Some male victims of COVID-19 who have fully recovered from the disease are struggling to have penis erection for sexual pleasure, the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has disclosed. According to the Vice President of the Association, Dr. Frank Serebour, a number of complaints have come to the attention of physicians …

SA recorded 680 new Covid-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, the fifth-highest daily number of fatalities linked to the coronavirus. The new deaths means that 41,797 have now been recorded, health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said on Tuesday. The most fatalities recorded in 24 hours was 839, on January …

Education is a very important aspect of human life and its advisable we all go to school because that is the only place we can learn new things every day from an expert (teacher) by paying attention and adhering to the instructions given to us. The Educational system in Ghana …

Fire has destroyed a girls’ storey dormitory facility at the Paga Senior High School in the Kassena-Nankana West District, our Upper East Correspondent – Senyalah Castro, reports. The Tuesday morning fire completely destroyed the roof of the structure, electrical components especially at the top floor, books, personal provisions and other …

A woman in Ondo State, Nigeria, has been apprehended by Amotekun after selling her baby to a pastor. Seun Oladayo gave birth to a baby girl and decided to sell her for GHc 150 because she didn’t know how she was going to take care of the child. After taking the …

The Biden administration has renewed Trump-era Covid-19 travel bans on non-US visitors from Brazil and most of Europe, including the UK and Ireland. The White House also imposed a new ban on South Africa over its virus variant. Former President Donald Trump had ordered the bans to end on 26 …

It was a mission impossible for a young thief when he got trapped in the roof of the building he intended to raid. In a video that has since gone viral, the young man was captured on top of the building while residents wait for him below. It is said …

South Africa is the most affected country by the COVID-19 pandemic on the continent, with 1.3 million confirmed cases and just over 40,000 deaths, according to the latest data from the country’s Health Department. A toll that has been putting the funeral industry under immense pressure, as coffin-makers and undertakers contend with …

A 27-year-old man is admitted with gunshot wounds after he was allegedly shot by security guards of Kinkizi East MP and State Minister for Housing, Dr Chris Baryomunsi. Mr Andrew Musinguzi said he was shot twice in the lower abdomen on January 19 after he had picked his appointment letter …

Egypt began the vaccination of medical staff on Sunday with the Chinese Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital in the northeastern province of Ismailia, according to a vaccination program by the Egyptian Health Ministry. Abdel-Moneim Selim, an ICU trainee physician at Abu Khalifa Emergency Hospital, feels confident about the Chinese vaccine. “The …

A High Court has ordered Ugandan police and army officers to vacate the premises of popstar cum politician Bobi Wine. In a ruling delivered on Monday, the court also found that the continued detention of the opposition politician, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, is unlawful and unconstitutional. Wine has …

Two people were injured when their house collapsed on Monday in Esilweni as heavy rain lashed northern KwaZulu-Natal. The co-operative governance and traditional affairs (Cogta) department said the incident occurred in Abaqulusi, ward 13, at Esilweni at 2am. “The injured were immediately taken to the hospital and have since been …

The National Service Scheme (NSS) has announced the release of national service postings for over 10,964 nurses for the 2020/2021 service year. The secretariat has, in a statement, directed all eligible nurses who registered for national service to log onto www.nss.gov.gh to check their placements and then proceed to the various user agencies to …

South Africa recorded 8 147 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, along with 300 related deaths. The country has now reached 1 412 986 confirmed infections, while the death toll now stands at 40 874. Of the latest fatalities, 105 are in the Western Cape, 70 in KwaZulu-Natal, 45 in Gauteng, 43 in …

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says it has confirmed three cases of COVID-19 in schools since their resumption a week ago. Dr. Kumah Aboagye, the GHS Director General, revealed this at a Ministry of Information press briefing on Ghana’s COVID-19 case updates on Monday, January 25, 2021. He said two …

The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA), an agency of the Ministry of  Education mandated to develop Curriculum and to ensure its effective implementation, has collaborated with the Ghana National Council of Private Schools (GNACOPS) to train selected Master Trainers to enable them effectively train teachers in all private …

Basic schools managed by some universities in have been closed down indefinitely–as their senior staff’s strike begins to bite hard. The Universities of Ghana and Cape Coast, have in a letter informed stakeholders including parents of the development. “It is very unfortunate to inform you of a postponement of in …

Nigerian owned businesses and businesses operating in Nigeria recorded over 106 corporate deals valued at over $4.3 billion (N1.63 trillion) in 2020. This is according to data compiled by Nairalytics the research arm of Nairametrics between January and December 2020 all at different stages of completion. Nigeria’s investment climate was …

A residential apartment at Agric-Nzema in the Ashanti region has been razed down by fire in the early hours of Saturday, January 23, 2021, rendering its occupants homeless. The fire, which started around 4 am, also burned cash believed to be running into several thousands of Ghana Cedis in the …

A UN plane flew the bodies of Ivorian peacekeepers killed in Mali home on Friday. On the ground, the head of the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, government officials, and the soldiers’ families waited to receive them. The head of the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA) Dennis Gyllensporre was …

Nigerian exporters that have not repatriated export proceeds will be barred from all banking services from January 31, the central bank said. The new directive applies to exports up until June last year, central bank spokesman, Osita Nwanisobi said by text message on Saturday. “Proceeds for oil is to be …

The Emir of Maru in Zamfara State, Alhaji Abubakar Gado Maigari, has confirmed that 35 people were killed during an attack on five villages in his emirate. The Emir was briefing Governor Bello Matawalle who paid a sympathy visit to the affected villages. The villages according to the Emir are …

Nigerian blogger and founder of the 360 Group, Noble Igwe has said that people seem not to be going forward or progressing in life because they are not often happy with the success of other people. For reasons best known to those who engage in it, the success of other …

A decision by the University of Ghana chapter of the Teachers and Educational Workers Union (UG-TEWU) to continue to lay down their tools until the government heeds their demand for better conditions of service has left the Accra City campus of the university in an unpleasant state. Students who returned …

Minister in the presidency Jackson Mthembu, who died of Covid-19 related complications on Thursday, will be given an official state funeral at the weekend. The presidency announced on Friday that he would get an “Official Funeral Category 1”, and that the national flag will be flown at half-mast at every flag …

A 20-year-old school leaver, Peter Nwoke has been arrested for allegedly leaking a ‘sex video’ of lawyer and Federal Commissioner of Imo State Office of Public Complaints Commission, Chief Willie Amadi naked in a room with two girls. The 12-second ‘sex tape’ suggested that the appointee of President Muhammadu Buhari had a threesome, but it was gathered that …

President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed the Political Party Funding Act into operation with effect from April 1. This was announced by the presidency in a statement on Friday morning. Ramaphosa signed the Political Party Funding Bill into law early last year but no date of commencement was promulgated at the …

“You may wonder that this counter insurgency operation has lingered for too long. We all know globally that counter-terrorism is very complex. There are some countries that have fought counter terrorism for close to 50years. But, we’re not going to leave it to linger that long. We will have to …

Prominent South African politician, Jackson Mthembu, has died of Covid-related complications, President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced. Mr Mthembu, who since 2019 had been serving as the minister in the presidency, was a parliamentarian and long-serving member of the governing African National Congress (ANC). He had worked his way up the …

News information reaching the front desk of Mynewsghana has revealed that two students have contracted the deadly coronavirus days after the reopening of schools by the government of Ghana. As per the report gotten by Mynewsghana, the two victims of the virus are said to be students of the  Wa Xavier Minor …