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Coronavirus: Life in Wuhan after pandemic; Ghanaian shares experience[audio]

Residents in Wuhan, the city in Central China where the novel coronavirus began are struggling to adjust to their new kind of living. ALSO READ: Coronavirus:...

Ghanaian gives meaning to all President Akufo-Addo’s fabrics for COVID-19 addresses

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has for the past weeks been addressing the nation on the government’s efforts in curbing the deadly coronavirus outbreak. One...

Coronavirus: Doctors strip naked to protest lack of PPEs

A number of German doctors have stripped naked in series of photos to show how vulnerable they feel without adequate protective equipment while fighting the...

Y’asem Nie: Man shares how galamsey money was wasted on alcohol and women [listen]

A man, identified as Kojo Owusu, has narrated how he spent hundreds of thousands of Ghana cedis earned from galamsey activities.       Narrating his story on...

Court sentences three to 75 years in jail for robbery

The Ofaakor Circuit Court, presided over by His Lordship, Ebenezer Osei Darko, has sentenced some three persons to 75 years in jail for robbing...

The Big Agenda: Minister gives account of $100m, GH¢1.2b and GH¢6b in Covid-19 fight (Watch)

Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, has assured that despite threats posed by the dreaded Covid-19 crippling economies across the world, Ghana’s economy will not...

Uni-Pass clearing system fails to take off

Clearance of goods at the Tema Harbour came to a halt yesterday due to a directive from the Senior Minister, Mr Yaw Osafo-Maafo, asking...

Why I slept with women – Obinim confesses [watch]

Controversial Ghanaian preacher, Bishop Obinim, has confessed to falling for lust on multiple occasions despite his steadfastness and faith in God and Christianity.This revelation...

Popular journalist reveals region Mahama’s running mate will come from

Ace broadcast journalist, Paul Adom-Otchere, has hinted that there is the likelihood former president John Dramani Mahama’s running mate for the December 7, 2020...

Man, 41, arrested for impersonating as Canadian Army Officer

The Ghana Military Police has arrested 41-year old Bernard Ayeh of Adjiringanor, a suburb of Accra, for allegedly personating as a Canadian Army Officer. The...

7 pregnant women test positive for coronavirus

At least seven pregnant women have reportedly tested positive to the deadly novel coronavirus. This is according to the Chairman for Coalition of Non-Governmental...

Man found dead in a bush at Teacher Mante

A man, believed to be in his 50's, has been found dead in a bush at Teacher Mante, a community in the Ayensuano District...

Police kill notorious armed robber and rapist at Yeji

A notorious armed robber and rapist at Yeji in the Bono East region has been shot dead by the police. Identified as Ernest Akorli, alias...

Coronavirus: Veep congratulates KNUST for developing Rapid Diagnostic Test

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has congratulated the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and Incas Diagnostics for their breakthrough in developing...

Covid-19: Govt to absorb tenants’ rents if… Atta Akyea

Works and Housing Minister says the government has the capacity to cover the rent of persons who may face eviction over their inability to...

Emergence of coronavirus calls for a paradigm shift – NCCE

The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) on Tuesday said the Coronavirus has changed the basic fundamentals of human existence and this calls for...

Coronavirus: Key facts from WHO that give a lot of hope

According to Worldometer, there are now over three million (3,075,523) coronavirus (COVID-19) cases across the world as at Tuesday morning, April 28. Over two hundred...

Woman arrested for wrapping marijuana as pregnancy

Luck eluded a 42-year-old trader from Nkonya, Mavis Adubea, when dried leaves, suspected to be marijuana molded in tablets and wrapped around her belly...

Ghana’s coronavirus death toll reaches 16

Five more persons, according to the Ghana Health Service (GHS), have lost their lives to the coronavirus pandemic in the country. This raises the death...

Asiedu-Nketia declines to score Akufo-Addo on COVID-19 fight

General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress, Johnson Asiedu-Nketia, has declined to rate President Nana Akufo-Addo on his fight against the coronavirus pandemic in...

