The Ministry of Health has begun employment of all 2017/18 batch of nursing trainees into various health facilities across the country in the wake of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in a national broadcast said such personnel will help deal with a possible surge in infections in the coming days …

A little girl, 12, from Ghana dies from the novel covid-19 in a city in Belgium called Vint after she felt weakness and was taken from school to the hospital. Belgium has witnessed one if their youngest death cases in their battle against the novel Coronavirus outbreak. A Ghanaian young …

Five (5) persons who are taking advantage of the lockdown to steal wares of market women selling essential commodities in the Kumasi central market have been arrested. Market women on Wednesday [April 1, 2020] complained that some unscrupulous persons are taking advantage of the situation to loot their shops and steal wares of traders …

The African Energy Chamber analyses the most vulnerable African countries amid the Covid-19 pandemic and low oil price. Angola revises national budget and suspends CAPEX; Senegal’s first oil development faces debt arrangement challenges; Nigeria poised for a major revenue loss; Analysts predict Ghana will get half its projected revenue; Cameroon …

The Inspector General of Police, James Oppong-Boanuh has warned that police personnel found to have misconducted themselves by brutalizing while enforcing the lockdown rules in the country will be dealt with. It follows the alleged brutality of a 67-year-old widow at the Kotobabi market by an unidentified officer who was …

Erstwhile Chairman of Kumasi Asante Kotoko, Herbert Mensah has disclosed that the May 9th tragedy will forever be with him till the day he departs from earth. Herbert Mensah who witnessed the events that led to the May 9th tragedy, actively assisted in carrying lifeless bodies from the stands to …

Some 20 people were killed by a lightning strike on high-voltage power lines in Congo Brazzaville, the authorities say. The incident happened on the first day of a lockdown in the capital, Brazzaville, to help prevent the spread of coronavirus. So far 22 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in …

The United Kingdom is building a mortuary near the new London hospital for coronavirus patients., which is going to be the size of two football fields. According to Mirror UK, the temporary mortuary is under construction on Wanstead Flats, in Manor Park, east London, near the City of London crematorium and cemetery. …

Ghana is facing a diplomatic hurdle as it attempts to repatriate Burkinabe and Guinean citizens who tested positive for coronavirus in Tamale, the Northern Region capital. Northern Region Minister, Salifu Saeed, has disclosed that authorities in Guinea are reluctant to receive eight of their citizens who tested positive for coronavirus in Ghana. …

Two armed robbers plotted to murder Honorable Kennedy Agyapong in his mansion in Tema Community 12 on Tuesday night, March 31. Honorable Agyapong has a mansion in community 12 where he mostly spends his days off from work in. This adds up to the 120 houses the member of parliament …