A Kia truck conveying mining equipment with registration number AS 9946-14 crashed a twenty-year-old young man to death around Bonokrom junction in the Aowin Municipality of the Western North Region. The deceased, Kofi Adobia was riding an unregistered Haojin motorbike with Prince Ansah as the pillion rider when the accident …
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FACT-CHECKED: Chinese medical aid to Ghana contaminated with coronavirus
Claim: Chinese medical aid to Ghana contaminated with coronavirus Source: Unknown Verdict: False Disinformation around the coronavirus has come in different forms and types. Videos, text messages and voice notes spreading falsities and well-worn hoaxes are being widely circulated in Ghana, like in many other countries around the world. GhanaFact has been alerted …
Read More »BREAKING NEWS: North Korea’s Leader, Kim Jong Un Dies After Heart Surgery[PHOTOS]
News filtering from the Hong Kong Satellite Television #HKSTV has revealed that the North Korea’s supreme leader, Kim Jong Un is dead and his sister, Kim Yo-jong is in line to become the next ruler of the country. It was obtain a rare photo of the late leader on his …
Read More »Falling oil prices to compel companies to halt production – IES
Oil producers in Ghana may be compelled to halt their production if the global price of Brent Crude continues to fall, Institute of Energy Security, IES has said. Speaking to Citi Business News on implications for Ghana, the Executive Director of IES, Paa Kwesi Anamuah Sakyi said the falling price …
Read More »GRA urges taxpayers to file tax online
The Ghana Revenue Authority has encouraged taxpayers to continue to file their tax returns online and make payments through the banks. The Authority appealed to all taxpayers to fulfill their tax obligations to meet government’s needs in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Reverend Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah, GRA Commissioner-General told the …
Read More »Takoradi Port going back to manual makes mockery of gov’t’s paperless agenda
On Monday, the B&FT published a story that showed that the second-largest sea port in the country, Takoradi Port, since April 1 has been struggling to electronically clear goods coming through due to technical challenges facing the UNIPASS/Integrated Customs Management Systems (ICUMS). Sources at the port say that valuation is …
Read More »Paul Kagame Pledges $1m To Africa’s COVID-19 Fight
Rwanda has donated $1 million to continental efforts to combat the New Coronavirus outbreak in Africa. President Paul Kagame made the pledge on Wednesday during a Teleconference Meeting of the Extended African Union (AU) Bureau chaired by President Cyril Ramaphosa. During the meeting which brought together Heads of State and …
Read More »Coronavirus: Western Region records 437 suspected cases
The Western Regional Health Directorate has disclosed that the region has recorded 437 suspected cases of Coronavirus so far. Out of the 437 suspected cases, one has been tested positive and it was recorded in Sekondi-Takoradi. In totality as of Friday, April 24, 2020, the Region is having 322 pending cases. Giving …
Read More »Blind couple dying of hunger as coronavirus cuts support
A visually impaired couple in the Okere District of the Eastern region of Ghana is probably going through the most difficult stage in their struggle for bread and butter as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and its negative impact on livelihoods. Francis Agbeko, 37, and Rose Korkor Tetteh, 39, …
Read More »Confirmed Coronavirus cases in Nigeria hit 1095
Confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria has now hit 1095 after 114 people tested positive in 24 hours. According to the Nigeria Center of Disease Control (NCDC), 80 of the new cases were recorded in Lagos, 21 in Gombe, 5 in FCT, 2 in Zamfara, 2 in Edo, 1 in …
Read More »COVID-19 is the best excuse for Akufo-Addo to ‘cancel’ December 7 polls – Lawyer
A private legal practitioner, Maurice Ampaw has admonished President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to postpone Ghana’s upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections scheduled for December 7, 2020 “NPP and Nana Akufo-Addo should be smart enough to tell Parliament that because of COVID-19, the election …
Read More »2020 Polls: Mahama wallops Akufo-Addo in Becca’s ‘Twitter Election’
The Flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Mahama beat incumbent President Akufo-Addo by scoring 54.7% in an online poll organized by Songstress Becca on her Twitter Timeline. Becca, who has a mix blend of NPP, NDC followers asked her fans “Who will be elected president again at …
Read More »You could contract coronavirus from street hawkers- A/R Minister warns
The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah has identified street hawkers as potential carriers of the deadly coronavirus and could spread it in Ghana if they are not strictly checked by health authorities. He observes that persons who sell in traffic do not adhere to the safety protocols, especially the …
