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Covid-19: Minority has declined to support bill under certificate of emergency – Oppong Nkrumah laments

The Minority Caucus in Parliament is not in favour of the 'emergency status' ascribed to the Impositions and Restrictions Bill put before Parliament by...

Afosu Health Center gets staff bungalows, calls for physician assistant

The District Director of Ghana Health Service at Birem North District in the Eastern region, Thomas Azurago says, the Afosu Health Center is in...

Former WHO Director to lead Ghana’s Coronavirus Response Programme

President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed Dr Anarfi Asamoa-Baah, a former Deputy Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), as the Presidential Coordinator for the...

Coronavirus – mPharma aims to address drug shortage and price increases for chronic patients

In the face of the spread of COVID-19 across the world, Ghanaian-based Pharmaceutical services company, mPharma is looking to address what it says is...

Coronavirus: MTN increases daily withdrawals, wallet balance on Mobile Money

MTN Ghana has increased how much cash customers can withdraw from their mobile money wallets on daily basis. The company has also increased the amount...

NDC sues EC over new Voters Register

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has filed a writ against the Electoral Commission (EC) at the Supreme Court over its decision to compile...

She voluntarily gave me s3x – Kidnapper who abducted and raped a pregnant married woman says

A kidnapper, who was arrested for the abduction and rape of a middle-aged woman, has claimed she gave him sex voluntarily and didn't fight...

Coronavirus: Akufo-Addo calls for efficient water supply

President Akufo-Addo has directed the Sanitation and Water Resources Ministry to ensure that all health facilities have constant flow of water and have enough...

Coronavirus: BoG projects 4.3% decline in GDP growth over Coronavirus

An assessment of the adverse economic impact of the novel coronavirus on the Ghanaian economy has been made by Bank of Ghana (BoG). The...

Akufo-Addo’s prayer breakfast meeting in pictures [photos]

President Nana Akufo-Addo on Thursday morning March 19, 2020 invited a host of prominent Ghanaian clergymen to seek God’s face on the fast spreading...

Revealed: Why Accra ‘Cleaner City promise may be just a dream

An Executive Member of the Environmental Service Providers Association, Dr Edward Asadu, has cast doubt on the success of President Nana Akufo-Addo’s promise of...

ZionFelix, others in trouble for ‘defaming’ Royal Commonwealth Society official, others

Popular blogger ZionFelix and some of his cohorts are at the brink of facing defamation suits for publications made about musician Kwesi Arthur and...

Akufo-Addo nominates 4 justices to Supreme Court

President Nana Akufo-Addo, in consultation with the Council of State, has nominated four justices to the Supreme Court of Ghana. They are Justice Isifu Tanko...

Coronavirus: Kakum National Park shuts down

Ghana’s popular national forest reserve, the Kakum National Park, has been temporarily closed following the increasing recorded cases of coronavirus in the country. This...

BoG scraps charges on mobile money transfers for the next three months

Charges on mobile money transfers below GH¢ 100 have been scrapped by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) effective Friday, March 20, 2020. This follows...

Meningitis kills 18 in Upper West Region

Just three months into 2020, the Upper West region has recorded 18 deaths as a result of Meningitis following its outbreak in the region...

‘Trotro driver who run over and killed police officer putting himself in more trouble’ [listen]

The Ghana Police Service has cautioned relatives and friends against providing safe refuge for Osei Bonsu, the trotro driver who run over and killed Sergeant Moses...

Coronavirus: Ministry of Health issues new directives to schools

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has directed all Directors and Principals of all schools in Ghana to allow their final students to go home. ...

Duncan Williams’ prayer against the spread of COVID-19 in Ghana [watch]

Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams has said a powerful prayer for Ghana against the spread of COVID-19 in Ghana. At a breakfast prayer meeting organised at the...

Coronavirus kills NPP elder in Denmark

The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has registered its first coronavirus death as one of its elders in Denmark has been killed by the...

Amazing: Man manufactures creative hand-washing sink from scraps [Photos]

An unidentified South African man is being held in high esteem after coming up with a creative hand-washing technique to combat spread of coronavirus. He...

Nigerian school sends pupils on airport excursion amidst coronavirus

Nigerians have condemned the Airport authorities and management of a school who took its students on an excursion to the Abuja Airport amidst the...

Checkout men of God invited to Jubilee House’s prayer meeting over coronavirus

President Nana Akufo-Addo on Thursday morning March 19, 2020 invited a host of prominent Ghanaian clergymen to seek God's face on the fast spreading...

Akufo-Addo holds prayer breakfast over coronavirus [watch]

President Akufo-Addo this morning at the Jubilee House led a host of prominent pastors in the country to pray against the spread of the novel COVID-19...

Coronavirus cases in Ghana hit 9

Ghana has confirmed two more cases of coronavirus. This brings to nine the total number of cases in Ghana. Information Minister...

We’ve heard you but church service will still happen – Prophet tells Akufo-Addo

The leader and founder of Creator’s Hand Chapel (CHC), Prophet Eric Boahen has announced how church services will be held following the ban on...

Government denies claims Akufo-Addo has tested positive for Coronavirus

Government has denied claims making the rounds on social media that President Nana Akufo-Addo and some of his appointees have tested positive for coronavirus. Speaking...

Listen: ‘Innocent’ man lynched over GH₵250

A 25-year-old man has been gruesomely murdered by some irate youth at Awutua Akrampa in the Central region. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: 381 contacts traced test negativeNDC...

UG announces closure of halls

University of Ghana (Legon) has directed all resident students to vacate their halls of residence by Saturday March 21, 2020. The school in a...

NDC declares 3 days nationwide prayer and fasting

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has declared three days of nationwide prayer and fasting over reported cases of the deadly novel coronavirus in Ghana. In...

Coronavirus: 24 Chinese nationals refused entry into Ghana

Some 25 foreign nationals - 24 Chinese and 1 German-were denied entry into Ghana on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. This was revealed by the Deputy...

Coronavirus: 381 contacts traced test negative[audio]

The about 381 people deemed as contacts to the six people who have tested positive for coronavirus have not exhibited any symptoms of the...

Coronavirus Church Ban: Prophetess arrested! [Photos]

The Akuapim South District Chief Executive and some security personnel have arrested the leader of The Break of Mountains prayer camp and an elder...

Let’s join hands to fight filth as a nation – Educationist

Mrs Theodosia Jackson, Principal of Jackson College of Education, has called on Ghanaians to, as part of their civic responsibilities, make conscious effort to...

Coronavirus: Why prisoners cannot be freed [audio]

The Ghana Prisons Service has said it does not have the power to release prisoners in spite of the coronavirus outbreak. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: Lawyer wants...

Coronavirus: GMA joins calls to stop Ghana Card registration

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has asked the National Identification Authority (NIA) to hold on with the Ghana Card registration due to...

Aide to Tourism Minister arrested in Parliament over phone theft

A special aide to the Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture has been arrested in Parliament over the lose of a Huawei 230 phone...

Coronavirus, a force majeure to China-Ghana Sinohydro trade deal?

Dubbed the Master Project Support Agreement, Ghana in 2018 signed a barter trade deal with Chinese state-owned company Sinohydro to ultimately solve Ghana’s infrastructural...

No university for student with aggregate 09

Guests at the last Tema West Municipal Assembly Independence Day celebration were awestruck when the emcee announced that one of the recipients of the...

Coronavirus: Veteran journalist demands appropriate sex positions amidst scare [audio]

Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, has expressed worry about how the coronavirus scare is affecting intimacy among couples. ALSO READ: Pastor arrested...