Author: Krobea

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…

Two French doctors have been accused of racism after a TV debate in which one suggested trials in Africa to see if a tuberculosis vaccine would prove effective against coronavirus. During the debate on TV channel LCI, Camille Locht, head of research at the Inserm health research group, was talking about a trial in Europe and Australia. Jean-Paul Mira, head of intensive care at Cochin hospital in Paris, then says: “If I can be provocative, shouldn’t we be doing this study in Africa, where there are no masks, no treatments, no resuscitation?” “A bit like as it is done elsewhere…

Actor John Dumelo is calling on the government to get more Ghanaians tested for the deadly coronavirus. He believes that getting more people tested will reveal that there are more cases in Ghana than the number the country currently has recorded. As at Friday afternoon, Ghana has recorded 204 cases of the deadly virus with five deaths. To curb the spread of Covid-19, the government has put some parts of the country – Greater Accra, Tema, and Greater Kumasi – under lockdown. The government has also started mass testing in some areas of Accra. But John Dumelo, who is eyeing…

Karpowership Ghana Company Limited has made a contribution of GH¢300,000 to the Covid-19 National Trust Fund aimed at supporting efforts of government to combat the spread of the coronavirus disease in Ghana. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo last Friday announced the setting up of the crucial trust fund that would be used to combat the outbreak of the disease in Ghana. He named the board of trustees to be chaired by former Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo and appealed to Ghanaians and institutions to support the fund. Presenting the cheque on behalf of the company, Corporate Communications Specialist Sandra Amarquaye said…