TOP GHANA NEWS HEADLINES FOR TODAY – MONDAY, 27TH APRIL, 2020….
BY: SV KPODO (kvincentseth@gmail.com)
>>>GENERAL NEWS HEADLINES…
*Coronavirus: Govt makes strides in PPE production and supply for health workers
*Coronavirus fight ‘will be a long war’ for Ghana – Akufo-Addo
*Parliament calls on parents to protect children against coronavirus
*Akufo-Addo extends ban on public gathering by two weeks
*Coronavirus: Existing measures should be maintained – Akufo-Addo
*Pregnant Coronavirus patient delivers safely
*Full text: Akufo-Addo’s speech on his eight address to the nation
*Coronavirus: 271 new cases recorded in Ghana, one more person dies
*Two men clash over SHS girl, one hospitalized
*Alleged fraudster on GES payroll busted
*Martin Kpebu against alleged EC workshop in Accra
*Coronavirus enhances position of NPP – Dr. Adu-Gyamfi
*Coronavirus: US supports Ghana to boost testing capacity
*’Immunity passports’ against Coronavirus premature – WHO
*Archbishop Palmer-Buckle refutes claims of meeting to resolve Ga Mantse Chieftaincy issues
*P4C donates to Ga East Municipal Hospital towards coronavirus fight
*Manhole swallows boy, 7, at Pakyi
*Zoomlion fumigates more High Schools in Ashanti Region
*CSM kills 2 at West Gonja Municipality – GHS reveals
*Lack of amenities renders CHPS compound in Lower Manya Krobo useless
*GhanaWeb launches religious streaming service for churches and mosques
*Personnel from Ghana Armed Forces build coronavirus isolation centre at Kwabenya
*Zero malaria achievable – First Lady
*WHO and partners launch ‘ACT Accelerator’ to fight coronavirus
*Abu Jinapor facilitates installation of X-ray machines at West Gonja Catholic Hospital
*Sam George mulls further legal action against EC
*Observe malaria prevention protocols – GHS
*Let’s not lose sight of Malaria even as we fight coronavirus – Mahama
*Farmer jailed 20 years for defiling, impregnating daughter, 15
*Damongo: VRA/NEDCo must compensate us for damaging our electrical gadgets – Residents
*Bole DCE commends garment makers for donating liquid soaps to assembly and MP
*Blows at NDC press conference in Effutu
*Sekondi MP cuts sod for construction of a six-unit classroom block at Sekondi Zongo
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>>>SPORTS NEWS HEADLINES…
*My first child is a footballer at the University of Ghana – Dong Bortey
*Arsenal signing £43m Thomas Partey in summer transfer window depends on key condition
*Kwadwo Asamoah receives proposals from Watford and Fenerbahce
*Baba Rahman is the luckiest Ghanaian footballer – Abednego Tetteh
*Asamoah Gyan keen on realising long-held Asante Kotoko dream
*Ivory Coast legend Didier Drogba gets zero vote from ex-players in FA presidential elections
*We thought Dong Bortey was into black magic – Lawrence Adjah Tetteh
*Osei Kuffour feels ‘cheated’ in losing CAF awards to Kanu and Diouf
*Freddie Roach wasn’t the right fit for Isaac Dogboe – Paul Dogboe
*Ibrahimovic gave me balls I dreamed of at Milan – Boateng
*Nii Lante Vanderpuye comes to the rescue of Liberty Oldies coach
*I was forced to play through pain at Al Hilal – Abednego Tetteh reveals
*Opoku Nti wanted Emmanuel Dasoberi as Asante Kotoko’s permanent Administrative Manager
*Clubs in Austria commence training as players wear face masks
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>>>BUSINESS NEWS HEADLINES…
*Fall armyworms have started destroying farms in Ghana again – Agric. Ministry
*Coronavirus: Ghana Revenue Authority manufactures hand sanitizers
*Trial of Gilead’s potential coronavirus treatment running ahead of schedule, researcher says
*No dividend payment directive by BoG to discourage investments – Finance Expert
*SSNIT to be badly hit by BoG’s directive to banks to halt dividend payment
*Goldman Sachs predicts flat economy, EIU a contraction
*GSE’s trading to drop over BoG’s directive to banks to stop dividends payment – Analyst
*Fairtrade Africa supports alliance on climate action and living incomes in cocoa regions
*Suspension of dividend payment by banks: Implications and effects
*Coronavirus: Build robust industry, enforce local buying – Procurement expert
*Gov’t must target agric for recovery from coronavirus – Prof Quartey
*Gov’t should trim spending to navigate crisis – Ato Forson
*BoG to further cut monetary policy rate from coronavirus impact – EIU predicts
*WTO, IMF draw attention on open trade policies in defeating coronavirus
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>>>ENTERTAINMENT NEWS HEADLINES…
*McBrown responds to video that supposedly has her knocking Mahama’s head on TV
*Controversy brews as Strongman clashes with Kweku Smoke over Sarkodie tweet
*Cause of Prophet Seth Frimpong’s death not diabetes – Brother Sammy
*D Black annoyed as he’s stuck outside Ghana
*Men who dress like this turn me on – Salma Mumin reacts to Elikem’s outfit
*Okyeame Kwame recounts how Lord Kenya tied him to a bed in school
*Prophet Frimpong’s first wife did not leave because of his illness – Spiritualist explains
*Take your dance and let’s take our music – Keche blasts Gasmila
*Flowking Stone is a better rapper than I am – Okyeame Kwame
*Don’t stop giving offerings during this coronavirus pandemic – Uncle Ato
*Foster Romanus goes virtual with ‘Lockdown Worship & Comedy’
*Locally produced films lack distributors not good content – Peter Sedufia
*Nana Ama Mcbrown denies video of her knocking John Mahama on UTV
*Bisa Kdei features Sista Afia on ‘Ofie Nipa’
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>>>AFRICA NEWS HEADLINES…
*Coronavirus: The different approaches to lockdowns in Africa
*Man kills 70-year-old father in Nigeria
*SA seeking $5 bln from multilateral lenders to fight virus – Treasury official
*Cuba sends doctors to South Africa to combat coronavirus
*Coronavirus: The different approaches to lockdowns in Africa
*The top 10 African countries most affected by coronavirus
*Davido donates proceeds of ‘Dolce & Gabanna’ video to coronavirus research
*At least 18 killed, several injured in DRC’s Virunga Park
*Kenya will ‘scrutinize’ any UK request to test Covid-19 vaccine on citizens
*Flood victims cry out as leaders trade barbs over Kisumu tour
*ECOWAS affirms election of Guinea-Bissau president
*Mozambique secures $309 million funding from IMF for coronavirus
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>>>WORLD NEWS HEADLINES…
*Coronavirus came to New York from Europe, not China – Governor
*Abu Dhabi’s Etihad extends suspension of scheduled flights to at least May 16
*Riot in Argentine prison after confirmed coronavirus case
*U.S. airlines receive extra US$9.5 billion in payroll support: U.S. Treasury
*US records 2,494 new coronavirus deaths in 24 hours
*China seizes over 89 million shoddy face masks
*Coronavirus: Spain’s daily death toll drops to 288
*Australia launches app to trace coronavirus contacts
*Heartfelt tributes to ‘wonderful’ Hull nurse Vicky Quarshie after tragic hospital death
*No evidence coronavirus survivors can’t be reinfected – WHO
*’We’re going out!’ – Spanish kids reclaim streets after weeks indoors
*17 police officers killed by coronavirus in Peru
*Ramadan: Muslims fast under coronavirus lockdowns
*Explainer: How the U.S. could use taxpayer dollars to save oil and energy companies
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