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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...

Prayer moves online for people across Africa

With many countries in Africa now banning religious gatherings in order to slow the spread of coronavirus, Christian worshippers turned to online or televised...

Exclusive photos: Police, soldiers ready to enforce Coronavirus lockdown

A combined team, comprising all the best brains in the various security services in the country, are set to hit the ground running to...

Full text of President Buhari’s speech on Coronavirus

Read below the full text of President Muhammadu Buhari's speech on the fight against Coronavirus today, March 29: MORE: Coronavirus: Finance Minister commits suicide over crisis Private...

Lockdown: Kiva Foundation presents 400 sanitisers, others to residents at Lapaz [Video+Photos]

After giving out items worth GH¢ 8,000.00 to the Royal Seed Home Orphanage at Bawjiase in the Central region of Ghana, Chief Executive Officer...

President Buhari shuts down Lagos, Abuja, Ogun as Nigeria battles Coronavirus

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has restricted movement in Lagos, Abuja and Ogun State as part of measures to curtail the spread of Coronavirus in Nigeria....

UK govt to fly ‘willing’ nationals out of Ghana tonight

The government of the United Kingdom will on Sunday night, fly out hundreds of its nationals in Ghana who are willing to return home...

Coronavirus: “It’s a humanitarian operation; not a war” – Security assures [audio]

The joint police and military personnel deployed to ensure law and order during the lockdown Monday dawn have given the assurance that they will...

Coronavirus: Patients from Guinea to be repatriated

The 10 Guineans who have tested positive for the coronavirus in Ghana will be repatriated to their country of origin for treatment, Kojo...

Coronavirus: We’ll be testing, testing, testing and testing – Dr Nsiah Asare [Audio]

Government will, from Monday March 20, 2020 test every potentially positive case in lockdown areas such as Accra and Kumasi for coronavirus, Dr. Nsiah...

Coronavirus: NUGS creates Food bank

The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has converted its offices into a temporal warehouse to store food, toiletries and other consumables ahead of...

Coronavirus: Six arrested for being in church on Sunday

The Cape Coast District Police in the early hours of Sunday picked up 6 persons at a church. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: Tamale records 10 cases; confirmed...

Coronavirus is an opportunity to resolve some outstanding national issues – Mensa Otabil

Founder and General Overseer of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), says the threat of Covid-19 poses an opportunity for the country to resolve...

Coronavirus: Tamale records 10 cases; confirmed cases now 152

Ghana has recorded 11 news coronavirus cases, according to an update from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) Sunday. ALSO READ: Asempa FM’s statement on Obour’s appearance...

Meridian Group donates GH₵400k worth of sanitary items to Transport Ministry to help fight COVID-19

The Meridian Group of Companies have presented sanitary items worth GH₵400,000.00 to the Ministry of Transport to assist it in the fight against the...

Coronavirus: Public cautioned against stigmatization

The public has been urged to desist from stigmatising anyone or group with regards to the current COVID-19 outbreak. ALSO READ: Covid-19 lockdown: Check out...

Coronavirus: Kayayei flee lockdown [photos]

Female head potters known in local parlance as 'Kayayei', are making a hasty journey back home to their hometowns in northern Ghana to avoid...

COVID-19: BoG advises public against panic withdrawals

Bank of Ghana (BoG) has advised Ghanaians to refrain from panic withdrawals from the various financial institutions due to the impending restrictions to be...

Shatta Wale praises Akufo-Addo

Dancehall artiste, Charles Nii Armah Mensah, popularly known as Shatta Wale, has showered praises on President Nana Akufo-Addo for granting presidential pardon to 808...

Coronavirus: Ghana records 5th death

Ghana's recorded cases of the deadly novel coronavirus has once again shot up to 141 from the previous figure of 137. An additional death...

COVID-19: Muslims arrested for defying public gathering ban

Some Muslims in the Northern region have been arrested for defying President Nana Akufo-Addo’s public gathering ban. The culprits were picked-up from two mosques in...

Ghana records 141 COVID-19 cases

Ghana's number of Coronavirus cases has risen from 137 to 141 as at today, March 28, 2020, according to the Ghana Health Service. Read details...

LPG companies warn customers against panic buying

The Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Companies has cautioned its clients against panic buying at its retail outlets across the country over the...

Amoateng brothers donate to support COVID-19 fight

Daniel Amoateng, founder of Power of Worship International at Spintex, has offered to use their church premises as shelter for all homeless people during...

COVID-19: Manifest dispels rumours of father’s death due to coronavirus

Ghanaian rapper Manifest Saturday morning took to twitter to dispel rumours of the death of his father, lawyer Tsatsu Tsikata. The artiste's...

COVID-19: Govt announces GH¢1bn support to SMEs and households

Government has announced measures aimed at mitigating the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Ghanaian businesses and households. Delivering his fourth national televised address on...

Immigration Service denies 80 travelers entry into Ghana

A total of 50 foreign nationals from Togo, Benin and Nigeria, who tried to enter the country through a known unapproved border at Mambobga...

Asempa FM’s statement on Obour’s appearance on political talk-show ‘Ekosiisen’

Asempa FM’s Statement on Obour's Appearance on March 27 Edition of ‘Ekosiisen’ On Friday, 27th March, 2020, Asempa 94.7 FM’s flagship show EKOSIISEN hosted...

Alcohol-based hand sanitisers can cause fire — GNFS warns

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has advised the public to handle alcohol-based hand sanitisers with strict precautions since they can cause fire outbreaks. According to the...

Aflao chiefs consult deities over coronavirus

Traditional priests in Aflao have started public consultations of deities in the traditional area and offering of sacrifices over Coronavirus disease. The priests, brought together...

Health service administrators urge Akufo-Addo to follow lockdown with mass testing

Administrators of the various health service facilities across the country have called for mass testing of the residents in areas under partial lockdown to...

Nogokpo Shrine predicts when coronavirus will disappear

A Senior Panel Member of the Zakadza Shrine, popularly known as Nogokpo Shrine, Williams Amuzu Agbodzalo, has said COVID-19 would clear off the shores...

Coronavirus: 16 persons forced into quarantine in Volta Region

Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Ketu South in the Volta region, Mr Edem Elliot Agbenorwu, has revealed that 14 Ghanaians and two foreign nationals...

Akufo-Addo donates salary to fight COVID-19

President Akufo-Addo has donated his three months’ salary as seed money to a yet-to-be-established fund to help in the fight against coronavirus in Ghana. The...

Did you miss Akufo-Addo’s address on lockdown in Ghana? Read it here

President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo has announced that government will, from Monday March 30, 2020, restrict movement in parts of the country deemed to...

Infographic: All you need to know about Ghana’s lockdown from Monday

The President has announced that movements in some urban areas in the country will be restricted from Monday for two weeks as part of...