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Coronavirus: Ghana’s new guidelines for discharge patients

Ghana has revised its policy for the discharge of Covid-19 patients as part of measures to reduce ‘rising cost in testing’ and ‘increasing workload’. According...

Armed men demolish property of High Commissioner of Nigeria [Video]

Armed men on Friday night stormed the Nigerian High Commissioner’s residence in Accra, Ghana with bulldozers to demolish apartments on the property. The building was...

NPP Primaries: Delegates shock Obour

Musician-cum-politician, Bice Osei Kuffour, popularly known as Obour, has been defeated in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary primary which took place on Saturday,...

NPP Primaries: Check out some incumbents who lost their seats

The 2020 New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary primaries are over and some big shots have lost their seats. About 15 incumbent Members of Parliament (MPs) have...

Okyem Aboagye speaks after his defeat

Daniel Okyem Aboagye, after losing the Bantama seat to Deputy Chief of Staff, Francis Asenso- Boakye, has congratulated his contender. Mr Asenso-Boakye beat the sitting...

NPP Primaries: Check out how delegates voted in this polling station amid Covid-19

The Nii Boiman polling station in the Okaikwei North Constituency is reported to be strictly adhering to the Covid-19 safety protocols as delegates vote. Quite...

NPP Primaries: Delegate goes wild over MP’s decision not to allow him to vote

A delegate, identified as Edmond Kodwo Renkyi, has bemoaned the decision of the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for Okaikwei South Constituency, Ahmed Arthur,...

Mahama breaks silence on Airbus scandal

Former President John Dramani Mahama has broken his silence on the Airbus scandal by dismissing allegations of wrongdoing in the purchase of the two...

NPP Primaries: Delegate caught trying to vote in wrong electoral area [Video]

A delegate identified has been caught allegedly attempting to engage in an illegal voting exercise in the Okaikwei South Constituency in the ongoing New...

NPP Primaries: Confusion mars Awutu Senya West constituency [Video]

There is confusion in the Awutu Senya West Constituency over the New Patriotic Party (NPP) primaries as a delegate who was allegedly denied access...

Parts of Ashanti Region hit with disputes over delegates’ album

The New Patriotic Party’s parliamentary primaries currently underway in the Ashanti Region - the party’s stronghold - have been bedeviled with some challenges. The main...

NPP Primaries: Angry delegates at Ablekuma North refuse to vote

Some angry delegates at the Ablekuma North Constituency have refused to vote in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) primaries currently underway. According to Adom TV’s...

Covid-19: FDA cautions against dexamethasone

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has cautioned against the use of dexamethasone for the prevention of the novel coronavirus disease. This comes after researchers...

Boy 10, drowns in gutter

A 10-year-old class two pupil met his untimely death after drowning in a gutter during a 30 minutes downpour at Gomoa Obuasi on Wednesday. Master...

Coronavirus: Savannah region records two new cases

The Savannah Regional has recorded two new cases of the novel coronavirus. The case was recorded at Salaga in the East Gonja Municipality bringing the...

I almost died – Tsatsu Tsikata

Celebrated Ghanaian lawyer, Tsatsu Tsikata, has recounted how he almost lost his life 12 years ago after he was wrongfully sentenced to prison. According to...

What Gary-Al Smith’s Covid-19 status disclosure did for anti-stigma campaign

Joy Sports’ Gary Al-Smith in an unexpected post on June 18, announced that he had contracted the dreaded novel coronavirus. He disclosed his status via...

Fire destroys studio of MUSIGA Chairperson [Photos]

Fire has destroyed the studio of the Ashanti Regional Chairperson of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA), Augustina Addison. Reports indicate the incident, which occurred...

Peace FM loses another presenter

Despite Media Group, owners of Peace FM, has lost one of its popular presenters. Daniel Adjei Peprah, a renowned broadcast journalist, popularly referred to as...

Ibrah One’s brother visits Kennedy Agyapong to beg for him? [Photo]

The family of Ibrah One has reportedly visited Assin Central Member of Parliament (MP), Kennedy Agyapong, to plead with him after the young businessman...

