The Electoral Commission (EC) and the National Identification Authority (NIA) will soon resume their registration exercises following the lifting of the ban on public and social gatherings by the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Nana Akufo-Addo in an address on Sunday urged such bodies to adhere to safety protocols during their activities. “…Statutory bodies such as the Electoral Commission, the National Commission for Civic Education, and the National Identification Authority, whose activities were exempted from the outset from these restrictions, must conduct their activities in accordance with social distancing and the necessary hygiene and safety protocols,” he said. President Akufo-Addo, on March 15, 2020, banned all public gatherings including conferences, workshops, funerals, festivals, political rallies, church activities, and other related events as part of measures to stop the spread of coronavirus in the country. The National Identification Authority which was organis...

Schools across the country have been reopened solely for final year students as part of measures to ease restrictions in Ghana’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in his 10th televised address to the nation said the move is to prepare and enable the students to take their final examinations. According to him, the reopening is with the appropriate enhanced safety protocols and social distancing adherence. Final year university students are expected to resume school on Monday, June 15, 2020. “All final year students of educational and training institutions, which are being managed by Ministries other than the Education Ministry, are to return to school on 15th June to complete their exit examinations”, the President said. Whereas final year SHS students return to school on Monday, June 22, 2020, their counterparts in Junior High Schools will go back to school on Monday, June 29, 2020. “From Monday, 15th June 2020, the decision has been taken,...

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The Ashanti regional chairman of the Ghana Medical Association, Dr. Paa Kwasi Baidoo has challenged a claim by the Food and Drugs Authority that local masks can protect clinicians against the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the health expert, after several research, there has been no prove that the said masks can protect health workers who engage directly with Covid-19 patients from contracting the virus. “There’s been several research conducted that cloth masks do not protect one from either bacteria or viral infection. “And indeed even the African Center for Disease Control and Prevention made their own recommendations and their recommendation is that this cloth masks should not be used by clinicians,’ he said on Top Story Friday. The claim comes after the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital asked the medical team to use cloth masks after the GMA requested to be provided with materials, including the N95 face masks to facilitate their work as well as ensuring their safety. Dr. Kwasi Baido...

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) says it has arrested officials of digital payment marketing and promotions firm, Payboy. A statement from EOCO on Friday said Payboy Company Limited does not have the license from either the Bank of Ghana or the Securities and Exchange Commission to perform the services it purports to offer. “The General Public is advised to be circumspect when dealing with companies or individuals if it involves financial commitments,” EOCO cautioned. “Investigations are ongoing,” it added. The arrest goes to further fuel the infamous Menzgold saga. The gold dealership firm said on May 19 that it had appointed Payboy to facilitate payments with their clients. Menzgold’s over 10,000 customers invested in gold collectibles with a subsidiary of the firm in a scheme that promised up to 10% monthly returns. The SEC ordered a shut-down of their operations after investigations revealed they were taking cash deposits illegally. Since September 2018, clients’ moni...

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Davido is set to move into his new house at the plush vicinity of Banana Island.  This afternoon, the singer took to his Instagram stories to show off the crib. In one photo he shared from inside the elevator, he wrote: 'Always wanted go up at the crib like this.' Watch the video below.  View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lindaikejiblog (@lindaikejiblogofficial) on May 29, 2020 at 9:15am PDT

Every year, the Statistics, Research, Information, Management and Public Relations (SRIMPR) division of the Ministry of Education rank the various high schools in Ghana based on the WASSCE results. St. James Seminary/Senior High School in Sunyani in the Brong Ahafo Region ranked first in the 2019 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). popular Schools like Mfantsipim and PRESEC could not make the first 10. Below are the overall 10 best senior high schools according to the 2019 WAEC results in Ghana. 1. ST. JAMES SEMINARY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL  – Average percentage of passes: 98.80% 2. ST. FRANCIS XAVIER JUNIOR SEMINARY  – Average percentage of passes: 94.97% 3. OPOKU WARE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL  – Average percentage of passes: 88.23% 4. WESLEY GIRLS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL  – Average percentage of passes: 87.60% 5. HOLY CHILD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL  – Average percentage of passes: 87.53% 6. ADISADEL COLLEGE  – Average percentage of passes: 86.31% 7. ST...

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says some of the over 200 Ghanaians who returned from Kuwait over the weekend have tested positive for coronavirus. Director of Public Health at the Service, Dr Badu Sakordie during a press briefing on Thursday said he has been informed that some of the returnees have tested positive but will wait for official confirmation of the exact number. “There are indications that some of them have tested positive. We will follow up and when we have the full report, we will share appropriately,” he said. Prior to this, tests conducted on the returnees by Kuwaiti health officials were negative. The Director of Media and Communications for Operation Covid-19 safety, Osei Bonsu Dickson who revealed this to JoyNews when they arrived in Ghana on Saturday, May 23, however, indicated that another round of tests would be conducted on them. They are the first batch of citizens resident abroad who have applied to be brought back home following the outbreak of the coronavirus...

The 24 year-old security man, Bless Amedegbe aka Don Dada Bless, is facing a charge of assault on a public officer as well as False Communication, contrary to Section 76(1) of the Electronic Communication Act, 2008 (Act 775). He instigated the public on social media to burn the house of President Akufo-Addo and also kill police officers enforcing Covid-19 measures has been granted bail in the sum of GHC100,000, with two sureties. He has, however, denied the offences. Amedegbe, is said to have taken the action because he believed the global pandemic was a hoax. Sergeant Sarpong said in April this year, after the President announced the restriction of movement order in the Greater Accra and Greater Kumasi Metropolitan areas, Amedegbe took video shots of himself and circulated same via YouTube and WhatsApp Platforms, inciting the public to defy the President’s Executive Orders on the lockdown. The Prosecution said the accused described the President’s social distancing directive as a ...