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Coronavirus: Drinking spots cash in as churches shut down in Kpone – Katamanso

Several drinking bars in the Nmlitsakpo electoral area, Kpone-Katamanso Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, struggled to cope with patrons on Sunday, when churches...

Coronavirus: Coconut seller fights disease with hand-washing stand (Photo)

A coconut seller has become the toast of social media users after a photo of a hand-washing stand he mounted near his selling point emerged online. Ghana,...

SHS student arrested for putting her finger in genital of 3-year-old girl

A female Senior High School (SHS) student is in the grips of the police for allegedly 'fingering' a three-year-old girl at Fetteh Kakraba in...

Man tricked into buying baby lotion for GH¢ 70 instead of hand sanitiser (Photo)

A stranded trader from Yeji was left fuming after realising that he was tricked into buying a baby lotion for GH¢70 at Kumasi in the Ashanti...

Coronavirus: Suspected case in Damongo tests negative

A 35-year-old man, suspected to have contracted the deadly coronavirus, has been discharged. ALSO READ: Passengers alight from car after Chinese family came on board Accra...

Twitter users reveal how they used heater to do nasty things in secondary school

Some twitter users have taken to the social media platform to reveal the nasty things they did with boiling ring (heater) while in...

Accra markets fumigation exercise [Photos]

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly on Monday carried out a fumigation exercise across designated markets in the Greater Accra region. The exercise, under the auspices of...

Stop demanding for relatives under mandatory quarantine – Dr Nsiah-Asare

Special Advisor to President Nana Akufo-Addo on health, Dr Anthony Nsiah Asare, is pleading with family members of persons mandatorily quarantined following the president's...

READ: Role devil wants to play in coronavirus pandemic revealed

Bishop David Oyedepo of Living Faith Church has revealed the role desired by the devil in the coronavirus pandemic. ALSO READ: COVID-19: Number of travelers in...

Coronavirus: Otumfuo joins public safety campaign

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has called on Ghanaians to adhere to social distancing protocols and other directives meant to fight the...

Passengers alight from car after Chinese family came on board [Video]

Coronavirus seems to be increasing the emotional and psychological disturbance of some Ghanaians and a new video circulating online has proven the worst fears. In the video,...

COVID-19: Number of travelers in govt’s mandatory quarantine revealed

Special Advisor to the President on Health, Dr Anthony Nsiah Asare, has revealed about 1,200 travelers have been put on the government’s mandatory quarantine...

Coronavirus: Rapid diagnostic test kits not approved – FDA

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has indicated it has not registered any Rapid Diagnostic Test Kits (RDTs) for screening and diagnosis of coronvirus...

Nigeria’s coronavirus cases rise to 35, with 1 death

Nigeria on Monday recorded five new cases of the novel coronavirus spreading across the globe, bringing the number of those who tested positive in...

Tom Hanks, wife reveal what happened two weeks after coronavirus symptoms

Tom Hanks says he and his wife Rita Wilson are recovering after their positive diagnosis for coronavirus. "Two weeks after our first symptoms and we...

Ayawaso West MCE leads market fumigation exercise [Video+Photos]

Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Ayawaso West, Hon. Sandra Owusu-Ahinkorah, led a team to fumigate markets in her municipality in attempts to combat the...

How coronavirus has so far positively affected businesses in Ghana

The Central Bank in its last Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting released an assessment of the adverse impacts of COVID-19 on Ghana’s economy. With...

Revealed: How hand gloves can spread coronavirus

The Health Committee in Parliament has cautioned Ghanaians on the wearing of hand gloves to transact daily activities since it could be one of the fastest...

COVID-19: Group calls for inclusion of mental health patients in awareness

Chief Executive Officer of Mensah Mental Health Rehabilitation Project (MEMHREP) is calling on the government to include people with mental health problems and those...

NSS releases 2020/2021 nurses’ postings

The National Service Scheme (NSS) has announced the release of national service postings for over 9,000 nurses for the 2020/2021 service year to various...

