Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, has condemned the ill-treatment of Ghanaians and other African nationals in China in the outbreak of COVID-19. This follows the circulation of videos on social media of Ghanaians and other African nationals being thrown out of hotels and places …

Ghana is ranked 14th in Sub Saharan Africa in terms of number of patients to physician (medical doctor) ratio. The nation is however ranked 4th in the West African sub region. According to a World Bank survey from 2015 and 2017, and still being used presently, the ratio is 1000 …

Police at Obuasi have picked up 49 persons, including a groom and his bride, for flouting the ban on social gathering protocols during the novel coronavirus pandemic. The groom, Philip Ahenekwa, aged 35, and the bride, Ama Frema, aged 40, and the other persons are currently in police custody. They …

Earlier we reported that the US death toll was expected to soon overtake Italy as the highest in the world – and that has now happened. There have now been 19,701 deaths reported by the US, according to John Hopkins University. That compares to 19,468 reported by Italy’s government. Regardless …

The World Health Organization (WHO) warned countries on Friday to be cautious about lifting restrictions introduced to curb the spread of the coronavirus and voiced alarm it was taking hold in Africa. The United Nations agency would like to see an easing, but at the same time “lifting restrictions could …

Armed Police Personnel have been deployed to Kwahu Praso in the Kwahu West District of the Eastern Region after rampaging youth in the community and its surrounding villages besieged a Mining Company setting ablaze equipment worth millions of Ghana cedis. The rampaging youth set fire into two Tata Hitachi excavators …

The Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) will order the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to relegate Asante Kotoko from the Ghana Premier League (GPL), by close of May 10, 2020, if they fail to pay Esperance of Tunisia $240,000. FIFA on Friday, April 10, ordered Asante Kotoko to pay Esperance …

Torrential rainfall has destroyed some parts of the nurses’ quarters at the Sunyani Regional Hospital. The heavy downpour accompanied by strong winds caused havoc to the whole of Block Three and some portions of Block Two of the nurses’ quarters. The rains ripped off the roofing of both blocks, displacing …

The Kasoa Police on Thursday, arrested the owner of a drinking spot in the area, for failing to comply with the Imposition Restriction law. Mawutor Ahetor opened her spot at Blue Top Estate on Wednesday at 0820 hours during the lockdown culminating in a robbery incident that night. DSP Irene …

The Minister of Education, Hon. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has presented bags of rice and boxes of cooking oil to the Kumasi Children’s Home  and Kumasi Cheshire Home  in the Ashanti region as part of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s vision of addressing some of the challenges arising out of the …