One person has died of Monkeypox in the Bolgatanga Municipality of the Upper East Region. 13 contacts in connection with the confirmed case are being monitored by the Upper East Regional Directorate of the Ghana Health Service (GHS). This was disclosed in a press release issued by the Regional Directorate of the GHS. Upper East […] The post Monkeypox: One dead,

One person has died from Monkeypox in the Bolgatanga Municipality of the Upper East Region, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed. A total of 13 people who are believed to have come into contact with the victim are being monitored by the GHS. This Regional Directorate of the GHS made this known in a […] The post Monkeypox: One dead in Upper East, 13 contacts

One person has died of Monkeypox in the Bolgatanga Municipality of the Upper East Region, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed. A total of 13 people who are believed to have come into contact with the victim are being monitored by the GHS. This Regional Directorate of the GHS made this known in a […] The post Monkeypox: One dead in Upper East, 13 contacts

The Prince of Wales accepted a payment of £1m from the family of Osama Bin Laden, the Sunday Times reports. Prince Charles accepted the money from two of Osama Bin Laden’s half-brothers in 2013, two years after the al-Qaeda leader was killed, it adds. The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund (PWCF) received the donation. Clarence House […] The post Prince

The Minister of Communications and Digitalization, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has hit back at critics blaming her for challenges bedeviling the SIM card re-registration with the Ghana card. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful said criticisms against her are unfounded, as she does not have oversight responsibility over the registration process. She asked persons encountering challenges to seek help from the […] The post ‘I’m

The Minister of Communications and Digitalization, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has hit back at critics blaming her for challenges bedeviling the SIM card re-registration with the Ghana card. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful said criticisms against her are unfounded, as she does not have oversight responsibility over the registration process. She asked persons encountering challenges to seek help from the […] The post ‘I’m

Persons seeking to re-register their SIM cards can now resort to a self-service registration application which will be made available on both Android and IOS platforms next week. The Minister of Communications and Digitalisation, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful made this known during a press briefing on Sunday, July 31, 2022. She said registration via the app will […] The post SIM

The National Identification Authority (NIA) will suspend services regarding the replacement of Ghana cards and update of personal records at the Elwak Sports Stadium on Monday, 1st August 2022. Services are expected to resume on Tuesday 2nd August 2022. Reasons were not given for the suspension. The Ghana Card is the primary and sole identity […] The post NIA to suspend replacement

Residents and farmers in some remote communities in the Ho Municipality will in a few months heave a sigh of relief with some road contractors’ return to some sites to complete some abandoned road projects. Some of the projects which were awarded during the erstwhile Mahama administration, stalled after contractors left the sites due to […] The post Gov’t

Government has extended the deadline for the SIM card re-registration to 30th September 2022. The Minister of Communications and Digitilization, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful disclosed this during a press briefing held today, Sunday, July 31, 2022. “The programme will be extended to 30 September to end the anniversary of its commencement which will give us a full […] The post SIM

Social media influencing is a growing and potentially lucrative business for young people in Kenya and increasingly, politicians come calling. “People will know that you are pushing a hashtag, everyone on Twitter knows you are being paid to do it for a politician,” says Nick, a freelance writer and aspiring social media influencer from Nairobi. […] The post Kenya

Members of the Gas Tanker Drivers and Petrol Tanker Unions have hinted of a sit-down strike beginning Monday, August 1. According to the Association, the decision to lay down their tools has been triggered by what they term as poor working conditions and unfair treatment of drivers by BOST and NPA which stems from the […] The post Gas tanker drivers to declare sit-down

A Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) conducted in 2017-2018 has revealed that about 34.1 percent of sources used for the production of sachet water are contaminated with faecal matter. Officials are intensifying the alert after data from the 2021 population and housing census on the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene sector […] The post Stakeholders

The Executive Director of the African Center for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA), Dr. Rasheed Draman has urged the leadership of the House of Parliament to tread cautiously in deciding the fate of Dome-Kwabenya MP, Sarah Adowa Safo. According to him, the ruling to be declared by the Speaker of the House is a critical one that […] The post Parliament’s