Author: Krobea

Ghana’s coronavirus fatalities have risen from 135 to 139, according to the latest case count released by the Ghana Health Service. The total cumulative cases have also seen an increase from 24,248 to 24,518. The recoveries-cum-discharges have seen a significant increase, reducing the number of active cases under care and management across health facilities in the country. So far, 20,187 patients have either recovered or been discharged to continue the recovery regimen at home. This leaves 4,192 persons as carriers of the virus. Twenty-five are in severe conditions and eight are in critical conditions with four on ventilators. A huge…

Ghanaians have reacted to pictures of the National Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye, seen talking to some final-year students. The school is said to be the Anglican Senior High School, Kumasi, popularly known as KASS. It is unclear what the former Deputy Executive Director of the National Service Scheme is talking to the students about but many believed he was campaigning. He was in the company of some officials. This has stirred controversy on social media with many questioning why Nana Bee, as he is popularly called, was allowed into the school when parents…

Market women and some women groups in Walewale in the North East Region have welcomed the decision and praised former President John Mahama for the choice of Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang as his running mate for the December 7 elections. The North East Regional Women’s Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sumaya Ligbi, who led the groups in Walewale, poured out support for Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang and also showed appreciation to the former president John Dramani Mahama for giving women the opportunity to serve in such a prestigious position in the NDC for the first time. “I am…

The Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) has assured the public that it will make up for the time lost at registration centres where the exercise delayed on Sunday. Most centres across the country, at the start of Phase 3 of the exercise, witnessed delays as a result of the breakdown of the biometric voter registration (BVR) machines. The EC has explained that the challenge was due to bad network. In a statement issued by the Acting Director of Public Affairs, Sylvia Annoh, the EC said all centres that suffered delays will see an extension. “Details of the extension for the affected…

All the students in the same dormitory with the Archbishop Porter Girls’ SHS case confirmed Covid-19 positive will be tested on Monday, July 13. They have since been quarantined, according to the Headmistress of the School. The school recorded a case of Covid-19 on Friday after seven samples of girls who were suspected to have contracted the disease were tested. In a note to all parents, the headmistress, Mrs Charlotte Asiedu Musah, stated that the confirmed student has been taken into isolation. “Her parents have been informed. But she is doing very well,” Archbishop Porter Girls’ SHS is among seven…

Eight vehicles were involved in an accident between Darkuman Junction and Dansoman Junction on the Odorkor-Kaneshie stretch of the Accra-Kasoa Highway. There was only one casualty who had a fracture at the knee. But all the eight vehicles were affected. The vehicles are DAF, Daewoo Matiz, Toyota Yaris and Toyota Haice. The rest were Kia Rio, Nissan Sentra, Toyota Rav 4 and a Kia Morning taxi cap. The accident occurred when the driver of the DAF failed break and as such rammed into the Daewoo Matiz, which also ran into the remaining vehicles. The driver of the DAF truck in…

Veteran Ghanaian coach J.E Sarpong has been gifted a car from former athletes of Accra Academy. A team of 20 old boys of Accra Academy came together to purchase a Toyota Echo car for their former trainer, who did a lot for them back at high school. The former Asante Kotoko and Ebusua Dwarfs gaffer was a Physical Education (PE) Teacher  as well as Sports Master at the school where he nurtured so many athletes and players who made great strides in the country. Having done all this, he has been honoured by some former students of the school. Notable…

US President Donald Trump has worn a mask in public for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The president was visiting the Walter Reed military hospital outside Washington, where he met wounded soldiers and health care workers. “I’ve never been against masks but I do believe they have a time and a place,” he said as he left the White House. He has previously said that he would not wear a mask and mocked Democratic rival Joe Biden for doing so. But on Saturday he said: “I think when you’re in a hospital, especially in that…

The Co-Chair of the Citizens Movement Against Corruption (CMaC), Edem Senanu, has appealed to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to make sure he listens to civil society groups by recalling the Auditor-General from leave. The president had directed Daniel Yaw Domelevo to take his accumulated leave in what has degenerated into a tussle between the Presidency and the Auditor General. Speaking on The Key Points on TV3/3FM on Saturday, July 11, Edem Senanu said the issue tends to have taken a personal turn despite it being “ultimately an issue of independence of the Auditor-General and his unit”. He indicated that…

Winner of Mentor Reloaded Mohammed Lukman, best known as ‘Optional King’, has been presented with documents to his two-bedroom house as his prize package. An elated Optional King described the moment as dream come true, charging upcoming talents to keep chasing their dreams. Runners-up Chichiz, Micah and Yaw Blᴧck also received their prizes. First runner-up and the Pride of Takoradi, Chichiz, received a cheque for GH¢6,000. The second runner-up, Micah, received GH¢5,000. The third runner-up, Yaw Blᴧck also received a cheque for GH¢5000. In addition to their prizes, there is a plan to offer airtime on all Media General platforms to push…