GENERAL NEWS

A total of 41 people have been arrested by personnel of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) at Babile Inland Post in the Lawra District of the Upper West Region for attempting to enter the country illegally. The people, comprising of 39 Ivoirians and two Ghanaians who were traveling on two …

Ever since the outbreak of COVID-19 (the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus), scientists have been scrambling to identify the species of origin to understand how the new coronavirus first leapt from its animal hosts to humans, causing the current pandemic infecting more than a million people worldwide. Scientists have been looking …

The Kano State Fire Service has confirmed that four members of a family died in a collapsed building at Saberi area in Gwale Local Government Area, on Monday. The Spokesman of the Service, Saidu Mohammed, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Tuesday in Kano, said that three other …

About ¢300,000.00 worth of diesel belonging to Adu-Ofori-Attah company limited in Tema has been washed down the drains along the Techiman-Kintampo Highway when a fuel tanker overturned in the Bono East Region. The diesel tanker with registration number GN 6243-15 was traveling from Tema to Buipe and had just passed …

The Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has disclosed that government will step-up public and communal education this week on the need to observe measures introduced in fighting the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the Minister, some Ghanaians hold certain beliefs not backed by science, therefore, they do not believe all that is been …

The Managing Director of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) Asante Berko has denied claims by the US authorities that he bribed some former Ghana government officials for his client in a plant project while he worked for Goldman Sachs. The Securities and Exchange Commission said Asante Berko, a former employee …

The Permanent Mission of Ghana to the United Nations and Consulate-General of Ghana has said it received with deep regret the sad news of the passing of a number of Ghanaians in the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The …

Cynthia Morrison, Minister of Gender, Child and Social Protection, has revealed that Ghanaians have been storming her home in their numbers for food due to the COVD-19 lockdown. She, however, appealed to them to stop coming to her house for food but rather go to her office within the Ministries …

Ghana has recorded 70 more cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases to 636, Ghana Health Service confirms. “The breakdown of the 636 positive cases are as follows: seventeen (17) have been treated, reverted to negative on repeat tests and discharged, 605 cases have been categorised as mild …

Director of Strategy and Business Operations at Dalex Finance, Mr. Joe Jackson has called on the Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu to as a matter of urgency probe the bribery allegations made against the Tema Oil Refinery boss, Asante Berko. Mr. Berko is alleged to have arranged at least $2.5 million …