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COVID-19: Social protection plan commendable – CRI boss

The Executive Director of Child Rights International (CRI), Mr Bright Appiah, has applauded President Nana Akufo-Addo’s decision to roll out social protection programmes to...

COVID-19: Govt promises GHc 600 million soft loans for SMEs with one year debt moratorium

President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has announced some GH¢ 600 million soft loan support for all micro, small and medium scale...

Gay man opens up on why gays in Ghana hide their sexuality

A Ghanaian homosexual, Alex Kofi Donkor, says there are a number of his colleagues in Ghana but the hate in society has made it...

COVID-19: Man dies in struggle with soldier over gun

The Ghana Armed Forces says it is investigating an incident that occurred at Ashaiman, near Tema on Sunday, April 5, 2020 in which a...

Christians in Takoradi observe palm Sunday in silence

For the first time in many years, Christians in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis could not attend church services and embark on a procession to celebrate...

COVID-19: Local production of PPEs to begin Tuesday

Local production of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) will commence on Tuesday, April 7, 2020, government has announced. Face masks, head covers, surgical scraps and gowns...

Ghana enters critical phase in coronavirus fight

President Akufo-Addo has described the coming weeks as a critical phase for Ghana in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. According to him, this is...

COVID-19: Gov’t provides 3.5 billion cedis insurance cover for frontline health workers

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced an insurance package worth GHS 350,000 for all health personnel and allied profession at the forefront of...

Coronavirus: Gov’t announces tax holiday, allowances for health workers

All health workers in Ghana in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic will for the next three months enjoy tax holiday and 50% allowances...

Govt absorbs 3 months water bill for all Ghanaians

All Ghanaians will not be paying water bill for the next three months as government will absorb all the costs. President Nana Akufo-Addo in his...

Covid-19 Fight: Dozens of communities in E/R benefit from Kingdom Exim’s donations

Kingdom Exim Ghana Limited has taken its support for the fight against Covid-19 to the Eastern Region where they donated a number of items...

Infographics: Akufo-Addo’s address on progress of lockdown

President Nana Akufo-Addo has addressed the nation on the progress that has been made so far after imposing a lockdown on some cities in...

Govt to determine extension of lockdown next week

President Nana Akufo-Addo has indicated that his government will determine whether or not to extend the lockdown imposed on parts of the country next...

Akufo-Addo to address Ghanaians today

President Nana Akufo-Addo will today, April 5, 2020 address the nation a week after a lockdown in some parts of the country. Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah,...

Police arrest 2 Nigerians suspected to have stolen vehicles bought by govt

Police in Accra are interrogating two men suspected to have stolen two Nissan Pick-up vehicles. The suspects, Prince Okafor, 36, and Augustine Okafor,...

26-year-old female teacher found dead in Yeji Volta Lake

The 26-year-old female teacher at Amantin Roman Catholic Junior High School, who went missing two days ago in the Atebubu-Amantin Municipality, has been found...

C/R markets to be shut down by Monday

The Central Regional Police Commander, COP Paul Manly Awini is calling on the District Chief Executives (DCE) in the region to sensitize traders in...

Ghanaian invents sensor hand-washing sink from scraps [Photos+Video]

Necessity, they say is the mother of inventions and a young Ghanaian man, Richard Kwarteng Aning, together with his team has given credence to the...

One dead in motor accident at Damongo

A 23-year-old man, Killi Abdul- Malik, met his untimely death in Damongo in the Savannah Regional capital when his motorbike collided with another motorbike. The...

Ghana’s coronavirus cases up by 9; total now 214

The Ghana Health Services has confirmed nine additional COVID-19 cases in Ghana, six from Greater Accra and three from Ashanti region. This brings up...

Covid-19 Fight: Kingdom Exim’s two restaurants donate to office of Tema East MP

Two Tema-based restaurants belonging to the Kingdom Exim Ghana Limited have made donations to support the ongoing fight against codvid-19.  The restaurants, Meet & Eat...

Who was the best? Don Bortey or Charles Taylor? Football fans react

Football fans have joined the debate as to whether Charles Taylor or Bernard Dong Bortey was the best player during their playing days. Most people...

Read: Filling Station closed down at Dome-Kwabenya after staff tests positive for Coronavirus

Adhering strictly to health protocols and safety tips during this time of COVID-19 outbreak is crucial to prevent a faster spread of the virus...

Lockdown: Soldiers beat me up after going out to buy ingredients for ‘kontomire’ stew – Man alleges (Video)

A young man from Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana has shared his sad ordeal of how he was allegedly beaten by the Ghanaian...

Covid-19: Dutch repatriates hundreds of its citizens from Ghana

Some citizens from the Netherlands and some European Union countries have been safely repatriated to their various home countries amidst the scourge of the...

Read Martin Luther King’s glorious speech about Ghana

Dr Martin Luther King Jr. did not return to the United States the same man who had visited the newly-independent Ghana in March 1957. He...

Sanitation Ministry, AMA embark on clean-up exercise

The Miinistry of Sanitation and Water Resources, Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) and ESPA have embarked on a three-day deep clean-up exercise of Accra metropolis. The...

Akufo-Addo tells shutdown radio stations to follow procedure to re-operationalise

President Nana Akufo-Addo, on Friday, asked shutdown radio stations to follow the due procedure to get their frequencies re-operationalised. The president says more than a...

Coronavirus: Ridge Hospital doctor tests positive

A medical doctor at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Ridge has tested positive for coronavirus. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: Upper East records another case, total confirmed...

Coronavirus: Upper East records first case, total confirmed cases now 205

The Upper East region has recorded one COVID-19 case, the Ghana Health Service has said. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: Korle Bu nurse tests positiveProphet predicts death of...

Prophet predicts death of Bishop Obinim in 2020 if… (Video)

The Founder and Leader of Freedom Chapel International, Francis Amoako-Attah, popularly known as ‘Senior Prophet’, says Bishop Daniel Obinim, Head Pastor of International God’s...

Coronavirus: Korle Bu nurse tests positive

A nurse working at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has tested positive for COVID-19 virus. ALSO READ: Meet Kumawood actress Yaa Jackson’s boyfriend Experts say coronavirus...

Akwaboah loses all his songs including his next album

Award winning songwriter and musician, Akwaboah, has announced that he has lost all his songs and next album because his laptop has crushed....

44 foreign nationals attempting to flee Ghana stopped

Officials of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) have arrested 44 foreign nationals who attempted using unapproved routes from Tatale in the Northern...

Fraud Alert: Registrar-General’s Department warns public against fraudsters

The Registrar-General's Department has cautioned the public, particularly, its clients against persons said to be demanding money for business registration renewals and the filing...

Coronavirus: Luxury Oxford Street apartment donated for isolation centre

A Real estate developer has pledged one of his premier property on Oxford Street at Osu in Accra to be used as a quarantine...

Covid-19: Minister reveals govt plans for Burkinabe, Guineans who tested positive in Ghana [Audio]

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has disclosed plans by the government to repatriate Burkinabe and Guinean citizens who tested positive for coronavirus in the...

Fraud Alert: RGD cautions against fake ‘momo’ number

The Registrar General's Department (RGD) has cautioned the public against a fraudulent mobile money (momo) number circulating in its name. According to the outfit, it...

Covid-19: Kojo Bonsu donates to frontline workers in Offinso

Former Chief Executive Officer for Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, Kojo Bonsu, has donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to frontline workers in the coronavirus fight in...

Video: I’m pregnant, my husband is in jail – Princess Shyngle reveals

Curvy actress, Princess Shyngle, is very depressed after finding out her husband had many skeletons in his closet. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: You’ll face judgement –...