GENERAL NEWS

Akufo-Addo announces special packages for NCCE

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo announced a special package for the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) to aid in the country’s COVID-19 fight. He said, his government will on Monday, May 11, provide the NCCE with 10,000 locally produced nose masks and cash to enable it effectively carry out its responsibilities as a …

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Coronavirus could increase child marriages – Plan Ghana

The Plan International Ghana has observed that the CoronavirusDisease (COVID-19) pandemic in the country could have dire influence on teenage pregnancy and child marriage in the rural areas. It said the economic hardship that the pandemic has exerted on the people coupled with the closure of schools in the country could …

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Full text: Akufo-Addo’s 9th address to the nation on Covid-19 crisis

Fellow Ghanaians, good evening. It has been eight (8) weeks since our nation embarked on a co-ordinated, enhanced response towards combating the Coronavirus pandemic, after we recorded our first two (2) confirmed cases. We have taken the necessary measures of aggressively tracing, testing, isolating and treating infected persons and their …

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Ban On Public Gatherings Extended To 31st May

President Akufo-Addo has extended the ban on public gathering to 31st March. He made mention of the extension during his 9th speech to the nation, on sunday, May 10th. The President stated that social gatherings such as societal funerals, church gatherings, parties, etc are still banned till 31st March.

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COVID-19: How prostitutes are helping in contact tracing

It has come to light that prostitutes or commercial sex workers, known in Ghanaian local parlance as ‘ashawos’ are key in helping find persons that have been possibly infected with the novel coronavirus. When there is a confirmed case of the virus, health workers try to trace persons who have come …

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C/R: Woman bathed with acid for allegedly chasing a married man

A 27yr old lady, Efua Nyanboawah a resident of Breman Ayipe in the Central Region has been bathed with a mixture of acid and soda by another woman, Yaa Eduah who accused her of flirting with her [Yaa’s] husband. The victim, a hairdresser apprentice told Kasapa News Yaw Boagyan that …

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30-year-old man hangs himself in a classroom

A 30-year-old man identified as James Samuel, hanged himself in a classroom at Government Secondary School Gurku, Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa.   The body of the deceased was discovered on Friday, by one of the residents in the area, who is also a police officer serving in Abuja, …

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Armed Men Who Wanted To Overthrow Nana Akufo Addo Granted Bail

The men facing trial for allegedly attempting to overthrow the Akufo-Addo-led government have been granted a GH¢10m bail with two sureties each to be justified, by an Accra High Court on Friday. The accused are Dr Frederick Yao Mac-Palm, Chief Executive Officer of the Citadel Hospital; Donyo Kafui, alias Ezor, blacksmith; Bright Alan …

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I Sleep With Her Whenever The Urge Comes – Dad Who Impregnated His Daughter

A man who reportedly slept with his teenage daughter has opened up on why he committed the heinous act. 38-year old Patrick Ayesan has confessed in court that he slept with his 18-year-old daughter anytime he wanted to gain sexual satisfaction and eventually got her pregnant. Patrick Ayesan, a resident …

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