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A statement released on Monday, July 20, 2020, outlined the schedule for the continuation of lectures and examination for continuing students of the Accra Techinical University. The statement outlined that students were going to have online lectures and subsequently report to campus to write exams where all protocol for the COVID-19 will be observed. The students, however, are of the view that ...

The Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) will this morning at 10:00 am hold a press briefing to provide an update on the ongoing new voter registration exercise. The briefing, which is dubbed the “Let the Citizens Know” initiative, is expected to provide information to concerned stakeholders and the general public on the EC’s operations. EC chairperson, Jean Mensa, and her executives will speak ...

The Jay Foundation, an NGO that has since its inception supported pre-term babies and their mothers around the country, has constructed a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and a mother shed for the Keta Municipal Hospital. The foundation handed over the new building and equipment worth about GHC90,000 to the hospital in a grand event over the weekend. The Keta ...

The Databank Group on July 14 and 15, 2020 organised the 2019 Annual General Meetings for its mutual funds via Zoom. The meetings, which were organised for the first time virtually, in adherence to Government’s ban on large public gatherings, proved to be a success with over 1,200 shareholders participating. Meetings were held for EdIFund and Epack on Tuesday and ...

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has reacted to claims by journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni, that government is seeking to shut down Joy FM and tame Telco giant, MTN Ghana. According to the NCA in a statement, Mr Azure as a seasoned and well respected journalist should have refrained from commenting on the two issues knowing that they are in court. ...

A former medical director of the Greater Accra Regional Hospital (Ridge), Dr Thomas Winsum Anabah, is accusing the government of massaging COVID-19 figures, alleging the caseload is over 40,000. According to the Ghana Health Service, as at Tuesday, July 21, 2020 the country has recorded 559 new Coronavirus infections pushing the case count to 28,989 while the death toll stands ...

Flag-bearer for the Liberal Party of Ghana Kofi Akpaloo has promised to give Ghanaian students free university education if he is elected president of Ghana in the upcoming December polls. The astute businessman among other things committed to creating 200,000 jobs in the cocoa sector as he will build the worlds largest cocoa processing factory in Ghana. Mr Akpaloo made ...

The Binduri NDC chairman Alhaji Seidu Abanga has welcomed calls for the opposition party to use motorbikes for its campaign for the 2020 polls. The NDC parliamentary candidate for Sisala West, Mohammed Sukparu, has proposed to the national executives to stop donating cars and focus on procuring motorbikes for them since that makes it easier to access unmotorable areas during ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama has suspended his tour of registration centres in the Greater Accra Region due to low awareness in safety protocols on Covid-19. He has, thus, suggested that education and sensitisation be stepped up so that people will appreciate the “risk reduction” protocols. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer made this known in a couple of tweets ...

Some persons whose services have been engaged by the Electoral Commission (EC) in the ongoing voters registration exercise have expressed discontentment over the decision by the body to pay them an amount they describe as “woefully inadequate.” The registration officials have accused the EC of cajoling them into accepting to serve as officers at various registration centres with the promise ...