A 52-year-old man is in the grips of the Ghana Police for allegedly selling a substance believed to be shea butter as cure for coronavirus. The man known as King David who was arrested at Awutu Breku in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central region of Ghana told …
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Panic as Effia Nkwanta hospital runs of out blood
Emergency Health delivery services are under threat at the biggest health referral centre in the Western Region, the Effia Nkwanta hospital, due to the shortage of blood at the facility. The shortage at the blood bank is mainly as a result of the dreaded COVID-19 which has brought almost everything in the …
Read More »North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un rumored to be dead
Kim Jong Un is rumored to be dead, according to a Hong Kong broadcast network, while a Japanese magazine is reporting that North Korea’s rocket man is in a “vegetative state” after he underwent heart surgery earlier this month. A vice-director of HKSTV Hong Kong Satellite Television, a Beijing-backed broadcast network in …
Read More »Land guards in gunfight at Dodowa forest
There was a deadly clash at the Dodowa Forest in the Greater Accra Region following a gunfight that ensued between supposed land guards and landowners. The fierce give-and-take exchange led to several injuries, as some of the victims sustained both guns and machete wounds. Information available to DAILY GUIDE indicates …
Read More »EC meets despite court injunction
Some officials of the Electoral Commission of Ghana held a meeting Saturday morning despite a court injunction directing a halt of a planned workshop by the same. The injunction followed an action by the Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram. Sam George secured an injunction against the EC’s decision to hold a …
Read More »Kassena-Nankana curfew: Soldiers beat ‘watchman’ to pulp for sitting outside
Soldiers from the military detachment that have been deployed to maintain peace and order in Doba and Kandiga, the two feuding communities in the Kassena-Nankana Municipal and West District Assemblies, have reportedly assaulted a 46-year-old watchman who was on duty at the Nayagnia CHPS Compound. The soldiers are reported to …
Read More »Akufo-Addo endorsing illegality and irresponsibility of EC – Sam George
Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Sam Nartey George has accused President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the seat of government of endorsing what he says are illegal and irresponsible actions being showcased by heads of the country’s Electoral body. This follows a supposed meeting held by some Electoral Commission …
Read More »Ignore Dr. Anaba; all sample takers are experts – Noguchi Boss
The Director of the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), University of Ghana, Prof. Abraham Kwabena Annan has denied claims that persons tasked to take samples for testing from COVID-19 patients in Ghana lack the requisite competence. The former CEO of the Ridge Hospital, Dr. Thomas Anaba in an interview with …
Read More »Bolgatanga market days take a new trend
Traders at the Bolgatanga market have taken a new trend in carrying out their businesses since the Municipal Assembly gave a directive for closure of the markets in order to minimize the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. A visit by the Ghana News Agency to the Ayia market which is …
Read More »UK follows Ghana’s example as they get ready to use drones for medical supplies
Ghana’ innovative decision to use drones to deliver PPEs and samples for testing in the fight against the Coronavirus is fast getting international recognition as Britain has announced it will use drones for COVID-19 medical deliveries from next week. Government has employed the services of the Zipline Drones to deliver …
Read More »We’ve miss our wives – Quarantined fishermen cry out
Some quarantined fishermen in Sekondi, Western Region have lamented about how they miss their wives. Listeners of Takoradi-based Skyy Power FM yesterday were stunned after the fishermen complained of not being allowed to see their spouses, saying “we miss our wives.” The fishermen went on to make a passionate appeal …
Read More »Police grab 19 persons in connection with Tema robbery
Nineteen persons, including a female, have been picked up by the Tema Regional Police Command in connection with the daylight robbery that occurred in the metropolis last Thursday afternoon. Four out of the total number of suspects were identified among persons who scrambled for bank notes which were flying around …
Read More »Chinese Doctors ‘Using Plasma Therapy’ on Coronavirus Patients
SHANGHAI – Doctors in Shanghai are using infusions of blood plasma from people who have recovered from the coronavirus to treat those still battling the infection, reporting some encouraging preliminary results, a Chinese professor said on Monday. The coronavirus epidemic is believed to have originated in a seafood market in …
Read More »Ghana’s coronavirus testing model criticized
A professor of epidemiology has raised concerns about the kind of testing being undertaken by Ghana in the fight against coronavirus. Professor Fred Binka said Ghana’s testing model has not changed since the first cases of the viral disease were recorded. For him, that same type of testing is not …
Read More »Farmer, 34 arrested for defiling 12 year old girl
Investigations revealed that the Suspect, Kwasi Amfo, asked the victim to escort him to his farm around 4am to search for paddy straw mushrooms. According to the victim who’s a younger sister to the suspect’s wife, when they got to the farm, the suspect forced her onto the ground and …
Read More »Kia truck kills twenty-year-old man at Kwahu
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 …
Read More »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 …
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