Kumasi pastor who defied church ban granted GH¢ 10,000 bail [photos]

The Asokwa District Court has granted bail to eight ministers of the gospel and church elders who congregated in contravention to presidential ban on...

Coronavirus: Cassava starch, Akpeteshie sold as hand sanitizers

Criminals are taking undue advantage of the mad rush for hand sanitizers and defrauding unsuspecting Ghanaians through various schemes. In view of the novel coronavirus...

Coronavirus: Parliament to relocate [Audio]

Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye has revealed arrangements by the House to relocate parliamentary. Legislative sessions will now be moved to the Accra...

Court stops NIA’s registration exercise in E/R

An Accra High Court presided over by Justice Daniel Mensah has granted the application for an interlocutory injunction stopping the National Identification Authority (NIA)...

Coronavirus: Allow journalists to work from home – GJA urges media houses

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has urged media houses to adopt new work systems that will allow journalists to work from home. “We...

Fire guts immigration office at Elubo [Photos]

Fire has razed the offices of Ghana Immigration Service at the Elubo border in the Western region of Ghana. The fire, which started in the...

Registrar Department closes down over fumigation exercise

The Registrar-General’s Department, due to the fumigation exercise being undertaken by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly at selected markets in Accra, including the Tema Station,...

GAF deploys personnel for covid-19 disinfection

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has deployed about 500 personnel for the Covid-19 disinfection exercise carried out in over 1,000 markets in Greater Accra...

Volta Lake Transport Company provides hand-washing kits to commuters

Following the COVID-19 scourge across the globe, the management of Volta Lake Transport Company (VLTC) has contributed their quota to combat the spread. As part of its...

Polytank pledges support as Ghana observes World Water Day

Polytank Ghana Limited, a subsidiary of Mohinani Group, has pledged its support as Ghana joins the world to observe World Water Day. This year’s event...

Coronavirus: More infections and deaths to be recorded – Public Health Specialist [video]

A public health specialist has told Ghanaians and the world at large to brace themselves for more recorded cases and deaths from the novel...

ACEP predicts $830m drop in oil revenue due to coronavirus pandemic

The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) is forecasting a dramatic drop in the government’s projected revenue for the year 2020. This is because of...

Coronavirus: Some celebs disregard ban on public gatherings

Some celebrities, on Sunday, flouted some of President Nana Akufo-Addo’s orders aimed at containing the spread of the novel coronavirus across the country. Singer Coco...

COVID-19: AMA begins market fumigation [Photos+video]

(VIDEO): COVID-19 disinfection underway at the Mallam-Atta Market. pic.twitter.com/WDdatyD4Pq— Adom TV (@adom_tv) March 23, 2020 Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has begun its fumigation...

Don’t accept free nose masks from untrusted sources – Expert

An Investigative Expert, Mr George Dosoo Doyen, has cautioned the public not to accept nose masks from untrusted sources in this period of the...

Pregnant woman dies in accident near Apam

A pregnant woman travelling with her husband from Accra towards Cape Coast died on the spot when their vehicle got involved in a tragic...

Ernest Chemists supports COVID-19 centres

Pharmaceutical company, Ernest Chemists limited (ECL), has donated medical supplies to the two main designated hospitals for the COVID-19 pandemic. The beneficiaries, Greater Accra Regional...

1,000 markets shutdown for fumigation against coronavirus

A major disinfection exercise is taking place throughout the country on Monday, March 23, 2020. The exercise, the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development...

Coronavirus: OST students create hand-sensitive ‘veronica bucket’

Some students of Obuasi Secondary Technical School’s robotics team, along with their teacher, have manufactured a hand sensitive veronica bucket. The invention is to encourage...

Coronavirus: Ursula Owusu’s husband tests negative

Husband of Communications Minister, Sam Ekufful, has tested negative for the new coronavirus, according to his wife. Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekufful announced the outcome of the...