Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has accused social media giant Facebook of arrogance and bias as he confirmed ordering the shut down of social media and messaging apps ahead of Thursday’s election. Mr Museveni, dressed in a military jacket, said in a televised speech that he would not accept anybody playing with the country or decide who (political candidates) is good ...

The Associated Press is quoting an adviser for the Africa Centers for Disease Control (CDC) as saying the African Union has secured close to 300 million Covid-19 vaccine doses. The continent is estimated to have over 1.2 billion people. Nicaise Ndembi said in the interview that current AU chair, South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa, is expected to make the announcement on ...

The year 2020 may be primarily remembered in history for the global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Billions of people have suffered bereavement, illness, hardship, or measures to contain the spread of the new coronavirus strain. Ericsson’s actions this year were aimed at protecting the health and safety of employees, customers, and stakeholders. The pandemic also highlighted the crucial need ...

A spokesperson for the NDC legal team Alex Segbefia says the Electoral Commission deliberately decided to cut off some communities from the Hohoe constituency so that Peter Amewu could win the seat. According to him, the claim that the disenfranchised people of Santrokofi, Akpafu, Likpe, and Lolobi (SALL) fall under the Buem constituency is baseless. “Hohoe was split so Amewu ...

The Member of Parliament for Effutu, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has called on the Speaker of Parliament to declare the New Patriotic Party (NPP) as the majority side in the eighth parliament. According to Mr Afenyo-Markin, the NPP side together with the independent member of parliament for Fomena, Andrew Amoako Asiamah who has indicated his willingness to sit with the NPP constitute ...

School authorities (both basic and senior high schools–SHSs) in the Eastern Region have pledged their support their support effort of government contain the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. The assurance was given by various heads of basic and SHSs when waste management giant, Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL), took the fourth phase basic and SHSs disinfection in the Eastern Region ...

Some youth in Tema West say they have happened a petition book to collect names of constituents who support the removal of their member of parliament Carlos Ahenkorah following the ballot snatching incident in Parliament. The lawmaker has come under massive criticism after he snatched ballot papers during the Speaker of Parliament election on Thursday. He said he did it ...

President Akufo-Addo has asked all Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief executives who were in office before his inauguration to continue to stay in office until further notice. In a statement signed by the Chief of Staff, the President however instructed the Chief Executives to desist from taking policy decisions. The development comes in the wake of the legitimacy or otherwise ...

Ghanaian actress and TV presenter, Nana Ama Mcbrown has outlined her fears relating to issues of divorce. In an interview with Okyeame Quophi on Angel FM on January 12, 2021, monitored by GhanaWeb, the actress revealed how she dreads the word ‘divorce’. In recent times, news headlines have contained an alarming rate of failed marriages of some celebrities in Ghana. The likes ...

Scores of private basic schools in the Central Region on Monday, January 11, 2021, begun undergoing mass disinfection against the new coronavirus (Covid-19). The exercise was also to allow for the safe reopening of all the schools on Friday, January 15, as directed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in his 21st Covid-19 address to the nation. The ongoing disinfection ...