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The Ministry of Education in partnership with Zoomlion Ghana Limited have begun general disinfestation and fumigation of some 79 Senior High Schools in the Western Region to ride them off bed bugs and curtail the spread of covid-19. The exercise started from the St. John’s School in Sekondi where dormitories, classrooms, laboratories, dining halls and major blocks were all disinfected and fumigated. The Western Region Manager of Zoomlion Ghana Limited, Abdulai Abdallah who supervised the exercise a total of 79 SHSs are will be covered in the region. “We are all aware of the Covid-19 but aside that, we also…

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has downplayed the capacity of vice president Dr Mahamudu Bawumia in pushing the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to retain power in the December presidential election. General Secretary of the NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, in rejecting assertions that Dr Bawumia has become a torn in the flesh of his party, said the vice president has messed up his reputation which was once held in high esteem by some people. In his view, any decision by the NPP to choose Dr Bawumia as their running mate will be to the advantage of John Mahama who is seeking…

A clinical epidemiologist, Professor Fred Binka has questioned claims by the Ghana Health Service that Ghana has reached its peak of the of the deadly coronavirus infections. Even before the country’s case count could reach 3,000, the Director of Public Health, Dr Ebenezer Badu Sakordie on Tuesday announced the rate of infections per data available shows the case count peaked on April 25. According to him, the number of cases that were recorded after that date declined until May 6 “We peaked around the 25 of April and since then the numbers have continued to come down until May 6,”…

Rapper Medikal has no intention of replying shots thrown at him by female rapper Eno. Eno in a new diss song – ‘Argument Done’ – released Friday took heavy jabs at Sista Afia and Medikal claiming the rapper wrote one of Sista Afia’s diss tracks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vVXCEpqw-w For some days now, Sista Afia has ignited a lot of controversy after the release of her song ‘WMT’, on April 22. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MIPM36cU5I While Sista Afia did not mention names, some people have concluded that she took jabs at Sister Derby, Wendy Shay, and Efia Odo in the song. The song saw counter jabs…

Ten Togolese who illegally entered Ghana have been repatriated to Togo after serving a 14-day mandatory quarantine. One of them had tested positive to the deadly coronavirus. The Ghana Immigration Service in Aflao on Friday handed over the 10 people to the Togolese health and national security officials   at the Aflao border. The 10 entered Ghana on March 27 through unapproved routes in the Bono region and were intercepted at Duadaso Police checkpoint. They were isolated upon their arrest and tested for covid-19 thereafter. Result of one of them came out positive. After serving their compulsory isolation, Ghanaian  security officials …

A court in Bahirdar, northern Ethiopia, has sentenced the country’s former communications minister and close ally of late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi to six years in prison for corruption. Bereket Simon was arrested in January 2019 at his residence in the capital, Addis Ababa, and taken to Bahirdar, capital of the Amhara region – the second largest of Ethiopia’s nine states. He has been in detention since. Bereket was found guilty on Tuesday. Some of his supporters had said the charges were politically motivated. He was a powerful figure in Mr Mele’s administration and was often described as the chief…

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has begun a three-hour power cut to some parts of Accra for the next six days to enable it relocate transformers to a new site. It said explained that as part of the relocation of 145MVA transformers from the Tema Port to the Pokuase Bulk Supply Point construction site, it will have to isolate some high voltage overhead lines. Accordingly, electricity supply to persons in Tema, Klagon, Spintex, Trasacco, Dzorwulu, Achimota, and Ofankor will be cut from 10:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m each day from Friday to next Thursday, May 14. The Pokuase Bulk…

The Chief Internal Auditor and Head of the Internal Audit Directorate of the Ministry of Inner-City and Zongo Development (MICZD) has been appointed to serve on the Finance and Audit Committee of the International Institute for Democratic and Electoral Assistance (IDEA). Mr Isaac Adjin Bonney who was nominated by the Minister for Inner-City and Zongo Development, Dr Mustapha Abdul- Hamid with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration will be serving on the IDEA committee from July 1, 2020 to July 2023. A letter dated April 27, 2020, signed by the Secretary-General of IDEA, Dr Kevin…

Former chairman of Kumasi Asante Kotoko continues to light the candle to remember victims and families of the May 9 soccer disaster after 19 years. For victims alive and families left behind, the day is one they look forward to, for remembrance and assistance to go through life. A midweek soccer match between Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko at the Accra sports Stadium in 2001 ended 2-1 in favor of Hearts and some fans dissatisfied with the level of officiating started ripping off chairs at the Ade Coker stand. Security personnel on duty responded with firing of…

Takoradi-based rapper Kofi Kinaata has revealed that while delving into the ills of religion in the country in his smash hit song, ‘Things Fall Apart’, he also took a swipe at himself. He disclosed that the line in the songs that attacks ‘part-time Christians’ was directed at himself. ‘Things Fall Apart’, released in October 2019, ended the year as the biggest and most controversial song. It highlighted religion and questioned if people were really worshipping God. Apparently, Kofi Kinaata also questioned his personal relationship with God in the song which won ‘Song of the Year’ at the 2020 3Music Awards.…