Ghana has 186 new COVID-19 cases to put the current confirmed case count to 7,303, the Ghana Health Service has announced. On the official website of Ghana Health Service, 2,412 persons who tested positive for COVID-19earlier have also recovered. This implies that as of the last update, 95 more persons …
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Implement healthy food environment policies – Study
A study published this week in the Food Policy Journal, by a team of local and international researchers, has identified priority recommendations to support government policy action towards creating healthier food environments in Ghana. The top policy actions recommended for government action by the national expert panel include legislation to …
Read More »I never said Kwasi Appiah should have known better – Henry Asante Twum
Communications Director of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Henry Asante Twum, has quashed reports saying he chided Blacks Stars coach, Kwasi Appiah saying he was supposed to know better after the former Black stars gaffer was angrily demanding for his unpaid salary arrears. “The GFA does not pay the coach …
Read More »Moscow-based duo Lokomotiv and Spartak enquire about Bernard Mensah’s selling price
Lokomotiv Moscow and Spartak Moscow have asked Kayserispor about the selling price for midfielder Bernard Mensah. The Russian Premier League duo are scheduled to meet the Turkish Super Lig side again before the conclusion of the season. They join Greek Super League side PAOK Thessaloniki who have budgeted to spend …
Read More »NDC’s Joseph Yammin sues Ken Agyapong, demands GH¢95m
Former Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports under the erstwhile Mahama administration, Joseph Yammin, has sued Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong for defamation. The plaintiff, Mr. Yammin, in a lawsuit, highlighted that Kennedy Agyapong published false news against him via his radio station, Oman FM on May 14, 2020. He furthered …
Read More »Two Nigerians impersonate over 20 Ghanaian ministers
A Nigerian National Vivian Sadija Imran is in police custody for allegedly impersonating about 20 ministers of state to defraud more than 500 Ghanaians of over GHC100,000, so far. Together with her 24-year-old husband Prince Joel (her accomplice), who is currently at large, the duo used names and photographs of …
Read More »Canadian rapper Houdini shot and killed in Toronto
Houdini was one of three people taken to hospital with injuries but he was pronounced dead at 6:30 p.m. The two others, a woman, 27, and a 15-year-old boy are expected to recover from the attack. Toronto Police believe it was targeted shooting after gunfire broke out outside the hotel …
Read More »Ghana’s public debt bigger than 59.3% of GDP -Seth Tekper
Ghana’s Public Debt cannot be 59.3% of Gross Domestic Product at the end of March 2020 unless the government of Ghana is keen to continue the controversial “parallel” fiscal reporting that it denies, former Finance Minister, Seth Tekper has said. According to him, since the 2019 Debt Report and the …
Read More »Kume Preko: Kweku Baako tells his side of the story [VIDEO]
Kweku Baako Jnr says even though some members may have told the ‘Kume Preko’ story, it may not be the ‘full story’. The Managing Editor of the New Crusading Guide newspaper who was one of the leading members of ‘Kume Preko’ demonstration said comments made by the Managing Editor of …
Read More »‘Illiterate’ Akwatia MP shares her emotional experience on her first day in Parliament
What may appear elitist and impossible for the man on the street became a reality when Mercy Adu Gyamfi, a hairdresser, was voted as Member of Parliament to represent the people of Akwatia. The MP who is unable to speak the Queen’s language like most of her colleagues said she “wept” the …
Read More »Gov’t pays ECG, VRA, NEDCo GH¢343m first tranche of coronavirus electricity reliefs
Government has paid the first tranche of the COVID-19 electricity reliefs to the respective bodies – the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo) and the Volta River Authority (VRA). in full for the month of April. The total payment for the three bodies is GH¢343 million, Nana …
Read More »Trump threatens to shut down social media companies
President Trump has taken the extraordinary step of threatening to close down social media platforms. The threat came after Twitter added fact-check links to his tweets for the first time. The battle between the president and the social-media companies has been brewing for a time. But now it feels as …
Read More »Buyers running away from Woyome’s properties – Auctioneer cries
