17th June, 2020
The Daily Graphic highlights the plight of the aged as the world observed elder abuse awareness day. It believes that although elder abuse is not a new phenomenon, nothing much has been done about it to help curb the problem. It believes that ageism and gender inequalities are getting worse during this COVID-19 pandemic, increasing […]
Electoral Commission denies phasing out 6,300 registration centres out of 33,000 centres claims
The Electoral Commission (EC) has refuted claims that it is phasing out registration in 6,300 Registration Centres out of the total 33,000 centres throughout the country. After a meeting between the EC and Parliament’s Special Budget Committee, the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu said the EC Chairperson had disclosed that the registration will be phased out […]
Lagos suspends reopening places of worship
The state government responsible for Nigeria’s most-crowded city, Lagos, has suspended indefinitely the planned reopening of mosques and churches this weekend as a result of a rise in the number of coronavirus cases. Nigeria now has more than 17,000 cases of COVID-19, the respiratory infection caused by the virus, almost half of them in Lagos […]
Tshegofatso Pule killing: South African police make arrest
South African police have arrested a 31-year-old man for the murder of a woman whose stabbed body was found hanging from a tree last week, triggering a national outcry. Twenty-eight-year-old Tshegofatso Pule was eight months pregnant. The man is due to appear in court later on Wednesday. After her death, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa […]
C.K Tedam University to minimise COVID-19 spread in Navrongo
The Clement Kubindiwo Tedam University of Technology and Applied Sciences at Navrongo in the Kassena-Nankana Municipality of the Upper East Region has put in measures to curb any possible spread of COVID-19 among students and residents of Navrongo. The Acting Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor Albert Luguterah, disclosed that management was in collaboration with the […]
Hundreds of Berlin households placed under quarantine amid COVID-19 spike
Authorities in Berlin have placed 369 households under quarantine after dozens tested positive for COVID-19. The outbreak in the borough of Neukölln involves six apartment buildings, with 57 people testing positive. “The special thing here is that it went so incredibly fast,” said Mayor Martin Hikel. “We realised quite soon that whole apartment blocks were […]
