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Coronavirus: 3 Ghanaians confirmed dead in US [audio]

Three Ghanaians resident in New York in the United States o f America (USA) have died of COVID-19. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: Ghana records 9 new cases;...

Airbus saga: NDC communicators gagged [audio]

Members of the opposition National Democratic Congress' (NDC) communications team have been asked not to comment on the controversial Airbus scandal. ALSO READ: Martin Amidu summons...

Coronavirus: Ghana records 9 new cases; confirmed cases now 161

Nine new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Ghana, Ghana Health Service has confirmed. All nine were reported from Accra, three of them travelled...

Coronavirus: Action Chapel supports over 400 needy members during lockdown

Action Chapel Internationa (ACI)l, led by its founder, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams, has reached out to over 400 of its members who needed ...

Suspected Coronavirus cases at KATH test negative

The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) has announced 10 of its staff, who were exposed to patients with the infectious coronavirus diseases, have tested...

36 foreigners, two Ghanaians arrested for using unapproved routes to Ghana

Officials of the Immigration Service in the South Tongu District of the Volta Region have arrested 38 persons who allegedly entered the ...

Ashanti Regional Police threaten to deal ruthlessly with lockdown offenders

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has threatened to deal ruthlessly with residents who fail to comply with the lockdown directives for the next 13 days. Public Relations...

Opambour cries on live TV over Coronavirus lockdown

The General Overseer of Ebenezer Miracle Worship Centre, Prophet Ebenezer Adarkwa Yiadom, popularly known as Prophet One, has reacted to the partial lockdown declared...

Coronavirus: 31 positive patients recover in Ghana [Audio]

Thirty-one out of 152 coronavirus positive patients in Ghana have recovered, Minister of Health Kwaku Agyeman-Manu has said. The recovered patients, the minister said, have...

Registrar General extends deadline for filing annual returns

The Registrar General's Department has announced the extension of deadline for the filing of annual returns in the wake of the spread of the...

Coronavirus: Infected patient escapes

One of the eight Guineans who tested positive for the novel coronavirus has escaped from the facility in which they are being quarantined in...

Martin Amidu summons four persons over Airbus scandal

Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu has invited four persons to assist in investigations over an alleged act of bribery and other offences in the acquisition...

Lockdown: Over 20 ‘kayayei’, babies caught in Walewale-bound cargo truck [Photos]

Over 20 living head potters and infants have been discovered in a cargo truck parked at Baden Powell Area on the High Street in...

Revealed: Where the LEKMA medical doctor with coronavirus also works

  It has been revealed the LEKMA Hospital doctor, who has tested positive for the infectious coronavirus, also works at a hospital at Airport. The Municipal...

Obour demands late father’s autopsy report from Ridge Hospital

Former President of Musicians Union, Ghana, Bice Osei Kuffour, is demanding an autopsy report of his late father, Nana Osei Boansi Kuffour, who died...

Coronavirus: 73 children grabbed in Takoradi for hawking

The joint security and Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) Monitoring Team have arrested and detained a total of 73 children who were found selling in...

Coronavirus: Ghanaian police officer’s important message as she marks 12 years in service

Rita Awuku Yirenkyiwaa, a Ghanaian female police officer known to be one of the most beautiful women in the service has popped up with...

325 markets in the north to be disinfected

The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has announced that all markets in the North East, Savannah, Upper East and Upper West Regions...

Coronavirus: Medical doctor at LEKMA hospital tests positive

A medical doctor at the LEKMA Hospital at Teshie, has tested positive for the infectious coronavirus, the Ledzokuku Constituency legislator, Bernard Oko-Boye...

Coronavirus: Contacts of UG patient test negative

All 94 primary contacts of the Covid-19 infected University of Ghana (UG) student have tested negative after mandatory 14-day quarantine. ALSO READ: Photo: Meet the lady...

