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The United Kingdom (UK) Health Secretary, Rt. Hon Matt Hancock, has announced that Oxford University will begin human trials of the COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, 23rd April 2020. He announced that a total of about £20m funding has been made available for the research. The United Kingdom has had a …

The Executive Director of the Ghana Federation of Labour, Mr Abraham Koomson says the decision by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to lift the partial lockdown of Accra and Kumasi is “suicidal”. “What the president is trying to tell us now is, you can go out and go and kill …

Former HIV/AIDS Ambassador and mentally unhinged Joyce Dzidzor Mensah in a Facebook post has confessed how she nearly killed Afia Schwar and Oye Lithur by taking them to ‘juju’. According to Joyce, Afia Schwarzenegger’s inability to stay at one media house and always running to troubles is powered by her …

A World Health Organization (WHO) driver has been killed in a conflict-riven region of Myanmar while out collecting Covid-19 monitoring samples. Pyae Sone Win Maung was driving a well-marked United Nations vehicle when it was hit by gunfire in Rakhine State. The UN says dozens of civilians have been killed as fighting between the …

The Chief Justice of Ghana, Justice Anin Yeboah has directed that “caused list should be reduced drastically for few cases to be listed for hearing” to prevent congestion at the court. The CJ in a press release regarding what management of the court is doing to curtail the spread urged …

A military officer is on admission at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) after he sustained gunshot wounds in a Tuesday dawn attack in Kumasi. Police at Suame named the victim as AB1 Francis Afriyie, 29 — who is stationed at a Naval Base at Sekondi in the Western Region …

A CHPS compound that serves the health needs of the people of Kuliya, a community in the Kasena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region, has become deplorable and unsafe for staff and the clients who visit the facility. The building, which has not received any facelift since it was …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is meeting members of the Council of State to decide on the future of Ghana regarding the measures put in place in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The president expressed satisfaction with the measures so far and, more importantly, the level of compliance by …

Ramaphosa sets aside billions for economic and social relief President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a massive R500 billion economic and social relief package to beat the effects of the coronavirus. The president said this money will come from repurposing R130 billion in the government’s budget, and other money from local …

Some 50 vulnerable women in Salaga in the East Gonja Municipality of the Savannah region have received food items worth Thousands of Ghana Cedis from a UK based Muslim Women Association.   This is the second time in a week the Association; Federation of Muslim Women (FOMWA) has donated to  …

Transnet Port Terminals has said its various port utilities were only half as busy during the coronavirus lockdown, as various logistics subsectors experienced a drop in demand for their services. President Cyril Ramaphosa declared a national lockdown at the end of March, which was later extended to include the entire …

South African Airways can no longer depend on financial support from government, the Pravin Gordhan-led Department of Public Enterprises said on Tuesday evening. During a meeting with unions representing workers at the troubled airline, the state was not in a position to provide more capital and that all parties need …

Payboy Company Limited has condemned the actions of some members of the Coalition of Aggrieved Customers of Menzgold otherwise known as (CACM) who last Thursday 9th April 2020 assaulted their authorized Agents in Tarkwa, Western Region.   Payboy is a a one stop digital payments vendor that promotes several digital …

The Affable and development oriented Member of Parliament for the good people of Effiduase-Asokore constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana, Hon Dr. Nana Ayew Afriye has exemplified his benevolence attitude again to all health Facilities within the Sekyere East District.   The St. John’s Hospital and Fertility center, a …

AH Hotel, a 75-bedroom hotel and conference facility at American House, Accra, has benefited from Zoomlion Ghana Limited’s (ZGL’s) fifty per cent (50%) discount offer of its disinfection service to corporate Ghana against the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic.   The exercise saw various departments of the hotel disinfected. …

Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Madam Cecilia Abena Dapaah, has commended Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL), various municipal assemblies in Accra, and the security services who took part in the three-day deep cleaning exercise of Accra. According to the minister, her ministry was satisfied with the deep clean-up exercise by …

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 …