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Ty, the acclaimed, Mercury-nominated UK rapper, has died aged 47 after contracting coronavirus. The Nigerian-British musician was known for a witty, mature style that owed more to the old-school US rappers than the grittier street sounds of London. In 2004, his second album, Upwards, was nominated for the Mercury Prize alongside Amy Winehouse, The Streets and eventual winners Franz Ferdinand. His death was mourned by stars including Ghetts and Roots Manuva. DJ Charlie Sloth called him “a friend, a role model and a true foundation to UK rap”. “This brother here was truly a good person. Sad to see you…

The Mayor of Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA), Anthony K.K Sam has cautioned traders to observe social distancing in order not to compel the assembly to close down markets there. According to the mayor, the assembly is bent on ensuring total compliance to laid down protocols in the fight against Covid 19 pandemic, and anybody especially traders who flout these laws may compel the assembly to put in place measures which may include closing down markets. The mayor was speaking during the distribution of some items to traders at the various markets within the Sekondi Takoradi metropolis. The items include…

The management of The Trust Hospital has announced the closure of its main facility on the Osu Oxford Street for two days. “We wish to inform our cherished clients that our main hospital on the Oxford Street Osu, will be closed to the public from Saturday 9th to Sunday 10th May, 2020 for fumigation exercise,” the Public Relations Unit of the facility said in a public notice on Thursday. The main branch will resume work on Monday 11th May, 2020. “In view of this, all OPD and emergency cases will be received at our Trust Specialist Hospital, Sunkwa Road, KuKu…

Three COVID-19 patients who tested positive on Wednesday April 15, 2020 have now tested negative in two consecutive tests in the past two weeks. Two of the patients are the Nigeriens who were tested by the Ghana Health Service at the Accra Central Police Station and handed over to the Ghana Police Hospital for isolation and treatment. Read: Confusion as 2 Covid-19 patients are returned to police custody The third one is a member of the Ghana Police Service, a statement issued by the PRO of Ghana Police Hospital, DSP Yaw Nketia-Yeboah said on Thursday. “The three COVID-19 patients tested…

Steel and iron manufacturing company, B5 Plus Ghana Limited, has debunked media reports that it has increased the prices of its products amid the coronavirus. Media reports had indicated that B5 Plus and some six other steel companies have increased their prices despite enjoying 50% reduction in electricity bills. The report implied some level of insensitivity on the part of B5 Plus with the price increment at a time the country is facing challenges due to the pandemic. But Chairman of B5 Plus Limited, Mukesh Thakwani, in a brief interaction with the media on Wednesday, May 6, 2020, dismissed the…

Six Burkinabe have been apprehended by the Ghana Immigration Service patrol team with support from police personnel on duty at the Nadowli checkpoint in the Upper West Region. The six comprised four males and two females including a two year old girl who were on their way to Wa in a hired vehicle having entered Ghana through unapproved routes. Thursday’s arrest brings the number of Burkinabe who have been arrested since April after the border closure to 141. The Upper West Region Public Affairs officer of the Ghana Immigration Service, Ibn Yussif Duranah Abdul-Mumin Seidu told 3news.com, the six were…

The Executive Council of Ghana Football Association (GFA), will soon announce a five-member committee to advise it on making the Ghana Premier League (GPL) autonomous. The decision was taken by the GFA Executive Council at its meeting on Tuesday, May 5, according to a statement from the national football governing body.The Premier League Autonomy Committee, which would be made up of three persons nominated by the 18-Premier League Clubs with the other two to be added by GFA, would be tasked to counsel the Association on how to proceed with the implementation of the Policy.“This special task committee would advise…

About eight hundred thousand workers in the hospitality, leisure and tourism sector are said to have lost their jobs. According to the Ghana Tourism Federation (GHATOF), the sector is currently on the verge of collapse due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus which has infected 3,091 people in Ghana of which 18 have died and 303 clinically cured. Also, about 752 car rental workers in the Greater Accra region alone are said to have lost their jobs whilst 352,000 people at the informal sector are jobless now. Executive Secretary for Ghana Tourism Federation, Mr. Emmanuel Frimpong, who revealed this…

Government has rejected to pay some 740 million cedis being claims put forward by some customers of the non-banking financial institutions in the country whose licences were revoked over breaches and insolvency. According to the Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the official receiver and liquidator of the institutions, Eric Nana Nipah, upon validation of the claims concluded they were illegitimate. He explained the receiver rejected payment because the claims were largely invalid, noting they were “set offs and cross lending; that is, some depositors who have either taken loans from some of these same entities or had in their custody…

A total of 5.06 billion cedis has so far been paid to customers of the non-banking financial institutions in the country which had their licences revoked by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) for being insolvent. The customers are from the 347 microfinance companies, 39 micro credit companies, 23 savings and loans as well as finance house companies whose licences were revoked by the BoG last year over breaches, lack of corporate governance and for being insolvent among others. A statement from the receiver and official liquidator read by Information Minister Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah said approximately 2.11 billion was paid in cash…