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The new President of Malawi, Lazarus Chakwera, has told the BBC that his win in the rerun election was a “victory for democracy and justice”. He defeated incumbent Peter Mutharika with 58.57% of votes in Tuesday’s poll. “I do feel like Lazarus, I’ve come back from the dead,” Mr Chakwera said, referring to the biblical character of the same name. In February, Malawi’s constitutional court annulled Mr Mutharika’s poll win in May 2019, citing vote tampering. The country was bitterly divided in the run-up to this week’s election. But Mr Chakwera said those who did not support him had nothing…

Manchester United will face Chelsea and Arsenal will play holders Manchester City in the semi-finals of the FA Cup. It is a stellar draw, featuring the Cup’s three most successful sides, with Arsenal the record 13-time winners. United, who beat Norwich to reach the last four, have won it 12 times, while Chelsea, who edged past Leicester in the quarter-finals, have eight wins. Both ties will be played at Wembley on the weekend of 18 and 19 July. The final is scheduled for Saturday, 1 August at the same venue. The draw was made at half-time of the game between…

Nine more persons have lost their lives to Covid-19 in Ghana, according to the latest release by the Ghana Health Service (GHS). This has seen the deaths rise from 103 as of Thursday, June 25 to 112 as of Friday, June 26. The total cases have also seen a jump to 16,742 after 311 new infections were recorded. Significantly, 12,720 of the patients have recovered and discharged, leaving 3,910 under care and management. There have been concerns raised about Ghana’s method of recoveries-cum-discharges with experts claiming they are a fodder to flare-ups in the cases. According to the experts, asymptomatic…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stressed that this year’s presidential elections, the eighth in the history of the Fourth Republic, will probably afford the Ghanaian electorate the clearest of choices to be made yet. Speaking at his acclamation as the presidential nominee of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Accra on Saturday, President Akufo-Addo lyrically pointed out that this year’s election will definitely be a fight between a current president and a former president. “[The elections] 2020 is between the current president and the president who was voted out in the last contest. “It is about leadership. “It is…

For the past 13 years, TV3’s Ghana’s Most Beautiful pageant has been the torchbearer when it comes to using beauty to project Ghanaian values and culture. Due to the quality of production and competitiveness of the reality show, Ghana’s Most Beautiful, some will just say GMB, has been a consistent chart-topper and 2020 will definitely not be different. For those who may not know, Ghana’s Most Beautiful, organised by Ghana’s biggest and best television station TV3 is a beauty pageant that educates Ghanaians and the global community about the various cultural values and heritage in the 16 regions of Ghana.…

Political Science Lecturer at the Methodist University-Ghana Dr. Osei Bonsu has suggested to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to amend its constitution to help protect and retain first time Members of Parliament (MPs). The modification, according to him, would help strengthen the party at the grassroots level and would also give enough time for the MPs to perform well at the constituency in enhancing the party’s chances to be retained in power for a longer period. Dr. Osei Bonsu in his submission on Onua FM told host Nana Yaw Opare that the MPs should only be contested after two successive…

Ghana’s latest Covid-19 case count has seen the total cumulative infections surpass 16,000. After 597 new cases were recorded as of Thursday, June 25, according to the Disease Surveillance Department of the Ghana Health Service, the country’s tally from Day 1 when the disease was recorded is now 16,431. By the adopted protocols of the World Health Organisation (WHO), the recoveries which are now joined to discharges are now 12,257. Already, this protocol has been challenged by experts. An immunologist, Dr Yaw Bediako of the West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP) of the University of Ghana,…

Ghana’s leading television station TV3 has announced it will be airing the latest and most anticipated investigative work by BBC and Ghanaian investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas. Scheduled to air on Monday, June 29, at 8:00pm, the piece is titled ‘Corona Quacks’ and it is about the deadly and fast-spreading coronavirus, exposing the masterminds behind a Covid-19 scam worth tens of thousands of dollars. ‘Corona Quacks’ is also expected to bring to light the corrupt dealings regarding the pandemic and how certain individuals are making money off the virus. Are you ready to know the ‘corona quacks and thieves’ in…

Malawi’s opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera has won the country’s rerun presidential vote, officials say. He defeated incumbent Peter Mutharika with 58.57% of the vote in Tuesday’s poll, the electoral commission announced late on Saturday. In February, Malawi’s constitutional court annulled Mr Mutharika’s victory in the May 2019 election, citing vote tampering. The country was bitterly divided in the run-up to this week’s election. It is the second African nation to annul a presidential election over irregularities, after Kenya in 2017. Following the official result on Saturday, Mr Chakwera said his victory was “a win for democracy and justice,” adding: “My…

The total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus has surpassed 10 million worldwide, according to official figures. The figures show that the total official cases recorded are approximately 10,005,446. The recoveries are 5,209,048 with 498,996 deaths. Therefore, the active cases around the world number 4,297,402. The viral disease was first recorded in December, 2019 in Wuhan in the Hubei Province of China. Source: 3news.com|Ghana