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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...

Coronavirus: Help us with information – Immigration Service to public

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) is entreating border residents to comply with directives aimed at combating the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). ALSO READ: Drinking spot...

Coronavirus: We are in crisis – Walewale MCE leads prayers [photos]

The West Mamprusi Municipal Assembly on Easter Sunday organised a special prayer session with leaders of the local council of churches in Walewale...

Lockdown defiance: Security forces raid Central Tongu market

Traders at the Mafi Kumasi markets have defied orders of the closure of two major markets in the Central Tongu District ...

COVID-19: Why Volta regional Minister fears more cases can be recorded

The Volta Regional Minister, Dr Archibald Letsa, believes the region may record more coronavirus cases if residents do not change their attitude towards the...

How my net worth reached $700 million – Keche Andrews’ wife [Video]

Wife of singer Keche Andrews, Joana Gyan, a successful businesswoman made headlines when a video of her declaring her net worth hit the internet....

COVID-19: VRA to close down Akosombo market to prevent spread

The Volta River Authority (VRA) is expected to close down the Akosombo and New Combine markets. A letter dated April 11, 2020 and signed by...

Covid-19: Hot meals costing GHC2m per day – NADMO reveals

Government is spending GHC2 million on the hot meals being provided for Ghanaians in the lockdown areas in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic...

Coronavirus: Western, Volta regions record cases, total now 566

The Western and Volta regions have become the latest regionS to confirm a case of COVID-19 in Ghana, the Ghana Health Service has...

Coronavirus: Tema confirms two new cases

The Tema Metropolis has confirmed two new COVID-19 cases bringing to four the total number of cases seen in the harbour cum...

Lockdown dairies: Pastor, 4 others arrested at Lapaz

A pastor of the Apostolic Church Ghana at Abeka Lapaz in Accra has been arrested for defying the Presidential directive on public gathering. ALSO READ: Coronavirus:...

Coronavirus: CWSA issues strict guidelines on free water provision

Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA) has directed all its regional directors and Water System Management staff to adhere strictly to presidential directive on provision of free...

Lockdown dairies: Fake journalist nabbed

A man posing as a journalist of Accra-based Onua FM, owned by Media General Ghana Limited has been arrested. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: Akufo-Addo extends ban on...

NaCCA boss applauds UG scientists; challenges other institutions to increase research into public health

The Executive Secretary of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment has described as encouraging the news that scientists from the Noguchi Memorial Institute...

Coronavirus: Akufo-Addo extends ban on public gatherings to two weeks

President Nana Akufo-Addo has extended the ban on social gatherings in Accra, Tema, Kasoa and Greater Kumasi by two more weeks effective Monday, April...