A police rifle loaded with about 30 rounds of ammunition and nine extra rounds that went missing at Sogakope Charge Office in the South Tongu District of the Volta Region has been found at Sarpeiman near Amasaman in Ga West Municipality of the Greater Accra Region. The weapon, it would …
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Ghana to deploy new, retired healthcare professionals for covid-19 fight
Ghana’s Ministry of Health is currently mobilizing new and retired healthcare professionals to augment the nation’s covid-19 fight. President Akufo-Addo in a national broadcast on Saturday night said such personnel will help deal with a possible surge in infections in the coming days as Ghana struggles to contain the spread …
Read More »90,636 nurses posted for 2020/2021 Service Year
Management of the National Service Scheme (NSS) has released the posting of 90,636 nurses for the 2020/2021 service year, to various health facilities in all sixteen (16) regions across the country, to undertake their mandatory one year National Service. All eligible nurses who register for the national service are requested …
Read More »Coronavirus cases rise to 21 in Ghana
Ghana records two(2) new cases of COVID-19 with 1 death, this leaves the existing case count in the country to be 21. Prior to this new development, the Ghana Health Service reported three new cases earlier on Saturday pushing the figure to 19. One of the patients, a 61-year-old Lebanese …
Read More »Court dismisses 3 applications brought before it by Hajia Fati
Three applications brought before the Adjabeng Magistrate Court by New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Hajia Fati have been dismissed. Applications filed before the court by the accused person, Hajia Fati, requested that Judge Isaac Addo recuse himself from the case as well as revoke the court’s final ruling on the case …
Read More »Lock down the country – Ghana Health Service advises govt
Per public health principles, it will be in the country’s best interest to lock down, says the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Patrick Aboagye. His comment comes on the back of Ghana seeing a rising number of new infections as the days go by. According to the Director-General …
Read More »We’re reading Chinese literature to understand covid-19 – Nugochi expert
A Medical Research Fellow at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Dr Joseph Kofi Bonnie, has disclosed health experts in Ghana are now studying Chinese literature to help understand the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) which has been declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Ghana has so …
Read More »Breaking: Coronavirus cases in Ghana jump to 19
The number of confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Ghana has increased to 19. The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Doctor Patrick Aboagye, disclosed this on Joy News’ Newsfile on Saturday. “Currently the number has increased from 16 to 19. Sometimes you don’t get the results as quickly as …
Read More »KNUST student electrocuted in bathroom
A final year student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has died through electrocution in her apartment, reports Dailymailgh. Bernice Akyeama Baah, a Metallurgical Engineering student, was about showering in her rented Ayeduase apartment when the incident occurred at about 8.30pm Wednesday. She was discovered unconscious and was rushed to …
Read More »Soldiers in Gomoa robbery case handed over to Military police
The four soldiers who were arrested by the Police following a series of alleged robbery attacks on quarries in Gomoa Ojobi in the Central Region have been handed over to the military. The four, WO 1 Odei Nyarko Isaac, WO 1 George Boamah, Staff Sergeant Ennin Michael and Staff Sergeant …
Read More »SAD as Newly Born Baby Tests Positive For Coronavirus
A father took to his twitter handle to share photos of his newly born baby who tested positive for the coronavirus. The coronavirus since it’s emergence has taken lots of lives as Italy yesterday recorded the highest death of 475 in a day so far. The young man was so worried …
Read More »Report on recovery of 8 out of 16 coronavirus infected persons untrue
An earlier report indicating that eight out of the 16 coronavirus infected persons in Ghana have recovered is untrue. The information provided by international statistics firm, Worldometers, and reported by local Ghanaian media was deleted after it was published for more than two hours by the team of developers, researchers, …
Read More »GES shuts down schools, asks JHS, SHS final-year students to go home
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has ordered the immediate and indefinite shut down of basic and second-cycle schools hosting final-year Junior and Senior High School students beginning Monday, March 23, 2020. This directive follows concerns raised by teacher unions over the continuous stay of the students in the school and the recent …
Read More »Covid-19: Quarantined Legon Pharmacy students cry over neglect
Some 83 pharmacy students of the University of Ghana who have been quarantined on campus since one of their mates tested positive for coronavirus are complaining of neglect by health authorities handling the pandemic in Ghana. According to the students, since they were put into isolation last week, there have …
Read More »Man charged for impregnating a 15-year-old girl
A 20-year-old man has been hauled before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly impregnating a 15-year-old girl at the Arts Center in Accra. Emmanuel Teye has since December 2018 had countless number of sex with the victim at the Black Star Square Sea shore in Accra. Charged with defilement, Teye, …
