Editor’s Note: There is a discrepancy in the figures provided by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) which is the sole institution announcing updates on the COVID-19 pandemic. GHS confirmed Thursday morning that there have been a newly recorded 54 cases including 3 deaths. If added to the earlier 68 cases, it …
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Coronavirus: American arrested for entering Ghana illegally
An American who illegally crossed into Ghana through the Aflao border in the Volta Region has been arrested and placed under mandatory quarantine for the next 14 days. He was said to have flown through neighboring Togo on March 20, just two days before Ghana announced the suspension of flights …
Read More »Man jailed seven years for defiling 15-yr-old girl
A 20-year-old man who appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for defiling and impregnating a 15-year-old girl at the Arts Centre in Accra has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment. Emmanuel Teye has since December 2018 had countless number of sex with the victim at the Black Star Square Seashore …
Read More »Covid-19: Court fines stubborn Nkwakaw pastor GHC1,200
The Nkawkaw District Magistrate Court presided over by His Worship Albert Kwasi Owusu has convicted Pastor of Kingdom of God Church who was arrested for holding Church Service Sunday despite the ban on public gathering to a fine of Ghc1,200 in default serves eighteen(18) months imprisonment in hard labour. The …
Read More »Two-year-old killed for rituals
A two-year-old girl has been found dead, raising suspicion that she was killed for ritual purposes. Her body was found in a big gully full of water at Apatrapa, a suburb of Kumasi, on Friday morning. Eyewitnesses alleged that her tongue was cut away, but the police are yet to …
Read More »Ghana’s coronavirus cases rise to 52
Health Minister Kwaku Agyemang-Manu has said the number of coronavirus cases in Ghana has risen from 27 to 52. He made this disclosure at a presser in Accra, Tuesday. The 25 new cases, according to the minister, were confirmed among the 1,030 people who are under mandatory quarantine in the …
Read More »Support Government To Contain Covid-19; Npp Germany Chair Tells Ghanaians
I want to first of all appreciate the President of the Republic of Ghana, HE Nana Addo-Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo for his commitment in putting up measures to deal with the deadly Corona virus pandemic in Ghana. Indeed the entire world has been badly hit by this global pandemic affecting …
Read More »BETWEEN MEMORIES AND FORGETFULNESS: A Focus on Monuments in Kumasi
Kumasi is replete with powerful history and rich culture. Some aspects of Kumasi’s history are embedded in monuments speaking volumes. Monuments in public spaces don’t just emerge out of thin air. In the strictest sense, monuments are the products of collective human efforts — often expensive and time-consuming — erected …
Read More »Prevent CONVID-19 With Water Vapour Treatment – Jacob Osei Yeboah
Prevent Covid-19 With Water Vapour Treatment – Jacob Osei Yeboah The Independent Presidential Candidate in Ghana Mr. Jacob Osei Yeboah has caution the republic on COVID-19. He stated that,CONVID-19 is all like Respiratory Viruses that can be deactivated or killed in the nasal cavity at the exposure of vapour …
Read More »SHS student arrested for putting her finger in genital of 3-year-old girl
A female Senior High School (SHS) student is in the grips of the police for allegedly ‘fingering’ a three-year-old girl at Fetteh Kakraba in the Central region. The 17-year-old suspect was apprehended for allegedly inserting his fingers into the genitals of the minor. The suspect, who is back home due …
Read More »Immigration officer shot by fuel smugglers at Hamile border
A Security Officer with the Ghana Immigration Service at the Hamile Border in the Upper West Region has been shot by unidentified men believed to be fuel smugglers. Hamile is a border town in the Lambussie District of the Upper West Region. The town has about 13 unapproved entry points …
Read More »Watch: Video of a Ghanaian Coronavirus patient battling for her life
Celebrities Buzz has sighted a video of a Ghanaian Coronavirus patient battling for her life. The issue of Coronavirus in Ghana seems to be a joke to the masses. Some are of the view that the government is pranking the masses in order to play their usual political games on their minds. …
Read More »Police kills armed robber in shootout, rescues 16 goats
A suspected armed robber has been shot to death in a shootout with a police personnel at Aboaso near Mamponteng in the Kwabre District in the Ashanti Region. Two of his accomplices are said to be on the run and are being tracked by the police. According to official police …
Read More »Covid-19: Ghana confirms case number 24
Coronavirus cases in Ghana have jumped to 24 from 21, as of last night. The update was posted on the government website dedicated to matters concerning the virus. Details of the new cases have not been disclosed. Among the confirmed cases, seventeen (17) are of Ghanaian nationality and seven (7) …
Read More »Coronavirus cases in Ghana rise to 24
The novel coronavirus cases recorded in Ghana have risen to 24. “Twenty-three of the confirmed cases are receiving treatment in isolation and one of the cases who had an underlying chronic pulmonary condition prior to having COVID-19 died [on Saturday, March 21],” the Ghana Health Service said in an update. The …
Read More »Coronavirus: Kumasi Pastor arrested again for defying church service ban
The Head Pastor of Open Arms Ministry in Kumasi, the Ashanti regional capital, Apostle Kofi Nkansah Sarkodie, has been arrested for the second time by the Ashanti Regional Police Command for organizing a church service on Sunday, March 22, 2020. He was arrested along side five members of the church …
Read More »15-year-old girl dies in midnight street shooting at Aboabo
A murder investigation is underway after a young girl was fatally shot at Aboabo bus stop, near Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. The incident happened during the wee hours of Sunday, Dailymailgh.com can report. The victim has been named as Diana Adomako, who until her death, was a pupil of …
Read More »Coronavirus deaths: What we don’t know
The drastic measures taken in the UK to tackle coronavirus have been justified because of the need to save lives. Modelling by Imperial College London – used to inform government – suggests 500,000 could die if we do nothing. Even the government’s previous strategy to slow the spread was likely to lead …
Read More »Suspected case of coronavirus detected in Paga
Health authorities at Paga in the Kasena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region are currently monitoring a suspected case of coronavirus. The suspected case was detected yesterday by health workers at the Nakolo Clinic and efforts are being made to ascertain the condition. The patient, it is gathered, came …
Read More »Missing Sogakope police AK 47 rifle ‘surprisingly’ surfaces at Sarpeiman in Accra
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 …
Read More »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 …
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