CLAIM: Ghana’s Deputy Health Minister Dr. Bernard Okoe-Boye claims passengers who arrive in Togo pay 150 euros for the PCR COVID-19 test. He also claims that in Zimbabwe persons pay about 210 dollars for the COVID-19 test. VERDICT: OUTRIGHT LIE FULL TEXT: On Sunday, President Akufo Addo addressed the nation on measures taken to contain the spread …

The Speaker of the House of Representatives for the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Femi Gbajabiamila has made some far-reaching proposals in a hope to bring an end to the current retail trade war between Nigerian traders doing business in Ghana and their Ghanaian counterparts. During a ‘Legislative Diplomacy’ bilateral meeting …

The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Ghana Limited has served notice of its intension to lay off workers due to challenges exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. A memo to the staff dated 31 August 2020, said the Chief Labour Officer of the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations has already been …

Ghana’s COVID-19 death toll has risen to 280 after four more patients succumbed as of today, Thursday, 3 September 2020, according to figures released by the Ghana Health Service (GHS). Meanwhile, the active COVID-19 caseload has fallen from 904 to 856. Only 55 new cases were confirmed recently. This brings …

Mr Kofi Dzamesi, Minister for Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, on Thursday, inaugurated a reconstituted Volta Regional House of Chiefs. The reconstitution was made necessary by the passage of 2020 LI 2409 in July, which paved the way for the creation of the House of Chiefs for the six new regions. …

Anti-graft campaigner P.C. Appiah Ofori has said the Agyapa deal which aims to monetise Ghana’s gold royalties is a bad one and asked President Nana Akufo-Addo to stop the agreement. “I don’t support it at all and, so, I want to take advantage through you to tell Nana Akufo-Addo not …

Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko has sued former Information Minister Sabah Zita Benson for publishing false claims against him in the Agyapa royalties deal. In a writ filed at the High Court, lawyers of Mr Otchere-Darko said the former Minister took to Facebook and made allegations of corrupt conduct against their client …

Asamoah Gyan’s first son Frederick Gyan wants to follow the footsteps of his father. Frederick Gyan plays for the youth side of Oxford City Football Club in the United Kingdom. It looks like Asamoah Gyan is inspired by Abedi Pele who has nurtured all his three sons to take after him as …

The Overlord of Dagbon, His Majesty Ya Na Abukari II says the Kingdom is grateful to President Nana Akufo-Addo for the immense role he has played in ensuring peace in the Kingdom. Speaking during a courtesy call on him by Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia at the Gbewaa Palace on …

Twitter, they say is the home of social media savagery and it is not hard to understand how and why the platform has earned such ‘enviable’ reputation’. The trolls, the banter, the clap backs are hard-hitting which makes it quite unpleasant to have yourself or your celebrity being ‘dragged’ on …