GENERAL NEWS

Ghana has legalized the use of cannabis for health and industrial purposes as it joins other African countries hoping to derive economic and health benefits from the substance. On Friday the country’s Parliament passed into law the Narcotics Control Commission Bill, 2019. The law now makes the country’s Narcotics Control …

The Divisional Chief of Ejura and the Adontenhene of Asate Manpong Stool Lands in the Ashanti Mampong Traditional Council in the Ashanti Ashanti region, Barimah Osei Hwedie II, has bought a two hour radio airtime for the Muslims communities within his jurisdiction. The Muslims prayers will be aired live on every …

Parliament has passed the Imposition of Restrictions Bill. The bill gives legal backing to powers that can be exercised by the President to impose restrictions to persons in times of public emergencies like the Coronavirus pandemic for purposes of public safety and protection. The House considered the bill throughout the …

My News Ghana has sighted a video where a trotro driver nearly run over a police officer. It is not known what the issue was but the police officer is seen shouting and pointing fingers at the trotro driver who was still in the car. The driver tried to drive off but the …

A one-year old baby girl who was reportedly ‘abducted’ on Thursday night at Apatrapa, near the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi, has been found dead. The remains of Ama Serwaa was found in a drain near a public toilet, opposite a Presbyterian Church located in the Apatrapa community, after close to 24 hours …

The Presiding Archbishop and General Overseer of the Action Chapel International Ministry, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams has declared that no government official will be killed by COVID 19. Praying for the government during a breakfast meeting in Accra on Thursday morning organised by President Akufo-Addo to seek the face of God …

Markets in the Greater Accra Region will be closed on Monday, March 23, 2020 for a fumigation exercise to guard against the novel coronavirus pandemic’s spread in Ghana. This is part of the nationwide disinfestation of public spaces to control the virus. The Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, …

Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, says only God can save Ghana from the malady of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic which is currently threatening the whole world and has gained a 16 case footing in Ghana as at today the 20th of March 2020. The Vice President made the assertion when he …

The Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis has witnessed a mad rush for “akpeteshie,” a locally brewed dry gin, leading to a shortage of the product following the confirmation of the coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the country. A quick survey through the Metropolis by the Ghana News Agency revealed that many of the popular …

A 35-year-old man has been arrested for storming a registration centre of the National Identification Authority firing warning shots in an attempt to halt the exercise. The incident occurred Thursday March 19,2020 at about 7:40am at Obeyemi a farming community near Oterkpelu in the Yilo Krobo Municipality of the Eastern …