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Ghana has recorded its coronavirus-related death. A 61-year-old Lebanese man who was diagnosed with the disease recently is believed to have died at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi. There is no official confirmation yet from the Ghana Health Service about the death. But Deputy Health, Alexander Abban, has …

Why the ‘legalization’ of cannabis not what Ghanaians think it is On Friday, Parliament passed the new Narcotics Control Commission Bill, 2019, which makes the country’s Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) a Commission. Why the legalization of cannabis is not what Ghanaians think Reuters The new law also enhanced the powers …

The Winneba District Court presided over by His Honour Isaac Oheneba Kuffour has granted bail to the National Democratic Congress(NDC) Parliamentary Candidate for Effutu, Dr. James Kofi Annan. He has been charged on two counts: Conspiracy to commit crime to wit Stealing contrary to Section 23(1) and 124 of Act …

The Fantekrom community in the Prestea Huni-valley Constituency in the Western Region was on Tuesday, 10 March, 2020 elated when Lawyer Barbara Oteng-Gyasi, Member of Parliament (MP) for the area cut sod for the commencement of an ultra-modern six-unit classroom block. The project which is expected to be completed within …

Angry youth of Akyem Kwabeng in the Atiwa West District of the Eastern region stormed Kwabeng Police station to demand the release of a suspected armed robber alleged to be part of a gang that killed a security man Saturday dawn. The deceased security man, Tahiru Adamu, 43, was reportedly …

A video on social media, sighted by Adomonline.com, shows an unidentified police officer with the Motor Transport and Traffic Department of the Ghana Police Service holding onto the bonnet of a moving vehicle. The unidentified police officer in the video, hopped onto the bonnet of the vehicle to prevent the unidentified …

The Constituency Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region, Mr. Samuel Akainyah has led the District Police Command to arrest three suspected illegal miners popularly called “galamseyers” operating in three communities. They were apprehended in an operation conducted by the Command …

President Akufo-Addo will address the nation Saturday evening on measures being taken to fight the novel coronavirus. He is, however, not going to announce a lockdown, Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has said, adding “do not panic.” The address follows a meeting with the Covid-19 response committee. Mr. Oppong Nkrumah …

Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, has allayed fears of a possible lockdown of the nation due to increasing recorded cases of the novel coronavirus in the country. Rumours of a possible lockdown of the nation by the government over the fast rising cases of COVID-19 in the country have been …

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu the second, has asked for a moratorium on political activities for the next four weeks as the nation focus attention on battling the coronavirus that has killed over 9000 globally. He expects the media to turn off the heat of political discourse and devote the …