Author: Krobea

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has for the past weeks been addressing the nation on the government’s efforts in curbing the deadly coronavirus outbreak. One unique thing about all the addresses is the fabrics he wears. The president always looks dashing in his African prints. The shirts the president wears during these addresses – eight so far – are not only pleasing, they apparently have unique meanings. Twitter user EL-DAD @ChristDeKing has for the past weeks taken his time to educate people on the meaning of the various fabrics President Akufo-Addo wears. Below are some of them: https://twitter.com/ChristDeKing/status/1254504663946350596?s=20 https://twitter.com/ChristDeKing/status/1251982556179857409?s=20…

The scare of coronavirus has consumed the world and it is no doubt that many would still harbor the fear of mingling freely with others long after this virus is gone. Many things are going to change after this period; both good and evil. Some things are going to change for the better and others, for the worse. Our addictions are going to change. With many nations resorting to a lockdown as a strategy to combat this deadly virus, it means a lot more is even going to change. Amorous relationships are going to drastically reduce while couples who haven’t…

Bubbly singer MzVee, after weeks of keeping mute on rumours that she is dating a musician, has finally broken her silence on the reports. After pictures hit online last month of the two in a cozy position – MzVee sitting on Mugeez – reports were rife that they were an item. MzVee was spotted sitting on Mugeez in a plane and as if that was not enough, Mugeez, who is a member of music duo R2Bees, shared a photo of the pretty singer with an interesting caption. “But I Don’t Want To Break Ur Heart n they r already breakin…

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) last week intercepted two cargo vehicles that had on board a total of 67 passengers, out of whom 17 tested positive for coronavirus. The vehicles were intercepted in the Oti Region, precisely in Nkwanta. This was revealed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Sunday, April 26 when he addressed the nation in a televised broadcast. It was his eighth nationwide broadcast on the measures taken by government in the fight against coronavirus. Since his first address on Wednesday, March 11, when Ghana had no cases yet of the deadly coronavirus, there have been 1,550…

Ghana continues to lead the pack on the continent as the country with the highest number of tests for coronavirus. In a nationwide broadcast on Sunday, April 26, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo revealed that so far the country has tested 100,622 coronavirus samples. “From this pool, the total number of confirmed infections have risen from 1,042 to 1,550,” the president said. There have been controversy over Ghana’s testing figures with critics raising doubts about the capacity of the country’s major research laboratories to conduct as many tests in a few weeks. This forced the Noguchi Memorial Institute of Medical…

Government has resolved to build 88 new district hospitals as well as six regional hospitals across the country. The Effia Nkwanta Hospital in the Western Region will also be rehabilitated to serve its rightful purpose as a regional hospital. All these are expected to be completed within one year. “Each of them will be a quality, standard design 100-bed hospital with accommodation for doctors, nurses and other health workers and the intention is to complete them within a year.” These were made known by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Adoo on Sunday, April 26 in his periodic update to the nation…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has by Executive Instrument (EI) 64 extended by another two weeks the ban on public and social gatherings in the country. This takes effect from 1:00am Monday, April 27. The president had decreed a ban on all social gathering in his second televised address to the nation on Sunday, March 15, 2020. It was for a four-week period. This was extended by two weeks on Sunday, April 12. In his eighth broadcast to the nation on Sunday, April 26, President Akufo-Addo said there is a consensus to have that measure still in force after engaging…

One more person has lost their life to the deadly coronavirus disease as Ghana’s case count continues to rise. This brings to 11 the total number of deaths while the total case count reaches 1,550 from the previous figure of 1,279. Ghana’s epicentre, the Greater Accra Region, has recorded 258 more cases from its last count just two days ago. The Region’s total tally of 1,347 went beyond the previous national tally. These are results from the backlog of tests being run by the major laboratories in the country, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has clarified. There’s a steady surge…

Private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu has expressed disagreement at those justifying an alleged meeting of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) despite an injunction filed at an Accra High Court against it. He said he has a varying opinion regarding interpretations by some lawyers that the injunction was location-specific. The Commission’s scheduled workshop on the controversial new voters’ register to be held at the City Escape Hotel in Prampram was stopped after Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram Constituency Sam George secured a court injunction on Friday. According to the law maker, he felt obliged to take the legal action against the…

Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram Constituency Sam Nartey George says he is weighing his options to file an order of contempt against the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) for allegedly going ahead with a workshop despite a high court injunction. On Saturday, April 25, reports came through that officials of the country’s election-management body were meeting at the City Escape Hotel at Airport for a workshop, which was originally scheduled to be held in Prampram. The workshop, according to an internal memo by the EC, is to prepare its officials for the controversy-strewn compilation of a new voters’ register this year.…