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Covid -19 death cases in Ghana have increased from 299 to 301 and 38 new cases have been recorded. According to latest update on the Ghana Health Service (GHS) website, two new death case were recorded. The country’s cumulative number of cases as of Friday, September 25 moved from 46,004 to 46,482 with the number of recoveries-cum-discharges increasing from 45,153 to 45,651. The update also leaves the active cases at 530 after dropping below 500 at the last count. Cumulative cases per region from highest to lowest: Greater Accra Region – 23,785 Ashanti Region – 10,965 Western Region – 2,968…

Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram Constituency Samuel Nartey George has dismissed claims of him firing shots at the Mobole Electoral Area during his campaign visit over the weekend. Sam George rejected a statement signed by the Assemblyman for the electoral area, Okoe Mensah, who is also the National Democratic Congress (NDC) secretary for the constituency, to the effect that the lawmaker discharged a weapon into a crowd of women and children. But in a press release on Tuesday, September 29, Sam George rubbished the claims and described it as “a wicked lie and the work of a devious mind that…

The number of people worldwide who have died with Covid-19 has passed one million, researchers say, with many regions still reporting surging numbers of new infections. The tally by Johns Hopkins University shows that deaths in the US, Brazil and India make up nearly half that total. Experts caution that the true figure is probably much higher. UN Secretary-General António Guterres called it a “mind-numbing” figure and “an agonising milestone”. “Yet we must never lose sight of each and every individual life,” he said in a video message. “They were fathers and mothers, wives and husbands, brothers and sisters, friends…

Former President John Dramani Mahama has underscored that Ghanaians must stay united as all the various ethnic groups come together to form the country. He said Ghana is a sovereign republic, therefore “nobody can claim a part of Ghana”. He made this known while addressing the chiefs and people of Jinijini in the Bono Region on Monday as he resumed his four-day campaign tour. He made the remarks in the wake of an uprising by an alleged separatist group in the Volta Region, seeking secession from Ghana. The group are claiming the independence of Western Togoland. Supporters of the group…

The President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kurt Edwin Simon Okraku, paid a courtesy call on Media General on Monday, September 28. He interacted with top management of Ghana’s leading media firm on bilateral relations between the two. Kurt Okraku, a former journalist, paid a special visit to the Sports Desk of Media General, where he also interacted with the staff. He was received by a delegation led by Group Chief Executive Officer of Media General Group Beatrice Agyemang Abbey. He was accompanied by some members of the Executive Council of the nation’s sport governing body. Source: 3news.com|Ghana

The Chief Executive Officer of SUKU Technologies, Tsonam Cleanse Akpeloo, has been awarded the 2020 Forty Under Forty award in the Technology and Innovation category. The Forty Under Forty Award is to identify, honour and celebrate a cross-section of the nation’s most influential and accomplished young business leaders under the age forty from a wide range of industries, who are committed to business growth, professional excellence and community service and have risen up the ranks of their companies or industries at a relatively young age. It also seeks to place emphasis on these individuals’ impeccable results through commitment to business…

A group of assailants suspected to be members of separatist group Western Togoland Restoration Front went on rampage around midnight Monday at the STC Yard in Ho, 3news.com has gathered. Numbering about 10, these armed men beat up a driver and attacked about four buses, setting one completely ablaze and one partially ablaze. A Ho-based journalist, Richard Asiedu, told Alfred Ocansey on 3FM’s Sunrise on Tuesday that the group marched to the bus terminal from nowhere to stage their attack, firing warning shots and beating up a driver amid the mayhem. The military have since taken over the bus station,…

The Keep My Vote Alive Alliance has opined that the Electoral Commission has not inspired enough confidence among Ghanaians that it is committed to holding a free, fair and transparent election in the 2020 elections. The group explained that one of the key ingredients for a successful election is a credible and unquestionable electoral register and adds that the EC has failed to exhibit that the register will be credible. Convener of the group Anthony Agee-Kum has thus called on the EC to extend the exhibition period by two weeks to allow for due diligence across exhibition centers. Below is…

Outspoken music producer and entertainment pundit Enoch Agyepong has described the promise by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the creative arts as analogue and that of National Democratic Congress (NDC) as digital. Speaking on the maiden edition of Onua TV’s entertainment talk show Anigye Mmre, Enoch Agyepong in his final submission on the manifesto promise by the two major political parties said Rex Omar and his NDC have laudable ideas for the creative arts industry and even if they don’t win the election, the ideas will really help the industry. “I don’t mind who comes to power but we…

Media General has been adjudged as the Tourism Oriented Media firm in Ghana for the year 2019. Presenting the award to Berla Mundi on ‘New Day’ on Monday, September 28, Shine Dela Gowonu stated that “as part of the 2019 Greater Accra Regional Awards, the company has been adjudged the Tourism Oriented Media of the year”. “The company through their shows like Travel Pass have promoted tourism.” Mr Gowonu also expressed satisfaction and gratitude towards the company for their continuous support to tourism in the country. “Media General keeps promoting tourism online and on- air. On behalf of everybody at the…