Author: Krobea

The Speaker of Parliament, Reverend Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, has suspended sitting indefinitely over the scourge of the coronavirus pandemic. He announced to members on Saturday, April 4 that other means are being considered for sittings to be held. “We are working on how we can apply appropriate technology for further development on the work of Parliament. “The details will be supplied to you when relevant consultations have been made,” he said. Parliament was scheduled to rise on Saturday but the Right Honourable Speaker said leadership preferred a suspension so that the House can re-convene within a day or two.…

The Guinean who was part of eight compatriots in isolation in Tamale for testing positive for coronavirus has been found, 3news.com can confirm. The lady, 28, was found in Accra. Zainab Bangula was among a total of 10 West African nationals including two Burkinabes who were spotted in the Northern Region capital but later housed after testing positive for the deadly disease. She was said to have scaled the wall of the hotel where they lodged and left her belongings. A manhunt was immediately issued for her arrest. “Anyone who is found to have the lady in his or her possession…

About 951 Ghanaians who had travelled into the country from Tuesday, March 17 and compulsorily quarantined are due to return home. These persons have tested negative over the quarantine period. “We promise that by Sunday almost all would have left,” the Director General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Patrick Aboagye, said on The Key Points on TV3 on Saturday. A total of 1,276 persons were put under mandatory quarantine even before President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo announced a two-week closure of Ghana’s borders on Saturday, March 21. It came after travel restrictions were imposed on travelers from coronavirus-hit…

Kenya’s former world marathon record holder Wilson Kipsang has been released on bail after being charged for breaking a nationwide curfew imposed to control the spread of coronavirus. Kipsang, who claimed the world record during the 2013 Berlin marathon, is a police officer. He pleaded guilty in a court on Friday after a night in police cells and was released on bail of 5,000 shillings ($47; £43). He is currently under provisional suspension from the World Integrity Anti-Doping Unit (AIU). “We arrested Kipsang and nine others, including one of the administrators of the county at the Keelu Resort club drinking…

Nurses at the Accident and Emergency Centre of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital will on Monday submit letters to their superiors making known their decision to stay home as a result of coronavirus. This comes in the wake of one nurse at the Centre contracting the deadly disease. Despite assurances by authorities in terms of insurance packages, the nurses say their concerns have not been addressed as personal protective equipment (PPEs), for instance, are not available. Speaking on anonymity on TV3’s Midday Live on Saturday, a nurse said they demand that tests are conducted on each one of them in…

Former President of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) Bice Osei Kuffour, popularly known as Obour, has held a one-week commemoration service for his father, Nana Osei Boansi Kuffour, who died at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital after testing positive for Covid-19. The service was held online on Friday, April 3, exactly a week after untimely death. It was  held indoors in order not to breach government’s lockdown directives. Relatives joined the service via online application Zoom, 3news.com can confirm. It was held at the East Legon home of Obour, who is aspiring to be New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary…

Ghana’s borders will remain closed for the next two weeks. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has by a new Executive Instrument, EI 66, extended the closure of the country’s borders effective Sunday, April 5, the Minister of Information has stated. In a number of tweets, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says the “tough” decision was taken to ensure that the risk of importation of coronavirus cases are curtailed. https://twitter.com/konkrumah/status/1246381394395267072?s=20 https://twitter.com/konkrumah/status/1246381397083860992?s=20 https://twitter.com/konkrumah/status/1246381399336259590?s=20 https://twitter.com/konkrumah/status/1246381401097801728?s=20 President Akufo-Addo imposed a two-week border shutdown from midnight of Sunday, March 22. In a nationwide broadcast, the president also ordered a mandatory quarantine of all Ghanaians returning home. So…

The police say they have no logistical challenges in executing Operation Covid Safety. Speaking on TV3/3FM’s The Key Points on Saturday, the Director of Public Affairs of the Ghana Police Service insists that not only are police officers but all other officers are well catered for for the Operation. Superintendent Sheila Kese Abeyie-Buckman told Abena Tabi that protective items such as nose masks have come in handy. “All the security personnel have sufficient masks.” She said enough kits have been made available for the officers for the proper execution of the task to ensure that Ghanaians do not unnecessarily come…

Five Rwandan soldiers have been arrested after residents of a slum in the capital, Kigali, alleged that they raped women as they enforced a nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of Covid-19, the army has said. Residents of Nyarutarama have been telling the military prosecution office that the soldiers also beat up male residents and stole from them, a BBC reporter in Kigali says. One of the victims told journalists that on 26 March an armed soldier forced his way into her home and beat up her husband, when she tried intervene the soldier raped her. The government imposed a…

The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers Ghana (COPEC) and the Consumer Protection Agency (CPA) have instructed their lawyers to ask the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) to withdraw the cylinder investment margin (CIM) with immediate effect. CIM took effect from Thursday, April 2. According to COPEC and CPA, the move constitutes an imposition of tax on petroleum products – which to them is a clear violation of law. A letter written on behalf of the two civil society groups by lawyer Martin Kpebu said the move should have sought parliamentary approval. “As you are already aware, the CIM for all intents and…