Ladies with long and artificial nails are at high risk of contracting Coronavirus – Health Expert

An expert has warned against the dangers that long nails, varnish and extensions carry amid the coronavirus epidemic.  Dr Elisabeth Dancey, a British beauty and aesthetics...

Covid-19: Branded hand sanitisers for 2020 campaign pop up on social media [Photos]

Some branded hand sanitisers with names of some New Patriotic Party parliamentary aspirants have surfaced online. It is not clear if the branded items...

George Andah donates PPE to constituency health centres

Member of Parliament (MP) for Awutu Senya West, George Andah, in partnership with the District Health Directorate of Awutu Senya West, has presented some...

Coronavirus: 15 suspected cases in Volta Region test negative

Some 15 samples from persons suspected to have been infected with the novel coronavirus in the Volta and Oti regions have tested negative...

Coronavirus: 2 cargo trucks carrying passengers intercepted [photos]

The Ashanti Regional Police has impounded two cargo trucks carrying over 40 passengers each including children, bound for Walewale in the North...

Coronavirus: 28 courts to sit on lockdown breaches

Some 28 courts have been designated to deal with breaches that may arise from disregard for the President’s restrictions during the two-week lockdown in...

Coronavirus : MoE launches SHS students online study platform

The Ministry of Education has created an online study platform for all Senior High School (SHS) students amid Coronivirus. This comes after students were directed...

Covid-19: Eastern Regional House of Chiefs suspend rituals, courtesy calls

The Eastern Regional House of Chiefs has suspended the hearing of all customary judicial cases before the Judicial Committee of the House for...

Coronavirus: This is how long you could be in jail for breaching lockdown laws

Members of the public have been urged to respect the restrictions imposed by President Akufo-Addo as a breach of the directive may result...

Coronavirus: Happy Man Bitters Supports Lekma Hospital

Charger Group Limited, producers of Happy Man Bitters and Happy Man Ginger, has presented items worth thousands of cedis to Lekma Hospital at Teshie...

Covid-19 lockdown: Youth block road to prevent mass movement of people [watch]

Some youth of Saboba constituency in the Northern region have mounted road blocks on the major roads leading to Saboba to stop the mass...

Criss Waddle threatens to slap Bishop Obinim

AMG boss, Criss Kweku Waddle, has threatened to slap Bishop Daniel Obinim of the International God’s Way Church if he fails to combat the...

Coronavirus: 4 Niger nationals arrested at Kasoa

Four Niger nationals have been arrested by the military men deployed to Kasoa in the Awutu Senya East Municipality for illegal entry into the...

Ghana discharges two Coronavirus patients who have fully recovered!

Two fully recovered Coronavirus patients in Ghana have been discharged, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced. Giving an update on the deadly Coronavirus as at today,...

TRAGIC: Another ex-Black Stars player confirmed dead!

The Ghana Football fraternity has been dealt with another sad news as Kwesi Owusu, a former Black Stars skipper has passed away in the...

WHO Director-General reacts to Akufo-Addo’s address on lockdown

The World Health Organisation’s Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has commended President Nana Akufo-Addo for his address to the nation which announced a partial...

Check out how Shatta Bandle is enjoying in lockdown [Watch]

Social media sensation, Shatta Bandle, seems to have found a new hobby to keep him active while in lockdown. The star, known for his diminutive...

Coronavirus: Time for pastors who drive Bentley to give back to church members – CEO

THE CHIEF Executive Officer (CEO) of Marrer Ghana Limited and Susatgad Boat Building and Fishing Industries, Mr Novihoho Afaglo, has called on politicians, pastors and well-to-do...

Masterminds of fake military video on lockdown in trouble [listen]

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police is on a manhunt for people believed to be behind a video in circulation about...

Coronavirus: Lockdown in Accra and Kumasi begins

A 14-day restriction on movements in parts of the Greater Accra Region and Kumasi, in the Ashanti Region, as part of measures to control...