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Covid-19: Taxi drivers refuse to pick nurses over coronavirus stigma

At a time when the government is fighting stigma of coronavirus, some taxi drivers show, there is a long way to go in reducing...

Covid-19: Police Hospital morgue to be decongested

The Ghana Police Hospital has announced a mass burial of unclaimed and unidentified bodies within the next two weeks in a move to decongest...

TOR MD’s resignation a common sense decision – Professor Azar

Private legal practitioner, Professor Stephen Asare, popularly called Kwaku Azar, has noted that the resignation from office of persons accused of misconducting themselves should...

Today in History: Kotoka murdered in abortive coup

Today in History, exactly 53 years ago today, on April 17, 1967, Major General Emmanuel kwasi Kotoka who was a member of the ruling...

Old Fadama residents sleep in the open as AMA demolishes makeshift homes [Video+Photos]

Dozens of squatters at Old Fadama, a slum community in Accra, have been compelled to sleep in the open after their makeshift homes were...

Good news for SMEs as access to Govt’s GHS 600 million soft loan begins in May

Micro, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (MSMEs), according to the National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI) will, from May this year, have access to...

Scores of people mass up at Chief Imam’s residence [Photos]

Scores of people, mainly Muslims believed to be residents of the Fadama enclave, have massed up at the residence of the National Chief Imam,...

Man arrested for inciting market women against President’s directive at Kasoa

A young man, believed to be in his 40's, has been arrested by the Awutu Senya East Municipal Taskforce for allegedly inciting the market...

Lockdown: Newly-wed couple, 34 others remanded

The Obuasi Circuit Court has remanded to two weeks in police custody, a newly-wed couple, Philip Ayraquah, his wife Juliana Adjei and 34 others. ...

AMA provides canopies for displaced Old Fadama squatters [photos]

The Accra Metropolitan Authority (AMA) on Thursday provided five canopies to cover squatters at Old Fadama in Accra who have been compelled to sleep...

Coronavirus: Bawumia lauds staff of call centre

Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, says the availability of data plays a significant role in Ghana’s battle against Covid-19. Dr Bawumia, who visited the Covid-19...

Trader, 30, arrested over fake currency possession

A 30-year-old trader, identified as Christiana Amoako, is in the grips of the Nkawkaw Divisional Police command for possessing an undisclosed amount of fake...

Coronavirus: Ghana Red Cross earmarks GH¢5m to support govt

Over the next six months, the Ghana Red Cross Society (GRCS) would spend five million Ghana cedis to support efforts by the government...

Gabby Otchere admits to Sammy Gyamfi being a ‘smooth’ communicator

Leading member of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Otchere Darko, has attested to the National Communications Officer for the National Democratic Congress...

COVID-19: Ghana is safe; not to go into economic recession – IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Ghana is not likely to go into an economic recession in the third or fourth quarter of this year due...

Grand Master of Freemasons orders all Masons to release money to fight COVID-19

The Grand Master of the District Grand Lodge of Ghana, R.W. Bro. Isaac Owulaku Hood, has issued a notice to all members to contribute...

Coronavirus: Check out how Papa Owusu-Ankomah is doing

The High Commission of the Republic of Ghana to the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland has said the High Commissioner, Papa...

Achiaseman Nkosuo Kuo donates to Achiase Health Directorate

Achiaseman Nkosuo Kuo, a group made up of citizens of Achiase who seek the development of the town, has donated a number of items...

Covid-19 lockdown: Registered water sellers to be paid commissions at the end of the month – Sanitation Minster

Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Mrs Cecilia Dapaah, has revealed plans by the government to pay commissions to persons registered and authorised by...

Recovered coronavirus patient narrates how stigma almost killed him [listen]

A 51-year-old Ghanaian man, who has recovered from the novel Coronavirus, sharing his experience, has revealed how stigmatisation almost killed him. The recovered patient, Mr...

