Author: Krobea

The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu, over the weekend donated some relief items including several bags of rice and undisclosed amount of money to the various Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in the Greater Accra Region. The items, according to him, were meant for distribution to the underprivileged in the region regardless of their political affiliations to support them cope with the difficulties and hardships occasioned by the partial lockdown of the capital city in order to arrest the spread of the deadly coronavirus. The items were received on behalf of each MMDA by…

More senior officers have been deployed at the operational level to lend a hand in Operation Covid Safety currently underway in four major cities of the country, government has confirmed. This is to enhance command and control. Explaining the move on Sunday in a nationwide broadcast, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said his attention has been drawn to cases of the use of excessive force by officers in the enforcement of the Imposition of Restrictions Law, 2020 (Act 1012). “Thus far, the alleged wrongdoers have been withdrawn from the ongoing exercise,” the Commander-in-Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces said. He…

Fellow Ghanaians, Good evening. Nine (9) days ago, I came to your homes and requested you to make great sacrifices to save lives, and to protect our motherland. I announced the imposition of strict restrictions to movement, and asked that residents of the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area and Kasoa and the Greater Kumasi Metropolitan Area and its contiguous districts to stay at home for two (2) weeks, in order to give us the opportunity to stave off this pandemic. As a result, residents of these two areas had to make significant adjustments to our way of life, with the ultimate…

Frontline health workers leading the fight against the coronavirus pandemic will receive 50 per cent of their basic salaries as top-up on their emoluments for four months. They will also be exempt from paying taxes on their salaries for the next three months. These are part of measures put in place by government to make them comfortable in the discharge of their duties as the country fights the outbreak of coronavirus. The measures were made known by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Sunday night in a nationwide broadcast. President Akufo-Addo assured the workers that high priority has been placed…

Government will absorb the water bills of all Ghanaians for April, May and June, the President has announced. “Government will absorb the water bills for all Ghanaians for the next three months. That is April, May and June. “All water tankers, publicly and privately-owned, are also going to be mobilised to ensure the supply of water to all vulnerable communities.” President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says this is part of measures to mitigate the effects of the deadly coronavirus on Ghanaians as strict measures are taken to stop its spread. He made this known in a nationwide broadcast on television…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says a decision on whether the current lockdown in Greater Accra and Greater Kumasi will be extended or not will be determined in the coming week. He said so far he is satisfied with the outcome of the directive but announced that Ghana will enter a critical phase soon as results on about 15,384 tests are awaited. He made this known in a nationwide broadcast on television Sunday night. The 14-day lockdown was imposed by the President as per the recently passed Imposition of Restrictions Law, 2020 (Act 1012) to ensure that most Ghanaians stay…

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been admitted to hospital for tests, 10 days after testing positive for coronavirus, Downing Street has said. He was taken to a London hospital on Sunday evening with “persistent symptoms” – including a temperature. It is said to be a “precautionary step” taken on the advice of his doctor. The prime minister remains in charge of the government, but the foreign secretary is expected to chair a coronavirus meeting on Monday morning. Mr Johnson is expected to stay overnight and is having what have been described as “routine tests”, according to BBC Political Editor Laura…

The Country Representative of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr Neema Kimambo, has lauded African leaders for ensuring lockdowns and border closures early enough. According to her, failure of such a move undid the Western world as most the nations in the Old Continent are recording high cases of the the deadly coronavirus disease. Dr Kimambo was speaking on TV3’s The Key Points on Saturday. She said the case counts of Covid-19 in Africa are relatively small as a result of the quick identification of the viral effects and the containment measures adopted by various heads of state and government.…

Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jnr, known in Ghanaian showbiz as Shatta Wale, has made a passionate call on telecommunication companies to reduce the cost of data and calls in this time that the country is trying to fight Covid-19. Speaking in an interview with Christian Agyei Frimpong on Onua 95.1 FM, the dancehall artiste said, “It’s time to show love, market women have increased the cost of foodstuffs, this is the time people should understand we need each other to move on”. “Telecommunication companies in Ghana with higher tariffs must reduce their tariffs, because all the monies that will come…

Kobe Bryant will be posthumously inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The five-time NBA champion died, aged 41, in a helicopter crash in January alongside his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others. Los Angeles Lakers great Bryant retired in 2016; he was the NBA Most Valuable Player in 2008, was Finals MVP twice and earned 18 All-Star selections. He was in the United States team that won Olympic gold in 2008 and 2012. NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Bryant’s death was “unspeakable” and the league was keen to “honour” him. “Kobe Bryant is synonymous with NBA All-Star…