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Drawing lessons from what happened in Iran, Saudi Arabia’s decision to temporarily halt all religious pilgrimages does not come as a surprise. Most of the coronavirus cases that have emerged in neighbouring countries like Oman, Kuwait and Bahrain are linked to travellers who had gone to Iran for religious visits. The ban comes less than 60 days before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins. This is the second busiest period during which millions of pilgrims visit Mecca – the birth place of the Prophet. The authorities have also decided not to allow non-religious travellers from countries where the coronavirus…

Rapper Okyeame Kwame has issued a 72-hour ultimatum to veteran musician Gyedu-Blay Ambolley to retract allegations that he received GH¢50,000 from the immediate past president of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA). The rapper, born Kwame Nsiah Appau, through his lawyers, is demanding the veteran musician retracts his comments stressing that he has never received any such amount from either Bice Osei Kuffour (Obour) or MUSIGA. Gyedu-Blay Ambolley, speaking in an interview on Showbiz 927 on 3FM with MzGee, alleged that the former president of musicians’ body shared the GH¢2 million that was given to the union by the government…

The Minority National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Parliament has disagreed with a statement by President Nana Akufo-Addo in the 2020 State of the Nation Address (SONA) that their administration did not drill new oil wells between 2013 and 2016. According to them, records from the Petroleum Commission indicated otherwise, showing that the NDC government between 2013 and end of 2016 drilled 38 oil wells that were accompanied by US$2.2 billion worth of investments. “It is factually inaccurate that there was no drilling activity between the period 2013 and 2016,” the NDC Minority said. Members of the Minority, who walked out…

The National Peace Council is expected to meet the National Democratic Congress next week with the hope of getting the party to sign the code of conduct on vigilantism, the Executive Secretary of the National Peace Council, George Amoh has disclosed. At the final peace dialogue meeting in Accra on Tuesday, 4th February with the various political parties, the main opposition party, the National Democratic Congress, NDC failed to sign the political parties’ code of conduct on the vigilantism until certain conditions were met. The Executive Secretary of the National Peace Council, speaking on the 3FM Sunrise Morning Show said…

The golden thread throughout the Ghana Rugby 2020 Stakeholder Congress (GRSC) was the Union’s ability to fund its operations in light of the increased demands brought about by its rapid development. Mr James N.A. Nunoo, Vice President and Board Member of Ghana Rugby, acted as Chairperson of the GRSC and expressed his hopes that the Congress will result in constructive inputs for the revised strategic direction of Ghana Rugby. In the opening address Mr Herbert Mensah, President and Board Chairman of Ghana Rugby, said that Ghana Rugby has come a long way since its previous Stakeholder Congress in 2014. “Since…

The same curriculum that developed a good number of Ghanaian citizens over decades and provided brighter opportunities for them has also cut off an even greater number of citizens, prematurely determined their fate and left them with little or no hope. That’s according to the Executive Secretary of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA), Dr Prince Armah. He was speaking to journalists in Accra about the soon to be introduced Common Core Programme which is the second phase of the ongoing educational reform in the country. Likening the implementation of the current curriculum to “driving a Bedford” in the 21st Century,…

Musician Okailey Verse, popularly known as OV, says even though she was fully aware of the misunderstanding between Stonebwoy and his former manager Black Cedi, she didn’t know why they were fighting. The singer, who was caught in the crossfire, said she knew that all was not well between the two but there was nothing she could do about it. The ‘Kambu’ singer, speaking about the beef for the first time in an interview on Showbiz 927 on 3FM with MzGee, said the fight between the two figureheads of Burniton Music got to its peak just when her one year…

Justice Clemence Honyenugah must step aside for judicial integrity to reign for defiling his position as a Chief and also his office as a Judge!!! The judicial impunity exhibited by Justice Clemence Honyenugah who doubles as the Paramount Chief of the Nyagbo Traditional Area, Torgbui Ashui Nyagasi V in his partisan public endorsement in the Oti Region of president Nana Addo for 2020 re-election renders him unfit to continue to preside over political cases and also makes him unqualified to stay in his judicial office. The public outrage and the massive condemnation of his senseless partisan political endorsement of president…

It is easy, when one surveys the social media landscape, which has come to take up the place of the proverbial public square, to sense the frustration that many feel about the state of our country, especially the manner in which public services are delivered. It is easier still to understand the source of this ennui. Some sixty odd years after that heady night when our first president declared boldly that we were perfectly capable of managing our own affairs, his optimism can sometimes feel a bit misplaced in the face of the reality that confronts us. Unlike some of…

The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) says it supports the decision by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) not to evacuate Ghanaian students in China over the coronavirus (COVID-19). There is growing concern among Ghanaian students in China and Italy following the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in these countries. Globally, at least 80,000 people have been reportedly diagnosed with the illness. Algeria is the first African country to report a case of coronavirus. The Algerian Ministry of Health confirmed on Tuesday the first case of coronavirus in the country, an Italian man who arrived on February 17. Speaking in an…