Covid-19 lockdown: Energy Minister explains what it means to be ECG lifeline consumer

President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in his last televised address to the nation announced some relief packages to help mitigate the...

Joy Prime, Luminary-DMR support less-privileged during lockdown [Photos]

Joy Prime has partnered with Afropop artiste, Luminary-DMR to donate food items and money to its audience. The promo dubbed ‘The Covid-19 Series Giveaway’ is...

Panic as 5 bodies are found on Kumasi streets

Five bodies have been found on the streets in Kumasi in the Ashanti region. It is unclear the cause of their demise. It comes in the...

READ: Why Kennedy Agyapong is not done with Obinim and wife

Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, seems not to have gotten over a feud between him and Ghana’s only Angel,...

22 arrested for attempting to cross over from Ghana to Togo

Twenty-two persons who attempted to cross over from Ghana to neighbouring Togo Tuesday night have been arrested at Ave Hevi, a border town in...

Covid-19: Ghana Islamic Society, others donate to Ayawaso West Municipal Assembly [Video]

Three organisations, Ghana Islamic Society for Education, Reformation Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), and Al-Rayan International School have jointly donated 175 boxes of relief items to...

Coronavirus: 83 patients recover

The number of recovered coronavirus patients in Ghana has seen a significant improvement in less than 24 hours, moving from 17 on Tuesday ...

Coronavirus: 5 new cases recorded, total now 641

The confirmed Covid-19 cases in Ghana have risen sharply to 641 after five new cases were recorded, the Ghana Health Service has announced. The...

Coronavirus: Ketu South records 6 cases

The Ketu South Municipality has recorded six Covid-19 cases, Municipal Chief Executive Elliot Edem Agbenorwu has confirmed. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: Obuor’s family hints of ‘fake autopsy...

Coronavirus: List of FDA approved hand sanitisers

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), is urging the public to patronise only hand sanitisers approved by the Authority. ALSO READ: Shatta Wale enjoys lunch...

Man crashed to death at Akyempim

A 24-year-old mechanic apprentice was confirmed dead in a motorbike accident that occurred at Akyempim in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality. The body of the deceased had...

COVID-19: Leading expert predicts pandemic to end next year

Dr Zhang Wenhong, China’s leading COVID-19 clinical expert, has predicted a high probability of the global coronavirus pandemic ending next year. According to Dr Wenhong,...

Coronavirus: Oppong Nkrumah clears air on number of recoveries [audio]

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has set the records straight on the number of people who have recovered from coronavirus in Ghana. ALSO READ: Hon Aponkye...

Sunyani fugitive charged

A 24-year-old suspect, who escaped from police custody in Sunyani, has been sentenced to six years imprisonment. ALSO READ: Listen: Ministers don’t take double salaries like...

AMA Mayor slams Zanetor Rawlings over partisan food distribution

Mayor of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), Mohammed Nii Adjei Sowah, has slammed the Member of Parliament for the Klottey Korley Constituency, Dr Zanetor...

Woman threatens to kill her baby to restore peace with lover [Watch]

A muslim-turned Christian woman, Christina Abubakar has threatened to kill her 6-months-old child to restore peace with her Muslim boyfriend. The couple's misunderstanding started when...

Lockdown diaries: Dalex Finance CEO, friends fete needy

Chief Executive Officer of Dalex Finance, Ken Thompson, Dalex Finance and Leasing Company Limited and his friends in collaboration with Assemblymen and...

Covid-19 & Lockdown: GES boss talks E-learning, SHS reopening date, BECE and more

Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Akwasi Opoku Amakwa, has spoken extensively on the measures put in place by his outfit to ensure...

Double agony for slum dwellers at Old Fadama as govt demolishes structures[photos]

Over 1,000 slum dwellers at old Fadama in Accra are at the cross-roads following a demolishing exercise by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA). ALSO READ: Agyemang...

Covid-19: GES denies SHS re-opening date video

Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Akwasi Opoku Amakwa, has denied claims that a reopening date for the various Senior High Schools (SHS) has been...