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The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has alleged that the Electoral Commission and National Identification Authority are conspiring to suppress votes in the strongholds of the party. Addressing a news conference Thursday afternoon, National Chairman of the party Samuel Ofosu Ampofo alleged that the decision of the Electoral Commission to push for the Ghana Card, birth certificate and Passport as ...

Leading Accra-based private tertiary institution, Regent University College has seen one of its buildings been put up for auction. A generator, two cars and a bus belonging to the University have been auctioned as well. One of the cars is said to be owned by its Chancellor. The auctioning is believed to be in line with a court ruling and ...

122 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Ghana shooting the national tally to 5,530, Director-General of the Ghana Health Service Dr. Badu Sarkodie has revealed. According to the Ghana Health Service, the recovery rate has also risen to 674. The death tally is still at 24, the GHS director said Thursday. Meanwhile, the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) and ...

A 98-year-old woman was reportedly discharged in Lagos today May 13, after recovering from Coronavirus. Lagos State Government on Wednesday announced that a 98-year-old woman has recovered from coronavirus after treatment at one of the state’s facilities. “Today, we discharged a 98-year-old woman, our oldest #COVID19 patient in Lagos,” Lagos State governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu tweeted. The 98-year-old woman, Sanwo-Olu said, ...

A nurse at the Tamale Teaching Hospital has been apprehended for flouting social distancing rules to organise a naming ceremony. The male nurse, Muniru Mohammed Saani, is said to have held the naming ceremony for his one-week-old baby on Wednesday. However, he was arrested at his home by some police officers while the ceremony was ongoing. Dailymailgh reports that the ...

The Ministry of Information will hold another edition of its press briefing series to provide an update to citizens on the next mitigating measures in Ghana’s fight against the Coronavirus pandemic. The sharp spike in Ghana’s case count continues to spark a debate and concerns over whether the country has reached its ‘peak’ as earlier announced by the Ghana Health Service. However ...

The Nana Otafrija pallbearers might look slick, but they are not afraid to get dirty. Their signature moves, carried out with a coffin in tow, include dropping to all-fours and crawling in unison; or lying on their backs, the coffin balanced on top of them, legs moving in time to the music – as though they have been crushed by ...

The Ghana Police Service has declared British television and radio actor Philip Middlemiss wanted over the role he played in the alleged £5 million airbus bribery. Ghana’s special prosecutor Martin Amidu since February launched a full scale investigation into the Airbus scandal and has released the passport details of the actor and four others online as wanted for questioning. He ...

A group calling itself Drivers for Change has called for the immediate arrest of Rev. Christian Andrew aka Osofo Kyiriabosom for ”threatening” President Akufo-Addo. The group, based their call on comments made by the man of God asking the president to lift the ban on social gatherings to allow churches to resume activities or calamity will befall the nation. Leader ...

The Deputy General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Obiri Boahen has warned that anyone who attempts to disrupt the upcoming compilation of the new Voter’s register would be beaten mercilessly. According to Nana Obiri Boahen, the violence that happened during the Ayawaso West Wuogon bye-election was just a tip of the iceberg, warning of more grievous ...