, “the President will not finish his tenure […]
25 children contract COVID-19, three die at KATH
The Child Health Directorate of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Ghana’s second-largest health referral facility, has recorded 25 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the outbreak of the pandemic. Fourteen (14) of the cases resulting in two deaths were recorded last year, while the beginning of this year had also seen nine confirmed cases and […]
Pharmacy Assistant, 74, in court over sex with minor
A 74-year old Pharmacy Assistant accused of having sex with a 13 year old girl at Chorkor, a suburb of Accra has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court. Stephen Okuley Nii Tetteh, charged with defilement, pleaded not guilty. Tetteh was admitted to bail in the sum of GHC 60,000.00 with two sureties, who are to […]
Covid-19: Novavax vaccine shows 89% efficacy in UK trials
A new coronavirus vaccine has been shown to be 89.3% effective in large-scale UK trials. The Novavax jab is the first to show in trials that it is effective against the new virus variant found in the UK, the BBC’s medical editor Fergus Walsh said. The PM welcomed the “good news” and said the UK’s […]
Pioneering US actress Cicely Tyson dies aged 96
Pioneering Hollywood actress Cicely Tyson – who was known for portraying strong African-American characters – has died aged 96, her manager has said. No cause of the death was given. The former fashion model had a career that spanned seven decades. Tyson won two Emmys for her performance in the 1974 civil rights-era film The […]
Security man held over defilement discharged
A 20-year-old security man who allegedly defiled a 12-year-old girl in a wooden structure at East Legon, Accra has been discharged by an Accra Circuit Court. The court discharged Ebenezer Asare after the complainant had written to the court withdrawing the matter. When the Judge asked her why she was withdrawing the matter, the complainant […]
Ghana improves score on 2020 Corruption Perception Index
Ghana scored an average mark of 43 out of 100 on the 2020 Corruption Perception Index (CPI), released by Transparency International. Ghana was also ranked 75 out of 180 countries included in this year’s index. This CPI score indicates that Ghana gained two points compared to its 2019 score of 41. Ghana’s score also exceeds […]
