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As an artiste who ‘shows the way’ as his Stage name signifies, it is only in the right place that he emerged victorious after weeks of competitive voting at two levels of selection at the just ended 3 Music Awards 2020. Soorebia is now a happy man, at least he’s gotten some recognition for his years of hard work, dedication and growth in the Ghanaian music scene. Although he has acknowledged the expectations that come with the recognition, his roadmap to success is clear. In a recent one-on-one interview with entertainment journalist, MzGee on TV3’s New Day, Soorebia opened up…

Some nine foreigners who crossed into Ghana’s Upper West Region through unapproved routes from Burkina Faso have been arrested and repatriated. The nine include eight (08) Burkinabes and a Nigerien who is a resident in Burkina Faso. They comprise 4 female and 5 male between the ages of 5 and 36 who were believed to be economic migrants en route to Bole, Tuna and Kumasi for farming activities. The Upper West Regional Public Affairs Officer of the Ghana Immigration Service, Ibn Yussif Duranah Abdul- mumin Seidu told 3news.com that the nine were arrested at 3 different unapproved routes in the…

The Volta Region Friday recorded its first COVID-19 death at the local Treatment Centre in Ho. The deceased, a 60-year-old woman who returned from Accra two weeks ago, visited the Ho Teaching Hospital with difficulty in breathing, fever for three days and reduced level of consciousness. She was noticed to have been progressively getting weak prior to her presentation at the Teaching Hospital and passed on after five days on admission at the Regional COVID -19 Centre on May 14, 2020 at 1815 hours.Dr. Archibald Yao Letsa, Volta Regional Minister, in a statement copied to the Ghana News Agency (GNA),…

An Accra Circuit Court on Friday granted a GH¢30,000.00 bail with two sureties each to 19 persons for breaking the Public Restrictions Order meant to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The accused made up of nine Nigerians and ten Ghanaians pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to commit crime to wit failing to comply with Restrictions Imposed: Contrary to Section 23(1) of The Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29), Paragraph 1(1) (A) (Vii) of E.I 64 and breaching the Imposition of Restriction Act, 2020 (Act 1012).The Court presided over by Madam Rosemary Dotsu also ordered the Nigerians to deposit their passports…

Most Ghanaians have heeded the call by the government to support the fight to halt the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. People all over the country, are now washing their hands regularly with soap under running water, using alcohol-based hand sanitizers to rub their hands frequently, while refraining from handshaking and keeping physical distances.People are also now wearing face and nose marks and those who don’t have urgent things to do in town, have been staying home to avoid contracting and spreading the virus.Again, entrepreneurs and businessmen have also responded to the President’s call for the local…

The Electoral Commission has accused the largest opposition party, National Democratic Congress (NDC), of consistently engaging in the spread of falsehood to court disaffection for the Commission. The NDC had in a press conference on Thursday, addressed by the National Chairman, Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, claimed the EC was conniving with government and other state agencies to rig the forthcoming general elections in December. But in a strong-worded statement to refute the claims, Ag. Director, Public Affairs of the EC, Mrs. Sylvia Annoh said the opposition party wants to “misinform” the public and bring the Commission’s name into “disrepute”. “The Electoral Commission…

Authorities in Nigeria say the whereabouts of a team of 15 Chinese medical experts who arrived in the country in early April is not known to the government. The Chinese team who travelled to Nigeria to support the country’s fight against coronavirus had been received at the airport by government officials, including Health Minister Osagie Ehanire. But on Thursday, a frustrated Mr Ehanire told reporters that the experts were guests of a Chinese construction company handling several high-profile projects in Nigeria and that not all of them were doctors, as he had heard that some of were technicians who are…

The Bank of Ghana has kept the policy rate unchanged at 14.5 per cent, citing risks to inflation outlook following the recent jump in inflation rate in April. “The recent rise in inflation is projected to peak in the second quarter and begin to return to the disinflation path in subsequent quarters with inflation settling within the medium-term target band by the end of the year,” Dr Ernest Addison, the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, said at a news conference on Friday.He said the growth outlook and baseline projections showed a sharp downturn in GDP growth with the economy…

Corporate Communications Director of Zoomlion Ghana Limited, Emma Akyea-Boakye, is urging Ghanaians, especially those with children in senior high schools, to fumigate their homes against bed bug infestation. She observed the students unknowingly always carry the bed bugs from to their homes to schools and vice versa, a situation she said, continue to impede the fight against the blood-sucking insects in schools across the country. Authorities at the various senior high schools where Zoomlion Ghana Limited is currently undertaking a nationwide fumigation and disinfection exercise against bed bugs and coronavirus have complained about how difficult it has become in eradicating…

Workers at the morgue in the various health facilities across the country are lamenting about the lack of Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) amidst the outbreak of COVID-19. They claimed health authorities have refused to provide mortuary workers the requisite PPEs to protect themselves and enhance their work regardless of rapid spread of the novel corona virus in the country. General Secretary of Mortuary Workers Association, Richard Jordan in an interview with Onua FM “Yensempa” morning show host Nana Yaw Opare (a.K.a Wofa) blamed managers of the health facilities for putting their lives in danger. Richard Jordan wants government to hold…