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The Chief of Mujipe Abdul-Rahman Bore has been arrested by police in the Savannah region. The 55-year-old chief had presented himself to the regional police command after being placed on police wanted list following a misunderstanding on royalties between Kpalbisi and Mujipe which led to the death of two persons in January. In an interview with the Savannah Regional Police commander, DCOP Enoch Adutwum Bediako, he said the Mujipewura reported at the police command and told the officers there that he had information that he was wanted by police for interrogation. “I sanctioned his arrest to help us in our…

Test results for two suspected cases of Coronavirus at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital have proven negative. Dr Kofi Bonney a Senior Researcher at Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research confirmed to TV3 on Thursday afternoon. “We finished about an hour ago and it came out negative,” he stated. According to Dr. Bonney, different tests were conducted on the samples. He explained that “most sensitive” test as well as the “complementary tests so support or validate” the initial result were done and all proved negative. Two foreign nationals – a Chinese and an Argentine – were quarantined at the Korle Bu…

Lynx Entertainment signee KiDi has stated that it wasn’t his place to talk about her erstwhile label mate MzVee’s depression. MzVee recently opened up on her battle with depression for the past two years, which was also the reason for her absence from the music scene. On TV3’s Newday, she [MzVee] disclosed that, her break was to enable her engage in a “soul searching” at a time she was “super depressed.” KiDi, speaking about MzVee’s revelation in an interview on Showbiz 927 on 3FM with MzGee, said although he knew about it, he wasn’t the one to come public about…

Test results for two suspected cases of Coronavirus at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital are expected to be ready by midday, Thursday, February 6, 2020, Dr Kofi Bonney a Senior Researcher at Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research has said. Two foreign nationals – a Chinese and an Argentine – were quarantined at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital on Wednesday when they reported at the facility with symptoms suspected to be coronavirus. Blood samples of the patients who have been living together in Ghana for some days were sent to the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research for further analysis. Dr.…

A Chinese newborn has been diagnosed with the new coronavirus just 30 hours after birth, the youngest case recorded so far, state media said. The baby was born on 2 February in Wuhan, the epicentre of the virus. The baby’s mother tested positive before she gave birth. It is unclear how the disease was transmitted – in the womb, or after birth. Only a handful of children have come down with the virus, which has killed 563 people and infected 28,018. State media outlet Xinhua reported news of the infection late on Wednesday. It added that the baby, which weighed…

The Minister of Communications, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has led Ghana’s delegation to take part in the three-day CyberTech Global 2020 conference which took place last week in Tel Aviv, Israel from 28-30 January 2020. The delegation was made up of representatives of the National Cyber Security Centre, National Communications Authority, National Information Technology Agency and members of the Ghanaian business community. This year’s conference on cybersecurity, under the banner CyberTech 2020, attracted high-level government officials, technocrats, experts and business leaders from across the world to deliberate on common challenges facing their countries/organisations and devise strategic policies to combat cybercrime worldwide.…

President Donald Trump has been cleared in his impeachment trial, ending a congressional bid to remove him from office that bitterly divided the US. The Senate, run by the president’s fellow Republicans, voted to acquit him 52-48 on charges of abuse of power and 53-47 on obstruction of Congress. Democrats charged Mr Trump in December with pressuring Ukraine to smear a potential White House rival. He will become the first impeached president to seek re-election. In its historic vote on Wednesday, the Senate decided not to remove America’s 45th president from office on charges arising from his dealings with Ukraine.…

Counsel for Dr. Stephen Opuni, former chief executive of COCOBOD, has asked the Appeal’s Court to set aside a High Court ruling that adjourned, indefinitely, a perjury case brought against a witness of the state. The appellant also wants the Court of Appeal to get a different judge to hear the perjury case against Dr. Yaw Adu-Ampomah. The respondent who has been accused of “deliberately lying” to the court in his testimony is the third prosecution witness in the trial of Dr. Opuni and Seidu Agongo the Chief Executive Officer of Agricult Ghana Limited. Dr. Yaw Adu-Ampomah who is a…

The Ashanti Regional Chief of Zongo Communities, Sultan Alhaji Umar Farouk Saeed says his office will work closely with security agencies and other stakeholders to sensitize residents within the communities on the need to uphold peace ahead of the 2020 general elections. He has therefore called on people living within Zongo communities especially the youth to eschew acts that will affect the peace of the country. “This year is an election year and I urge all the people of Zongo to comport themselves in the very best manner that will ensure peaceful election in the country”. Sultan Alhaji Farouk Saeed…

The former Deputy General Secretary of the NDC, Koku Anyidoho is seeking help from the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ghana Police Service to track persons behind a fake Facebook account in his name. He told the Cyber Crime Unit of the police CID that the fake account is causing him “huge problems”. This is the second time the NDC firebrand is reporting the nefarious activities to the police CID. The first report was made about four years ago. In his statement to the police on Tuesday, February 4, 2020, Koku Anyidoho said the facebook account keeps posting statement he…