The leadership of the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) is cautioning drivers under its umbrella not to increase transport fares without approval from the union’s leadership. According to them, transport fares remain the same, although fuel prices have increased. Some drivers have indicated that they intend to increase transport …

128 lives have been claimed so far by coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the first two weeks of February 2021 in Ghana. The daily update released by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) shows that Ghana recorded 22.8% deaths from Coronavirus between February 1, 2021 to February 13, 2021. Ghana’s coronavirus related …

A young man in Tamale, the Northern Regional Capital has sent shockwaves down the spines of his friends after he died shortly after announcing his Islamic wedding date,MyNewsGh.com reports. Fuseini Sayibu Baba known among peers as Citizen Shaibu Promzy was set to walk down the aisle with Ibrahim Latifa known …

A Ghanaian public University, the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) has issued stern directives to female students against “showing skins” by wearing dresses on campus that the Vice-Chancellor says goes against the University rules. He has therefore cautioned female students who wear indecent outfits, especially when attending lecturers to …

A Public Relations Member at the Accra Psychiatric Hospital, Emmanuel Appiah has said the facility will give Funny Face who was recently ordered to seek an examination at the facility the best of care. He said what the comedian needs now is the show of love and not insults and attacks as …

A Ghanaian public University, the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) has issued stern directives to female students against “showing skins” by wearing dresses on campus that the Vice Chancellor says goes against the University rules. He has therefore cautioned female students who wear indecent outfits, especially when attending lecturers …

According to information gathered, former Ghana Black Stars attacker Kevin Prince Boateng is worth 20 million dollars. Born in Germany but of Ghanaian descent, the veteran forward played for the country of his birth at the junior national team level before subsequently playing for his native country. Widely adored by …

Alfred Mahama, the elder brother of former President John Dramani Mahama has said he won’t respond to the baseless allegations of the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Bernard Antwi-Boasiako popularly called Chairman Wontumi that he (Alfred Mahama) wanted to kill him (Chairman Wontumi) prior to election 2020. Chairman Wontumi has …

The Bolgatanga Technical Institute in the Upper East Region has on Wednesday, 17 February 2021, been shut down. This follows a clash between two student groups of the school on Tuesday night. The situation which got out of hand by Wednesday morning, led to the destruction of school property. Some …

The state is to pull down the four-decade-old uncompleted maternity and children’s block of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) officials have announced. This, according to government officials is to allow for the reconstruction of an entirely new ultramodern edifice at the nation’s second referral centre. Speaking on the Happy …

The Minister-designate for Communications and Digitalisation, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has said the transaction fees generated by operators of mobile money should be taxed in the wake of declining traditional revenue streams in the telecommunication sector. According to her, a report from the Common Platform, which monitors mobile money transactions, indicated that monthly …

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has urged the Ghanaian public on the resurgence of the Ebola virus after confirmed cases were reported in Guinea and Nigeria. The GMA in a letter dated February 15, 2021, cautioned the public of their lifestyle as 7 cases of the virus confirmed by sister …

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says it has received confirmation of seven cases with three fatalities of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Guinea. The Service has, therefore, informed all Regional Directors, Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of Teaching Hospitals and all stakeholders in the health sector to be on high alert. The Director-General …

A 3-unit Junior High School block together with a storeroom and teachers’ office has been razed down by fire at Tarsor/Kulfuo Basic School in the Sissala East Constituency. It was one of the newly commissioned facilities in the last adminstration. The incident, according to sources, happened in the early hours …

Ghana will soon see popular car manufacturer, Peugeot, open a vehicle assembly facility in the country. This is according to the CEO of Silver Star Auto, the sole authorized distributor of Peugeot in Ghana. Mr. Asad Nazir says that talks with relevant authorities are far advanced and an official announcement …

A 44-year-old abandoned maternity block at the Komfo Anokye Hospital is set to be demolished to pave way for construction of a new building. This follows a test report from Contracta, a construction firm responsible for the completion of the project saying the structure must be pulled down. According to …

The National Concerned Drivers Association of Ghana has taken a swipe at the Ghana Road Transport Coordinating Council, (GRTCC) for its failure to deal decisively with the low transport fares in Ghana. The concerned drivers are demanding a 10% increase in transport fares effective next week. The concerned drivers in …

Elijah Adansi-Bonah, Obuasi Municipal Chief Executive, says the introduction of the government’s flagship programme; Rearing for Food and Jobs will boost the agricultural economy of Obuasi. Speaking at a ceremony to present 100 pigs to 20 beneficiary farmers as part of the Rearing for Food and Jobs programme, he said …

The Minister-designate of Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has hinted that a legislation will soon be passed to make unblocking of imported mobile phones impossible. She indicated that there will be a central mobile phones identity register “and so if your phone is stolen from outside and sold here, it cannot be …

The Eastern Regional Hospital in Koforidua is reintroducing the abolished cash and carry system of healthcare services. The Hospital has directed that all patients going on admission must make upfront payment of their medical bills before being admitted except elective cases. Management of the hospital has directed that effective February …

The Minister-designate for Education says the Akufo-Addo government will improve Science Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programs to better prepare students for the job market. Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum said the initiative will be a priority in Ghana’s education in the second term of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to help all students …

The Management of Alpha Lotto Limited, A Licensed lottery operating firm in Ghana has issued a press statement stating emphatically that its lottery deals are legal and have no fraudulent attributes.   That, Their Customers should trust their dealings with them and their authorized operators.   Alpha lotto has been …

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) Tema Regional office has recouped close to GH¢8 million from power theft in the year 2020. The recovery has been realised through a stepped-up routine operational surveillance by the power distributor to breach the surging loss of revenue due to power siphoning. The Tema …

The Ghana National Council of private Schools (GNACOPS)in collaboration with the Ministry of Education through the National teaching council has launched a nationwide training programme to prepare private school teachers to become professional teachers.   To implement this nationwide programme, the Ministry of Education through the National Council for Curriculum …

Sex coach Dzifa Sweetness has talked about love and sex and she elucidates that, sex can’t create love but love can create sex. Speaking with Justice Boakye Danquah (Adwen) on e.TV Ghana’s In Bed With Adwen, She explained love as a special kind of feeling which you feel for someone …

Members of the National Drivers Association of Ghana have announced that there will be 10 percent increment of transport fares on February 22, 2021. This decision, according to the drivers, was informed by the increment of some taxes at the DVLA and the ports. “As we speak, the service charge …

New data released by the Bank of Ghana suggests that Ghana’s economy may have begun a rebound from the contractions it suffered during the second and third quarters of 2020 as a result of the adverse impact of COVID-19 and the requisite socio-economic restrictions imposed by government to curb the spread of infection. The …

Pupils of Ampenkro/Asratoa M/A Primary School in the Jaman South Municipality of the Bono Region have been forced to study under trees due to the unavailability of classrooms. The pupils numbering over 160 have classes under trees on the school’s compound as the school building built in the 1960s has …

Out of the 16,763 applications offered by the University for Development Studies (UDS) to applicants to study various undergraduate programs in the 2020-2021 academic year, only 5,518 honoured the admission to study in the university. This was disclosed by the Vice-Chancellor of the UDS, Professor Gabriel Ayum Teye at the …

“One day my wife travelled and I decided to prepare banku for myself, I suffered due to the process of kneading. “I saw that it was very difficult and it motivated me to look for a simpler and easier way of preparing banku, akple and kokonte. “That’s why I came out with …