Ghana is to observe a national day of fasting and prayers to seek the face of God in the fight against the novel Coronavirus pandemic, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has announced. In a televised broadcast to the nation, the President indicated that, “whilst we continue to adhere to these measures, and ramp …
Read More »Ghana to deploy new, retired healthcare professionals for coronavirus fight
Ghana’s Ministry of Health is currently mobilizing new and retired healthcare professionals to augment the nation’s covid-19 fight. President Akufo-Addo in a national broadcast on Saturday night said such personnel will help deal with a possible surge in infections in the coming days as Ghana struggles to contain the spread …
Read More »Kofi Manu wants government to grant imprisoned goalkeeper amnesty
Veteran Ghanaian Football Administrator, Kofi Manu has advocated for imprisoned goalkeeper Arhin Aboagye to be granted amnesty by government. Aboagye, an inmate of the Nsawam prisons came to the limelight after displaying his goalkeeping qualities in a TV3 documentary last month. In the documentary titled A Hero behind Bars, Arhin …
Read More »Missing Sogakope police AK 47 rifle ‘surprisingly’ surfaces at Sarpeiman in Accra
A police rifle loaded with about 30 rounds of ammunition and nine extra rounds that went missing at Sogakope Charge Office in the South Tongu District of the Volta Region has been found at Sarpeiman near Amasaman in Ga West Municipality of the Greater Accra Region. The weapon, it would …
Read More »What you need to know about Ghana’s legalisation of cannabis
Why the ‘legalization’ of cannabis not what Ghanaians think it is On Friday, Parliament passed the new Narcotics Control Commission Bill, 2019, which makes the country’s Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) a Commission. Why the legalization of cannabis is not what Ghanaians think Reuters The new law also enhanced the powers …
Read More »Fantekrom to get six-unit classroom block as Barbara Oteng-Gyasi cuts sod for construction
The Fantekrom community in the Prestea Huni-valley Constituency in the Western Region was on Tuesday, 10 March, 2020 elated when Lawyer Barbara Oteng-Gyasi, Member of Parliament (MP) for the area cut sod for the commencement of an ultra-modern six-unit classroom block. The project which is expected to be completed within …
Read More »NPP chairman leads police to arrest three suspected illegal miners in Ellembelle
The Constituency Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region, Mr. Samuel Akainyah has led the District Police Command to arrest three suspected illegal miners popularly called “galamseyers” operating in three communities. They were apprehended in an operation conducted by the Command …
Read More »Government allays lockdown fears
Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has debunked reports that the country will be on lockdown from Sunday, March 22. In a tweet announcing an address by President Nana Adddo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in the evening, Mr Oppong Nkrumah indicated that a lockdown of the country will not be part of the …
Read More »Lock down the country – Ghana Health Service advises govt
Per public health principles, it will be in the country’s best interest to lock down, says the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Patrick Aboagye. His comment comes on the back of Ghana seeing a rising number of new infections as the days go by. According to the Director-General …
Read More »Rainstorm kills 4-year-old girl
Four-year-old girl was killed Thursday evening when a falling tree collapsed a mud house on her and three others. Though the little girl was rushed to Afrikids Hospital in Bolgatanga, she was pronounced dead few minutes after being admitted. The incident which happened during a heavy rainstorm at Kalbeo in …
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