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COVID-19: Let’s not pressure govt for a lock-down – Sammy Awuku

National Organiser of the governing New Patriotic Party, Sammy Awuku, has cautioned institutions and organisations in the country against pressuring the government for...

Check out measures E/R markets have put in place to prevent coronavirus

Authorities of the market centres of Akuapem North Municipality of the Eastern region have outlined necessary measures to keep traders safe as coronavirus intensifies. Municipal...

Coronavirus: This is how much Ghana will need for a lock-down [audio]

Ghana will need over GH¢15 billion for a 28-day lock-down, policy think tank, Institute for Liberty and Policy Innovation, has stated. Executive Director for the...

Teen dies after suicide attempt due to coronavirus fears

A British teen, petrified of being isolated with the coronavirus, has died following a suicide attempt, according to a report. Emily Owen, a 19-year-old waitress from King’s...

Coronavirus: Information Minister clears air on lock-down

Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, says there is no decision by the government to lock-down following the spread of Coronavirus in the country. With...

Pep Guardiola donates 1m euros to fight coronavirus

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has donated 1m euros (£920,000) to fight the coronavirus outbreak in Spain. Guardiola, who is at his home in Barcelona,...

Mali on lock-down after recording first two cases

A nationwide curfew was announced on Wednesday, March 25 by Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, after the West African country reported its first two coronavirus...

Catholic Priest found dead in his car in Nigeria

The parish priest of Holy Cross Parish in Oroma Etiti community of Anambra State, Nigeria, Rev Fr. Charles Okeke-Odogwu was found dead in his car...

Sekyere- Kumawu D/A to lay-off workers over coronavirus

Authorities at Sekyere-Kumawu District Assembly say they are compelled to lay-off some of its 42 revenue collectors as a safety measure in the prevention...

COVID-19: NDC man agrees to suspension of general election if…

Member of Parliament for Lower Manya Constituency in the Eastern region, Ebenezer Tei Larbi, says the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will agree to the...

Coronavirus: 96-year-old woman recovers from virus

A 96-year-old woman in South Korea has become the oldest patient in the country to fully recover from the novel coronavirus. The woman, identified by...

McDan Foundation donates 50 gallons of hand sanitisers to The Multimedia Group

The McDan Foundation has donated 50 gallons of five-litre containers of its new hand sanitiser to The Multimedia Group. Leading the delegation to make the...

5 new cases of Covid-19 confirmed in Nigeria, total now 51

Five new cases of patients affected by the novel coronavirus have been recorded in Nigeria, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control released the...

Citydia innovates to combat coronavirus pandemic in Ghana’s retail space

CityDia was the first Supermarket chain in Ghana to implement measures in our stores, to prevent the spread of Covid-19 and to ensure the...

Kennedy Agyapong vows to get Obinim jailed [video]

Outspoken Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central Constituency, Kennedy Agyapong, has vowed to get jailed founder and leader of International God’s Way Church,...

Coronavirus: Checkout food items shipped to Ghanaian students in China

Ghana’s Ambassador to China, Edward Boateng, in an interview with Citi Business listed a number of food items sent to Ghanaian students in China...

Government settles medical bills of Dompoase accident victims

Government on Wednesday presented a cheque of nearly GH¢100, 000 to settle the medical bills of victims of the Dompoase accident that claimed 34...

Man jailed 20 years for incest and defilement

A 41-year old Gardener Martin Dogbe who subjected his 16-year-old daughter to consistent sexual abuse has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in hard...

Ghana returns Accra-bound BA flight seeking to evacuate UK nationals

As Ghana intensifies its ban on travels in and out of the country’s borders to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, a British Airways...

Police seek public support to find missing young man

The Police are seeking information to help them trace the whereabouts of Johnson Kwablah Sallah, a 23-year-old man, who has not been found since...

Coronavirus: Crime Check Foundation donates to Prisons Service

Non-Governmental Organisation, Crime Check Foundation has donated items to the Ghana Prisons Service to aid the institution manage the infection and spread of coronavirus...

Coronavirus: Take annual leave to reduce overcrowding – Head of Local Government

The Head of the Local Government Service (LGS), Dr Nana Ato Authur, has asked staff of Regional Coordinating Councils (RCCs), Metropolitan, Municipal and District...

GMA calls for nationwide lock-down

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) is calling on the government of Akufo-Addo to declare a nationwide lock-down with immediate effect. “The lock-down though...

READ: Prof Gyampo’s take on mandatory quarantine policy amidst Covid-19

Political Science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Gyampo, has lauded the government for announcing a mandatory self-quarantine on travelers to Ghana...

Please open University of Ghana Medical Centre – John Dumelo begs Akufo-Addo

Actor John Dumelo is politely asking President Nana Akufo-Addo to open the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) to help manage patients who get...

Bride collapses as groom walks out during wedding

Family members, friends and well-wishers, who gathered at a church in Jos to witness the wedding between Mr Rufus Aplang and his bride, Judith,...

Coronavirus: Ghanaians must repent – Gifty Afenyi-Dadzie [audio]

Former president of the Ghana Journalists Association has called on Ghanaians to turn from their wrongdoings and seek the face of God. ALSO READ: Koku...

Nurse, 34, kills herself after testing positive for coronavirus

An Italian nurse killed herself after testing positive for coronavirus and fearing she had infected others, a nursing federation has revealed.  Daniela Trezzi, 34, was...

Parliament joins Ghanaians to observe fasting and prayers

Parliament on Wednesday joined the country to observe the National Prayer and Fasting Day to overcome the coronavirus spread in the country as directed...

Coronavirus: Ghana records third death

Ghana has recorded its third coronavirus death at the 37 Military Hospital as the wife of a two-star general falls victim. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: Ghana...

Video: Naked demo hits coronavirus

https://www.instagram.com/p/B-Jy9DtjcMJ/ Some mothers in Abeokuta, Ogun state, came out topless to pray against the deadly coronavirus. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: Medikal and Fella to distribute toiletries to needy...

Jack Ma’s donation of PPEs, test kits arrives in Ghana

Ghana has received its consignment of Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) and COVID-19 test kits which were donated by wealthy Asian businessman, Jack Ma. ALSO...

Summary of key issues, proposals presented by the NDC’s technical coronavirus team

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has outlined key issues it deems pertinent in helping fight against the novel convid-19 pandemic in Ghana. The party outlined...

Chief Imam declares two-day fast for Muslims in Ghana

The National Chief Imam, Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharabutu has declared a two-day fast for all Muslims across the country. Muslims are to observe the fasting...

Coronavirus is collapsing our business- Commercial sex workers cry out

Commercial sex workers in the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi, have been hit hard by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) that has hit the world, forcing...

Man jailed seven years for defiling 15-yr-old girl

A 20-year-old man, who appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for defiling and impregnating a 15-year-old girl at the Arts Centre in Accra, has...

Father, mother, 2 kids die in sleep

A family of four, made up of father, mother and two children, has died in their sleep in Lagos, Nigeria. According to Lagos-based Facebook user,...

Coronavirus kills 60 catholic priests

The deadly coronavirus has claimed the lives of 60 catholic priests in Italy which has been described as one of the world’s worst-hit nation. According...

Opoku Onyina’s message on national fasting and prayer day [Listen]

The immediate past Chairman of the Church of Pentecost, Professor Opoku Onyina, has urged Ghanaians to remain humble as they seek God's face over...

Man gets coronavirus after licking toilet bowl in ‘coronavirus challenge’

A man, who filmed himself licking a toilet bowl in the 'coronavirus challenge', is now reportedly ill in hospital with the deadly disease. In bizarre...