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  Personal care services – including hair salons – may legally open again from Friday night, after the publication of rules they must follow in the Government Gazette. The rules are immediately in force, which means more than 80 days of prohibition on such services has also ended immediately. The services …

  Four new Covid-19 related deaths have been confirmed by the Ghana Health Service as the number of fatalities hit 70. Also, 274 new cases have been recorded around the country with the total now 13,203. The recoveries are 4,548 which leaves the active cases in being managed from home and treatment …

  Some 211 stranded Ghanaians have returned home from Lebanon. However, one arrived dead. These people were stranded in Lebanon due to the outbreak of the coronavirus. They arrived on Friday at the Kotoka International Airport. The victim is said to have passed on in Lebanon. The evacuees are going …

    Private (Pte) Joseph Hammond, the 95-year-old veteran who embarked on a 14 mile walk to raise funds for frontline workers, has been honoured by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, with a Commonwealth Points of Light Award. The Commonwealth Points of Light Award recognises outstanding individual volunteers across the …

    Ghana Cocoa Board’s (COCOBOD) annual pre-export financing, will be raised by a club of banks as its traditional lenders; the European Bank, have declined to underwrite the risk amid the uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic, banking sources said. The loan will back its 2020/2021 cocoa crop and is …

    Fire has destroyed the studio of the Ashanti Regional Chairperson of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA), Augustina Addison. Reports indicate the incident, which occurred around 7:pm on Thursday, June 18, 2020, has reduced the complex into ashes. Property worth over thousands of cedis were lost to the …

    The Nima Divisional Command has arrested 11 suspects in relation to the raid that occurred on one of its offices on Thursday. The suspects are being screened thoroughly as part of investigations to identify their individual involvement or otherwise in the incident. The thieves who broke into one …

    Seasoned newscaster, Mr. Daniel Adjei Peprah, popularly known as Nana Agyei Sikapa of Peace FM has, unfortunately, kicked the bucket. He died after a short illness at the Ridge hospital. The seasoned newscaster joined the Despite Media from the Garden city radio in Kumasi in 2003. Aside his …

    Executive Secretary of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association of Ghana (PMAG), Lucia Addae has debunked claims that the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has settled debts owed the service providers. According to her, NHIA has over the past 5 years owed her outfit some millions of cedis, adding that …

    Italian scientists say sewage water from two cities contained coronavirus traces in December, long before the country’s first confirmed cases. The National Institute of Health (ISS) said water from Milan and Turin showed genetic virus traces on 18 December. It adds to evidence from other countries that the …

    A commercial sex worker in a disguised interview on SVTV Africa disclosed that she sleeps with pastors. Speaking to DJ Nyaami, she said, some men of God come for her service as a sex worker, in exchange for money. She added that one of these pastors even told …

    A former member of parliament for Ablekuma North, Mr Justice Joe Appiah, has said the Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA), Prof Ken Attafuah “is a total disaster” who has failed at executing the mandate given to him by President Nana Akufo-Addo, for which, in the …

    A Ghanaian man identified as Eric Harlem aka Eric Fabulous Jackson has been refused medical attention in Yantai, Shandong Province in China because of his skin color. According to a video posted on Youtube, Eric was sent to 2 different hospitals and they were denied entry simply because …

    The Asenso Boakye camp in the Bantama NPP primaries is accusing the incumbent MP Daniel Okyem Aboagy of working with elements within the opposition NDC after he published a book containing his achievement. The MP, who has accused his opponent of vote-buying, calls the achievement document – The …

  Facebook Inc (FB.O) said  it took down posts and ads run by the re-election campaign of U.S. President Donald Trump for violating its policy against organized hate. The ads showed a red inverted triangle, a symbol the Nazis used to identify political prisoners, with text asking Facebook users to …

The National Identification Authority (NIA) has explained why some citizens got two or more Ghana cards. Pictures of the duplication went viral on social media with users questioning the credibility of the Ghana card, which will serve as one of the requirements for the compilation of a new voters’ register. But …

  At least 13 people died on while others are missing in a mudslide in Ivory Coast’s main city, Abidjan.. The West African nation has been experiencing torrential rains. A local administrator is quoted as saying 20 houses were swept away. Residents have been digging through mud to search for …

15-year-old Amadu Yusif risks getting amputated after getting shot by the Police in Walewale. A live bullet from a Police gunshot did hit the buttocks of the young boy, causing serious harm to him. According to Joynews who did a story on the incident which happened last Saturday, the boy …

The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) says it has begun an investigation into the handling and storage of the missing 100.10 grammes of a whitish substance suspected to be cocaine which has gone missing. GRA in a statement disclosed the final outcome from the probe of the …

  Six policemen in Mozambique have been found guilty of murdering an election observer ahead of last October’s election. Anastacio Matavel was shot as he was driving in the southern city of Xai-Xai. His car was hit by 13 bullets. The elite police were caught after their car collided with …

  Ronayerin Ogolor who’s a 51-year-old US-based Nigerian has been sentenced to prison for 3 years over internet fraud. Ogolor who has naturalized as a US citizen was able to scam 13 victims in Italy and US of hundreds of thousands of dollars. According to LIB, in October 2019, Ogolor pleaded …

A 28-year-old farmer Osei George has been arrested by Ekye Amanfrom Police in Afram Plains South District of the Eastern Region for inflicting cutlass wounds on another farmer. The incident occurred at Konadu Village near Ekye Amanfrom. The suspect inflicted cutlass wounds on his victim Kwame Agyapong,30, after a misunderstanding …

  Aggrieved customers of the collapsed banks have served notice they will besiege the Jubilee House if the government does not ensure the payment of their money in two weeks. The group in a statement Thursday said the government has defaulted in the numerous assurances to get them the held …

  The Supreme Court has in a unanimous decision merged the two cases against the EC’s voters’ registration exercise. The Court has also indefinitely adjourned its judgement in the case filed by the NDC which was slated for June 23. Deputy Attorney General, Godfred Yeboah Dame, in an application urged …

  Thomas Partey has taken to social media to express his delight as Atletico Madrid claimed a big 5-0 win at Osasuna in La Liga on Wednesday night. The Ghanaian midfielder started from the bench after playing 90 minutes in the 1-1 draw at Athletic Bilbao. He came on in the …