The Heads of Christian Ecumenical Bodies in Ghana have issued guidelines to mitigate the spread of coronavirus when church reopens. The bodies that presented the guidelines included the Christian Council, the National Association of Charismatic and Christian Churches, Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference. Signing the mitigating guidelines were; Most Rev Dr …
Read More »Photos: Man collapses as wife saves ‘chop money’ to build mansion
One Joseph Yohana, who is based in Kaduna with his family, has reportedly collapsed out of joy after his wife, Juan revealed she built a new house with savings she made from money he has been giving her to cook and take care of other domestic needs. A Facebook source, …
Read More »Court remands cheating wife, lover who conspired to kill husband
The Asokwa District Court 2 has remanded a married woman and her boyfriend who conspired to kill her husband at Pamen near Kwabeng in the Eastern region. The two were remanded after the prosecutor, Chief Superintendent Kofi Blagodzi, prayed the court, presided over by His worship Korkor Achaw Owusu, to …
Read More »Shut Down: It’s About Time Radio Gold & Radio XYZ Are Granted Amnesty – Baako Pleads
Kweku Baako Jnr is advocating for the reopening of some radio stations that have been closed down in the country. The Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide Newspaper held the view that even though some laws were violated by these media houses, “I think it’s about time amnesty” is granted them. Radio Gold …
Read More »NDC MP donates “fake” thermometers to health centers
Member of Parliament for Talensi Constituency, Benson Tongo Baba’s Infrared Thermometers donated in the Upper East Region have been detected to be fake. The MP has made some donations to health facilities in his constituency as part of his contributions to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. It is unclear …
Read More »‘Only 20 MPs out of 275 understand legislative work of parliament’ – Majority Leader
Majority Leader has expressed fear for parliament over the lack of quality of persons who get the opportunity to be parliamentarians. Out of the 275 MPs we have in parliament, only 20 of them are keen on the legislative work of the House. “We don’t have more than 20 MPs …
Read More »Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta fires indirect warning to Partey amid transfer speculation
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has indirectly fired a warning shot to Atletico Madrid midfielder Thomas Partey that he is only interested in recruiting players who have a strong desire to don the Gunners shirt. Partey has been identified by Arteta as a priority target this summer, with the Spaniard keen …
Read More »Business stories that made headlines this week
Following the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic In Ghana, it’s been a rather hectic week into the new month of businesses having to adjust to the new normal. With some firms and business having being forced to fold and lay off staff, others have introduced innovative measures due to social …
Read More »Cedi falls by 1.18% to dollar, trades at GH¢5.93 at forex bureau
The Ghana cedi has returned to the depreciation trajectory despite a strong performance in the first three-and-a-half months of this year. As of 6 May 2020, the cedi had declined in value by 1.18% to trade at GH¢5.600 to the US dollar on the interbank forex market and 2.36% to …
Read More »COVID-19 could kill 190,000 in Africa in first year, WHO warns
The novel coronavirus could kill between 83,000 and 190,000 people in Africa in the first year and infect between 29 million and 44 million in the first year if it is not contained, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. The projections are contained in a new WHO Africa study …
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