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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...

Coronavirus: Ghana’s Mission in New York requests details on dead citizens

The Ghana Mission to the United Nations and Consulate-General in New York is requesting from Ghanaians in some three states to offer information on...

NDC PC for Dome-Kwabenya touches lives on her birthday, Easter Monday

The National Democratic Congress parliamentary candidate for Dome-Kwabenya, Elikplim Akurugu, put smiles on the faces of the poor in her constituency. The NDC PC did...

Covid-19: Congestion hits Ghana’s mortuaries over ‘large public gathering ban’ [Audio]

There is congestion at some of Ghana’s biggest Morgues as bodies pile up due to residents' refusal to hold private burial as advised by...

Covid-19: TUC cancels May Day celebrations

The leadership of the Trades Union Congress(TUC) has cancelled the nationwide 2020 May Day celebration in compliance with the Restriction on Movement of Persons...

Power Purchase Bribery Allegations: I appeared before investigative body – John Jinapor confirms

Former Deputy Minister of Power under the Mahama administration, John Jinapor, has said he played no frontal role on negotiations that led to...

Dr Oko-Boye to face Parliamentary Appointments Committee today

Deputy Health Minister designate, Dr Bernard Oko-Boye, will today, April 15, 2020 face the Appointments Committee of Parliament.  He is expected to be vetted by...

Suspected thief lynched at Ashaiman

A suspected thief believed to be in his 20’s has been lynched by unidentified persons at Newtown, a suburb of Ashaiman in the Greater Accra region. The...

Coronavirus: Nurses, doctors who came into contact with Obour’s late father test negative

The nurses and doctors at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital (Ridge Hospital) , who came into contact with the late father of musician,...

Coronavirus: Eastern region records 9 new cases

The Eastern Region has recorded nine additional new coronavirus cases bringing the region’s total count to 41, Adomonline.com has learnt. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: Ghana’s case count...

READ: Mahama supports 20,000 households with food items

Former President John Mahama has donated food items to some 20,000 households in the lockdown areas. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: Ghana’s case count now 636Coronavirus: Schools...

Scrap dealer in police grips for spraying substance into police woman’s eyes

A 22-year-old Osman Amadu is in the grips of the Kaneshie Police for spraying a substance in the eyes of a police woman at...

Coronavirus: Ashanti region records 4 more cases

The Ashanti region has recorded four more Covid-19 cases, the Regional Health Directorate has confirmed. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: Ghana’s case count now 636PJS donates cash, food...

Family of deceased Coronavirus patient faces stigma

The family of the 19-year-old boy, who died of Covid-19 at the Walewale Government Hospital, is facing stigma from community members. DGN...

Coronavirus: Schools as isolation centres – GES reacts

Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Prof Kwasi Opoku-Amankwah, says his outfit has no reason to resist the use of some Senior High...

PJS donates cash, food products to Covid-19 Trust Fund

PJS food limited has donated 50, 000 cedis and rice products worth 15,000 cedis to the Covid- 19 Trust Fund. The Indian company, which is...

Winner of Frytol ‘Enriching Lives’ distributes hot meals at Korle Bu, others [photos]

Winner of the maiden edition of 'Frytol Enriching Lives' cooking competition, has distributed hot meals to the Child Healthcare Department at Korle Bu and...

Mpohor MP Alex Agyekum fetes 1000s in constituency

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Mpohor constituency, Hon. Alex Agyekum, on Easter Sunday, put smiles on the faces of over 1,000 vulnerable persons. The...

This is how long you can be jailed for defying lockdown directives

Per the Imposition of Restrictions Act over the coronavirus pandemic, the Ghana Police Service has reiterated defiant residents will be liable to 10 years...

TOR boss fingered in $4.5 million bribery scandal

Tema Oil Refinery boss, Asante Berko is currently in hot waters for his alleged role in the latest bribery scandal that has hit Ghana. Mr...

