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Amnesty International Ghana, has condemned what it terms “untimely and insensitive” demolition exercise in one of Accra’s biggest slums, Old Fadama, specifically at the Bimbila Station. In a statement issued on Thursday, the human rights organization said it is alarmed by the exercise, which it said was jointly carried out by the Ministry of Water and Sanitation and the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA). According to Amnesty International, the exercise has rendered hundreds of people homeless at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and the presidential directives for partial lock down and the need for social distancing. “This is the time…

Security forces in Nigeria have killed more people than Covid-19 since the West African nation imposed a lockdown in parts of the country to deal with the pandemic, the National Human Rights Commission has found. So far, 12 people have died from Covid-19, while 18 have been killed by police trying to enforce lockdowns and other measures, the Nigerian rights group said. Its report said it had so far received and documented more than 100 complaints in 24 of Nigeria’s 36 states including Lagos, Ogun and Abuja, where a two-week lockdown was recently extended. Other parts of the country have…

There is turmoil on the corridors of the nation’s major revenue collection organization, which if not checked, will result in demotivation of staff and loss of substantial revenue necessary for national development. A memo fired from the Union of staff of the Ghana Revenue Authority dated April 14, 2020, and signed by George Awinbilla, Chairman, GRA, PSWU; Maxwell Osei-Gyamerah, Chairman GRAWU; Ken Tweneboah-Koduah, National Secretary, GRA, PSWU, and Patrick Amehoe, Executive Secretary, GRAWU and addressed to the Commissioner-General, GRA and copied to all GRA Commissioners, National Security Minister and Labour Commission accused Board Chair of GRA, Professor Stephen Adei of…

Ghana’s emerging gospel singer and anointed worship leader Minstrel Vicky Grant has released her maiden official single titled ‘M’Adamfo Pa’ (My Best Friend). M’Adamfo Pa is an inspirational gospel song inspired by a state of great deliverance through the name of the Lord Jesus Christ during one of the annual Gospel Concert dubbed “Khar’Cee”. M’Adamfo Pa presents the power in the name Jesus Christ as the best friend at all times either good or bad. At this very difficult time of a pandemic, the song ‘M’Adamfo Pa’ reminds us of the great friend, redeemer and a restorer in Christ Jesus.…

Prophet TB Joshua was attacked from around the world for making a false prophecy that the coronavirus would end on 27 March. Now he has broken his silence and came up with an explanation. He claims that when he said the virus would end, he wasn’t talking about throughout the world – he was only talking about Wuhan in China, where the virus first began. On Sunday, the Nigerian prophet had an exclusive interview with Emmanuel TV and responded to questions sent from all over the world. He said he was led by the Holy Spirit “I am not a…

Government has pushed forward the implementation date for the free electricity package introduced as part of measures to alleviate the economic impact of the deadly novel coronavirus on Ghanaians. The about 86 per cent of electricity consumers in the country set to benefit from the package will have to wait two more weeks to begin enjoying the free electricity for the poorest people and 50 per cent cut in bills for other customers. President Nana Akufo-Addo last week announced a 100 per cent absorption of electricity bills for the poorest of the poor who consume up to 50 kilowatt-hours a…

Government is spending a whopping 1 billion to finance the electricity relief package announced by President Nana Akufo-Addo to cushion Ghanaians for the next three months amid the deadly coronavirus outbreak. Energy Minister John Peter Amewu said on Thursday that the covid-19 presidential electricity package will cover about 86 per cent of Ghanaians who are hooked onto the national grid. ¢ 732 million for ECG For Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) customers, government is spending 244 million cedis every month as subsidy under the package and 732 million cedis in total for the next three month commencing in April. One…

President Donald Trump says the US has “passed the peak” of new Covid-19 cases and predicted some states would reopen this month. At the daily White House virus briefing, Mr Trump said new reopening guidelines would be announced on Thursday after he speaks to governors. “We’ll be the comeback kids, all of us,” the president said. “We want to get our country back.” The US has nearly 640,000 confirmed Covid-19 cases and over 30,800 deaths. “The data suggests that nationwide, we have passed the peak of new cases,” Mr Trump told reporters in the Rose Garden on Wednesday. “Hopefully that…

Ghana has made gains in its covid-19 fight in the last 24 hours as the country on Wednesday recorded a significant number of recoveries from the deadly virus with marginal new infections. Just a day after 17 persons diagnosed with the virus  were cleared as clinically cured, another batch of 66 persons have also been cured bringing the total number of recoveries in the country to 83 as at April 15. For the first time in days, just five new infections were recorded to put the national tally at 641 from the previous 636. There was however no new death.…