The Accra High Court has granted bail to Apostle Kwabena Owusu, the self-styled pastor who allegedly threatened the life of the chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean Mensa. The court granted him bail to the tune of GHS100,000 and is to provide three sureties, 2 of whom must be public servants earning not less than […] The post Pastor who allegedly threatened

Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye has urged legislators who were unsuccessful in the New Patriotic Party’s primaries, not to abandon their duties in Parliament despite their defeat. According to him, the nature of the enterprise of politics involves outcomes such as electoral defeat. Addressing the House on last weekends NPP’s primaries, Oquaye said, […] The post Don’t

Human trials for a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University are beginning in South Africa and in Brazil. Some 2,000 people in South Africa will be involved in what is widely considered to be one of the earliest and most advanced trials for a vaccine to tackle the pandemic. The first doses of the vaccine […] The post Human trials for COVID-19 vaccine start in South

When a crisis of the magnitude of Covid-19 strikes, it is our role as a responsible lender to put forward various immediate and medium-term solutions to proactively combat the downturn it brings. As an African business, we have sought to position ourselves so that we can offer not just tangible relief in this time of […] The post Absa: Bringing possibility to life during

The Nima Divisional Police Command has arrested 11 suspects in relation to the recent burglary of one of the general offices at the command. Some unidentified persons allegedly broke into the Orderly Room at the police command on Thursday, June 18, 2020, and made away with a 32-inch television set and a computer monitor. The […] The post 11 arrested over Nima Police Station burglary

A National Service Person at the Academic Department of the Accra Technical University has tested positive for Coronavirus. The case is said to have been recorded on Monday, June 22, 2020; exactly a week after tertiary institutions across the country reopened for final year students as part of the phased easing of COVID-19 induced restrictions […] The post National

A National Service Personnel at the Academic Department of the Accra Technical University has tested positive for Coronavirus. The case is said to have been recorded on Monday, June 22, 2020; exactly a week after tertiary institutions across the country reopened for final year students as part of the phased easing of COVID-19 induced restrictions […] The post NSS

The Ghana Health Service will continue to count recoveries and discharges for the novel coronavirus together despite concerns of observers who insist they should be kept apart. At a press briefing on Tuesday morning, the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye said the current use of the term “discharge” would be more […] The post GHS

National Organizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Sammy Awuku has insisted that the party did not protect any incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) from being contested in the party’s parliamentary primaries. According to him, the party did nothing in securing their positions for them, as claimed by some people. Speaking on the Point Blank […] The post NPP did not protect

The Supreme Court has dismissed the case brought before it by the Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association (GIBA) challenging the introduction of Conditional Access System for Free-to-Air TV broadcast in Ghana. GIBA, an association of about 25 private broadcasters, went to the Supreme Court early this year against the National Communications Authority and the Attorney General, […] The post GIBA’s

Omni Specialty Products has supported the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research with a donation of 10,000 rapid test kits, 5,000 face masks, and 10 temperature guns. Mr. Michael Zormelo who presented the items on behalf of the Company stated that the kits will help augment the work of the institute.   “We as a […] The post Omni Specialty Products

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate-elect for Yendi in the Northern Region, Farouk Aliu Mahama has promised to increase the NPP’s vote margin in the constituency during the 2020 general elections. For Mr. Mahama, he is extremely proud of what he has been able to achieve within the constituency in the short term which […] The post I’ll

An International Relations Analyst, Dr. Rashid Haruna says it is inexcusable that Government through the Ghana Police Service could not protect the building of the Nigerian High Commission in Ghana. “Based on what eyewitnesses said, they had state protection so I am not so sure what they are talking about of an unidentified people. It’s […] The post Government’s

Ghana has recorded ten new COVID-19 deaths. This has pushed the country’s death toll to 95. This was announced by the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye. He made the announcement on Tuesday, June 23, 2020, at a press briefing organised by the Ministry of Information. The number of confirmed cases […] The post 10

Ghana’s COVID-19 case count has risen to 14,568 as 414 new cases have been recorded. This was announced by the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Patrick Kuma-Abaogye on Tuesday, June 23, 2020, at a press briefing organised by the Ministry of Information. “We have so far following the review recorded 95 deaths. Currently, […] The post 414

The Conference of Heads of Assisted Senior High Schools (CHASS) says schools will not hesitate to send home any student who breaks bounds following the partial reopening of Senior High Schools. Final year Senior High Students resumed classes yesterday, Monday and the President of CHASS, Alhaji Yakubu Abdulia, in a Citi News interview, warned that […] The post Reopening

The outgoing Member of Parliament (MP) for Anyaa-Sowutuom constituency, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, says she looks forward to serving in the Akufo-Addo government should it remain in power after the 2020 general elections. The MP who doubles as the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration did not contest in the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) just […] The post Anyaa-Sowutuom:

China, South Korea, and Australia reported more cases of the novel coronavirus on Tuesday. In South Korea, health authorities said infections had rebounded as new cases coming to the country from abroad outnumbered local ones, Yonhap news reported. Of 46 more infections confirmed in the country, 30 were linked to a Russia-flagged ship docked in […] The post China, S.Korea,

The National Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Sammy Awuku, has debunked assertions from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) regarding the defeat of some incumbent MPs at the NPP Primaries. According to him, the fact that sitting MPs lost seats in Parliament will have no reflection on the fortunes of the party in the […] The post Sammy

The Communication Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) says the party is shocked at the height of violence and vote-buying that characterized the recently held parliamentary primaries of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP). He said while such activities have been witnessed during the primaries of other political parties, the scenes from the NPP’s […] The post Vote-buying,