Read More »Coronavirus: WASSCE put on hold until further notice
The West African Examination Council (WAEC), has suspended the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) timetable until further notice. The examination body further directed that the conduct of WASSCE candidates be put on hold until further notice. A statement issued said the directives “will be reviewed” when the …
Read More »4 soldiers, 5 civilians arrested for robbery
Four soldiers and five civilians have been arrested by the Millennium City Divisional Police Command for robbing five stone quarries at Gomoa Ojobi, near Kasoa in the Central Region. The names of the soldiers were given as WO1 Odei Nyarko Isaac, WO1 George Boamah, S/Sgt Ennid Michael and Sgt Aburam …
Read More »Police nab Reverend Obofour imposters
The Nungua Divisional Police Command has nabbed two persons for allegedly posing as Francis Antwi, aka Reverend Obofour, Head Pastor of Anointed Palace Chapel, and defrauding people who needed ‘spiritual breakthrough.’ The suspects are Richlove Tay, 29, a regional supervisor of an oil company, and George Addo, 25, a trader. …
Read More »One arrested for gang-rape
The police have arrested a 23-year-old man believed to be part of a gang that raped a 19-year-old girl in the bush behind the UPSA hostel and Mpeasam, near Legon in Accra. The suspect identified as Kwesi Owusu, a mechanic apprentice, together with two other suspects, allegedly raped the girl …
Read More »Coronavirus: 8 Ghanaians have allegedly recovered
Eight Ghanaians who contracted the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) are reported to have recovered, a highly placed government official has told kasapafmonline.com. As at Friday, March 20, 2020, Ghana has confirmed and recorded 16 cases of the corona virus. Considering the number of recorded cases, it means 50 percent of victims …
Read More »Coronavirus: Ghana records 16 cases in 9 days
Ghana has recorded five (5) new confirmed cases of the fast-spreading Coronavirus pandemic, making a total of 16 cases in all. All 5 cases were confirmed on the 19th March 2020 from the Greater Accra Region, according to information on government’s official COVID-19 update page; ghanahealthservice.org Details on the ghana health …
Read More »COVID 19: BCI suspends all outreach programs
Breast Care International (BCI), a breast cancer advocate non-governmental organization, has suspended all outreach programs in communities, churches, schools and corporate institutions for four (4) weeks, to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) disease. This is in line with the directives announced by President Nana Akufo Addo, imposing …
Read More »Noguchi getting overwhelmed with coronavirus cases
There are reports suggesting the government might be sieving the actual number of Coronavirus infections, confirmed by the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research in Accra. Credible sources, have told The Herald that, the research center could be handling about 50 cases of infection. Parts of the reports available to …
Read More »Suspected car snatcher grabbed at Agbogbloshie
The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested one out of two suspected armed robbers who allegedly snatched a taxi cab from its owner at Agbogbloshie in the wee hours of yesterday. The arrested armed robber identified by the police as Kwame Eric in a company with one Fuseini, an accomplice currently at …
Read More »Meningitis kills 18 in Upper West Region
Just three months into 2020, the Upper West region has recorded 18 deaths as a result of Meningitis following its outbreak in the region last year. Confirming the statistics to Joy News, Upper West Regional Health Director, Dr Osei Kuffour Afreh, explained 137 cases have been recorded so far with …
Read More »Coronavirus cases rise to 11 in Ghana
The Ghana Health Service has confirmed two more cases of the coronavirus pandemic in Ghana. “The first is a 59-year-old Ghanaian woman, resident in the United Kingdom who recently returned to Ghana and currently living in Kumasi, reported to a private hospital with the history of fever (temp of 39.1 …
Read More »GRA, police arrest Indian and Ghanaian for tax evasion
A combined team from the Ghana Revenue Authority (Customs Division) and the Police in the Bono East Region have arrested the owner and Managing Director of Greenland Commodities, Karuppiah Ramasamy and Director Alex Owusu for alleged tax evasion running into several millions of Ghana cedis. Mr Karuppiah, an Indian – …
Read More »Meningitis kills 18 in Upper West Region
Just three months into 2020, the Upper West region has recorded 18 deaths as a result of Meningitis following its outbreak in the region last year. Confirming the statistics to Joy News, Upper West Regional Health Director, Dr Osei Kuffour Afreh, explained 137 cases have been recorded so far with …
Read More »20-year-old man arrested for raping a 4-year-old girl
20-year-old who was arrested for the rape of a 4-year-old girl has said he “mistakenly” raped the girl in his compound one morning. Isaac Boniface, a resident of forest community of Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State, was among the 25 suspects paraded by the Police in Plateau State …
Read More »Woman 30 killed; vagina, nipples chopped off
A woman believed to be in her thirties has been found dead in Awutu Bontrase in the Central Region with her private parts having been chopped off by alleged “Sakawa guys in the area. The deceased who had gone missing for four days was found dead and dumped around the …
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