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File photo Ghana has legalized the use of cannabis for health and industrial purposes as it joins other African countries hoping to derive economic and health benefits from the substance. On Friday the country’s Parliament passed into law the Narcotics Control Commission Bill, 2019. The law now makes the country’s Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) aContinue reading “Ghana legalizes cannabis for health and industrial purposes”

File Photo A 35-year-old man has been arrested for storming a registration centre of the National Identification Authority (NIA) firing warning shots in an attempt to halt the exercise. The incident occurred Thursday, March 19, 2020 at about 7:40am at Obeyemi a farming community near Oterkpelu in the Yilo Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region.Continue reading “Coronavirus: Gunshots at NIA registration centre”

File photo 50 percent of the victims of the pandemic have recovered so far 50 percent of the victims of the pandemic have recovered so far Eight Ghanaians who contracted the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) are reported to have recovered, a highly placed government official has told kasapafmonline.com. As at Friday, March 20, 2020, Ghana hasContinue reading “Coronavirus: 8 Ghanaians have allegedly recovered”

The cases have risen since the first two on Thursday Ghana has recorded five (5) new confirmed cases of the fast-spreading Coronavirus pandemic, making a total of 16 cases in all. All 5 cases were confirmed on the 19th March 2020 from the Greater Accra Region, according to information on government’s official COVID-19 update page;Continue reading “Coronavirus: Ghana records 16 cases in 9 days”

The NIA is being pressured to suspend its ongoing exercise in the Eastern Region. The Eastern Regional Communication Director for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), David Prah, has promised that members of the party in the region will gang up and deal mercilessly with members of the opposition, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) should theyContinue reading “We will beat NDC members if they interfere in NIA process – NPP”

Kumasi Asante Kotoko FIFA has ordered that Kumasi Asante Kotoko must be relegated from the Ghana Premier League by next month if the Porcupine Warriors fail to pay the full $180,000 owed Tunisian giants Esperance. The Porcupine Warriors have just just 18 days to settle the long standing debt or they will be playing inContinue reading “Kotoko to be relegated next month over unpaid debt”

File Photo The Ghana Health Service has confirmed two more cases of the coronavirus pandemic in Ghana. “The first is a 59-year-old Ghanaian woman, resident in the United Kingdom who recently returned to Ghana and currently living in Kumasi, reported to a private hospital with the history of fever (temp of 39.1), general malaise, coughContinue reading “Coronavirus cases rises to 11 in Ghana”

NIA Boss, Professor Ken Attafuah holding a Ghana Card The National Identification Authority (NIA) has reacted to critics who have slammed them for refusing to suspend their registration exercise in the face of the COVID-19 outbreak. Contrary to claims that the NIA has defied the orders of the president for public gatherings to be suspended,Continue reading “We’ll not suspend Ghana card registration – NIA fires back”

Kwabena Maanu died on Sunday, March 15 The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has registered its first Coronavirus death as one of its elders in Denmark has been killed by the virus. Kwabena Maanu died on Sunday, March 15, 2020. He is one of three Ghanaians to have died from the virus. The other two,Continue reading “Coronavirus kills NPP elder in Denmark”

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has sued the Electoral Commission over attempts by the electoral management body to compile a new voters’ register ahead of the 2020 general elections.According to the NDC, the EC lacks the power to go ahead with its plans because it can only “compile a register of voters only once, andContinue reading “NDC sues EC over compilation of new voters’ register”