GENERAL NEWS

The management of the Eastern Regional Hospital in Koforidua has denied a viral reportage on social media which says two coronavirus cases have been detected at the health facility. According to the hospital in a statement, the public should treat the reports as fake emphatically stating that ‘the news is …

Three Ghanaians have lost their lives to the COVID-19 pandemic the Foreign Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has announced. According to the minister, two of them were confirmed dead in Italy while one passed away in Denmark after being infected with the virus. Coronavirus has had a huge burden on the …

It appears Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta did the image of his government little good with his presentation in Parliament on Tuesday, March 17. A day before the announcement of Ghana’s first case of the Novel Coronavirus, the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said he had directed the Finance Minister …

The head pastor of Open Arms Ministry, a church based in Ashanti regional capital Kumasi, has been arrested by the police for defying the ban on church service. According to Sampson K. Nyamekye, Peace FM’s Ashanti region correspondent, police officers were dispatched to the premises of the church, Wednesday morning, …

After speaking at an event few weeks ago, a young man approached me and said he wanted to have a word with me. I was to be taken to the holding room to meet with the host and other dignitaries after the event as planned and so I asked him …

Travelers from ten different countries seeking to enter Ghana were turned away yesterday at the Kotoka International Airport. The action of the airport authorities is in line with the government’s travel advisory issued on Sunday banning travels from epic centers of Covid-19. The directive became necessary after all cases recorded …

Emirates airline has announced it is suspending flights to Ghana from March 20 to May 20,2020 over the Coronavirus outbreak in the world. In a post on social media, the airliner said the move is part of measures to protect its customers and staff. Ghana has confirmed its 7th case …

A 41-year-old herdsman, known only as Diago, has reportedly accepted ten cows as settlement for the murder of his five-year-old daughter, Memuna Diago. Ziblima Larla, the alleged killer, presented the cattle as compensation for the murder of Memuna Diago, Joy News’ Isaac Nongya reported on Tuesday. The incident happened at …

Two Italians who were set to enter Ghana Monday night were stopped from entering the country, Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has disclosed. The move is part of Ghana’s effort to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the country. Europe is currently the epicentre of the virus with more recent …

A routine medical check-up took —an unexpected—and extremely painful — twist for one man when he was run over by a garbage truck Monday. The freak tale which occurred at the Berekum Government Hospital in the Bono Region, comes just days after a four-year-old girl was killed in a similar incident at Sawaba in …