Author Archives: Manny Glover

Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare, the Special Advisor on health issues at the Presidency, has quashed rumours saying the coronavirus epidemic disease does not attack black people. According to him, the rumours in the Ghanaian media are false, frivolous and must not be tolerated at all. Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare says washing of hands withContinue reading “Is not true coronavirus does not attack black people – Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare”

Madam Lucy Anin A Member of Parliament (MP) in the First Republic, Madam Lucy Anin, has called for total attitudinal change and mindset among Ghanaians to reshape the country’s destiny and stimulate faster economic transformation. “Independence [for Ghana] means, we are a new state not under somebody, you are independent, you can make your ownContinue reading “Reshaping Ghana’s destiny demands discipline – First Republic MP”

Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah Ghanaian authorities will announce travel restrictions on countries with confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) today. Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says the announcement will come up at 12 pm. There was a meeting by the inter-ministerial committee on the COVID Response, chaired by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo yesterday.Continue reading “Coronavirus: Ghana to make announcement on travel restrictions today”

Government has assured it is assiduously working to contain the situation One of the two persons confirmed as having contracted the Coronavirus (COVID-19) is a Ghanaian, Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has revealed. According to him, one of the two males who entered Ghana through the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) works abroad and returned toContinue reading “Coronavirus: Infected patient from Turkey is Ghanaian – Oppong Nkrumah”

Blood sample with respiratory coronavirus positive Two cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Ghana, the Health Minister Kwaku Agyemang-Manu has announced. He made this known at an emergency press briefing by the Information Ministry on Thursday night, March 12, 2020. The two cases according to the Health Minister, tested positive after laboratory tests fromContinue reading “Two cases of coronavirus confirmed in Ghana”

Some executives of the NDC There was near fisticuffs at the site of the Adiboo Dam in the Yendi Municipal Assembly of the Northern Region as supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) clashed with their counterparts in the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Wednesday. The NDC led by its Communications Officer, Sammy Gyamfi, hadContinue reading “NDC, NPP clash at 1-village 1-dam site”

File photo The performance of students in the Basic Education Certificate Examination, BECE, in Akuapem North Municipality of the Eastern Region, continues to decline. Available statistics from Ghana Education Service indicate that a total of 1064 candidates representing 38.1% of 2,708 Candidates who wrote the 2018 BECE examination failed. The figure of failed students isContinue reading “Akuapem North records 38% failure in B.E.C.E”

A bronze statue is dedicated to Asameni, the brilliant strategist, and his capture of the castle. Osu Castle, also known as Christiansborg Castle, is a castle located in Osu, Accra, Ghana. Christiansborg Castle was built by Danish colonialists in 1659 on a land obtained from Paramount Chief Okaikoi of the Ga ethnic group. Over theContinue reading “How a Ghanaian Chief tricked the Danes in 1693, took their castle and later sold it back to them”

File photo The main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has accused the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) of destroying paraphernalia belonging to the NDC in the Ablekuma West Constituency. A statement signed by Jerry Johnson, the Greater Accra Regional Communications Officer, on Tuesday, 10 March 2020 said the destruction was perpetrated by “NPP surrogate groupsContinue reading “Stop destroying our paraphernalia – NDC to NPP”

Of the 3,994 new infections, 3,949 were outside China, according to the WHO. Burkina Faso has confirmed its first two cases of the novel coronavirus, local media reported Monday. The two patients are a couple, the wife having recently returned from France, a report said, quoting Health Minister Claudine Lougue. Lougue added that the patientsContinue reading “Burkina Faso confirms first two cases of coronavirus”