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Republic Bank honours Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago

The Republic Bank Ghana has held a dinner in honour of Dr Keith Christopher Rowley, Prime Minister for Trinidad and Tobago. The dinner, according...

Coronavirus: UG suspends all outdoor activities

Management of the University of Ghana (UG) has temporarily suspended all public gatherings including hall week celebrations and other events on its campus. The decision...

Coronavirus: Norway closes Ghana Embassy after staff tested positive

The Norwegian Embassy in Ghana has closed its offices after one of its staff tested positive for the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Ghana confirmed two cases of...

Lawyer Zwennes reacts to ‘conflict of interest’ reports about him

Board Chairman of Republic Bank, Charles Zwennes, has described as false and misleading media reports that he had been found by a court of competent jurisdiction...

US companies urged to partner Ghanaian businesses

Chief Executive Officer of Silicon Accra, David Osei, has urged American companies and investors to partner Ghanaian companies in order not to lose out on great...

GMA explains why $100m may not be enough for coronavirus fight

General Secretary of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA), Dr Justice Yankson, says the $100m committed towards the fight against the deadly coronavirus may not...

Coronavirus: GES, GHS meet to prevent spread in schools

The Ghana Education Service (GES) and the Ghana Health Service (GHS) have met Friday, following the reported cases of the novel coronavirus in...

KNUST mimics UCC; also cancels all international conferences on campus

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in the wake of the two confirmed COVID-19 virus cases in the country has suspended all international conferences...

Coronavirus: GIS shutdown for two weeks

Ghana International School (GIS) will close down effectively on Friday, March 13, after the school day has ended. ALSO READ: Two Coronavirus cases confirmed in GhanaCoronavirus:...

Listen: Oppong Nkrumah’s reaction to Obinim’s coronavirus oil

Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, is cautioning the public not to patronise an 'anointing oil' to cure coronavirus. ALSO READ: Two Coronavirus cases confirmed in...

Awutu Breku drivers to drink alcohol to fight coronavirus (Listen)

Some commercial drivers at Awutu Breku in the Central region have been responding to the confirmation of deadly COVID-19 in Ghana. Speaking to Adom...

Why Ghana must urgently implement stroke bill

The Stroke Association Support Network-Ghana (SASNET) is calling on government as a matter of urgency to implement the Global Stroke Bill of Rights to ensure all...

Coronavirus: First Lady cancels int’l event in Ghana after two confirmed cases

The Office of the First Lady of Ghana, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has issued a press release on the cancellation of the International Women’s Day...

Coronavirus: Contact tracing of affected persons likely to be unsuccessful – Health expert

The Chairman for Coalition of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) on health, Dr Gabriel Benaku, has said the Health Ministry’s attempt to trace persons who might...

Ghanaian player breaks silence after testing positive for coronavirus

Ghanaian youngster, Callum Hudson-Odoi, has revealed he is feeling well and has recovered from the virus symptoms after testing positive for COVID-19 this week. The...

REVEALED: Two coronavirus patients have been in Ghana for about a week [audio]

It has been revealed that the two persons who tested positive for coronavirus in Ghana have been in the country for about a week. Minister for...

Doctors claim new coronavirus ‘may cause damage to a man’s testicles

Doctors in China have urged male coronavirus patients to test their fertility as soon as they recover because the infection may damage the function of their testicles. No study...

Coronavirus: Nationalities of Ghana’s first two ‘imported’ cases revealed [listen]

The Government of Ghana has disclosed the nationality of Ghana’s first two 'imported' cases of the novel Covid-19 virus. Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, made...

Police Hospital to hold mass burial

A mass burial for 120 unidentified and unclaimed bodies is to be carried out by the Ghana Police Hospital. This, the hospital says is part...

Kingdom Exim initiates novel cash-for-tree planting in Tema schools

Kingdom Exim Group of Companies, an agro producing company in Tema, has launched an initiative, in collaboration with Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) to plant...

