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Zambian football sensation, Patson Daka, is thrilling his way through prominence. It is fair to say he is loving every bit of what has so far been a high-flying career. I first interviewed Daka in 2017. Three years on, he has built on what football heads say is a brilliant show of talent that is infectious when on display. Last weekend, when I hosted him on #InConversationWith, he spoke about the steady rise, and how he has become a major boardroom item at top clubs. Young and brilliant but of very few words, the modesty he oozes is evident, the…

Ghana’s coronavirus case count has shot up by 229 new cases bringing the national tally to 12,193, health officials announced Tuesday. Four more persons, three men and a woman, have died of the virus , taking the coronavirus death toll to 58. Of the current 7,813 active cases, 13 of them have been classified as severe while four of them are in critical condition and on ventilators With 255,971 tests done since March, officials have put the positivity rate  4.76 per cent. Recoveries moved up slightly from the previous 4,258 to 4,326. Giving update on the virus Tuesday morning in…

Thirty-five per cent of Ghanaians on the existing voters’ register say they will not risk their lives to re-register in the upcoming biometric voter registration exercise being done for a new register for the 2020 general elections. They have cited the fear of contracting the deadly novel coronavirus, which has infected close to 12,000 people and claimed 54 lives in the country, as the basis, a survey by the Chamber for Local Governance Despite the surge in the virus, the EC has vowed to go ahead with the compilation of a new register to replace the existing one, which it…

Ghana’s healthcare system is being overwhelmed as cases of the deadly novel coronavirus continue to surge, OccupyGhana has claimed. Official figures put the current covid-19 count at 11,964 with 4,258 recoveries and 7,652 active cases with 54 deaths. Isolation and treatment centres, according to the pressure group, are having spillover of coronavirus cases forcing health authorities to use emergency and other wards as backup for covid-19 cases. “Our holding and treatment facilities are running out of space,” the group claimed in a statement Monday, indicating that there are also not have enough critical care beds for persons who contract the…

OccupyGhana is questioning Ghana’s official coronavirus death figures, claiming government is underreporting the numbers which currently stand at 54. According to the pressure group, “the reported 54 deaths so far cannot be right”, indicate that the Ashanti Region, which has the second highest coronavirus cases, has recorded 38 deaths yet only less than 20 of those deaths have been included in the national figure. In a statement Monday, the group indicated there is s a complete lack of candour from government officials on the rate of infection. “There is cause to suspect that the death numbers are being massaged,” the…

The Ghana Police says it is awaiting an executive instrument (E.I) on the mandatory wearing of face mask as directed by President Nana Akufo-Addo to contain the spread of the deadly coronavirus in the country. President Akufo-Addo in his nationwide address on covid-19 to the nation announced wearing of fase mask has now been made mandatory in the Greater Accra, Ashanti, Central and Western regions where the number of people contracting the virus has surged. “…residents of these four regions and indeed all Ghanaians must remember that the wearing of masks is now mandatory.Leaving our homes without our face masks…

There were 717 rapes in Nigeria between January and May this year, amounting to one rape every five hours, the country’s police chief says. Mohammed Adamu described rape as a serious and wicked offence and urged Nigerians to report any case. Speaking to journalists after meeting President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential palace in Abuja, the police chief said that 799 suspects had been arrested and 631 had appeared in court. But Mr Adamu did not speak about the sentences or number of convictions. Activists are concerned that not many trials result in someone being found guilty. Some of the…

Some customers of Menzgold Ghana have described the claims by Nana Appiah Mensah, alias NAM1 that he has paid over GH¢9.6 million to customers whose monies were locked up in his firm as “false”. They have subsequently challenged NAM1 to publish the names of the customers he claims to have paid. Samuel Odartey threw the challenge to NAM1 at a press conference Monday morning on behalf of the customers. He said the Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO) via a court order has frozen NAM1’s assets, “so where did NAM1 get the money to pay GH¢9.6 million and how was…

Ghanaian highlife musician Amakye Dede has paid tribute to his longtime friend Nana Tuffour who died Monday dawn in Kumasi, stating his demise will leave an irreplaceable gap in the music industry. Amakye Dede, who has known Nana Tuffour for more than two decades, said the late highlife musician was very influential in Ghana music. The 66-year-old Nana Tuffour died Monday dawn in his home after a short illness. His body has since been deposited at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi. Reacting to the death of the ‘Abeiku’ hit singer, Amakye Dede revealed to Miriam Osei Agyemang on…