Watch: Man faints over lockdown hunger; Regains strength after being fed with food

It looks like one of the things equally dangerous as the coronavirus is hunger. Hunger which stems from the lockdown in parts of Africa,...

Fella Makafui to release first ‘single’

Actress Fella Makafui is set to test the waters in the music industry as she has shared a post asking her fans to look...

Ghana’s Ambassador to China meets Chinese Govt over discrimination against Africans [photos]

Chinese Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chen Xiaodong, has held talks with a group of African Ambassadors, including Mr Edward Boateng, Ghana’s Ambassador to...

Covid-19: NADMO reveals cost of daily hot meals

Government is spending GH₵2 million a day on hot meals being provided for Ghanaians in the lockdown areas in the wake of the Coronavirus...

Ghana not going back to IMF-supported programme – Gabby Otchere

Leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Otchere-Darko, has said Ghana will not be going back to an IMF-supported programme on the...

Lockdown: Phillipa Baafi partners Gender Ministry to feed multitude [Photos]

Gospel musician Philipa Baafi has distributed food items to some residents of Old Bortianor in Accra to mitigate the effect of the ongoing lockdown...

None of our field staff tested positive for coronavirus in Eastern Region – NIA

The National Identification Authority (NIA) has debunked rumours on social media that three of its officials have tested positive for Covid-19 in the Eastern...

Chinese province responds to discrimination claims on Africans

Tensions are running high in the Chinese city of Guangzhou over coronavirus rumours. According to community leaders hundreds of Africans remain unable to go...

Togbe Afede regrets clash between police and Ga traditionalists over coronavirus ritual

President of the National House of Chiefs, Togbe Afede XIV, has lamented over the clash between the police and a group of Ga traditionalists,...

Man who recovered from Coronavirus in Ghana shares his experience [Video]

A 51-year-old man, Mr Fred Drah, who recovered from the novel Coronavirus in Ghana has shared his experience to inspire families and patients undergoing...

Check out what has happened to ‘strange’ kid discovered at Rev Obofour’s church

Recall about seven months ago, one of the church services of popular man of God, Rev Obofour of Anointed Palace Chapel in Kumasi saw...

Coronavirus: No NIA staff has tested positive

The National Identification Authority (NIA) has debunked rumours on social media that three of its officials have tested positive to Covid-19 in the...

Coronvirus: 552 out of 566 have mild symptoms

Majority of people who have tested positive for coronavirus in Ghana have exhibited mild symptoms. ALSO READ: DCE lashes residents for defying COVID-19 safety measures Govt...

Coronavirus: Govt outlines food distribution guidelines

Government has directed all Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to roll out plans for the distribution of food to the vulnerable in...

Police roll out lockdown challenge

The Ghana Police Service has announced plans to reward Ghanaians who will support and join the stay at home campaign over the coronavirus campaign. The...

DCE lashes residents for defying COVID-19 safety measures [Watch]

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Atwima Kwanwoma in the Ashanti region has lashed residents for defying the social distancing principle as part of...

Cecilia Marfo’s spitting into people’s mouth not a prophetic direction – Diana Asamoah

Renowned gospel musician, Evangelist Diana Asamoah, says Cecilia Marfo’s habit of spitting into people’s mouth for miracles is not a prophetic direction as she...

Coronavirus: Samira Bawumia’s message to ‘stubborn’ Ghanaians

Second Lady, Samira Bawumia, is warning of dire consequences if some Ghanaians continue to ignore safety protocols amidst the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. ALSO...

Coronavirus: Why Ghana would have reported just 292 cases – Oppong Nkrumah explains

Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the Information Minister, has lauded the government’s efforts in containing the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in Ghana. ALSO READ: COVID19: Study...

Chief of Staff, Ayawaso West MCE feed thousands amid coronavirus pandemic [Photos]

The Chief of Staff, Hon. Akosua Frema Osei-Opare, who is also a former Member of Parliament for Ayawaso West Wuogon, is serving food...