Kingdom Exim sponsors independence anniversary awards in Tema

Kingdom Exim Ghana Limited has sponsored special awards to deserving students during the commemoration of Ghana’s 63rd Independence anniversary. The hard work of the students...

Kingdom Exim Group awarded TMA Mayor’s Excellence Award

Tema-based agro exporting entity, Kingdom Exim Group of Companies, has been adjudged the metropolitan’s best corporate social responsibility organisation for the year 2019 by...

You slept with me thinking I’m cheap, I have HIV – Slay Queen’s message to 16 UG boys

A slay queen has sent a text message to 16 boys of the University of Ghana's Pentagon Hall who slept with her. The text message...

Dr Ibrahim Anyars goes to the rescue of public hospitals in Tamale Central Constituency

Dr Ibrahim Imoro Anyars, Founder of Repairer Foundation and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) 2020 Parliamentary Candidate for the Tamale Central Constituency, has pledged to support Tamale West...

Coronavirus: UCC suspends Int’l conferences

The University of Cape Coast (UCC) has suspended all International Conferences both on campus and outside the country in a bid to...

Police officer jailed 40 years for robbery [photos]

A Circuit Court in Koforidua in the Eastern region has sentenced a 39-year-old police officer to a total of 40 years in prison for...

I used to think I was ugly – Mzbel talks about bleaching her skin

Singer Mzbel has revealed she once took to skin bleaching because she felt “ugly”. In a Facebook post, she said at the time, she thought...

Assemblies of God church urges pastors to pray against coronavirus

The General Council of the Assemblies of God Church, Ghana, has urged pastors to pray against the deadly coronavirus pandemic plaguing the world. ALSO READ: Don...

Bia West wins maiden Western North Region Inter-District Quiz Competition

The Lamplighter Community School in the Bia West District of the Western North Region has emerged as Champions of the annual maiden edition...

Tarkwa UMat Basic School retains Western Region Inter-District Quiz title

The UMaT Basic School in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality of the western region have retained their title as champions of the 5th annual edition...

Ghanaians blast MP over ‘loose talk’

Chairman of the Finance Committee of Parliament, Dr Mark Assibey-Yeboah, has incurred the wrath of some Ghanaians following comments he is quoted to have...

‘Mortuary man’ opens up on what has kept him in his job

General Secretary of the Mortuary Workers Association (MOWAG), Richard Kofi Jordan, has opened up on what has kept him at his job when he...

My friend, be serious, no time for jokes – Furious Ken Agyapong charges

Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has reacted to a claim made by founder and head pastor of the International Godsway Church,...

Affail Monney’s message to journalists ahead of 2020 election [Watch]

President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Roland Affail Monney, has charged journalists to take their safety into their own hands before, during and...

Meet first man to import bulletproof car into Nigeria and got assassinated

Celebrated politician, chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola, was the first man to import a bulletproof car into Nigeria in 1964. The car was a Mercedes...

#Election Headquarters: Why these market women will not vote in 2020

Some market women in the capital, Accra, following the launch of the Election Headquarters by the Multimedia Group Limited, have threatened not to vote...

Y’asem Nie: How a chief’s corpse caused blackouts at mortuary – Mortuary man narrates

A former mortuary attendant and General Secretary of the Mortuary Workers Association has shared a harrowing account during his days as a mortician. Speaking on...

Korle-Bu mortuary man in trouble [Listen]

The Mortuary Workers Association of Ghana is threatening to deal with a Cameroonian- Ghana based mortuary worker at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. According to...

Akufo-Addo’s message to wife on her 69th birthday

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has taken to Instagram to celebrate his beautiful wife, the First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo as she marks her 69th...

#Election Headquarters: Police not politically affiliated – DCOP Gariba

Director of Operations for the Ghana Police Service, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Sayibu Pabi Gariba, has said the police service will not be...