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A man who the police have described as notorious armed robber, has been shot dead at Kwayease, a suburb of Yeji in the Bono East Region. Ernest Akorli, also known as Jerigoji, who the police said had been terrorizing the people of Yeji for some time now, last Wednesday robbed and sexually assaulted a 20-year-old lady after which he shot her in the head. According to the police, the lady’s boyfriend with whom she was walking, was tied up by Akorli before carrying out the crime. Akorli was said to have gone into hiding after the act. On Monday morning,…

The Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources has donated a set of items to the National Chief Imam, Sheik Dr Nuhu  Osmanu  Sharubutu, to mark the  beginning  of the  Ramadan  season. It was also in recognition of the celebration of the 101 birthday  celebration of the  Muslim leader in Ghana. The  donation was  made  on behalf of the sector minister Cecilia Abena Dapaah by a Director  at the  Ministry,  Mr Joseph  Obeng Poku and some  officials  from  the Ministry. Mr  Obeng Poku  used the occasion to wish the  National Chief Imam and all Muslims a happy Ramadan  and  good  health…

The minority in parliament has described President Akufo-Addo’s announcement to construct 88 district hospitals as a mere political campaign. President Akufo-Addo on Sunday, April 26, 2020, during his national address on Covid-19, announced the construction of hospitals in some districts across the country to the tune of 2 billion dollars. But Ranking member of the Health Committee, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh says the president must show his sincerity in the fight against the deadly pandemic. According to him, Sunday’s address was nothing short of a “pure campaign”. “Let me take this opportunity to appeal to His Excellency the president, Nana Akufo-Addo…

The Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram Constituency in the Greater Accra Region has chastised President Akufo-Addo and his government for claiming the National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration did not invest in health infrastructure. President Akufo-Addo in his 8th address on measures being taken to curb the outbreak of the corona virus on Sunday said his government will build 88 hospitals in districts without one. Reacting to the issue on Onua TV’s maiden edition of its morning show, dubbed, Maakye, the Ningo-Prampram legislator, Sam George asserted that the president “lied” when he claimed the erstwhile government did not invest in…

Reverend Ken Djotepe, acting Director of Programmes, Economic and Social Relations of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana on Sunday said that the Bible has become symbol of decoration and security posts under pillows of Christians. He said it had also become a fashionable enterprise to own one without reading it.”We as Christians have failed to pray fervently and read religiously the Bible and have therefore fallen short of the grace and glory of God,” Rev. Djotepe said and called for change of hearts.He said this in a virtual sermon on the second Sunday after Easter under the theme, “Lord Stay…

A financial analyst has warned the Bank of Ghana’s (BoG) directive to banks and specialized deposit-taking institutions not to pay dividend to shareholders will gravely discourage investments in the country. According to Sam Bediako-Asante, the directive from BoG “definitely will have various negative effects on the investing public”. BoG on April 20 directed banks and Specialised Deposit-Taking Institutions (SDIs) in the country to cease declaring or paying dividends to shareholders until further notice. The decision, BoG explained, is to ensure that banks and SDIs are better able to support their customers in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak and to…

Ex-Kotoko star Eric Kwabena Bekoe has added his voice to the ongoing debate regarding the status of the Ghana Premier League in the wake of the global pandemic COVID-19. The unanticipated pandemic has thrown football calendar off gear with many countries brainstorming on the best scenario to conclude the 2019/2020 leagues. Belgium and Holland have taken the lead in truncating the leagues with Belgium declaring Club Brugges as the winner following a 15-point lead on the log. However, Ajax Amsterdam will not be crowned champions but will have the joint ticket to the Champions League with AZ Akmaar after the…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says government has enabled significant domestic production and supply of protective equipment to health workers as they wage war on COVID-19. They have received, in recent days, nine hundred and five thousand, and thirty-one (905,031) nose masks, thirty one thousand, six hundred and thirty (31,630) medical scrubs, thirty one thousand, four hundred and seventy-two (31,472) gowns, forty six thousand, eight hundred and seventy (46,870) head covers, and eighty three thousand, five hundred (83,500) N-95 face masks, he said.The President was making a televised national address on measures being taken to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.He praised…

The Bank of Ghana has recently instructed banks in Ghana not to pay dividends to shareholders for the 2019 and 2020 financial years because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and its effects. Banks in Ghana would have, normally, declared and paid dividends, as approved by their shareholders at the Annual General Meetings (AGMs), around this time of the year in Ghana, but that is not to be because of such instructions from the central bank, given reasons for such a decision as how the banks would be negatively impacted if they (the banks) should dole out such monies. But has…