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Ghanaian professor appointed to World Anti-Doping Agency group
A Ghanaian-born professor, Dominic Sagoe has been appointed to the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) Prevalence Working Group. He will be part of a 4-member expert group working to investigate contemporary estimation methods and trends in doping prevalence in sports. The professor shared a copy of his appointment letter on his Facebook wall to express his excitement. Prof. Dominic Sagoe of Psychosocial Science at the University of Bergen in Norway focused his Ph.D. research on non-medical...
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Politics
What have you done when you donate your 3-months salary? People want to be President without pay – Deputy Minority Whip
First Deputy Minority Whip, Ahmed Ibrahim says there is nothing exemplary about President Akufo-Addo donating his three-month salary to the COVID-19 Fund to help fight the pandemic. According to him, the President is only playing politics with the said donation and it should not be seen as anything worth commending. President Akufo-Addo donated his April, May and June salaries to the fund which is to serve as a cushion for the vulnerable during the pandemic....
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Business
SSNIT donates GHC500,000 to COVID-19 Fund
The Management of Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has presented an amount of five hundred thousand Ghana Cedis (GH¢500,000.00) to the COVID-19 National Trust Fund at a short ceremony on Wednesday, April 8, at the Jubilee House as part of efforts to support the government’s fight against the COVID-19 global pandemic. The Board Chairman of SSNIT, Dr. Addo Kufuor who led the SSNIT delegation, in presenting the cheque to the Chief of Staff,...
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Entertainment
I’ll beat you mercilessly like my kid if you mess up with me – Shatta Wale to Sarkodie
Dancehall artiste, Shatta Wale has threatened to beat fellow musician, Sarkodie if he ever jabs him in any of his songs again. This comes as Sarkodie called him an emotional rapper when the former in an interview on TV3 chastised the rapper for dropping a diss song, “SubZero” while the country is battling coronavirus. Sarkodie reacting to the comment said “Berma gyae gyimie no ... you feel say I get time to throw shot at...
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Crime & Punishment
Military officer allegedly shoots police woman during enforcement of lockdown operation
A soldier with the operation COVID Safety joint security task force stationed at one of the checkpoints at Tema Newtown has allegedly shot a policewoman enforcing the lockdown directive in the course of an operation this morning. The victim who has been identified as Lance Corporal Francisca Tenge reportedly sustained injuries in her thigh. The policewoman who is with the Tema Regional Police Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit has since been rushed to the...
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International
Museveni bans street jogging; says Ugandans should exercise in their homes, rooms
President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni has banned roadside and street jogging in Uganda in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the East African country's president, some Ugandans have taken advantage of exercising their bodies to defy the two-week lockdown imposed to contain the spread of the viral outbreak, a situation the President describes as very "carefree. " Addressing the nation on Wednesday, April 8, 2020, President Museveni directed all those indulged in roadside...
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Health
COVID-19: Lawyer calls for compulsory wearing of nose mask in public places
Private legal practitioner, Maxwell Opoku Agyemang has called on the government to issue a directive making it compulsory for everybody...
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