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The Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Hajia Alima Mahama has appealed to market women and all patrons to prepare to have their markets closed at least for one day for mass disinfestation spraying across the country against the novel Coronavirus disease. She made the call when she formally launched the Nationwide Disinfestation Exercise-COVID-19 in Accra. She disclosed ...

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has held a program to train SSNIT Brand Ambassadors (SBAs) for the Trust at the University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani. The SSNIT Brand Ambassadors’ training which was organized for some selected student opinion leaders who are assumed to be influential and vocal within the university community and its environs, was ...

The Management of Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) as part of its efforts to build a social security conscious generation, has commenced the training of students as brand ambassadors on selected university campuses. The maiden program took place at the Navrongo campus of the University for Development Studies (UDS). The SSNIT Brand Ambassador training is meant to equip ...

Guests at the last Tema West Municipal Assembly Independence Day celebration were awestruck when the emcee announced that one of the recipients of the Chief Executive’s award, Theophilus Okpoti Charway, performed excellently in the 2019 West Africa Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), but still at home because his parents could not afford to pay his fees at the university. ...

More airlines are expected to suspend their flights in the coming days, following the restrictions of flights from Covid-19 affected countries to Ghana. President Nana Akufo-Addo had stated that flights from countries with more than 200 reported cases of the coronavirus will not be allowed to land at the Kotoka International Airport, to prevent further spread of the Covid-19. Ghana ...

Three Ghanaians based in Europe have died of coronavirus, Foreign Affairs Minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey has disclosed. According to her, two died in Italy while the remaining one died in Copenhagen, Denmark. “We are praying that Ghanaians living abroad keep the advice given by all those countries and make sure that they are safe. Don’t go out if you don’t ...

Shortage of hand sanitizers has hit Takoradi in the Western region following the confirmation of Coronavirus cases in Ghana. Experts say alcohol-based sanitizers help to deter the spread of germs and illness-causing bacteria, particularly in busy environments like schools and offices Empire News’ Emmanuel Ohene-Gyan reports that most of the shops in Takoradi have run out of hand Sanitizers to ...

The Parliamentary candidate of the National Democratic Congress(NDC) for Effutu in the Central Region, Dr. James Kofi Annan, is accusing the Winneba Police Command of conniving with the Member of Parliament for the area to perpetuate illegality against him. According to him, the two are bending the rules of the Police Service and that of the country just to tag ...

The Ghana Health Service has assured the general public enough resources has been allocated to the Noguchi Memorial Institute and the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research to continue with the testing of suspected cases. This information has been captured on the official website of the service dedicated to updating Ghanaians on Ghana’s situation of the global pandemic. The information read: ...

The Electoral Commission (EC) will not accept old voters ID cards as a primary form of identification in the new registration exercise planned for April 2020. This will be enforced if the new proposal for amendment in the legislation for the registration currently before Parliament becomes law. The EC on Monday (March 16) sent a proposal to Parliament for an ...