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Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) has temporarily been stopped from going ahead with a planned workshop on the controversial new voters’ register set to be compiled for the country’s polls in December this year. Despite the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus in the country and the ban on public gatherings, the Commission last week announced it will hold a planning meeting with all its directors and deputy directors across the country from April 24 to 29 at Prampram. The planned meeting, which has been criticized, the EC explained, seeks to afford its officials the opportunity to prepare and plan for the…

Gospel musician, Prophet Seth Frimpong popularly called the ‘Dancing Prophet’ is dead. He died on Friday, April 24 after a short illness. Gospel musician Brother Sammy confirmed the news to MzGee on Showbuzz on 3FM. He narrated that the late singer, who had not been well for some time, fell from a staircase in a storey building in Kumasi last week. According to him, he was rushed to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital were doctors disclosed that Prophet Seth Frimpong had suffered stroke. Brother Sammy said he received a call later that the musician passed away at 2:30 am on…

Mr. Frederick Acheampong – Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Premier League (GPL) side Ashantigold SC, has resigned from his position, effective 30th April, 2020. Mr. Acheampong who took to his social media page to announce his decision cited personal reasons for his action.Dr. Kweku Frimpong owner and bank roller of the club has accepted the decision of the CEO. Mr. Acheampong, a CAF Match Coordinator, has been the CEO of the club since the change of ownership from Anglogold Ashanti to Dr. Kwaku Frimpong.He led the team to win the tier two of the Normalization Committee Special Competition and participated…

Hello and thank you for joining this live digital conversation from wherever you are. Technology has proven to be more than a good friend, actually very dependable, in these COVID-19 times. For you my friends and followers on Social Media, I am happy to continue to avail myself and interact with you. At the end of this evening’s session, I will take a few questions, as I usually do, on the issues that I will be raising. My brothers and sisters, one of our best and most enduring qualities we have as Ghanaians is that, notwithstanding the nature or extent…

Sister Derby is wondering why singer Sista Afia will take a jab at her own self in a diss track she released recently. In what is clearly a reaction to Sista Afia’s diss track, ‘MTW’ which has ignited a lot of controversy after its release on Wednesday, Sister Derby laughed off the song saying it is ‘yawa’ [disgraceful]. While she did not mention names, some people have concluded that Sista Afia took jabs at Sister Derby, Wendy Shay, Efia Odo in the song. During a live Instagram session, several followers sought to find out Sister Derby’s reaction to ‘WMT’. In…

US President Donald Trump has been lambasted by the medical community after suggesting research into whether coronavirus might be treated by injecting disinfectant into the body. He also appeared to propose irradiating patients’ bodies with UV light, an idea dismissed by a doctor at the briefing. Another of his officials had moments earlier said sunlight and disinfectant were known to kill the infection. Disinfectants are hazardous substances and can be poisonous if ingested. Even external exposure can be dangerous to the skin, eyes and respiratory system. What did President Trump say? During Thursday’s White House coronavirus task force briefing, an…

The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas is urging ECOWAS governments to “to seek consensual and genuinely inclusive ways of addressing any disruptions to electoral schedules” occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic. He says it is crucial to seek consensual and genuinely inclusive ways of addressing any electoral schedules disruptions given the potential impact of the coronavirus pandemic on upcoming electoral processes. Guinea has presidential elections in October; Côte d’Ivoire has general elections on October 31; Burkina Faso has legislative and presidential…

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has paid glowing tribute to the National Chief Imam, Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu on the occasion of his 101st birthday. Sheikh Sharubutu turned 101 on Thursday, and the Vice President paid him a surprise visit at his residence on behalf of the President, Nana Akufo-Addo and on his own behalf. Speaking during the visit, the Vice President said Sheikh Sharubutu has contributed immensely to the development of the country and described him as a national asset. “The Chief Imam is a national asset. He is a rare national asset,” Dr Bawumia said. “What he has…

Government has wiped off relevant information on Ghana’s coronavirus situation from the official website launched to update Ghanaians on the outbreak of the virus which has so far infected over 1,000 people. The portal was introduced by the Ministry of Information on March 15; just three days after Ghana recorded its first two positive cases, to provide timely and relevant information to the public every six hours. Two days after widespread claims that the government has been massaging the release of confirmed covid-19 cases in the country, some key data on the website which puts Ghana’s covid-19 situation into perspective…