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North Korea’s very sick leader missed important holiday
North Korea's leader missed celebrations on the country's most important holiday, prompting media speculation.
Several outlets have been reporting he may in...
Lagos hospital shuts down over Covid-19 fears
A major private hospital in Nigeria’s commercial capital has suspended operations because of exposure to coronavirus.
St Nicholas Hospital said in a statement that it...
Covid-19: Over 500 patients will recover in coming weeks – Gabby Otchere-Darko
Ghana is likely to see more than 500 persons make a complete recovery from the Covid-19 over the next three weeks, this is according...
GHS allays fears of possible COVID-19 community spread at Akwapim North after two people...
The Eastern Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Alberta Britwum Nyarko, has allayed fears that the two persons who tested positive...
Drinking spots and game centres to be closed in Bolga
The Bolgatanga Municipal Assembly in the Upper East Region will soon close down drinking spots and game centres to avoid communal drinking and gathering...
Govt needs to strengthen COVID-19 response – IMANI Senior Fellow
Imani Center for Policy and Education has scored government 60% in its fight against the spread of Covid-19 in Ghana.
According to a fellow at...
Global hunger could double due to Covid-19 blow – UN
The number of people facing acute food insecurity could nearly double
this year to 265 million due to the economic fallout of Covid-19, the...
Covid-19: Check out what travellers do with coffins just to avoid arrest
Travellers have ferried an empty coffin from Nairobi to Homa Bay county with the pretence that they were going for a funeral, to evade...
Actor sends his reaction to fans about ‘money ritual’ tags on him
The continued coronavirus induced lockdown in some parts of Nigeria has forced a lot of social media users to flood the pages of their...
Police officers arrested for buying alcohol during lockdown
The ban on alcohol has been giving South Africans chest pains, and it appears even the police officers are trying to get their hands...
Covid-19: Man turns pizza shop into face mask company
A pizza operator, Dimitri Syrkin-Nikolau, has risen up against the spread of coronavirus in a very creative and unconventional way.
On Monday, March 16,...
Kasoa traders have a message for gov’t on ‘Social Distancing’
Some market women at Kasoa New Market in the Central Region have appealed to President Nana Akufo-Addo to provide them funds and shed before...
The reason why some people don’t wash their hands
There are millions of non-hand-washers hiding among us. Why won’t they adopt this simple hygiene habit – and how can we change their minds?
"My...
Balotelli confirms love for ‘fufu’ and jollof
Brescia striker, Mario Balotelli, has named Ghanaian delicacies as his favourite during Instagram discussion with Arsenal and France legend, Thierry Henry.
Following the suspension of...
German clubs buoyed by potential mid-May season restart
German football clubs are hoping a return to action is on the horizon, even if it means playing in closed stadiums, after the country's...
North Korean leader, Kim Jun Un in grave danger after surgery
The United States (US) is monitoring intelligence that suggests North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un, is in grave danger after undergoing a previous surgery, according...
BoG directs banks, SDI’s not to pay dividends to shareholders
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has directed Banks and Specialised Deposit-Taking Institutions (SDIs) in the country not to declare or pay any dividend to...
Sarkodie begs Akufo-Addo; this is why
Ghanaian rapper, Sarkodie, has appealed to President Nana Akufo-Addo to open the country’s borders to enable Ghanaians stuck outside join their families.
President Akufo-Addo announced...
Oko Boye sworn in as Deputy Health Minister [photos]
President Nana Akufo-Addo has sworn in Dr Bernard Oko Boye, as a Deputy Health Minister.Dr Boye was recently appointed by the President and was...
Lockdown lifted: Juliet Ibrahim’s 6 questions to govt
Popular Ghanaian actress, Juliet Ibrahim, has expressed sadness over the government's decision to lift the ban on the partial lockdown in Accra and Kumasi....
Nana Aba Anamoah praises The Multimedia Group, tags Joy FM as the biggest media...
Acting General Manager of GHOne, Nana Aba Anamoah, has put The Multimedia Group Limited in its right spot; the biggest media brand in Ghana.
