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Coronavirus: Ashesi University provides students with free 10GB data for online classes

Ashesi University has announced a free 10 gigabyte monthly data bundles to students for online academic activities. The university is among the many tertiary institutions...

Italy is now world’s deadliest hotspot in the coronavirus pandemic

Italy overtook China as the country with the highest recorded death toll from the coronavirus on Thursday, with the pandemic gathering pace in Spain...

4 military men, 5 civilians arrested for robbery

Four Military men and five civilians have been arrested by the Kasoa Millennium City Divisional Police Command for allegedly robbing five stone quarries in...

Coronavirus: GH₵60m allocated to MMDAs

The District Assembly Common Fund (DACF) has allocated 60 million Ghana cedis for the fight against Covid-19 for the 2020 fiscal year. A report...

Coronavirus: German national ‘collapses’ at airport [video]

A German national who arrived at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra Thursday, allegedly collapsed while waiting medical screening for coronavirus. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: 24 Chinese...

Sister of Ghanaian footballer murdered!

Sister of Ghanaian footballer, Emmanuel Agyemang Badu, has allegedly been murdered. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: Two more cases confirmed, total now 11Former WHO Director to lead Ghana’s...

Coronavirus: Ghana’s Freemasons suspend all meetings

The Grand Lodge of Antient Free and Accepted Masons of Ghana has suspended all masonic meetings due to the deadly coronavirus. In a statement signed...

Covid-19: Minority has declined to support bill under certificate of emergency – Oppong Nkrumah laments

The Minority Caucus in Parliament is not in favour of the 'emergency status' ascribed to the Impositions and Restrictions Bill put before Parliament by...

Former WHO Director to lead Ghana’s Coronavirus Response Programme

President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed Dr Anarfi Asamoa-Baah, a former Deputy Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), as the Presidential Coordinator for the...

NDC sues EC over new Voters Register

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has filed a writ against the Electoral Commission (EC) at the Supreme Court over its decision to compile...

Coronavirus: Akufo-Addo calls for efficient water supply

President Akufo-Addo has directed the Sanitation and Water Resources Ministry to ensure that all health facilities have constant flow of water and have enough...

Coronavirus: BoG projects 4.3% decline in GDP growth over Coronavirus

An assessment of the adverse economic impact of the novel coronavirus on the Ghanaian economy has been made by Bank of Ghana (BoG). The...

Akufo-Addo’s prayer breakfast meeting in pictures [photos]

President Nana Akufo-Addo on Thursday morning March 19, 2020 invited a host of prominent Ghanaian clergymen to seek God’s face on the fast spreading...

Revealed: Why Accra ‘Cleaner City promise may be just a dream

An Executive Member of the Environmental Service Providers Association, Dr Edward Asadu, has cast doubt on the success of President Nana Akufo-Addo’s promise of...

Coronavirus: Kakum National Park shuts down

Ghana’s popular national forest reserve, the Kakum National Park, has been temporarily closed following the increasing recorded cases of coronavirus in the country. This...

BoG scraps charges on mobile money transfers for the next three months

Charges on mobile money transfers below GH¢ 100 have been scrapped by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) effective Friday, March 20, 2020. This follows...

‘Trotro driver who run over and killed police officer putting himself in more trouble’ [listen]

The Ghana Police Service has cautioned relatives and friends against providing safe refuge for Osei Bonsu, the trotro driver who run over and killed Sergeant Moses...

Coronavirus: Ministry of Health issues new directives to schools

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has directed all Directors and Principals of all schools in Ghana to allow their final students to go home. ...

Duncan Williams’ prayer against the spread of COVID-19 in Ghana [watch]

Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams has said a powerful prayer for Ghana against the spread of COVID-19 in Ghana. At a breakfast prayer meeting organised at the...

Coronavirus kills NPP elder in Denmark

The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has registered its first coronavirus death as one of its elders in Denmark has been killed by the...

Checkout men of God invited to Jubilee House’s prayer meeting over coronavirus

President Nana Akufo-Addo on Thursday morning March 19, 2020 invited a host of prominent Ghanaian clergymen to seek God's face on the fast spreading...

Akufo-Addo holds prayer breakfast over coronavirus [watch]

President Akufo-Addo this morning at the Jubilee House led a host of prominent pastors in the country to pray against the spread of the novel COVID-19...

Coronavirus cases in Ghana hit 9

Ghana has confirmed two more cases of coronavirus. This brings to nine the total number of cases in Ghana. Information Minister...

We’ve heard you but church service will still happen – Prophet tells Akufo-Addo

The leader and founder of Creator’s Hand Chapel (CHC), Prophet Eric Boahen has announced how church services will be held following the ban on...

Government denies claims Akufo-Addo has tested positive for Coronavirus

Government has denied claims making the rounds on social media that President Nana Akufo-Addo and some of his appointees have tested positive for coronavirus. Speaking...

Listen: ‘Innocent’ man lynched over GH₵250

A 25-year-old man has been gruesomely murdered by some irate youth at Awutua Akrampa in the Central region. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: 381 contacts traced test negativeNDC...

UG announces closure of halls

University of Ghana (Legon) has directed all resident students to vacate their halls of residence by Saturday March 21, 2020. The school in a...

NDC declares 3 days nationwide prayer and fasting

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has declared three days of nationwide prayer and fasting over reported cases of the deadly novel coronavirus in Ghana. In...

Coronavirus: 24 Chinese nationals refused entry into Ghana

Some 25 foreign nationals - 24 Chinese and 1 German-were denied entry into Ghana on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. This was revealed by the Deputy...

Coronavirus: 381 contacts traced test negative[audio]

The about 381 people deemed as contacts to the six people who have tested positive for coronavirus have not exhibited any symptoms of the...

Coronavirus Church Ban: Prophetess arrested! [Photos]

The Akuapim South District Chief Executive and some security personnel have arrested the leader of The Break of Mountains prayer camp and an elder...

Coronavirus: Why prisoners cannot be freed [audio]

The Ghana Prisons Service has said it does not have the power to release prisoners in spite of the coronavirus outbreak. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: Lawyer wants...

Coronavirus: GMA joins calls to stop Ghana Card registration

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has asked the National Identification Authority (NIA) to hold on with the Ghana Card registration due to...

Coronavirus, a force majeure to China-Ghana Sinohydro trade deal?

Dubbed the Master Project Support Agreement, Ghana in 2018 signed a barter trade deal with Chinese state-owned company Sinohydro to ultimately solve Ghana’s infrastructural...

Coronavirus: Veteran journalist demands appropriate sex positions amidst scare [audio]

Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, has expressed worry about how the coronavirus scare is affecting intimacy among couples. ALSO READ: Pastor arrested...

Beware! Houseflies can transmit Coronavirus – GHS (Video)

It has been revealed that houseflies can transmit the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Patrick Aboagye,...

Immigration Service receives items to support fight against Covid-19

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has received support in the form of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to fight the deadly coronavirus. The items, presented by...

Pastor arrested for defying Akufo-Addo’s coronavirus order [video]

Head pastor of Open Arms Ministry, Apostle Anthony Kofi Sarkodie, has been picked up by the Ashanti Regional police command for disobeying the President’s...

Coronavirus: VRA suspends visits to Akosomba Dam site, others

Ghana’s power generation company, Volta River Authority (VRA), has suspended visits to its power generating and recreational facilities across the country. “Management of the...

NDC reacts to EC’s latest press release on voter registration date

General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu-Nketia, has described the Electoral Commission (EC)'s decision to push its intended voter registration exercise...