Militant Islamists in Somalia have been involved in a gun battle with security forces at a hotel in the capital, Mogadishu. Al-Shabab said it was behind the attack at the Afrik Hotel, which began with a car bomb on Sunday afternoon. It is not yet confirmed how many casualties there …

The Ghana Football Association [GFA] has ordered Hearts of Oak to play the rest of their Ghana Premier League matches behind closed doors. The decision by the FA emerges after the club breached COVID-19 protocols in their defeat to local rivals Accra Great Olympics on Saturday night. In a letter, …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is ‘coming to our homes’ this evening with his 23rd address on measures his government has taken against the spread of the novel coronavirus. Ghana, according to the Ghana Health Service is witnessing a third wave of the virus with almost 800 new cases recorded today, January …

The High Court in Accra presided over by Justice Kweku Tawiah Ackaah-Boafo has dismissed the case initiated by 643 ex-soldiers against the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) over an alleged illegal deductions on an amount of GH¢142,000,071.00 government had released to them for their terminal benefits. It was the case of …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo addressed the nation for the 23rd time on the measures his government has taken to combat the spread of the novel COVID-19 among Ghanaians. In his address, the President announced restrictions on funerals, weddings, concerts, theatrical performances, and parties until further notice. “Until further notice, …

President Akufo-Addo has reintroduced restrictions funerals, weddings, concerts, theatrical performances and parties until further notice. In his 23rd address to the nation on Sunday, January 31, 2021, the president indicated that, private burials, with no more than twenty-five (25) people, can take place, with the enforcement of the social distancing, …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is ‘coming to our homes’ this evening with his 23rd address on measures his government has taken against the spread of the novel coronavirus. Ghana, according to the Ghana Health Service is witnessing a third wave of the virus with almost 800 new cases recorded …

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has threatened to embark on strike if the government does not ban public gatherings amid a spike in covid-19 cases. This is according to the Secretary of the Association, Dr Justice Yankson. “The issue is very simple, and we can only advice and we can …

A 108-year-old woman has been thrown into a state of depression after she was served a notice to vacate her six-bedroom building to pave way for railway construction in the Volta Region. Hana Sesi Abla, in an interview with JoyNews, described as wicked the move by the Ghana Railway Development …

Some traders in the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi, on Friday converged to show a special appreciation to President Nana Akufo-Addo for reappointing Akosua Frema Opare as Chief of Staff at the Presidency. According to the Kumasi traders who turned out in their numbers, they fully endorse and welcome her reappointment …