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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...

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...

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...

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...

Beware! Houseflies can transmit Coronavirus – GHS (Video)

It has been revealed that houseflies can transmit the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Patrick Aboagye,...

Immigration Service receives items to support fight against Covid-19

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has received support in the form of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to fight the deadly coronavirus. The items, presented by...

Pastor arrested for defying Akufo-Addo’s coronavirus order [video]

Head pastor of Open Arms Ministry, Apostle Anthony Kofi Sarkodie, has been picked up by the Ashanti Regional police command for disobeying the President’s...

Coronavirus: VRA suspends visits to Akosomba Dam site, others

Ghana’s power generation company, Volta River Authority (VRA), has suspended visits to its power generating and recreational facilities across the country. “Management of the...

NDC reacts to EC’s latest press release on voter registration date

General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu-Nketia, has described the Electoral Commission (EC)'s decision to push its intended voter registration exercise...

Coronavirus: Mortuary workers to boycott dead bodies if …

The Mortuary Workers Association of Ghana (MOWAG), following the confirmation of seven cases of Coronavirus in Ghana, are threatening to boycott dead bodies if...

Asiedu Nketia gives convid-19 indigenous ‘Twi’ name [Audio]

General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has given a new name to the deadly coronavirus disease. According to him, though...

New Register: EC to announce new date

The Electoral Commission (EC) says it will in due course announce a new date for the compilation of the new voters' register following the...

Lady found dead at Awutu Bontrase; body parts missing

The decomposed body of a 30-year-old woman has been discovered at Awutu Bontrase in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central region. According...

Coronavirus: Govt condemns sanitiser price hikes

The government has condemned the abnormal hike in prices of goods such as hand sanitisers on the market in the wake of recorded cases...

Ghana records 7th Coronavirus case

One more case of the deadly Coronavirus has been confirmed in Ghana. This makes a total of seven cases so far. The victim...

Waala Traditional Council bans Friday congregational prayers, funerals

The Waala Traditional Council has, with immediate effect, cancelled all public events in the area including the performance of Friday Muslim congregational prayers (Jummah)...

Coronavirus: Lawyer wants prisoners freed

A human rights lawyer has called on government to decongest prisons across the country in a bid to curtail the spread of the novel...

Check out when coronavirus vaccine will be ready [audio]

The hope of getting Covid-19 vaccine to save the world may be ready in 2021, Director of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Patrick...

Viral photo: Obinim wears mask during counseling session

Controversial prophet, Bishop Daniel Obinim, is leaving nothing to chance following the ban on social gatherings. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: Obinim reveals next plan of action after...

Suspected case of Coronavirus at Weija-Gbawe Hospital proves negative

The suspected case of Coronavirus at the Weija-Gbawe Hospital involving a 38-year-old woman, who returned to Ghana from the United Kingdom on March 6,...

Railway Company postpones reopening of Kojokrom-Tarkwa line

Management of the Ghana Railway Company has announced the postponement of the Kojokrom-Tarkwa railway opening which was scheduled for Monday, March 16, 2020. It has...

Coronavirus: US Embassy in Accra suspends visa appointments

The United States (US) Embassy in Accra is temporarily suspending routine immigrant and non-immigrant visa appointments, effective March 17, 2020.  According to...

This priest requests for pictures of parishioners to pray for them while church is closed

This priest asked all his parishioners to send him a picture of themselves and their families so he could tape them to the pews...

Coronavirus: Ghana ‘deports’ two Italians

Immigration officials at the Kotoka International Airport on Monday, March 16, 2020 barred two Italian nationals from entering Ghana. The two, according to reports, arrived...

Video: New suspected case of COVID-19 hits Weija-Gbawe Hospital ?

A 38-year-old Ghanaian lady, who recently returned from the United Kingdom to Ghana, has reported to the Weija-Gbawe Hospital hospital with symptoms that appear...

Coronavirus: Jack Ma donates masks, test kits to all countries in Africa

Chinese billionaire and co-founder of Alibaba, Jack Ma, says he will donate masks, test kits and protective suits to all countries in Africa to...

Coronavirus: Closure of churches long overdue – GPCC

The Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC) has lauded president Nana Akufo-Addo for suspending all church activities in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. President...

NSS suspends service registration after Akufo-Addo’s directives

Management of the National Service Scheme (NSS), following President Nana Akufo-Addo’s draconian measures put in place to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the...

Some antibiotics made with corn powder – Former Health Minister reveals [video]

Former Minister for Health under the erstwhile John Mahama administration has revealed that some antibiotics imported into the country have corn powder as the...

Former Minister clears air on controversial ambulance saga [Video]

Former Health Minister under the erstwhile Mahama administration, Sherry Ayitey, has broken her silence on the importation of some 30 ambulances under her stewardship...

Tragedy: Garbage truck runs over man’s head at Berekum Hospital (Photo)

A routine medical check-up took —an unexpected—and extremely painful — twist for one man when he was run over by a garbage truck Monday. The freak tale, which occurred...

How do we take collection ? – Angry pastor quizzes after suspension of church services [video]

Founder and Leader of the Heaven’s Gate Ministries, Nicholas Osei, popularly known as Prophet Kumchacha, has expressed genuine concerns over the suspension of church...

Mad rush for hand sanitisers in Accra [Video]

In fear of the deadly coronavirus, some Ghanaians have flocked the central business district in Accra in a quest to stock themselves with sanitisers. An...

Gospel singer schools Ghanaians on homemade sanitisers [Video]

Gospel Singer, Celestine Donkor, has shared few tips on the preparation of hand sanitisers following its shortage on the Ghanaian market. The ‘Agbebolo’ hit...

Coronavirus: Safety rules to adopt in ‘trotro’ [Photo]

Following the confirmation of six coronavirus cases in Ghana, a number of basic safety tips have been given to citizens for their adoption to...

Coronavirus: Obinim reveals next plan of action after suspension of church activities

Founder and Leader of the International God’s Way Church, Bishop Daniel Obinim, has revealed what his church would be doing following the suspension of...

Incredible filt in Chemu Lagoon causes fear among Chorkor residents

Chorkor residents especially those who live along the Chemu Lagoon in the Ablekuma South Municipality of the Greater Region say they are living on...