GENERAL NEWS

Ghana’s former President John Dramani Mahama has called for an urgent meeting ECOWAS heads to discuss and take decisions on a sub-regional response to the growing COVID-19 pandemic across the West African region. Speaking at a Muslim Prayer service Friday to end three days of prayer and fasting called by …

Family of former Chief Executive Officer of Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Tsatsu Tsikata, has debunked rumour suggesting one of their own has passed away at the Ridge Hospital. A family member who spoke to GhanaWeb noted that reports by some local media houses with the suggestions were fake and …

For Ghanaians with no homes to go to in the capital city, the Madina new market is one of their abodes even though it offers them very little comfort. This market hosts a huge population of head porters and truck pushers amongst others and it is growing by the day. …

President Akufo-Addo on Friday announced that movements in some urban areas in the country will be restricted from Monday, March 30, 2020, for two weeks as part of government’s measures to control the spread of the coronavirus. Today on Newsfile, the panellists will assess the potential impacts of the latest …

President Nana Akufo-Addo has imposed restrictions on movement in the Greater Accra and Ashanti regions of Ghana as part of measures to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus which has killed four people in Ghana so far out of some one hundred thirty-seven patients of which two have recovered. The …

Williams Amuzu Agbodzalo, Senior Panel Member, Zakadza Shrine, popularly known as Nogokpo Shrine has said COVID-19 would clear off the shores of Ghana and Africa after rituals on April 19. He said the shrine delayed to perform rituals for Torgbui Zakadza (god of thunder) scheduled for March 21 in compliance …

An STC Bus carrying fifty (50) passengers has been involved in an accident at Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region after a tyre burst. The Driver Michael Oduro, 44, and twenty (20) other passengers who sustained varying degrees of injuries were rushed to the theatre of Holy Family Hospital in Nkawkaw …

Traditional priests in Aflao has started public consultations of deities in the traditional area and offering of sacrifices over Coronavirus disease. The priests, brought together by Togbui Adzo?gaga Amenya Fiti V, Paramount Chief of Aflao Traditional area, would offer sacrifices for three days after, which they said a torrential downpour …

President Akufo-Addo has ordered the lockdown of Accra and Kumasi for two weeks as part of the government’s efforts to mitigate the spread of coronavirus in Ghana. The lockdown will also affect the Senya Breku municipality in the Central region. The lockdown takes effect Monday dawn with essential workers exempted …

President Akufo-Addo has established a fund to help the fight against coronavirus. The fund which has board of trustees will be chaired by former chief justice Sophia Akuffo. “I am announcing tonight the establishment of a COVID-19 Fund, to be managed by an independent board of trustees, and chaired by …