GENERAL NEWS

The Cuban government has agreed to assist Ghana with a medical brigade made up of specialist doctors, nurses and medicines to fight the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) if Ghana makes a formal request in that direction. This follows an intervention by the African Union (AU) Commission through its Deputy Chairperson, Mr Kwesi Quartey, …

Ghana’s Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyemang Manu has confirmed that the country has seen an increase in its cases to 195 and 5 deaths as of Tuesday, March 31, 2020. All five deaths had underlying chronic medical conditions prior to Coronavirus infection. The breakdowns of cases in the regions are Greater Accra …

The Onion Market at Old Fadama in Accra has been destroyed by fire on Monday, 31st March, 2020. The fire which gutted down over fifty wooden shelves and structures was said to have started at around 2:15 a.m on Monday. Many foodstuffs such as bags of rice, sacks of onions and many …

The Omanhene of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has made plans to donate an amount to the tune of GH1m to support the needy during the lockdown period. In an interview with My News Ghana, the Personal Assistant to Chief of Staff at the Manhyia Palace, Kwame Aboagye Mensah revealed that the …

A 40-year-old man has been found dead at Subi a farming community in the Kwaebibirem Municipality of the Eastern Region. The body of the deceased Francis Ahiadzro has been retrieved by Police and kept at Kade Government Hospital Mortuary. According to the bereaved family, the deceased left home to the …

A 13-year-old boy who tested positive for coronavirus has died, King’s College Hospital Trust in London said. A spokesman for the trust said the boy’s death had been referred to the coroner but gave no further details. It comes as the biggest daily increase in the number of people who have died with coronavirus …

The General Overseer of the Prophetic Hill Chapel, Nigel Gaise has confessed ungodly things he used to do in his early ages until he was called to win souls for Christ. “At the age of ten or eleven I was smoking marijuana at Odorna and Circle”, the controversial preacher revealed …

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for the Afigya Kwabre South in the Ashanti Region Hon. Christian Adu-Poku (APC) has been attacked by some policemen believed to be with the Tafo Moro market police command. Narrating the incident on Otec fm’s afternoon political talk show dubbed “Dwaberem”, on Tuesday March 31, …

A compulsory house to house Coronavirus tracing and testing exercise is set to be carried out in the Ayawaso West Municipality in the Greater Accra Region from Wednesday, April 1, 2020. The announcement made by the Municipal Health Directorate follows the identification of the Municipality as a hotspot for the …

Ghana has declined to grant a request by Netherlands for the transfer of the mortal remains of a Dutch, Samuel Waterberg, who died recently of Covid-19. Mr Waterberg, 41, died at the Ga East Municipal Hospital in Accra on Friday March 27, 2020. His body has since been in the …