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Coronavirus: Ghanaian police officer’s important message as she marks 12 years in service

Rita Awuku Yirenkyiwaa, a Ghanaian female police officer known to be one of the most beautiful women in the service has popped up with...

325 markets in the north to be disinfected

The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has announced that all markets in the North East, Savannah, Upper East and Upper West Regions...

Coronavirus: Medical doctor at LEKMA hospital tests positive

A medical doctor at the LEKMA Hospital at Teshie, has tested positive for the infectious coronavirus, the Ledzokuku Constituency legislator, Bernard Oko-Boye...

Coronavirus: Contacts of UG patient test negative

All 94 primary contacts of the Covid-19 infected University of Ghana (UG) student have tested negative after mandatory 14-day quarantine. ALSO READ: Photo: Meet the lady...

Ladies with long and artificial nails are at high risk of contracting Coronavirus – Health Expert

An expert has warned against the dangers that long nails, varnish and extensions carry amid the coronavirus epidemic.  Dr Elisabeth Dancey, a British beauty and aesthetics...

Covid-19: Branded hand sanitisers for 2020 campaign pop up on social media [Photos]

Some branded hand sanitisers with names of some New Patriotic Party parliamentary aspirants have surfaced online. It is not clear if the branded items...

George Andah donates PPE to constituency health centres

Member of Parliament (MP) for Awutu Senya West, George Andah, in partnership with the District Health Directorate of Awutu Senya West, has presented some...

Coronavirus: 15 suspected cases in Volta Region test negative

Some 15 samples from persons suspected to have been infected with the novel coronavirus in the Volta and Oti regions have tested negative...

Coronavirus: 2 cargo trucks carrying passengers intercepted [photos]

The Ashanti Regional Police has impounded two cargo trucks carrying over 40 passengers each including children, bound for Walewale in the North...

Coronavirus: 28 courts to sit on lockdown breaches

Some 28 courts have been designated to deal with breaches that may arise from disregard for the President’s restrictions during the two-week lockdown in...

Coronavirus : MoE launches SHS students online study platform

The Ministry of Education has created an online study platform for all Senior High School (SHS) students amid Coronivirus. This comes after students were directed...

Covid-19: Eastern Regional House of Chiefs suspend rituals, courtesy calls

The Eastern Regional House of Chiefs has suspended the hearing of all customary judicial cases before the Judicial Committee of the House for...

Coronavirus: This is how long you could be in jail for breaching lockdown laws

Members of the public have been urged to respect the restrictions imposed by President Akufo-Addo as a breach of the directive may result...

Coronavirus: Happy Man Bitters Supports Lekma Hospital

Charger Group Limited, producers of Happy Man Bitters and Happy Man Ginger, has presented items worth thousands of cedis to Lekma Hospital at Teshie...

Covid-19 lockdown: Youth block road to prevent mass movement of people [watch]

Some youth of Saboba constituency in the Northern region have mounted road blocks on the major roads leading to Saboba to stop the mass...

Criss Waddle threatens to slap Bishop Obinim

AMG boss, Criss Kweku Waddle, has threatened to slap Bishop Daniel Obinim of the International God’s Way Church if he fails to combat the...

Coronavirus: 4 Niger nationals arrested at Kasoa

Four Niger nationals have been arrested by the military men deployed to Kasoa in the Awutu Senya East Municipality for illegal entry into the...

Ghana discharges two Coronavirus patients who have fully recovered!

Two fully recovered Coronavirus patients in Ghana have been discharged, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced. Giving an update on the deadly Coronavirus as at today,...

TRAGIC: Another ex-Black Stars player confirmed dead!

The Ghana Football fraternity has been dealt with another sad news as Kwesi Owusu, a former Black Stars skipper has passed away in the...

WHO Director-General reacts to Akufo-Addo’s address on lockdown

The World Health Organisation’s Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has commended President Nana Akufo-Addo for his address to the nation which announced a partial...