Read More »Ghanaians who depend on remittances in trouble – Report
If you depend solely on relations abroad for funds to support daily living or schooling then hard times are before you. This is because remittances are expected to decline by about 23.1% in sub-Saharan Africa, and Ghana will be one of the hardest hit. Many Ghanaians depend on their relations …
Read More »Covid-19: ‘When ‘we’ were thinking about Ghana at 2am, Mahama was asleep’ – Ursula Owusu
Communications Minister Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has said in an interview MyNewsGh.com monitored that former President John Dramani Mahama was fast asleep when she and others were thinking about Ghana and its COVID-19 response at 2am midnight. According to her, the former President has no idea how to help fight the novel coronavirus because …
Read More »SSNIT shoots down Mahama’s calls to pay contributors 3-months token
he Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has rejected calls by former President John Mahama that all contributors should be given a three-month token to cushion them against hardship in this era of coronavirus pandemic. “That the benefits His Excellency is suggesting that we pay do not exist in …
Read More »COVID-19 Fight: Flooding, Cholera and others also waiting to strike– KMA cautions gov’t
The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) is cautioning government against a possible outbreak of other infectious diseases like cholera which has become an annual ritual as rainy season approaches, MyNewsGh.com reports. “Don’t forget about diarrhea, malaria, cholera and flooding while we fight COVID 19” Mr. Osei Assibbey Antwi, Mayor of KMA disclosed. According …
Read More »Jean Mensa is a ‘competent, objective, sensible patriot’ and we trust her calls – Gabby
Influential Cousin of President Akufo-Addo who is founder of Ideological Think Tank Danquah Institute has showered praises on Electoral Commission Mrs. Jean Mensa, vouching for her as someone he has known for so many years and will deliver a credible elections, MyNewsGh.com reports. According to him, whatever decision the EC under Jean …
Read More »Popular NPP serial caller and Youth Organiser dead
A popular serial caller and Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ashaiman Constituency of the Greater Accra Region, Baba Alhassan is dead. Sources reveal that he died on Friday, 24th April, 2020, after taking a long break, to seek medical attention in the Northern part of …
Read More »COVID-19: “No face mask, No entry” directive good but “not enforceable” – Police
The Ghana Police Service has lauded the decision by the Greater Accra Regional Security Council (REGSEC) to ensure the “mandatory wearing of face masks in the Greater Accra Region by the general public”, but says the move is “not enforceable”. On Wednesday, a press statement issued and signed by the …
Read More »COVID-19: Madagascar cures two patients with herbal medicine – President
Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina has begun the distribution of herbal medicine believed to be a cure for Coronavirus to its citizens. The herbal medicine (COVID-Organics) produced by the Madagascar Institute of Applied Research (IMRA), a tonic derived from artemisia – a plant with proven efficacy in treating malaria – as …
Read More »Mozambique pastor arrested for hosting ceremony
Police in Mozambique’s southern district of Zavala have arrested a pastor for allegedly violating crowd control measures imposed to curb the spread of coronavirus. Pastor Relva Guambe of the Apostolic Union Zion Church and his assistant, Salomao Bie, are accused of holding a religious ceremony that was attended by more …
Read More »Rwandan officers ‘raping and killing during lockdown’
An international pressure group has accused the Rwandan security forces of killing, raping and arresting people since a coronavirus lockdown came into force. Human Rights Watch says at least two people have been shot dead in the southern Nyanza district. It says those accused of breaking lockdown rules have been …
Read More »Lebanon arrests suspect for putting Nigerian worker up ‘for sale’
Lebanese security forces have arrested a man suspected of putting a Nigerian domestic worker up “for sale” on a popular Facebook page used to trade everyday items such as furniture, food and shoes. “Domestic worker of African citizenship (Nigerian) for sale with a new residency and full legal papers,” an …
Read More »Coronavirus: ‘Ignore’ politicians, talk to scientists– Akufo-Addo tells media
“When people are going to talk about this disease (Coronavirus), they will talk about it from the viewpoint of science. Get the scientists. Let them be the ones to talk. Get those who have specialist information. That is what I will encourage you to do.” These were the words of …
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