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The Ghana Health Service has indicated that the AstraZeneca and Sputnik V vaccines are effective against a deadly Indian strain of the Coronavirus detected in Ghana recently. A statement issued by the GHS and signed by its Director-General, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye on Tuesday, 22 June 2021 in reaction to an online publication discrediting the potency of vaccines against the Delta ...

The World Bank Migration and Development Report for 2021 has reported an increase of 5 per cent to $3.6 billion in remittance flows to Ghana despite the lockdowns around the world in the heat of the COVID-19 pandemic. Host countries for Ghanaian migrants include the USA, UK, Côte d’Ivoire, Italy, Germany, and Canada. The resilience of Ghanaian migrants has been ...

Coalition of Former Menzgold Customers on Tuesday, 22 June 2021 called on the Speaker of Parliament Alban S. K Bagbin to ask him to help them retrieve their locked-up funds with the now-defunct company. The leader of the 10-man delegation Isaac Nyarko expressed worry about the impact of closure of Menzgold on customers and their families, adding that the banking ...

Police in Adeiso in the Eastern Region have intercepted four (4) pump action guns and seventy-eight live cartridges from a vehicle allegedly belonging to a sand-winning Company. Information gathered indicates that on June 21, 2021, at about 3:00 am Adeiso Police Command gathered intelligence that there was illegal sand winning ongoing at Okaikrom community near Adeiso. Police dispatched a team ...

The Commercial Court in London has rejected a late appeal from Ghana against a judgement debt award of US$134 million in favour of power contractor, The Ghana Power Generation Company (GCGP). According to the London Court, the government of Ghana failed to apply and set aside the January 26, 2021 decision of the London-based United Nations Commission on International Trade ...

The Overlord of Mamprugu, the Nayiri, Naa Bohogu Mahami Abdulai Sheriga, has applauded President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for seeing to the construction and completion of several projects which had been on the wish list of the chiefs and people of Mamprugu for many years. According to the Nayiri, the impact of the work undertaken by the President Akufo-Addo has ...

The Sekondi High Court in the Western Region of Ghana has ordered the Member of Parliament for Jomoro Constituency, Dorcas Affo-Tofey to produce all valid documents supporting her claim of renouncing her Ivorian citizenship before contesting as a Parliamentary Candidate on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress for the constituency within ten (10) working days. The Sekondi High Court, ...

The Patron of National Association of Nzema students, who is also the founder of Shaip Africa foundation Mr Clement Clinton Blay on Saturday,19, has donated bags of Cement to Uthman Bin Affan Senior High School *”UBAISH”* to complete the school ongoing infrastructure projects. The gesture according to the student’s group, follows a viral social media appeal by the school authorities ...

MTN Group has said it is leveraging its expansive footprint across Africa to test and ultimately deploy OpenRAN – an innovative technology that will enable us to launch new services more quickly, cost-effectively and seamlessly, supporting its strategy, Ambition 2025: Leading digital solutions for Africa’s progress. In a statement, MTN Group said: “We plan to modernise our radio access networks ...

Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul, has justified President Akufo-Addo’s decision to charter a £15, 000 an hour private jet for his recent foreign trips. Answering questions from North Tongu MP Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Mr Nitiwul argued that the safety and security of the president was the ultimate factor in deciding the type of aircraft used for his travels. He argued the ...