Information gathered by MyNewsGh.com reveal that auctioneers are having a hard time selling off the properties of embattled businessman Alfred Agbeshie Woyome to offset his debt owed the state. Three years of legal joggling over the true ownership of properties in the case involving the businessman, Mr Alfred Agbesi Woyome, was settled …
Read More »Kenkey Seller Arrested For Murdering Pregnant Woman
Police in Suntreso, Kumasi have arrested a 25-year-old kenkey seller for stabbing a pregnant woman to death at Aburaso in the Atwima-Kwanwoma District. Adwoa Bawumia, alias Adwoa Dokono, is said to have stabbed Akosua Ataa, the 22-year-old, who is seven months pregnant during a scuffle on Sunday evening. An eyewitness …
Read More »Canadian rapper Houdini shot and killed in Toronto
Houdini was one of three people taken to hospital with injuries but he was pronounced dead at 6:30 p.m. The two others, a woman, 27, and a 15-year-old boy are expected to recover from the attack. Toronto Police believe it was targeted shooting after gunfire broke out outside …
Read More »ADF kills 38 in east of DR Congo
The UN says at least 38 people have been killed by an armed group in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. They were killed in a series of attacks by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in the provinces of Ituri and North Kivu. A local monitoring groups says …
Read More »Man killed after hacking wife to death
Police in Bugiri District has commenced investigations into the motive for the murder of a woman allegedly by her husband, who was later also killed by an angry mob. Mr Patrick Bakaleka, 60, is alleged to have beaten Ms Teddy Nakaweesa, 50, to death on Monday morning before being killed …
Read More »[Photos] ‘Di Asa’ contestant Baby Isha dies
Heartbreaking information reaching Mynewsghana.net has it that, Baby Isha former contestant in ‘Di Asa‘ has kicked the bucket after undergoing unsuccessful breast surgery. A few weeks ago, Ayisha became the talk of the town after sharing jaw-breaking photos of her big boob on Facebook. Close sources have it that, baby …
Read More »Fire guts parts of Tema community one market
Fire destroyed parts of one of Tema’s biggest market, the community one (1) market Tuesday evening. The fire is reported to have lasted for couple of hours, but so far no casualties have been reported. The incident drew many people around Community One to the scene, with motorists driving at …
Read More »Stop Bias Governance, Use Right People For Agric Ministry- Angry Farmer Jabs
Disappointed by the incessant failure of various governments to make farming attractive, the CEO of Aboboyaa Company Ltd and a farmer, Mr. Gideon Seidu aka Aboboyaa has heavily descended on the subsequent governments; NDC, NPP for being bias when it comes to Agriculture and farmers welfare in the country. …
Read More »E/R: Police Has No Covid-19 Case – Regional Commander
Eastern Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Afful Boakye Yiadom, has revealed that none of his officers in the region has contracted the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) disease. “No infection has also been recorded among the prisoners in our custody,” he added. DCOP Boakye Yiadom was speaking …
Read More »‘We will not allow EC boss to rig elections for Akufo-Addo’ – NDC former candidate
The 2016 Parliamentary candidate for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Jomoro Constituency of the Western Region, Mr. Thomas Yankey popularly known as ‘Nobody’ has indicated that his party will not sit aloof and allow EC boss Jean Mensa to rig the upcoming General Elections for President Akufo-Addo …
Read More »We’re satisfied with Mills’ autopsy, stop act of ‘drunkenness’ – Family
Family of the late President John Atta Mills has asked politicians and the general public to respect the family and the late Professor and allow him to Rest In Peace. According to them, they are worried about the way some politicians are taking advantage of the death of their brother …
Read More »Heavily loaded cargo truck topples on Tema motorway
A cargo truck headed to the Accra Central Business district from Tema has toppled on the Tema motorway, few meters away from the Toyota Ghana head office, causing an obstruction to traffic flow. According to the driver of the cargo truck, the accident happened after a Volkswagen saloon car tried …
Read More »GH¢51m refund: Nobody is buying Woyome’s properties – Kan Dapaah
The Minister for National Security, Mr Albert Kan Dapaah, has suggested that assets of private businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome, which were to be auctioned by the state to defray some money he owes the state should be surrendered to the state to “obviate the need for an auction.” This follows …
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