The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) on Tuesday said its head office in Accra will be closed from Wednesday, July 8, to Friday, July 10, for fumigation exercise after some staff tested positive for COVID-19. The Head Office would be opened on Monday, July 13, 2020, a statement copied to the Ghana …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has served notice SHS students whose parents have picked them from campuses over COVID-19 fears will be isolated during exams. According to the Chairman of the GES Council Michael Nsowah, the intention of the planned action is to ensure that the students coming from home …

A 17-year-old boy has been stabbed to death over a girl. The deceased Benjamin Awusah was stabbed in the chest near the right breast by a gang of seven okada riders. The incident occurred at Akuapem Adawso in the Akuapem North District of the Eastern Region. Brother to the deceased …

The Agona Swedru Circuit Court has sentenced a 37-year-old man residing at Kojo Armah, near Agona Swedru in the Central Region, to seven years’ imprisonment for chopping off the right leg of his two-year-old daughter. The convict, Mawuli Bossu, pleaded not guilty to the charges of causing harm and use …

The fight between Mzbel and Prophet Nigel Gaisie, the general overseer of Prophetic Hill Chapel seems to be a never-ending one as the artiste has made known the identity of the popular clergyman’s Mallam. Mzbel in bringing to light the supposed evil deeds by Prophet Nigel over a ‘fake’ prophecy, …

A police officer knelt on a black man’s neck until he lost consciousness while his dad begged him to stop fearing his son would die like George Floyd. Victim Yugeshwar Gaindarpersaud woke up in hospital following the incident outside his home on Monday, which was filmed and shared across social …

A henchman who assaulted a polling agent of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) failed to appear before Senchi Circuit Court Monday over ill health. The Prosecutor told the Court that the suspect was taken ill to VRA Hospital Sunday. The Judge, therefore, adjourned the case to July 27, 2020. …

ADAM-GH Director of operations Ibrahim Adams  and Executive secretary of ADAM-GH Mr Azubila Salam Emmanuel has successfully submitted pettitions to the office Special Prosecutor(SP), Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO)  at their head office and Criminal Investigation Department (CID) boss at the police headquarters Accra.   The pettition is seeking …

Armed police were brought in on Tuesday, July 7, 2020, to restore order after students of the KNUST Senior High School went on a demonstration over the death of one of their colleagues on campus.    They accuse school authorities of leaving the boy, who complained of stomach upset. unattended …

The Presidency says President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is observing a 14-day self-isolation precautionary measure at the Presidential Villa in the Jubilee House. An earlier reportage by the Herald Newspaper claimed that the president was on Saturday “flown out of the country to London for COVID-19 treatment” after testing positive. …