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Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s chief of staff has died after contracting the novel coronavirus, the presidency said on Saturday. Buhari’s office announced in a statement that it “regrets to announce the passage” of Abba Kyari, who acted as gatekeeper to the president of Africa’s most populous nation. “The deceased had tested positive to the ravaging COVID-19, and had been receiving treatment. But he died on Friday, April 17, 2020,” the statement said. “May God accept his soul.” Kyari, in his 70s, was the highest-profile COVID-19 death in the West African country, which has 493 confirmed cases and 17 deaths, according to…

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has said government’s request for the local production of mass personal protective equipment (PPE) to aid the fight against covid-19 demonstrates government’s commitment towards promoting local industries. Tens of thousands of government-ordered PPE such as face masks, medical scrubs and medical gowns are being produced locally by some garment manufacturing companies. The Vice President on Friday toured three of the companies, Dignity DTRT, Sleek Garments and Cadling Fashion. Which are producing the PPE Dr. Bawumia who was accompanied by the Minister of Trade and Industry, Alan Kyerematen, said that government is committed to supporting the…

A star-studded special concert is to be live-streamed and broadcast on TV to support frontline workers tackling the coronavirus outbreak. The One World: Together At Home show will see more than 100 artists including the Rolling Stones and Billie Eilish perform live from their homes. The eight-hour global event is run by the Global Citizen movement and the World Health Organization (WHO). It will be curated in collaboration with superstar Lady Gaga. “We may be apart right now, but coming together has never been more important,” Global Citizen said in a statement. American TV personalities Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel and…

A military man on operation covid-19 safety duties has shot at a 50-year-old motor rider for allegedly using unapproved route at a barrier at Dobro in the Nsawam Adoagyir Municipality of the Eastern Region. According to the police, report from the security personnel at the said barrier indicated that the motor rider refused several signals to stop when he attempted to use unapproved route. He was said to have jumped a bamboo barricade at the barrier where the security officers were doing road snap checks and nearly ran into some military men there. In attempt to stop the rider, the…

The African Public Relations Association (APRA) has postponed its 2020 Tanzania conference to May 2021 as a result of the devastating effect of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic across the globe. The decision was reached after a thorough assessment of the current situation and the “economic repercussions” the pandemic will have across the continent. It also took into consideration the financial pressures the conference may bring to members should it be held this year. A statement co-signed by APRA Secretary General, Jane Gitau, and PRST President, Loth Makuza, assured members of a series of webinars that will “help members benefit from…

Chairman of Parliament’s Finance Committee, Dr Mark Assibey Yeboah has disclosed part of a US$ 1 billion loan government has secured from the IMF will be used to pay for the Covid-19 electricity subsidy for Ghanaians announced by President Akufo-Addo. Parliament on Friday night approved the US$1 billion (5.5 billion Ghana cedis) International Monetary Fund (IMF) Rapid Credit Facility (RCF) to mitigate the impact of the Covid–19 pandemic. Dr. Assibey Yeboah who delivered to the house a report of the Finance Committee of Parliament recommending approval of the loan, said 1 billion Ghana Cedis of the amount will be used…

Ghanaian musician, Charles Nii Armah Mensah, popularly known as Shatta Wale and his Shatta Movement team on Friday 17th April 2020 made a donation to the James Camp Prisons located at Roman Ridge in Accra.  The assorted items donated by the team included food items (bags of rice, gallons of cooking oil, sacks of sugar, boxes of spaghetti, boxes of frozen chicken wings, canned tomatoes), boxes of biscuits, laundry and bath soaps, boxes of toilet tissue, cartons of soft drinks, dental care kits and copies of the Odyssey of Shatta Wale book. The items were presented by Mr. Charles Mensah (Shatta…

The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus originated last year, has raised its official Covid-19 death toll by 50%, adding 1,290 fatalities. Wuhan officials attributed the new figure to updated reporting and deaths outside hospitals. China has insisted there was no cover-up. It has been accused of downplaying the severity of its virus outbreak. Wuhan’s 11 million residents spent months in strict lockdown conditions, which have only recently been eased. The latest official figures bring the death toll in the city in China’s central Hubei province to 3,869, increasing the national total to more than 4,600. China has confirmed…

At a time when schools across the country have been shut as part of measures to fight the coronavirus global pandemic, Integrated Data Systems (IDS), an ICT Services Provider has launched its free online virtual classes for schools across the country. The e-learning platform which will be provided to the schools for free for the next three months will bring the classroom experience into living and bedrooms of both students and teachers. According to the Chief Executive Officer of IDS, Nii Addo Tetteh, the platform will provide every significant aspect of school administration to both students and teachers while at…

Jackson College of Education, Ghana’s leading private College of Education, has presented a cheque for GH₵ 20,000.00 to the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR), at a brief ceremony in Kumasi. The donation sought to enhance the work of the research institution in the face of the novel coronavirus outbreak which continues to spread across the country. Currently, the KCCR is the only centre in the northern part of Ghana testing blood samples of suspected COVID-19 cases. The Ashanti Regional Health Directorate has so far collected 13,199 blood samples for testing at the centre as part of…