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[ads3] The Sports Writers’ Association of Ghana (SWAG) in collaboration with Betway Ghana will organize a one-day media training for sports journalists in the Western Regions on Friday, January 29, 2021 at the Alliance Protea Hotel in Takoradi. Journalists from across Western, Western North and Central regions of Ghana are expected to attend the 3rd Betway/SWAG Sports Journalists Conference, which is being organized by the leading online sports betting company, Betway, with support from SWAG – the Umbrella Body of Sports Media in Ghana.[ads2] The conference will focus on the influence of media on sports, preparation and coverage of sports…
[ads1] Eighty–five persons have been arrested in Koforidua for failing to wear the mandatory nose mask. They were arrested within the central business district in Koforidua and its environs on Friday, in a special operation led by the Acting Regional Police Operational Commander and his team.[ads2] Briefing the Ghana News Agency (GNA), Police Chief Superintendent Mr Raymond Kofi Erzuah, Acting Regional Operations Commander, said those arrested were sent to the Regional Police headquarters, where they took their caution statements. He explained that the operation was targeted at enforcing the directive on the mandatory wearing of the face masks, as part…
[ads3] The 2019 outbreak of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV2), the virus that causes Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19), which originated from Wuhan in China achieved a pandemic proportion in the first quarter of last year, 2020. Currently, all countries on Earth, in one way or the other, have reported of COVID-19 cases among their people, either home or abroad. Ghana, like her other African nations, is of no exception. As at today, Ghana’s total COVID-19 cases stands at 58,065, however, with impressive recoveries of about 56,000. Coronavirus has low Case Fatality Rate (CFR) The Coronavirus, an RNA-dependent zoonotic virus,…
[ads3] The member of Parliament for Dome Kwabenya in the Greater Accra Region, Sarah Adwoa Safo has been nominated by President Akufo-Addo for the position as Minister for Gender,Children and Social Protection. This was contained in a list from the Communication Directorate of the Presidency dated January 21, 2021.[ads2] Adwoa Safo who was the state minister in charge of Procurement during the first term of President Akufo-Addo has been handed the new ministerial role subject to Parliament prior approval. With President Akufo-Addo eager to prioritize the works and housing ministry, former deputy chief of staff, Francis Asenso-Boakye has been designated…
[ads1] At least 282 persons have been arrested by the police for failing to wear nose masks as the fight against the novel Coronavirus get tougher. This was disclosed by the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Effia Tenge who is the head of the Public Affairs Unit of the Accra Regional Police Command. She explained that, the Accra Regional Police Command has made 97 arrests, followed by Ministries, 66, Baatsona, 50, Teshie, 30, Madina, 23 and Tesano, 16.[ads2] She explained to the Ghana News Agency that, the move is in line with the implementation of the Executive Instrument passed by…
[ads1] A founding member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Kwame Amoako-Tuffour, is reported dead. He reportedly died at the 37 Military Hospital, today, January 21, 2021.[ads2] Dr Amoako-Tuffour was a former National Coordinator of the Ghana School Feeding Programme in the erstwhile John Kufuor administration.[ads3] Prior to his death, he was a presidential advisor. – peacefm[ads5]
[ads1] President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has trimmed down the number of ministries in his second administration from 36 to 29. Consequently, the number of ministers, deputy ministers and regional ministers to be appointed will not exceed 85. The list of qualified Ghanaians who will serve as ministers and deputy ministers in President Akufo-Addo’s second term will be released this week as soon as Parliament constitutes its Appointments Committee.[ads2] The Director of Communications at the Presidency, Mr Eugene Arhin, told the Daily Graphic in Accra Tuesday [Jan 19, 2021] that the list, which would be printed on green sheets in…
[ads3] The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama has filed a motion at the Supreme Court, demanding all the original 275 pink sheets of the constituency collation forms for the presidential election. Mr. Mahama who filed the motion through his lawyers on Tuesday, January 19, 2021 is also asking for five other requests which include the originals of the Constituency Presidential Election Results Summary Sheets and the Regional Presidential Election Results Collation Forms.[ads2] Per the motion filed by the former President, he is asking for: The originals of the Constituency Presidential Election Results Collation Forms (Form…
[ads3] Asaase Radio in Accra is reporting that the National Security Coordinator, Joshua Kyeremeh has died after a short illness. Mr. Kyeremeh is said to have died of kidney complications at the Ga East Municipal Hospital in Accra on Monday, January 18, 2021, where he was receiving treatment for Covid-19. Kyeremeh was one of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s first appointees in 2017 during his first term. A consummate intelligence professional, he had been holding the position of National Security Coordinator since then.[ads4] Kyeremeh was a product of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), and a former…