GENERAL NEWS

Soldier shoots 50-year-old man at coronavirus checkpoint for using unapproved route

A military man on operation covid-19 safety duties has shot at a 50-year-old motor rider for allegedly using unapproved route at a barrier at Dobro in the Nsawam Adoagyir Municipality of the Eastern Region. According to the police, report from the security personnel at the said barrier indicated that the …

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Police hospital to begin mass burial for unidentified bodies to free up space

The Ghana Police Hospital in Accra has announced for the notice of the General Public that it intends to organize a mass burial service for bodies at the Police Hospital, MyNewsGh.com can report. A statement from the hospital said the mass burial has become imperative due to the need to …

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Government accused of neglecting special needs families in food distribution programme

Families raising children with Special Needs or disabilities have been left out in the Government’s food distribution programme for Covid-19, Mrs Ellen Affam-Dadzie, Executive Director of ‘With God Cerebral Palsy Centre,’ has said She said many families raising children with disabilities are unable to go out and collect the cooked …

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Mahama urges government to order a freeze on ejections by landlords

Former President John Mahama is urging the government to order a freeze on ejections to ease the pressure on the many tenants who have lost their daily income to the lockdown in Accra and other parts of the country. The presidential candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the …

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How Adom-Otchere told a $100k bribe lie against me – Manasseh recounts

After journalist and host of Metro TV’s Good Evening Ghana, Paul Adom-Otchere made headlines for slamming Dr Zanetor Agyemang-Rawlings on Thursday’s edition of the show, his colleague Manasseh Azure Awuni has in an epistle claimed he [Adom-Otchere] levelled some bribery allegations against him years ago. The television personality had in …

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WATCH VIDEO: No social distancing at Efua Sutherland relief centre exposes people to Covid-19

The inability of the relief teams from the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), and the various local authorities to ensure social distancing during the distribution of food to the vulnerable in parts of Accra is exposing the people to the dreaded coronavirus …

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Coronavirus fight: Why Ghana could be facing serious threats

It’s been a little over a month since the airwaves, online portals, and social media was hit with news of Ghana’s first two cases of the novel Coronavirus which has gradually eaten into the global community. The announcement was made on March 12, 2020, by the Ghana Health Service and over the …

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Parliament approves IMF’s $1bn interest-free loan for Ghana

Parliament has approved a US$1 billion IMF Rapid Credit Facility to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Ghana’s economy. The Executive Board of IMF announced the approval of the loan on Monday, April 13, 2020. The loan has zero percent interest with 5 and half years moratorium and …

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Coronavirus: Experts clash over total lockdown of Ghana

Ahead of an anticipated address of the nation by the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, security guru, Osahene Boakye Djan, has suggested that the President should put Ghana under total lockdown. Answering questions posed by anchor Captain Smart on The Big Agenda on Adom TV, Friday evening, the retired military major called for …

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Goldman Sachs Scandal: Majority Leader Bemoans ’Parliament’s ‘Sinking’ Image

The Majority leader of Ghana’s Parliament and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Hon. Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu has bemoaned over the increasing ‘sinking’ image of the country’s Parliament in the face of alleged bribery scandals under the forth Republican constitution practice. Though all the mirage of the scandals have all proven …

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