Immigration Officers force residents to desilt gutters, sweep entire road for this reason [Video]

Some residents in the Bono East Regional Capital, Techiman, have been made to desilt gutters and sweep an entire road stretch over failure to...

Takoradi Kidnapping: I was tortured to give false confessions – Suspect claims

One of the suspects in the Takoradi kidnapping case, John Orji, claims the police tortured him to confess falsely during his interrogation. Mr Orji was...

We didn’t stop John Dumelo from carrying out dredging activities -Assembly

Our attention has been drawn to media reports that the Ayawaso West Municipal Assembly has stopped Mr John Dumelo from carrying out dredging activities...

Opuni fails to put his trial on hold again

The former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr. Stephen Opuni, who is standing trial for allegedly causing over GH¢217 million...

Duffuor, others now face 71 charges

The Attorney-General’s Office has amended its case against a shareholder of uniBank, Dr Kwabena Duffuor and eight others, bringing the charges up from 68...

Full list: Shake-up in Immigration Service

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has announced a shake-up among its top senior officers as it intensifies its fight against the deadly coronavirus. The service,...

Taxi driver killed by falling tree in Kumasi

A taxi driver is feared dead after a tree fell on him during a heavy rain storm at Mmrom in Kumasi, the Ashanti regional capital. The deceased, identified...

Akufo-Addo launches $219m galop initiative for 10,000 low-performing basic schools

President Nana Akufo-Addo has launched the Ghana Accountability and Learning Outcomes Project (GALOP). The Project is to help drive standards and quality in some 10,000...

Taxi driver killed by falling tree in Kumasi

A taxi driver is feared dead after a tree fell on him during a heavy rain storm at Mmrom in Kumasi, the Ashanti regional capital. The deceased, identified...

EC to present new Constitutional Instrument for vote transfer

The Electoral Commission (EC) is to present a new Constitutional Instrument (CI) before parliament next week to amend the existing CI 94. The new C.I...

Bono Regional Hospital MD warns staff who flout Covid-19 safety protocols [video]

The Medical Director of the Bono Regional Hospital, Dr. Cardinal Newton says management will not countenance staff who fail to strictly adhere to...

AG’s Office rejects Ato Essien’s refund deal

The Attorney General’s (AG) Office has revealed it has rejected the terms of a refund agreement submitted by the founder of defunct Capital Bank,...

Mother demands abortion after father impregnates daughter [Video]

Deborah Anaji, mother of a 13-year-old girl, is demanding her daughter aborts her two months old pregnancy her father is responsible for. To Madam Anaji,...

NPP man regrets curses in river

One of the four New Patriotic Party (NPP) members in the Juaben Constituency who cursed their party leaders in a river has regretted his weird action. Ransford...

Farmer, 58, murdered in front of his children

 A 58-year-old farmer, identified as Kudjo Dakudzi, has allegedly been murdered at Somanya in the Eastern region over land litigation. The incident is said to...

Coronavirus: KATH orders doctors, nurses at ICU to self quarantine for 14 days

The Management of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, has asked the doctors and nurses working at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)...

Africa reacts to success of dexamethasone trial

South Africa has said it was "considering" treating seriously ill Covid-19 patients with dexamethasone, a steroid drug that British medical scientists have hailed as...

Former TV3 staff who is now a drug addict narrates his story [Video]

Former TV3 lightning technician in 1997, Eric ‘Addotey’ Addo, has opened up about how drugs have affected his life after a friend introduced him...

First batch of ‘stranded’ UK returnees go into mandatory quarantine

Some 224 Ghanaians stranded in the United Kingdom (UK) have successfully returned home through a special arrangement dubbed 'Operation Return Home'. This comes...

Maggots infest an*s of 11-year-old boy after being sodomised

A doctor's revelation on Twitter on how an 11-year-old-boy developed maggots in his anus after years of rape, has left sadness in the heart...