Ghana has 186 new COVID-19 cases to put the current confirmed case count to 7,303, the Ghana Health Service has announced. On the official website of Ghana Health Service, 2,412 persons who tested positive for COVID-19earlier have also recovered. This implies that as of the last update, 95 more persons …
Read More »Implement healthy food environment policies – Study
A study published this week in the Food Policy Journal, by a team of local and international researchers, has identified priority recommendations to support government policy action towards creating healthier food environments in Ghana. The top policy actions recommended for government action by the national expert panel include legislation to …
Read More »I never said Kwasi Appiah should have known better – Henry Asante Twum
Communications Director of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Henry Asante Twum, has quashed reports saying he chided Blacks Stars coach, Kwasi Appiah saying he was supposed to know better after the former Black stars gaffer was angrily demanding for his unpaid salary arrears. “The GFA does not pay the coach …
Read More »Moscow-based duo Lokomotiv and Spartak enquire about Bernard Mensah’s selling price
Lokomotiv Moscow and Spartak Moscow have asked Kayserispor about the selling price for midfielder Bernard Mensah. The Russian Premier League duo are scheduled to meet the Turkish Super Lig side again before the conclusion of the season. They join Greek Super League side PAOK Thessaloniki who have budgeted to spend …
Read More »NDC’s Joseph Yammin sues Ken Agyapong, demands GH¢95m
Former Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports under the erstwhile Mahama administration, Joseph Yammin, has sued Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong for defamation. The plaintiff, Mr. Yammin, in a lawsuit, highlighted that Kennedy Agyapong published false news against him via his radio station, Oman FM on May 14, 2020. He furthered …
Read More »Two Nigerians impersonate over 20 Ghanaian ministers
A Nigerian National Vivian Sadija Imran is in police custody for allegedly impersonating about 20 ministers of state to defraud more than 500 Ghanaians of over GHC100,000, so far. Together with her 24-year-old husband Prince Joel (her accomplice), who is currently at large, the duo used names and photographs of …
Read More »Canadian rapper Houdini shot and killed in Toronto
Houdini was one of three people taken to hospital with injuries but he was pronounced dead at 6:30 p.m. The two others, a woman, 27, and a 15-year-old boy are expected to recover from the attack. Toronto Police believe it was targeted shooting after gunfire broke out outside the hotel …
Read More »Ghana’s public debt bigger than 59.3% of GDP -Seth Tekper
Ghana’s Public Debt cannot be 59.3% of Gross Domestic Product at the end of March 2020 unless the government of Ghana is keen to continue the controversial “parallel” fiscal reporting that it denies, former Finance Minister, Seth Tekper has said. According to him, since the 2019 Debt Report and the …
Read More »Kume Preko: Kweku Baako tells his side of the story [VIDEO]
Kweku Baako Jnr says even though some members may have told the ‘Kume Preko’ story, it may not be the ‘full story’. The Managing Editor of the New Crusading Guide newspaper who was one of the leading members of ‘Kume Preko’ demonstration said comments made by the Managing Editor of …
Read More »‘Illiterate’ Akwatia MP shares her emotional experience on her first day in Parliament
What may appear elitist and impossible for the man on the street became a reality when Mercy Adu Gyamfi, a hairdresser, was voted as Member of Parliament to represent the people of Akwatia. The MP who is unable to speak the Queen’s language like most of her colleagues said she “wept” the …
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