GENERAL NEWS

The number of people facing acute food insecurity could nearly double this year to 265 million due to the economic fallout of COVID-19, the United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday. The impact of lost tourism revenues, falling remittances and travel and other restrictions linked to the coronavirus pandemic …

A two-year-old boy got drowned in a well last Sunday while playing with his siblings at Top Town, Ngleshie Amanfro in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region. The incident occurred when the boy, George Editor, accidentally stepped on a roofing sheet that was used to cover the …

Journalist and host of Good Evening Ghana on Metro TV Paul Adom-Otchere has promised to open a can of worms about renowned investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni on his show later today as a reply to an allegation by Manasseh Azure Awuni that he ( Mr Adom-Otchere ) had lied …

The former Deputy national Chief Imam and leader of Al-husuuna-Wal-Jammah Sheikh Muniru Tawfiq Abdullah has urged Ghanaians to continuously support the vulnerable and needy in society in the midst of COVID-19 in order to attract the blessings of God. He said this in a Facebook broadcast as part of a …

The Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says he is encouraged that several countries are now starting to plan how to ease social restrictions that restricted the movement of their citizens in the phase of COVID-19. He, however, has cautioned that the lifting of the …

Islamic Scholar, Sheikh Osman Yeboah says the ban on Islamic activities does not stop muslims from praying to Allah. Speaking on Nyankonton Mu Nsem on Rainbow Radio 87.5Fm, the scholar and cleric explained praying and worshipping God can be done anywhere and not just a mosque. “The ban on Islamic …

A groom and his bride on Sunday afternoon fled and abandoned their wedding ceremony when they heard police patrol vehicles approaching the event grounds in Tamale with blaring sirens. The groom, who has been identified only as Nash and the bride, Tijani Nimatu, were holding an Islamic marriage ceremony at …

Okyenhene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin II, has ordered for the retrieval of all corpses in the various hospitals in Akyem Abuakwa for internment with immediate effect within a one month period. The decision was triggered by the health concerns following the massive congestion seen in hospital morgues as a result …

Residents at American Farm, a suburb of Ngleshie Amanfro in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region have been thrown into a state of grief after a three-year-old boy drowned in a well belonging to a resident. The incident occurred around 3:pm when Paa George, a kindergarten pupil together …

The Ghana Health Service(GHS) says the government prior to the lifting of the Lockdown had adequate information that showed it would be safe to lift the restrictions on movement. President Akufo-Addo has lifted the three week partial Lockdown imposed on the Greater Accra, Kumasi, Kasoa and Tema areas effective Monday, …