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Rapper D-Black has revealed that former president of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) reached out to privately apologise to him after he criticized his political ambition. According to the rapper, he attacked Bice Osei Kuffour (Obour) after his posters appeared online that he was vying to be a Member of Parliament because he believed the former MUSIGA president had failed musicians. D-Black, who has for several years been a strong critic of Obour’s administration, in a post on Twitter in March urged the former MUSIGA president to account for his stewardship as president of the musicians’ body. “Until he…

The National Steering Committee of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) is considering holding a virtual meeting on the way forward regarding the indefinite suspension of its April 25 parliamentary primaries. The NPP on April 14 announced the suspension of the parliamentary primaries for the constituencies with sitting Members of Parliament indefinitely in accordance with the President’s ban on public gathering in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic in Ghana. The decision to suspend the primaries was decided at a National Steering Committee meeting held on Tuesday, April 14, 2020. President Akufo-Addo on April 12 announced the extension of the…

The main suspect in the assault case on three police officers stationed at the Tamale District Police Criminal and Investigative Department, Mohammed Iddrisu Sahadatu, has been granted bail to the tune of GHC 3000 with one surety to be justified. The suspect, a resident of Changli, a suburb of Tamale, escaped arrest on Thursday April 16 after leading an attack on the police officers. But was apprehended on the following day with the support of the Assemblyman of the Area. The case presided over by His Worship Yusif Amadu, of the Tamale District Court 2, has been adjourned to May…

The lifting of the lock-down, which residents were subjected to on Monday April 20 due to the corona virus, christened ‘COVID-19’, has been greeted with several misgivings by the general public. Those expressing misgivings do not understand why when Ghana’s cases of COVID-19 were below 100, we locked down parts of two regions, Greater Accra and Greater Kumasi, but when Ghana’s cases surged to 1,042 [as at Sunday, April 19], the lock-down was lifted. This came as a surprise to many Ghanaians moment after President Akufo-Addo in his seventh address to the nation on measures put in place to combat…

Lesotho’s government has agreed that Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, who is accused of murdering his estranged wife, will immediately resign. The deal brokered with the help of South African mediators is said to promise the prime minister a “dignified and secure” exit from office. Mr Thabane has been under pressure to resign over suspicions he was involved in the killing in 2017. His current wife has been charged. Both deny any involvement in the murder. It is not yet clear if he will agree to stand down immediately, as the deal stipulates. Gunmen shot and killed Mr Thabane’s then-wife Lipolelo…

The price of US oil has turned negative for the first time in history. That means oil producers are paying buyers to take the commodity off their hands over fears that storage capacity could run out in May. Demand for oil has all but dried up as lockdowns across the world have kept people inside. As a result, oil firms have resorted to renting tankers to store the surplus supply and that has forced the price of US oil into negative territory. The price of a barrel of West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the benchmark for US oil, fell as low…

Some indigenes of Komenda Edina Eguafo Abrim (K.E.E.A ) municipality of the Central Region have formed a Covid-19 protection committee in a move to prevent or minimize a possible coronavirus case in the area. It is made up of businessmen, pharmacists, medical doctors, journalists, fisher folks, security personnel, teachers and members of Elmina Board of Trade. The committee has purchased some personal protective equipment for hospitals in the municipality, and erected some mini health tents designed to run random screening of the indigenes and visitors to the area. An ultra-modern ambulance has also been dedicated to the committee by Dr.…

Health professionals working at the Begoro Government Hospital in the Eastern Region where one case of the deadly coronavirus was recorded are being stigmatized by the people in the area. While commercial vehicles have been refusing to pick them, traders on the other hand are unwilling to sell to them or take money from them on the suspicion that they may have also been infected. A 65-year-old mango seller who admitted to the male ward of the facility in the Fanteakwa North District on April 5 was confirmed to have contracted the coronavirus almost a week after although he had…

A groom and his bride on Sunday afternoon fled and abandoned their wedding ceremony when they heard police patrol vehicles approaching the event grounds in Tamale with blaring sirens. The groom, who has been identified only as Nash and the bride, Tijani Nimatu, were holding an Islamic marriage ceremony at Kukuo with scores of guests in attendance, have been declared wanted by the Police in Tamale. According to the police, the two acted in flagrant disregard for the ban on social gathering. They were issued with a 24-hour ultimatum to report to the police but have since failed to honour…