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READ: NDC’s COVID-19 Technical Team’s proposal to govt

The National Democratic Congress' (NDC) Technical Team to spearhead the party’s coronavirus response has presented its proposals on some measures that can be implemented...

Coronavirus: Ghanaian living in Italy shares harrowing story [audio]

A Ghanaian resident in coronavirus-hit Italy has shared harrowing story of how he is having sleepless nights for fear of contracting the virus. ALSO READ: Recovering...

Coronavirus chart: Check the region on top

Five regions in Ghana have so far recorded cases of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic also known as coronavirus. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: Accra records 9 new cases,...

Coronavirus: Accra records 9 new cases, 4 have no travel history

The Ghana Health Service has confirmed nine additional COVID-19 cases, all from the Greater Accra region. Four of them have no history of...

Coronavirus: Burkina Faso, Guinea refuse to receive citizens who tested positive

Ghana is facing a diplomatic hurdle as it attempts to repatriate Burkinabe and Guinean citizens who tested positive for coronavirus in Tamale,...

Kennedy Agyapong escapes assassination attempt as gunmen storm his house?

Some unidentified gunmen are reported to have stormed the house of Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong. They were said to...

Ho Assemblies of God Church catches fire during Facebook live streaming

The Central Assemblies of God Church in Ho was Wednesday evening gutted by fire when some youth of the church were streaming a Facebook...

First Lady’s message on World Autism Day [Read]

"In recognition of World Autism Day, I would like to take a moment to recognise the efforts of parents of children with disabilities all...

Farmer butchers wife at Abuom

Police in Asunafo South District of the Ahafo region are on a manhunt for a 50-year-old farmer, Agya Yakubu Kangriga, who allegedly butchered his...

Coronavirus: Prostitution ban enforced in Northern region [video]

The Northern Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has placed a ban on the activities of commercial sex workers in the region. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: Police raid sex...

We are winning Covid-19 battle – Korle Bu CEO

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital says Ghana is winning the fight against Covid-19. This, according to Dr Daniel Asare, is because...

Audio: Video of civilian hitting a military man happened in 2019 – Says GAF

Copyright © 20 A video of man attacking military officer in public is not related to coronavirus lockdown operations, the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has...

Listen: Police hunt for fake video circulators

Copyright © 20 The Ghana Police service is on a manhunt for people sharing videos unrelated to the coronavirus lockdown. Director of Police Public Affairs, Superintendent...

Bizzare excuses people are giving just to flout lockdown [listen]

One of the frontline nurses in the COVID-19 fight, Kofi Owusu Ansah, wants the police to be allowed to start whipping people to prevent...

Arrest of military officer puncher: GAF reacts to video

A young man believed to be the one who punched a military office in a video that is fast circulating online has been arrested. The...

Covid-19: Volunteer travel information of tenants – GIS to landlords

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) is urging all property owners and landlords to immediately furnish the Service with information on their tenants (Ghanaians and Non-Ghanaians) who...

Ghana Police warns public of fake coronvirus drugs sold online

The Ghana Police Service has advised citizens to be cautious of scammers capitalising on the Coronavirus pandemic to sell unauthorised drugs to cure the...

READ: Former First Lady’s take on coronavirus

The current crisis caused by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic is taking a toll on lives globally, with women being the worst hit. ALSO READ: Lockdown...

Lockdown: 15 traders arrested in Kumasi for flouting directives

Some 15 traders have been arrested in Kumasi for defying the government’s two-week restrictions on movement. Traders were ordered not to ply their trade at...

Lockdown saga: Human Rights Reporters condemn acts of security forces

The Human Rights Reporters Ghana (HRRG) has condemned the approach by the police and military officers deployed to maintain law and order and enforce the lockdown...

Coronavirus: Eastern Region records first case

The Eastern region has recorded its first case of the coronavirus in the Lower Manya Krobo municipality. The patient, who is an Indian construction worker...

Coronavirus: GHS gives details on number of tested persons [Audio]

So far 4,560 coronavirus tests have been conducted since the first case was registered in the country, Dr, Badu Sarkodie, Director of the Disease...

COVID-19 lockdown: Govt intervenes for the homeless, vulnerable

Minister for Gender and Social Protection, Cynthia Morrison, has announced some stimulus packages for the homeless and the vulnerable in the country following government’s...

Weija-Gbawe Assembly begins House-to-House coronavirus testing of contacts traced

 The Weija-Gbawe Assembly has announced an on-going 10-day house-to-house enhanced coronavirus testing of contacts traced. According to the Assemblyman for the Tetegu electoral area, Bright...

Bawumia supports stranded ‘Ejisu Kayayei’ with GH¢500 each

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has donated GH¢ 500 to each of the stranded 'Kayayei' (head porters) who were stopped at Ejisu in the Ashanti region on their way...

Coronavirus: Ghana records 34 new cases; total now 195

Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, has announced Ghana has recorded 34 new cases of the coronavirus disease. The total number has, thus, risen from 161...

GAF reacts to lockdown social media videos

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has described as fake viral videos on social media which sought to suggest mishandling of civilians by soldiers of the Operation...

Photos: Duncan-Williams feeds farmers at Adjiringanor

The Founder and General Overseer of the Action Chapel International, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams, has fed a group of young farmers at Adjringanor, a...

Coronavirus: 3 Ghanaians confirmed dead in US [audio]

Three Ghanaians resident in New York in the United States o f America (USA) have died of COVID-19. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: Ghana records 9 new cases;...

Airbus saga: NDC communicators gagged [audio]

Members of the opposition National Democratic Congress' (NDC) communications team have been asked not to comment on the controversial Airbus scandal. ALSO READ: Martin Amidu summons...

Coronavirus: Ghana records 9 new cases; confirmed cases now 161

Nine new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Ghana, Ghana Health Service has confirmed. All nine were reported from Accra, three of them travelled...

Coronavirus: Action Chapel supports over 400 needy members during lockdown

Action Chapel Internationa (ACI)l, led by its founder, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams, has reached out to over 400 of its members who needed ...

Suspected Coronavirus cases at KATH test negative

The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) has announced 10 of its staff, who were exposed to patients with the infectious coronavirus diseases, have tested...

36 foreigners, two Ghanaians arrested for using unapproved routes to Ghana

Officials of the Immigration Service in the South Tongu District of the Volta Region have arrested 38 persons who allegedly entered the ...

Ashanti Regional Police threaten to deal ruthlessly with lockdown offenders

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has threatened to deal ruthlessly with residents who fail to comply with the lockdown directives for the next 13 days. Public Relations...

Opambour cries on live TV over Coronavirus lockdown

The General Overseer of Ebenezer Miracle Worship Centre, Prophet Ebenezer Adarkwa Yiadom, popularly known as Prophet One, has reacted to the partial lockdown declared...

Coronavirus: 31 positive patients recover in Ghana [Audio]

Thirty-one out of 152 coronavirus positive patients in Ghana have recovered, Minister of Health Kwaku Agyeman-Manu has said. The recovered patients, the minister said, have...

Registrar General extends deadline for filing annual returns

The Registrar General's Department has announced the extension of deadline for the filing of annual returns in the wake of the spread of the...

Coronavirus: Infected patient escapes

One of the eight Guineans who tested positive for the novel coronavirus has escaped from the facility in which they are being quarantined in...

Martin Amidu summons four persons over Airbus scandal

Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu has invited four persons to assist in investigations over an alleged act of bribery and other offences in the acquisition...