Check out how Shatta Bandle is enjoying in lockdown [Watch]

Social media sensation, Shatta Bandle, seems to have found a new hobby to keep him active while in lockdown. The star, known for his diminutive...

Coronavirus: Time for pastors who drive Bentley to give back to church members – CEO

THE CHIEF Executive Officer (CEO) of Marrer Ghana Limited and Susatgad Boat Building and Fishing Industries, Mr Novihoho Afaglo, has called on politicians, pastors and well-to-do...

Masterminds of fake military video on lockdown in trouble [listen]

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police is on a manhunt for people believed to be behind a video in circulation about...

Coronavirus: Lockdown in Accra and Kumasi begins

A 14-day restriction on movements in parts of the Greater Accra Region and Kumasi, in the Ashanti Region, as part of measures to control...

Prayer moves online for people across Africa

With many countries in Africa now banning religious gatherings in order to slow the spread of coronavirus, Christian worshippers turned to online or televised...

Exclusive photos: Police, soldiers ready to enforce Coronavirus lockdown

A combined team, comprising all the best brains in the various security services in the country, are set to hit the ground running to...

Lockdown: Kiva Foundation presents 400 sanitisers, others to residents at Lapaz [Video+Photos]

After giving out items worth GH¢ 8,000.00 to the Royal Seed Home Orphanage at Bawjiase in the Central region of Ghana, Chief Executive Officer...

UK govt to fly ‘willing’ nationals out of Ghana tonight

The government of the United Kingdom will on Sunday night, fly out hundreds of its nationals in Ghana who are willing to return home...

Coronavirus: “It’s a humanitarian operation; not a war” – Security assures [audio]

The joint police and military personnel deployed to ensure law and order during the lockdown Monday dawn have given the assurance that they will...

Coronavirus: Patients from Guinea to be repatriated

The 10 Guineans who have tested positive for the coronavirus in Ghana will be repatriated to their country of origin for treatment, Kojo...

Coronavirus: We’ll be testing, testing, testing and testing – Dr Nsiah Asare [Audio]

Government will, from Monday March 20, 2020 test every potentially positive case in lockdown areas such as Accra and Kumasi for coronavirus, Dr. Nsiah...

Coronavirus: NUGS creates Food bank

The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has converted its offices into a temporal warehouse to store food, toiletries and other consumables ahead of...

Coronavirus: Six arrested for being in church on Sunday

The Cape Coast District Police in the early hours of Sunday picked up 6 persons at a church. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: Tamale records 10 cases; confirmed...

Coronavirus is an opportunity to resolve some outstanding national issues – Mensa Otabil

Founder and General Overseer of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), says the threat of Covid-19 poses an opportunity for the country to resolve...

Coronavirus: Tamale records 10 cases; confirmed cases now 152

Ghana has recorded 11 news coronavirus cases, according to an update from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) Sunday. ALSO READ: Asempa FM’s statement on Obour’s appearance...

Coronavirus: Public cautioned against stigmatization

The public has been urged to desist from stigmatising anyone or group with regards to the current COVID-19 outbreak. ALSO READ: Covid-19 lockdown: Check out...

Coronavirus: Kayayei flee lockdown [photos]

Female head potters known in local parlance as 'Kayayei', are making a hasty journey back home to their hometowns in northern Ghana to avoid...

COVID-19: BoG advises public against panic withdrawals

Bank of Ghana (BoG) has advised Ghanaians to refrain from panic withdrawals from the various financial institutions due to the impending restrictions to be...

Shatta Wale praises Akufo-Addo

Dancehall artiste, Charles Nii Armah Mensah, popularly known as Shatta Wale, has showered praises on President Nana Akufo-Addo for granting presidential pardon to 808...

Coronavirus: Ghana records 5th death

Ghana's recorded cases of the deadly novel coronavirus has once again shot up to 141 from the previous figure of 137. An additional death...