Works and Housing Ministers’ strong message to landlords amid covid-19

Minister for Works and Housing, Samuel Atta Akyea, has cautioned landlords in the country not to host foreigners without Covid-19 clearance from medical experts. Speaking...

Covid-19: 10 food vendors, 3 taxi drivers test positive at Achimota Hospital

Ten food vendors and three taxi drivers who operate at the Achimota government hospital have tested positive for COVID-19, Starrfm.com.gh has gathered. The cases were...

Covid-19: Pabi residents live in fear as 3-day-old positive patient is yet to be isolated

Residents of Pabi, a village near Asamankese in the Lower West Akyem Municipality, are worried after health officials failed to isolate a person who...

Muslim Community donates GH₵130,000 to COVID-19 Fund

The Ghanaian Muslim Community has presented a cheque of GH¢130,000 to the COVID-19 National Trust Fund. The presentation was made by the National Chief Imam,...

Ghana Immigration hunts for 3 over illegal entry into Ghana

A serious manhunt is underway for the driver and two passengers on board an Opel Astra with suspicious registration number plate, ‘GG 477–14’, who...

Coronavirus: Upper East records 10 new cases

The Upper East Region has recorded 10 more cases of Covid-19, the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus. ALSO READ: Kasoa traders invoke curse on taskforce...

Sunyani city authorities hold mass burial for 33 unclaimed bodies

The Sunyani city authorities have buried 33 unclaimed bodies to decongest the Sunyani Regional Hospital morgue which was full due to the government’s ban...

Burial arrangement for late TV3 editor announced [Photo]

Former Head of political news at Media General, Edward Kwabi, is set to be buried on May 2, 2020 in a private burial ceremony...

How 43 Ghanaian peacekeepers were killed by Congolese army

Today in History, exactly 59 years ago, on April 28, 1961, 43 Ghanaian peacekeepers were killed in one of the United Nation's (UN) deadliest...

Sunyani city authorities carry out mass burial for 33 unclaimed bodies

Sunyani city authorities have buried 33 unclaimed bodies which were crammed at the Sunyani Regional Hospital morgue for years. Workers of the Municipal Assembly and...

Woman who received lockdown escapees tests positive for COVID-19

Residents in Pabi, a farming community near Asamankese in the West Akyem Municipality of the Eastern Region are living in fear after a 34-year-old...

Abeiku Santana loses father

Father of Abeiku Santana, James Benjamin Aggrey, 81, passes on

Malaria among top 10 OPD cases in Western, Western North regions

Malaria is still among the top 10 Out-Patients Department (OPD) cases recorded between 2016–2019 in Western and Western North regions, accounting for about 27...

I almost got coronavirus when Nana Addo promised 88 hospitals in his address – JOY

President Nana Akufo-Addo has outlined plans by the government to build 94 hospitals across the 16 regions of the country. The health project comprises 88...

Notorious armed robber who raped and killed 20-yr-old lady shot dead at Yeji

A man, who the police have described as notorious armed robber, has been shot dead at Kwayease, a suburb of Yeji in the Bono...

13 Ghanaian doctors infected with coronavirus – Dr Baidoo discloses

A number of doctors in Ghana have been infected by the deadly Coronavirus, according to the Ashanti Divisional Chairperson of the Ghana Medical Association,...

Driver’s mate gets five years for threatening his mother

A 20-year-old driver’s mate, who threatened to kill his mother for refusing to give him ‘chop’ money, has been sentenced to five years imprisonment...

Coronavirus: Lower West Akyem records first case

The Lower West Akyem Municipality of the Eastern region has recorded its first case of Covid-19. ALSO READ: Audio: 88 district hospitals in a year possible...

Bishop Obinim ‘hot’ after performing miracle in church (Watch)

Bishop Daniel Obinim, head pastor of International God’s Way Church, has incurred the wrath of Ghanaians on social media after he performed a miracle...

Social media unimpressed by Akufo-Addo’s promise to build more hospitals

Unlike previous addresses from President Nana Akufo-Addo that received massive applauds from the general public, the  8th national address on Sunday has been greeted with...