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US Embassy in Accra opens thousands of new visa slots; urges World Cup travellers to apply early
Posted on with No CommentThe United States Embassy in Accra has announced an expansion of visa processing capacity, opening “thousands of additional non-immigrant visa appointment slots,” with many said to be immediately available. The move is a direct effort to manage anticipated high demand … Read more →
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29 Persons burnt to death in Kintampo-Tamale highway crash
Posted on | CommentA fatal accident on the Kintampo-Tamale highway in the Bono East Region has claimed the lives of 29 travelers. A Yutong bus was involved in a head-on collision with a mini Sprinter bus with registration number AS 1801-18 causing both … Read more →
JB’s ghost tormenting me – alleged killer
Posted on | CommentThe man suspected of killing J.B Danquah-Adu, the former Member of Parliament for Abuakwa-North, says the ghost of the former MP is tormenting him in prison. Daniel Asiedu told the Accra High Court on Tuesday [March 10, 2020] that he … Read more →
Africa records first coronavirus death
Posted on | CommentNorth African country, Egypt, has recorded its first case of death due to Coronavirus (COVID-19), making it the first to be recorded in Africa. The case, according to Egypt’s Ministry of Health, involved a German tourist who died on Sunday … Read more →
Western Region: JHS 2 Student stabs teenager to death over loaf of bread
Posted on | CommentA 19-year-old boy, Richard Baako, last Friday night allegedly stabbed to death by another teenager during a scuffle at Kwamikrom, near Aboadi, in the Ahanta West Municipality of the Western Region. The incident followed heated exchanges over a loaf of … Read more →
My foundation is building 4 shea butter factories – Samira Bawumia
Posted on | CommentThe Samira Empowerment for Humanitarian Project (SEHP) is building four factories for Shea butter processing in the Shea nut-rich regions in the Northern part of Ghana, the Second Lady Samira Bawumia has revealed. Speaking on Asempa FM’s popular Ekosiisen show … Read more →
Burkina Faso confirms first cases of coronavirus
Posted on | CommentBurkina Faso has become the sixth country in sub-Saharan Africa to record cases of the deadly coronavirus. Reuters reports that Burkina Faso’s Health Minister Claudine Lougue told reporters that the two patients, a husband and wife, had recently returned to … Read more →
Facebook, Apple and Twitter ask staff to work from home due to coronavirus
Posted on | CommentNew research by Deutsche Bank gives insights into the pressures felt by millions of Americans who don’t have the luxury to work remotely to prevent catching or spreading COVID-19. Working from home is a luxury that only some, mainly white-collar … Read more →
Bill Clinton claims he used sex with Monica Lewinsky to ‘manage his anxieties’
Posted on | CommentIn the new documentary Hillary about Hillary Clinton premiering tomorrow on Hulu, Bill Clinton has revealed some of the reasons behind his pursuit of sexual relationship with West Wing intern Monica Lewinsky, per the Daily Mail. In large part, he engaged with … Read more →
Free secondary education made me what I am today – Prime Minister Of Trinidad
Posted on | CommentThe Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr Keith Christopher Rowley, has hailed the impact of access to free secondary education on his life. Responding to a toast on Friday, March 6, 2020, at the Manyhia Palace, after the Asantehene, … Read more →
Coronavirus: Northern Italy quarantines 16 million people
Posted on | CommentItaly has placed up to 16 million people under quarantine as it battles to contain the spread of coronavirus. Anyone living in Lombardy and 14 other central and northern provinces will need special permission to travel. Milan and Venice are … Read more →
Kumasi gears up for 63rd Independence parade
Posted on | CommentKumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital, is waiting with bated breath to host the rest of the country at the Baba Yara Stadium on Friday, March 6, 2020, as Ghana marks 63 years of Independence from British colonial rule. Maiden It … Read more →
Health Ministry to receive additional GH¢11 million to fight Coronavirus
Posted on | CommentThe Ministry of Health is set to receive an additional GH¢11 million to help it prepare and contain an outbreak of the novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, should it surface in the country. The World Health Organisation in its … Read more →
Coronavirus: Dangote pledges $550K to help curb spread in Nigeria
Posted on | CommentThe Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) yesterday pledged N200million [$550,000] to support the current effort of the Nigerian government towards curbing the spread of Corona Virus or Covid-19 in the country. ADF’s intervention is considered the largest single donation by a … Read more →
Donald Trump donates salary to fight coronavirus
Posted on | CommentAmerican President, Donald Trump has donated $100,000 of his salary towards the fight against coronavirus in the country. Mr Trump’s gesture was announced by Press Secretary of the White House, Stephanie Grisham in a tweet. Madam Grisham revealed the donation … Read more →
National Cathedral ground-breaking ceremony takes off today
Posted on | CommentPresident Akufo-Addo will today, March 5,2020 break the ground to pave way for the construction of the long-awaited inter-denominational National Cathedral. At the moment, the National Theatre, which is Ghana’s most preferred edifice for use in national activities, can only accommodate … Read more →
Class 4 pupil dies after falling from mango tree
Posted on | CommentA class four (4) pupil of Tease D/A Primary School in the Afram Plains South District of the Eastern region has died after falling out from a mango tree. The body of the deceased – Gyagadu Kwame Moses – has … Read more →
Shocking: Meet the woman who married a ghost
Posted on | CommentBang!!! That was the noise 32-year-old Gifty Nuname heard in the kitchen of her pastor’s home the night after she had said ‘I do’ to her husband. After being romantically involved with Stephen for so many years, Miss Nuname and … Read more →
Condoms are selling out as people put them on their fingers to avoid Coronavirus
Posted on | CommentPeople all over the world are currently doing whatever they can to prevent themselves getting Coronavirus, from wearing face masks everywhere they go to using hand sanitiser more times a day than they can count. But methods of prevention seem to be … Read more →
Senegal confirms second coronavirus case
Posted on | CommentA second person in Senegal has tested positive for coronavirus, the country’s health ministry confirms. It says the patient is an 80-year-old French national who arrived in the West African country on 29 February. He is being treated at the … Read more →
3 Chinese arrested for operating quarry illegally
Posted on | CommentThree Chinese have been arrested by the police for engaging in illegal quarry activities at the Shai Hills. They were arrested yesterday on the orders of the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh, who was on a … Read more →
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