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The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Atta-Mills Institute Koku Anyidoho, has said the decision to lift the lockdown was an honest one. The outspoken former communications director at the presidency stated that the lockdown brought untold hardship in some homes. Mr. Anyidoho recounted how he had to give GH¢10 …

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has denied reports that it has announced a new date for holding its parliamentary and presidential elections. It also said there has not been any recent National Steering Committee to take a decision on the way forward for the party’s elections. Some portals reported on …

Ghanaian actress, philanthropist and social media influencer Efia Odo opens up on how she feels about Kwesi Arthur and his proposal. She is popularly known for being very controversial at all times but aside that, she is one real girl who loves doing things her way. She was recently in …

Information gathered from thorough investigations has revealed that claims that the Vice President, HE Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’s bodyguard had secured bail for some six arrested notorious land guards, are false. There have been some media reports suggesting that Azeez, a bodyguard to the Vice President stormed the Greater Accra Regional …

A man identified as Yakubu Alhassan, was electrocuted in Anagada community, a surburb in  Abuja while trying to fix a faulty fuse in a transformer. The residents said the deceased popularly known as Yakubu NEPA was a staff of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) but the company’s Public Relations …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been meeting identifiable groups including the Council of State over the lifting of the partial lockdown of some parts of Accra and Kumasi. The President during the meeting which ended not long ago briefed the members of the Council about the lifting of the three-week partial …

A Circuit Court in Accra has fined six Nigerians who were arrested at a birthday party during the restriction on movement a total of GHc86, 400. The accused persons pleaded guilty to the offence and were convicted on their own plea to a fine of GHc14, 400 each or face …

The number of people facing acute food insecurity could nearly double this year to 265 million due to the economic fallout of COVID-19, the United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday. The impact of lost tourism revenues, falling remittances and travel and other restrictions linked to the coronavirus pandemic …

Former Black Stars captain, Stephen Appiah has admitted that there were issues at the camp of the team during his playing days but was resolved properly. Appiah became the first captain to qualify the country for its maiden appearance FIFA World Cup during the 2006 Mundial in Germany. The issue …

A two-year-old boy got drowned in a well last Sunday while playing with his siblings at Top Town, Ngleshie Amanfro in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region. The incident occurred when the boy, George Editor, accidentally stepped on a roofing sheet that was used to cover the …

Italy will announce its plan to gradually exit its lockdown by the end of this week, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said. In a Facebook post, Mr Conte said the country could not give up its policy of “maximum caution”, and said Italy would reopen in line with “serious scientific policy”. …

Journalist and host of Good Evening Ghana on Metro TV Paul Adom-Otchere has promised to open a can of worms about renowned investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni on his show later today as a reply to an allegation by Manasseh Azure Awuni that he ( Mr Adom-Otchere ) had lied …

Former President John Dramani Mahama selected 200 households in two communities in the Greater Accra Region and personally distributed some food items to them. Each box delivered to each home contained a small bag of rice, oil, sugar, mackerel, canned tomatoes and other foodstuff. Mahama said the food items were …

The Ghana Football Association will appoint an expatriate as the new Technical Director of the association barring any last minute hitch, GHANAsoccernet.com can report. The FA prefers to name a foreigner as the new man to steer the technical direction of the association. The Ghana FA has confirmed that three …

A Circuit Court in Accra presided over by Her Honour Mrs Christiana Cann has sentenced a mason to 20 years in prison with hard labour for defining his 13-year-old stepdaughter. Eric Kofitse, pleaded guilty for defilement and was convicted on his own plea by the Gender-based Circuit Court. Chief Inspector …

The ban on alcohol has been giving South Africans chest pains, and it appears even the police officers are trying to get their hands on some booze. In an official statement released on Monday, April 20, the SAPS confirmed that five police officers working at the Namahadi Police Station in …

One Chinese died, while two others sustained varying degrees of injuries when they were allegedly attacked by some irate youth of Nsuem Number Two in the Bosome Freho District of the Ashanti Region. The deceased has been identified as Li Dao Peng, 44. However, the names of the other two …

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) says its offices remain closed despite the government’s decision to lift the partial lockdown in the Greater Accra, Greater Kumasi and Kasoa environs. This is because the government’s directive limiting public gatherings to just 25 people “is still in force,” the GFA explained in a …

A Nigerian priest in Germany has been forced to leave his parish over concern for his safety after his car and house were attacked and he received a death threat. Catholic officials in Germany say the priest, Patrick Asomugha, who is the head of a parish in Queidersbach, a small municipality in …

The Nigerian government has apologised for “mistakes” made during the burial of President Muhammadu Buhari’s chief of staff, Abba Kyari, who died from coronavirus. This is after people were pictured in huddles around the grave site on 18 April, not observing strict rules on mass gatherings, social distancing or personal …

Vote counting began on Monday in Mali as polling stations closed in the final round of legislative elections held on Sunday April 19. The vote was held amid the coronavirus pandemic with the aim to revive confidence in the country’s embattled governance institutions despite a bloody terrorist conflict. Sunday’s vote …

President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the nation on Tuesday to announce additional economic and social relief measures that form part of the national response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The President’s address will communicate resolutions made from recent deliberations at Cabinet, the National Coronavirus Command Council, the President’s Coordinating Council and the National Economic …

The Savannah Regional Chairman of the Convention Peoples Party (CPP), Mr Mahama Alidu has passed on. Mr Alidu passed away on Monday, 20 April 2020 in Accra. He is expected to be buried on Tuesday in his hometown of Daboya in the North Gonja District of the Savannah Region, according …

Ghana striker Asamoah Gyan has set his sights on a career in coaching once he decides to hang his boots. Gyan has proven a man of different trades ever since he burst onto the scene in 2003. Known mostly as a professional footballer and a very good one at that, …

Ghanaian rapper, Sarkodie has appealed to the President Akufo-Addo to open Ghana’s borders so Ghanaians stuck outside because of the closure can return home and join the families. Sarkodie, born Michael Owusu Addo, made the appeal on social media, hours after the President announced that he has lifted the partial lockdown imposed …