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Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embaló has dismissed five government ministers. Ministers for defence, interior, economy, agriculture and energy were all dismissed in a decree on Sunday. No explanation was given for their sacking. Their dismissal comes ahead of a parliamentary debate on Monday on which political alliances have the right to govern the country. The country has been gripped by political turmoil for many years. President Embaló was announced as the winner of December’s election. However the long-time ruling party PAIGC said the elections was rigged. The sacked ministers are all members of President’s Embalo’s Madem-15 party or parties loyal…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will address the nation tonight, June 28, 2020, in what will be his 13th update on the fight against coronavirus. It is expected that the address at 8:00pm will focus on measures taken by the government as final year junior high school (JHS) pupils return to complete academic work from Monday, June 29. In his 10th update to the nation, on Sunday, May 31, President Akufo-Addo announced a “phased approach” to easing of the restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the virus. He announced in that update that final year students of all tertiary…

The Electoral Commission has announced a special arrangement for the aged and persons with disability as well as those requiring special needs to register in the forthcoming voters’ registration exercise. The Commission will from Tuesday, June 30 commence nationwide voter registration exercise for the compilation of a new register for the conduct of the December 7, 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections. The exercise registration will be done in all the 33,367 polling stations nationwide. Persons aged 60 years and above, pregnant women as well as lactating mothers will have the privilege to register at the various district offices of the…

The recovery from coronavirus of an Ethiopian man who is believed to be at least 100 years old was “incredible”, one of the doctors who treated him told the BBC. Aba Tilahun Woldemichael’s family says he is 114, which would make him the world’s oldest man, but there is no birth certificate to confirm his age. People over the age of 80 are considered to be among the most vulnerable if they catch the virus. The centenarian, who is an Ethiopian Orthodox Christian monk, is now being looked after at home by his grandson. “When I was in the hospital…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commissioned the Suhum Interchange, to alleviate the plight of the general public who use that section of the Accra to Kumasi Dualisation Project. The commissioning of the interchange, the President said, is further evidence of government’s commitment to continue with and complete successfully major infrastructure projects that were inherited from previous governments. This, he explained, is to ensure that the expected socio-economic benefits can be enjoyed by all Ghanaian people, and reaffirms the commitment of his Government to provide quality infrastructure for all. With the Suhum Interchange being a part of the Nsawam by-pass…

A 63-year-old traditional guitarist (Gonje) Mahama Issahaku is in the grips of the Tamale Police after allegedly defiling three girls at Shishagu, a suburb of the Sagnarigu in the Northern Region. The ‘Gonje’ man allegedly defiled the girls at the same time. The girls (names withheld) are aged 13, 14 and 15. According to the Northern Regional Crime Officer Superintendent Otuo Acheampong, one of the girls is allegedly pregnant after the incident. He revealed the suspect has two wives, eight children and 13 grandchildren. Mahama was arrested after a relative of one of the girls reported the incident. Checks by…

Telecom giant MTN Ghana says it is suing the National Communications Authority (NCA) over the regulator’s decision to impose some restrictions likely to inhibit the company’s growth and innovativeness. The NCA on June 8 declared MTN Ghana as a Significant Market Power (SMP), a status that has caused the NCA to impose special regulatory restrictions on the telecom leader. According to MTN Ghana, the restrictions to be enforced would potentially limit the company’s growth, performance, innovativeness and its competitiveness in the telecoms market. It suggested in a statement Friday that the NCA did not follow due process in the matter.…

Government is embarking on a nationwide random inspection of offices, shops and factories as coronavirus infections keep rising at workplaces in Ghana. The exercise to be carried out by the Ministry of Ministry of Employment and Labour from July 1 is to ensure strict compliance with and enforcement of all covid-19 protocols and guidelines by government and WHO. It said government has noticed with grave concern the spread of covid-19 infections at workplaces despite measures taken by Ghana to curtail the spread of the virus. The team will be taking interest in a response plan indicating the institutions’ preparedness for…

The National Identification Authority has described as inaccurate, statements made by former President John Mahama regarding the Ghana Card issuance across the country ahead of Tuesday’s voters’ registration exercise by the Electoral Commission. Mr Mahama had claimed Thursday that the Ghana Card, which has been made one of two identification documents as proof of identification for the voters’ registration has not been rolled out in full. At a news conference to respond to the Supreme Court verdict in the NDC cases against the voters register compilation, the NDC flagbearer also claimed the Ghana cards are being issued with no mechanism…