Madagascar’s education minister has been fired over plans to order more than $2m (£1.6m) worth of sweets for schoolchildren. Mr. Rijasoa Andriamanana said pupils would be given three lollipops each to mask the “bitter” aftertaste of an untested herbal remedy for coronavirus. The plan was called off after objections from Madagascar’s president. President Andry Rajoelina […] The post Coronavirus:
The World Health Organization (WHO) has changed its advice on face masks, saying they should be worn in public to help stop the spread of coronavirus. “We have evidence now that if this is done properly it can provide a barrier for potentially infectious droplets,” Dr Maria Van Kerkhove told Reuters. “And we specify a […] The post Coronavirus: WHO changes its
The National Identification Authority (NIA) will begin issuance of 3,875,441 printed cards to Ghana Card applicants at 5,635 registration centres in all 16 regions in Ghana. The issuance will begin on Monday, June 8, 2020, and run till Tuesday, June 16, 2020. The Authority will be issuing the cards in time for the Electoral Commission’s […] The post NIA to begin issuing Ghana
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Offinso South, Abdallah Bandah is yet to come to terms with what compelled some delegates in the constituency to invoke curses on him over claims that there are deliberate attempts to make him run unopposed in the upcoming New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary primaries. The aggrieved delegates on Friday […] The post ‘I
Eyewitness News looks at the tensions in the Eastern Region NPP after some aspirants were disqualified from the primaries. The show also hears from Okudzeto Ablakwa on the government’s plans for stranded Ghanaians. The Offinso South MP was on Point Blank. Citi97.3 · Eyewitness News, Friday, June 5, 2020 The post Eyewitness News, Friday, June 5, 2020 appeared first on
There was drama at the Ussifiyya Mosque in Kumasi after the Imam paused his sermon during the Friday prayers and asked one of his congregants to leave the mosque for failing to put on a face mask. The mandatory wearing of the face mask was part of measures announced by the government prior to the […] The post Kumasi: Drama as Imam halts sermon to throw
A disqualified New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament aspirant for the Abuakwa South constituency, Gloria Ofori-Boadu has accused the party of behaving like a dictatorship ahead of the parliamentary primaries. According to Madam Ofori-Boadu, who has been contesting the current MP, Samuel Atta Akyea since 2008, her disqualification and that of other aspirants in […] The post E/R:
The Member of Parliament for the Gushegu Constituency, Dr. Ziblim Iddi has stepped down from the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) upcoming parliamentary primaries. The Gushegu legislator in a letter addressed to the General Secretary of NPP, John Boadu, on June 4, 2020, and sighted by Citi News said the decision was arrived at after consulting […] The post Deputy
Some New Patriotic Party (NPP) youth on Friday demonstrated over the suspension of Peter Wuni Baaga, a parliamentary aspirant in Nalerigu-Gambaga, from the party. They described his treatment as “heinous and barbaric” when speaking to the press during the protest. The North East Region NPP in a letter on May 14 said investigations were ongoing […] The post Nalerigu-Gambaga:
The National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi has asked the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to give credit to former President John Dramani Mahama for his investments in the road sector. Sammy Gyamfi made the remark on the back of the commissioning of the Tema Motorway Interchange project by Akufo-Addo […] The post Credit
The Odumase Circuit Court in the Eastern Region has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of one Ebenezer Teye, for impersonation and his alleged involvement in the forgery of land documents. Ebenezer Teye who was arrested on April 13, 2020, after forging the signature of a licensed surveyor was granted a GHC 20, 000 […] The post E/R: Odumase
Management of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has resolved to go ahead with its planned online teaching and learning for the rest of the second semester of the 2019/2020 academic year. This is despite the easing of the COVID-19 induced restrictions for schools to partially re-open. The school in a statement […] The post KNUST
The President, Nana Akufo-Addo has said former President John Dramani Mahama and the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) claims of delivering unprecedented infrastructure never existed in reality but only in their Green Book. “We made a pledge to the Ghanaian people to expand and improve the road network while closing the missing links in the network. […] The post Mahama’s
President Nana Akufo-Addo, has commissioned the first phase of the Tema interchange project. Comprising a two-tier intersection, a tunnel in the East-West direction, four (4) kilometres of improved roads, four (4) pedestrian bridges, one at each approach to the intersection, and the presence of several drainage structures the project was financed by a grant secured […] The post Akufo-Addo
Ghana has recorded four more COVID-19 related deaths as the countries case count rose to 9,168. There have now been 42 fatalities, according to the Ghana Health Service. An additional 146 persons have recovered from the virus taking that count to 3,132. There are currently 5,378 active cases. – More soon… The post Ghana’s COVID-19 deaths rise to 42 appeared first on
Ghana’s COVID-19 case count has risen to 9,168 according to the update from the Ghana Health Service on Thursday, June 5, 2020. Two hundred and eighty-three (283) new cases have been detected since the last update from the Ghana Health Service on June 4. Meanwhile, 268 persons have recovered from the virus pushing that count to […] The post COVID-19 case count
Although Ghana’s 4th Republic has registered the largest number of political parties, two, the National Democratic Congress and the New Patriotic Party remain hugely popular having won four and three respectively of the seven General elections so far held under this Republic. They are hugely popular that although the 1992 Constitution of the Republic recognizes […] The post The
A woman with COVID-19 has successfully delivered a baby through caesarean section whilst receiving treatment at the El-Wak Isolation and Treatment Centre in Accra. This was the second of such births in Ghana after an infected mother delivered her baby in the Western Region at the Tarkwa Apinto Government Hospital. Major Matthias Yeli Ahig, the Deputy […] The post COVID-19
Two construction workers have died after a wall collapsed on them at Small Dome, Ashongman Estates a suburb of Accra. One other worker has been hospitalised and is in a critical condition. Citi News gathers that the incident occurred a little after 7 am on Friday when the workers, constructing drainage in the area, had […] The post Ashongman Estate:
Tension is brewing in the Offinso South Constituency of the Ashanti region as some New Patriotic Party (NPP) supporters have vowed to resist any attempt by party executives to impose a parliamentary candidate on them. The aggrieved supporters marched through the principal streets in Offinso to the Offin river to perform a ritual over the […] The post Offinso
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