Explaining...
Oil price crashes, ends negative for the first time in history
United States (U.S.) crude oil futures turned negative on Monday for the first time in history, ending the day at a stunning minus $37.63...
Nigerian actor Joseph Okechukwu hails Akufo-Addo for lifting lockdown
Nigerian actor, Joseph Okechukwu, in a video broadcast Monday, commended President Nana Akufo-Addo for lifting a three-week lockdown imposed on some selected cities in Ghana.
According...
Why my love for Akufo-Addo has increased – Top Actress
Just as many people are praising President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for his effective ways in fighting the deadly Coronavirus, Ghanaian actress Bibi Bright...
I can’t wait to work with him – KiDi reacts to Teddy Riley’s praise...
Highlife artiste, KiDi, has expressed excitement after hearing Grammy Award-winning producer Teddy Riley wants to work with him.
The celebrated producer told Andy Dosty in an interview on Daybreak...
The higher the number of cases recorded the more money the govt receives –...
Actress, Kisa Gbekle, says President Nana Akufo-Addo is gambling with the lives of Ghanaians amidst the Coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic.
President Akufo-Addo, delivering his 7th update...
Chief of Staff reaches slum areas with cooked food
The Chief of Staff, Hon. Akosua Frema Osei-Opare, has through her Director of Political Affairs, presented over 500 packs of food and water to...
Hammer joins Criss Waddle to feed 500 underprivileged people [Video]
Rapper and AMG boss, Criss Waddle, has fulfilled a promise he made on Twitter ”to feed people during the third week of the lockdown...
WHO head warns worst of virus is still ahead
The head of the World Health Organisation has warned that “the worst is yet ahead of us” in the coronavirus outbreak, raising new alarm...
Boko Haram suspects ‘die of poison’ in Chad jail
Forty-four suspected Boko Haram militants in Chad have died in detention from apparent poisoning, the country’s public prosecutor says.
The men were part of a...
Taxis refuse to pick nurses at Begoro Govt Hospital over recorded case at facility
Health professionals working at the Begoro Government Hospital in
the Eastern Region where one case of the deadly coronavirus was recorded are
being stigmatised by the...
How Ghana recorded 401 Covid-19 cases in 72 hours
Ghana’s confirmed cases of coronavirus has jumped from 641 as at Friday, April 17, to 1,042 on Sunday, April 19, making an increase of...
How policemen helped pregnant woman welcome her baby at 3:am during lockdown
How policemen helped pregnant woman welcome her baby at 3:am
during lockdown
Nigerians have taken to the popular micro-blogging platform,
Twitter, to hail some police officers...
WHO releases list of African countries with highest cases of COVID-19, check out Ghana’s...
Over 21,000 coronavirus cases have been
reported in Africa, with 5,000 recoveries and 1,000 deaths, the World Health
Organisation (WHO) has said.
The organisation has compiled...
Oil crashes, ends negative for the first time in history
U.S. crude oil futures turned negative on Monday for the first time
in history, ending the day at a stunning minus $37.63 a barrel...
When Afia Schwarzenegger showed her twerking skills (Watch)
Controversial television
and radio presenter, Afia Schwarzenegger, seems to be very happy about the
lifting of the partial lockdown from Greater Kumasi, Greater Accra and other
hotspots...
Social distancing, hand-washing better than lockdown – Former Health Minister[audio]
A former Health Minister has described as a "correct call" President Nana Akufo-Addo’s decision to lift the restriction on movements in some parts of...
TUC backs lifting of lockdown
The Secretary-General of the Trades Union Congress, Dr Anthony Yaw Baah, says the decision taken by the President Akufo-Addo, to lift the ...
Lifting Lockdown: GHS to embark on new preventive testing
Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, says the government, despite the lifting of the lockdown, is not reducing the preventive etiquette to curb the spread...
Policeman blasts Chinese man for defying lockdown order, blames him for being behind Covid-19...
An obviously angry policeman, who will have none of the misbehavior of people who flouted the President’s directive during the lockdown, poured his anger...