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A former Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed, has indicated that government has stopped the forceful testing for coronavirus in the country. He said on New Day on TV3 Monday, August 31 that when the pandemic came, the government embarked on aggressive testing and tracing. But the same cannot be said presently, he insisted. The former Member of Parliament for Nantong was speaking in relation to address delivered to the nation by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Sunday, August 30. The president said, among other things, that the Kotoka International Airport will be opened effective Tuesday,…

Deputy Minister for Health Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye has justified the $150 charge for testing each arriving passenger at the Kotoka International Airport, KIA, from Tuesday, September 1. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo announced on Sunday, August 30 that the country’s foremost airport, which was closed as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, would be reopened after all protocols have been put in place. The president added that all passengers that arrive in the country will undergo tests for coronavirus. Each test will cost $150, according to the government. Dr Okoe Boye said government’s extensive considerations with test costs across…

Persons who die from coronavirus complications are buried under strict supervision of environmental health workers but some of the bodies are disposed of through cremation. This is the 116th Covid-19 body being disposed of under the supervision of the environmental health workers of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA). The family of the 116th body, a Hindu one, opted for cremation, the act of burning the body, in a manual crematorium at the Osu cemetery in Accra. The cremation took place on Saturday, August 29 amidst reciting of funeral chants and other songs. Why cremation? Multiple papers reveal Hindus traditionally cremate…

Multiple award-winning artiste Medikal has applauded Ghanaian female rapper Eno Barony for her splendid rap freestyle performance at the just-ended 21st VGMA awards. Medikal and Eno Barony have had heated beefs over the past few months after Sista Afia’s rap in ‘WMT’. But after months of exchanging jabs, the ‘Omo Ada’ hitmaker took to his Twitter page to finally acknowledge the rap skills of the “rap goddess”, Eno Barony. “Yo! All jokes aside, Eno really de! At a point I thought she had a ghost writer, woman wey de rap like that!” his tweet on Monday, August 31 said. https://twitter.com/AmgMedikal/status/1300387057982898176?s=20…

A former Chief of Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces, Brigadier General Joseph Nunoo-Mensah (Rtd) has indicated that the violence that has characterised the Ghana electoral system in the fourth republic is as result of the quest of politicians to use political power to enrich themselves. He told Steve Anti on TV3’s Election Command Centre Monday,  August 31 that almost all politicians are seeking power to enrich themselves. Therefore, he noted, they resort to whatever means including violence to achieve their aim. To be able to deal with this problem, he suggested that politics will need to be redefined…

Chief Executive Officer of Asante Kotoko Nana Yaw Amposah has urged all stakeholders of the club to help chart a new path. The Porcupines Warriors turned 85 years on August 31, 2020. Nana Yaw Amposah as part of a special anniversary message called on all stakeholders of the club to help build  another African club of the century. “Asante Kotoko has achieved all it was born to achieve within it first life of 85 years. Record league tittles, African Cup and many other achievements that makes it the greatest Ghanain club and African club of the century.” He added: “Today…

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has received the $1 million relief fund promised by FIFA to its members to aid them through the Coronavirus pandemic. As drafted by FIFA, 50% of the money will be given to women’s football and the rest will be shared amongst Premier League clubs, Division one clubs and other stake holders. It will be recalled that when the world football governing body released a statement regarding the distribution of the relief fund, they made it clear that all members will account for the money spent and this will be a key factor for FIFA to…

A Director of PricewaterhouseCoopers Ghana Limited (PwC) who was appointed as the receiver for the purposes of winding down the affairs of the failed Micro Finance Companies, Eric Nana Nipah, has presented a list of all the Microfinance and Microcredit Companies without records to enable him to validate and settle these claims under the Depositor Payment Scheme. The receiver said it took control over the premises of these resolved companies and in the process, secured the assets and liabilities of these companies, as well as their books and records to the extent possible. However, it said, in the conduct of…

Chairman of the Civil Society Platform on Oil and Gas Dr Steve Manteaw has asked the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to suspend the controversial Agyapa Royalties deal for further consultations to be done it. Dr Manteaw believes that the deal, in its current form, is bad for Ghana hence, should be put on hold. “The president must suspend this controversial Agyapa deal for further consultations in order to build public trust in it,” Dr Manteaw said in a Facebook post on Sunday, August 30. He had earlier noted that the government of Ghana and Parliament rushed in approving the…

The management of BlackShield Capital Limited has asked the government to also bailout its customers after the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) excluded them from the list of those who are going to benefit from the government’s bailout package for customers of the 53 defunct Fund Management Companies (FMCs). The management said it will be unfair for the government and the SEC to be selective in the bailout plan. SEC excluded Blackshield and three other firms from the list of those who will benefit from the package. SEC said the decision has become necessary because the company in question are…