By Lara Adejoro The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has recorded 214 confirmed cases of Lassa fever, and 39 deaths from December 30, 2024, to January 19, 2025, in 10 states across 43 local government areas. The centre also reported 843 suspected cases with a case fatality rate of 18.2 per cent, according…
By Adekunle Sulaimon Ghana was in a frenzy mood when President John Mahama was sworn in in Accra, the capital of the country, on Tuesday. At the centre of attraction was 73-year-old newly sworn-in Vice-President Professor Jane Opoku-Agyemang. Opoku-Agyemang made history as the first elected female VP in the country’s history. The inauguration was attended…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have extended their congratulations to John Dramani Mahama on his victory in Ghana’s December 7 presidential election. This was contained in a statement issued by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy/Coordinator, media team, Bayo Onanuga. The statement partly read: “In…
Ghana’s general election has recorded violence, with one person fatally shot and another wounded at a polling station in Nyankpala. Police on Saturday said one person has been shot dead at a polling station in Northern Ghana during the presidential and parliamentary elections. It happened at a polling station in the northern town of Nyankpala,…
