Ghana’s laboratories have been tasked to work round the clock to process a backlog of over 12 thousand samples collected for testing for covid-19. Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah in a tweet on Thursday evening said the processing will be in addition to 51,000 samples already tested as at yesterday. Contact tracing teams and lab technicians were tasked to trace ...

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has commended the hardworking staff of the COVID-19 Call Centre for their contributions to the national fight against the pandemic. Speaking during a visit to the Centre on Thursday 16th April 2020, the Vice President emphasised that the gathering and availability of data have played a significant role in Ghana’s battle against COVID-19 so ...

The Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) insists that only a new voters’ register can ensure Ghana has a credible 2020 elections. The EC since last year has justified why they need to compile a new voters’ register for the 2020 general elections. The EC has said it wants to ensure that the register that is used on the election day ...

Leader and founder of the House of Power ministries, Prophet Francis Kwarteng has claimed that the refusal of some pastors to obey certain God-given instructions is the reason for Ghana’s rise in coronavirus cases. He said the likes of ArchBishop Duncan Williams, Bishop Charles Agyin-Asare, Apostle Onyina, and other church leaders have been given strict instructions by God, which when ...

Over $161,564 (£130,000) has been raised for the family and new born baby of a pregnant Ghanaian nurse who died after contracting Coronavirus in the UK. Mary Agyeiwaa Agyapong, 28, who died on Sunday was delivered successfully of a daughter by caesarean section, the BBC reports. She worked as a nurse at Luton and Dunstable Hospital in the south of England for ...

The Progressive People’s Party’s (PPP) 2016 parliamentary candidate for Komenda Edina Eguafo Abrem (KEEA) constituency in the Central Region (CR), John Sterlin, has presented Veronica buckets, hand sanitizers and liquid soap to health centres and hospitals, police stations, prison services and all communities in the municipality. Addressing media at Ahomkafie in Elmina prior to the distribution, John Sterlin said the ...

Black Panther star, Chadwick Boseman has got fans worried about his dramatic weight loss after the actor shared a new video on Instagram. In the video, the American actor who played Tchalla in Marvel’s Black Panther, spoke about his partnership with Operation 42 in honor of Jackie Robinson Day and announced a donation of $4.2 million worth of personal protective ...

Shehu Isah Daiyanu Dumus has run out of cash and says he only has a few handfuls of cassava flour left to eat. The 53-year-old paraplegic man usually sells phone cards. But an extended lockdown to fight the new coronavirus in Nigeria’s biggest city, Lagos, has left him stranded. The Lagos state government sent him a text after the lockdown ...

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has not advertised for applications for a new coach for the Super Eagles, an official of the federation has said. Many coaches have been jostling to take over Gernot Rohr’s job since the NFF brought out conditions that the German must meet before getting a new contract. Recently, former Super Eagles’ handlers, Clemens Westerhof, Jo ...

Sooner or later animals were going to notice that the humans had disappeared and in South Africa’s Kruger National Park lions have been taking advantage. Park ranger Richard Sowry was out on patrol on Wednesday when he snapped a pride sleeping on a road which would normally be busy with tourists. But Kruger, like other wildlife parks, has been shut ...