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South African Airways plans to lay off its entire 4,700-strong workforce after failing to persuade the government to provide more financial help, a move that threatens to ground the 86-year-old national carrier good. The state-owned airline has offered severance deals to all staff from the end of this month after …

Ghanaian seaman, Gyasi Richardson has been killed in Trinidad and Tobago after he was fatally shot dead by his own colleague while on duty. According to a report by Newsday, Richardson was fatally shot by his colleague, Takeem Alexander, on Tuesday, April 7, 2020, while onboard Coast Guard Vessel CG25 …

Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) on  Thursday, April 16, 2020, handed over food items to the Subin Sub-Metro for distribution to support the vulnerable in the electoral areas that have been locked down due to coronavirus. The items were made up of bags of rice and gari, boxes of tomato paste, boxes …

Forty-four suspected Boko Haram militants in Chad have died in detention from apparent poisoning, the country’s public prosecutor says. The men were part of a group of 58 suspects captured during a recent major army operation against the Islamist group around Lake Chad. An investigation has been launched after four …

More than 340 American citizens have been evacuated from Nigeria by the United States of America on Saturday amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “Today, over 340 Americans left Lagos for the United States on a chartered Omni Air International flight bound for Dulles Airport, near Washington, DC. The U.S. Mission in …

England and Manchester United’s record goalscorer Wayne Rooney says he should have scored more goals despite not being a “natural” finisher. Rooney scored 253 times to break Sir Bobby Charlton’s all-time record at United, before also surpassing the latter’s England tally with 53. Writing in his Sunday Times column, the 34-year-old said: …

Health authorities at the Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region have set up a Covid-19 isolation centre at the Mansoman Senior High School. Authorities say it is a proactive decision to prevent any surprises in the district’s preparedness in the fight against the pandemic. Some health facilities have also …

The UK has lost over 60 health workers to the deadly coronavirus. NHS made this known in a tweet on its official Twitter handle on Saturday. It says one of the deceased is a blackman named Michael Allieu. Allieu is reported to be a nursing officer. “More than 60 of …

Reggae Dancehall King Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jnr known as Shatta Wale in an interview MynewsGhana.net monitored has asked Former President John Maham to give President Akufo-Addo another 4 years. According to the self-acclaimed Dancehall king, President Akufo-Addo is working marvelously well by taken simple, humble and decisive decisions to ease the …

In a statement copied to MynewsGhana.net, Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability [ASEPA] has said they will hold Hon. Ken Agyapong and President Akufo-Addo responsible should anything happen to J.B Danquah-Adu’s murderer Daniel Asiedu. According to the statement signed by the Executive Director of ASEPA Mensah Thompson, they are reliably …

A petition to investigate Bill Gates for “crimes against humanity” and “medical malpractice” has gained a staggering 289,000 signatures from concerned citizens, almost tripling the number required to get a response from the White House. The “We the People” petition asks the federal government to call on Congress to investigate …

Popular Ghanaian comedienne, Afia Schwarzenegger has released names of men that Akua of Ghana’s Most Beautiful (GMB) fame has slept with in spite of the fact that she is married. Afia Schwarzenegger claims that Akua GMB has slept with numerous men including pastors and some celebrities despite being married to …

After President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, his vice and appointees donated their 3-month salary to the COVID-19 Trust Fund, many people including some members of the opposition political parties have made donations. Faith-based organisations and business moguls have also contributed their quota towards the growth of the national trust. The latest to make …

Roger Stone suggested Monday that Bill Gates may have had a hand in the creation of coronavirus so that he could plant microchips in people’s heads to know who has and has not been tested for COVID-19. “Whether Bill Gates played some role in the creation and spread of this …

At least five women and children died on Saturday in a stampede when cash and clothes were handed out to thousands of displaced people in northeastern Nigeria, militia and local people told AFP. A large crowd surged forward for the government aid distribution and people were trampled under foot in …

About four hundred (400) people have been infected with a new strain of meningitis in the northern part of Ghana. 40 out of the 400 has been reported dead.  meningitis is explained as an infection that affects the delicate membranes — called meninges — that cover the brain and spinal cord. You or …

Ghana’s Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has revealed he is in total despair over the havoc the rampaging Coronavirus is causing to global economies especially countries in Africa. In a write-up to the reputable The Financial Times Newspaper based in London, the man President Nana Akufo-Addo described as ‘financial magician’, revealed he feels …

Traders at the weekly Tuesday market at Dormaa-Ahenkro in the Dormaa Central Municipality of the Bono Region have not been observing the social distancing protocols against the spread of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Also restaurants, chop bar operators and drinking spots continue to flout the protocols as they open up for business …

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says the 198 new Coronavirus cases announced Saturday are not new infections. It explained that the record 198 new cases, which have seen the country’s case count jump from 641 to 834, are from a backlog of samples currently at the various laboratory testing centres. “The general …

As the end of the 21-day lockdown period for some parts of the country nears, police and military men ensuring the directive is been adhered to, have beefed up security at all checkpoints in the affected areas. A tour by the GhanaWeb news team to some checkpoints in Accra revealed …

A camera belonging to a Ghanaian Times journalist, Kingsley E. Hope, remains confiscated after an encounter with two armed military officers in Kumasi. The incident happened on Friday, April 17, at about 4:20 pm in Adum, Kumasi’s busiest enclave. It comes days after another broadcast journalist with Kumasi-based Zuria FM …

The Ghana Armed Force and the Ghana Police Service are alternative plans with respect to their mortuary facilities in this period of the deadly Coronavirus, although the country per official reports is said to have recorded just 9 deaths compared to others who have records thousands. While the Ghana Police Hospital …

The Minority has called on the government to avoid delays in updating figures on COVID-19 cases. They are demanding a six-hourly update, and want the government to be more transparent in how the numbers are churned out. Ranking Member on Health Committee Kwabena Mintah Akandoh addressing the media at the Parliament House …

Lesotho’s prime minister, who is accused of murdering his estranged wife, has deployed the army on the streets to “restore order”. In a TV address, Thomas Thabane accused unnamed law enforcement elements of seeking to undermine democracy. The decision comes a day after the constitutional court ruled against his decision …

The slay queen is trending for beating her colleague slay queen mainly because she slept with her boyfriend during lockdown. The video is fast trending on social media. In it, a number of slay queens were present in a room that seemed ‘single self-contained’. The abuser was thick and looked …