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Adongo applauds IMF for ‘exposing’ govt’s massaged figures

Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central Constituency in the Upper East region, Isaac Adongo, has praised the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for affirming government’s...

Name and meaning of African wear Akufo-Addo wore during his 9th Covid-19 update revealed

During President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's 9th televised address to the nation on Covid-19, he encouraged the general public to adhere to the preventive...

Full speech: Akufo-Addo’s 9th address on coronavirus pandemic

Fellow Ghanaians, good evening. It has been eight (8) weeks since our nation embarked on a co-ordinated, enhanced response towards combating the Coronavirus pandemic,...

Ban on social gatherings extended!

Government has extended the ban on social gatherings to the end of May as the number of novel coronavirus infections in the country continues...

Coronavirus: Mensa Otabil prays for laid-off workers

The General Overseer of the International Central Gospel Church Pastor Mensa Otabil has urged calm among workers who have been dismissed from work due...

Coronavirus: ICGC cancels Greater Works 2020

The General Overseer of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC) has announced the cancellation of the 2020 Greater Works conference. Mensa Otabil in a statement...

Two shot by land guards at Gomoa Tuansah

Two people have sustained gunshot wounds after a group suspected to be land guards attacked them in their home Sunday. The two men according to...

Murdered Burkinabe driver buried in Walewale

The body of a Burkinabe driver who was shot and killed by suspected robbers in a village on the Tamale- Bolgatanga highway has been...

Coronavirus: Pastor Otabil reacts to ban on churches [Listen]

Head pastor of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), Pastor Mensa Otabil is against calls for churches to reopen in wake of the increasing...

Coronavirus: 251 new cases; Four more die as Ghana’s case count hits 4,263

Ghana has recorded 251 more cases of Covid-19 sending the total case count to 4,263, the Ghana Health Service says. On its Covid-19 webpage, the...

Late Veep’s son’s touching message to mother, wife

Farouk Aliu Mahama has paid a glowing tribute to his mother, Ramatu Aliu Mahama for her love, discipline and prayers which have made him...

Coronavirus: Inmates in police cells test positive

Some inmates in police cells in the Greater Accra Region have tested positive for coronavirus, the Greater Accra Regional Command has disclosed. DCOP Fred Adu-Anim...

First Lady’s Mother’s Day message will melt your heart

As the world commemorates Mother’s Day today, I am pleased to join all well-wishers to wish mothers in Ghana and across the globe a...

Ban on social gathering – Check out GMA’s advice to Akufo-Addo

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) is warning against plans to lift ban on social gatherings. This is an apparent response to calls by some by...

Policeman shot in Bullion van robbery

A policeman, who is yet to be identified, has reportedly been shot in a bullion van robbery at Maapehia on the Techiman Sunyani Highway...

Ghana first company accuse MMDCEs of not telling ministers the truth about ongoing projects [Video]

Some contractors, who are executing various automated modern toilet facilities across the country for Ghana First Company Limited under a Public Private Partnership with...

Bishop Obinim, Kennedy Agyapong in fresh spiritual battle

The tussle between popular politician Kennedy Ohene Agyapong and controversial pastor Daniel Obinim has taken a spiritual dimension. The two personalities, who have been throwing salvos at...

Smoking marijuana actually kills coronavirus? – Kwesi Pratt stunned by new Study

Kwesi Pratt, Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, is utterly shocked by a new study that indicates nicotine could prevent infection and serious illness from coronavirus. A recent...

Court orders sale of West FM in Ho to settle judgement debt

The Ho District Court has issued an order for the sale of assets of West FM, a private radio station in the Volta Regional...

Over 500 of Ghana’s new Coronavirus cases were recorded at an industrial facility

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says over 500 of the 921 new Coronavirus cases in the country were recorded at an industrial facility. Ghana has...

Covid-19: Viral Ghanaian pallbearers have a message for all [Video]

Viral Ghanaian dancing pallbearers, amid the soaring global coronavirus cases, have urged citizens to comply with the stay at home directive. Taking to Twitter to...

Coronavirus: Recovered patient harassed at Bolga [audio]

A pregnant woman, who has fully recovered from Covid-19, is reportedly being stigmatised by people in her community. The 34-year-old Matilda Agamu said she had...

Barbara Ayisi donates to Abura Gym as she urges public to disregard mischievous video in circulation

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Cape Coast North Constituency and Deputy Minister for Works and Housing, Barbara Asher Ayisi, has donated an undisclosed...

Fire outbreak at Ashaiman Lebanon kills 50-year-old man & his daughter

A fire outbreak at Ashaiman Lebanon Zone Two has claimed the lives of a 50-year-old man and his nine-year-old daughter. Three other children, two boys...

Coronavirus: Okudzeto Ablakwa okays Madagascar cure

Member of Parliament for North Tongu Constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has urged African leaders to take a look at Madagascar’s purported ‘herbal cure’ for...

Coronavirus: Ghana records over 4, 000 cases, 323 recoveries

Ghana's coronavirus cases have shot up to 4,012, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed. However, 20 more persons have recovered bringing the total of...

Woman, lover in court over botched plot to kill husband

There was heavy police presence at the Asokwa District Court on Friday as the court got ready to hear a case involving a woman...

Cedi falls by 1.18% to dollar, trades at GHS 5.93

The Ghana cedi has returned to the depreciation trajectory despite a strong performance in the first three-and-a-half months of this year. As of 6 May...

Mahama’s claim about Ghana topping press freedom ranking in Africa investigated, checkout verdict

In commemoration of the World Press Freedom Day Celebrations on May 3, 2020, former President John Dramani Maham delivered a speech through his social media pages....

COVID-19 Trust Fund: Coffers increase with donations from Okyenhene, others

Okyenhene Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin, through his wife Nana Asabea Ofori Atta and some other groups, have made donations to the COVID-19 National Trust...

CCF responds to Prisons Service’ distress call for mattresses

Crime Check Foundation (CCF) has responded to the distress call of the Ghana Prisons Service with a donation of 100 pieces of student mattresses...

Expired goods confiscated at Achiase

The Achiase District Assembly has undertaken an inspection exercise to confiscate expired manufactured products at the main markets to discourage the sale of unwholesome...

ECG to cut power supply to parts of Accra, check out areas affected

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced power cuts in parts of Accra beginning, Friday, May 8, 2020. According to the ECG, the planned...

Fact check: Govt accused of lying to Ghanaians, find out what it is

On April 13, 2020, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) issued a statement approving the disbursement of US$1 billion credit facility to the...

Covid-19: Bono Region first recorded case is Togolese

The first person to test positive for the novel coronavirus in the Bono Region is a Togolese national who entered the country illegally, Regional...

Stan Dogbe reacts to smashing GBC journalist’s recorder

Top aide to former president John Mahama, Stan Dogbe, says he never smashed the recorder of fellow journalist from the radio wing of the...

Covid-19: Deputy Education Minister’s message to hungry private school teachers (watch)

Private school teachers wailing over unpaid salaries will have to watch and pray as President Nana Akufo-Addo considers their plea for a stimulus package. Deputy...

Man remanded over pickaxe attack on wife (photos)

A Wa Magistrate Court has remanded into prison custody, a 35-year-old private security man, Vitus Kundeyiri for an alleged attempted murder of his wife...

Coronavirus: More young people contracting disease in Ashanti region

More young people than adults are getting infected with Covid-19 in the Ashanti region. Statistics from the regional health directorate show 50 percent of 163 confirmed...

Fuel tanker mate killed in gory accident

A driver’s attempt to prevent a collision with a passenger commercial vehicle has led to the untimely death of his mate. The fuel tanker with...