The Ghana Police Hospital in Accra has announced for the notice of the General Public that it intends to organize a mass burial service for bodies at the Police Hospital, MyNewsGh.com can report. A statement from the hospital said the mass burial has become imperative due to the need to …
Read More »LATEST UPDATES
Somey Traditional Area to create local buffer stock of food
The Somey Traditional Area in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta Region has hinted of plans to create a local buffer stock of food to guard against possible food shortage due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Traditional Area, in a press release issued by Torgbiga Adamah III, the Makorsor of Somey, …
Read More »‘Prison Break’ actor dies at 64 in India
Famous Bollywood actor, Ranjit Chowdhry, who appeared in two episodes of “The Office and Prison Break has died at the age of 64. According to local reports, the actor died on Wednesday at a Mumbai hospital after he traveled to his home country from the US several months ago. Local …
Read More »14 passengers burnt to death in bloody road crash
A fatal motor accident has left fourteen travelers dead while eight others sustained serious injuries in Kano State. It was gathered that the accident happened on Thursday evening at Makole town along Kano Wudil highway, 30km away from Kano. The tragic incident involved a Toyata Hiace bus with registration number …
Read More »Akim Oda central market adopts segmentation of trading
The Birim Central Municipality in the Eastern Region as a measure to ensure effective social distancing at the markets has employed market segmentation to control the large number of people at the various markets in the municipality. The decision was arrived at when the Municipal Security Council (MuSeC) considered the …
Read More »Driver’s mate remanded for stealing
A 19-year-old driver’s mate who stole quantities of mobile phones from his brother’s shop has been remanded into police custody by the Nkawie Circuit Court. Kelvin Biney is said to have broken into the shop at Apatrapa, a suburb of Kumasi, and stole about 10 pieces of the phones valued …
Read More »Dambai market, three others shut down against coronavirus
The Dambai market in the Krachi East Municipality and Grubi, Chinderi and Borae markets in the Krachi Nchumuru District of the Oti Region have been closed down to avoid the spread of the novel coronavirus. The closure of the markets was announced by Dasebre Atamafowiese Kwame II, Omanhene of Chonke …
Read More »BoG gives GHC10m to COVID-19 Trust Fund
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 …
Read More »New global financial system must be designed after coronavirus pandemic – Ofori-Atta
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has called for the formulation of a new financial system that will rebuild global growth and institute a new global public good after the coronavirus pandemic. The Minister made the remark in his introductory speech when he chaired the Development Committee meeting of the Spring Meetings …
Read More »Government accused of neglecting special needs families in food distribution programme
Families raising children with Special Needs or disabilities have been left out in the Government’s food distribution programme for Covid-19, Mrs Ellen Affam-Dadzie, Executive Director of ‘With God Cerebral Palsy Centre,’ has said She said many families raising children with disabilities are unable to go out and collect the cooked …
Read More »Mahama urges government to order a freeze on ejections by landlords
Former President John Mahama is urging the government to order a freeze on ejections to ease the pressure on the many tenants who have lost their daily income to the lockdown in Accra and other parts of the country. The presidential candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the …
Read More »How Adom-Otchere told a $100k bribe lie against me – Manasseh recounts
After journalist and host of Metro TV’s Good Evening Ghana, Paul Adom-Otchere made headlines for slamming Dr Zanetor Agyemang-Rawlings on Thursday’s edition of the show, his colleague Manasseh Azure Awuni has in an epistle claimed he [Adom-Otchere] levelled some bribery allegations against him years ago. The television personality had in …
Read More »WATCH VIDEO: No social distancing at Efua Sutherland relief centre exposes people to Covid-19
The inability of the relief teams from the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), and the various local authorities to ensure social distancing during the distribution of food to the vulnerable in parts of Accra is exposing the people to the dreaded coronavirus …
Read More »Alex Kotey and Richard Atifu apply for Ghana FA Referees Manager position
Retired referees Alex Kotey and Richard Atifu have applied for the vacant Ghana Football Association Referees Manager position. The experienced duo put in their applications after the Ghana FA re-posted vacation for the Referees Manager position. This was after an unsuccessful search for a qualified person below the 40-years age …
Read More »Coronavirus fight: Why Ghana could be facing serious threats
It’s been a little over a month since the airwaves, online portals, and social media was hit with news of Ghana’s first two cases of the novel Coronavirus which has gradually eaten into the global community. The announcement was made on March 12, 2020, by the Ghana Health Service and over the …
Read More »President Buhari’s chief of staff succumbs to coronavirus
A top aide to Nigerian president has died from COVID-19, the president’s spokesperson confirmed in the early hours of Saturday. “The Presidency regrets to announce the passage of the Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari. The deceased had tested positive to the ravaging COVID-19 and had been receiving treatment. But …
Read More »Female driver arrested for knocking down cop
A female motorist has been arrested by the East Legon Police for refusing to stop at a COVID-19 snap checkpoint, knocking down a police officer yesterday in Accra. Trudy Boatemaa, the suspect was said to be driving a Hyundai Santa Fe with registration number GE 2309-18 from the direction of American House …
Read More »You can’t handle my sexiness – Sista Afia goes hard against ‘role model’ advice
Sista Afia has effortlessly left jaws dropped with a bewitching photo she shared online as others rolled over their eyes in distress over what their pupils have been fed with. The hotshot, though covering the Ghanaian singer to toe, well captured and showed off Sista Afia’s heavily endowed popping melanin …
Read More »Funny Face has blocked me – Lilwin
Popular Kumawood actor, Lilwin has revealed his relationship with Funny Face has not been the same following their beef. He told Zion Felix in an interview on ‘Me Car Mu FM’ that Funny Face blocked him on WhatsApp following the incident. According to him, the ‘Kasoa Trotro’ actor hanged up …
Read More »Parliament approves IMF’s $1bn interest-free loan for Ghana
Parliament has approved a US$1 billion IMF Rapid Credit Facility to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Ghana’s economy. The Executive Board of IMF announced the approval of the loan on Monday, April 13, 2020. The loan has zero percent interest with 5 and half years moratorium and …
Read More »Shatta Wale’s career will end soon – Musician Luminary dmr
Self-acclaimed “bigger than the city”, musician Luminary dmr, in a chat with Sammy Kay on the Go online show has made some interesting comments and revelations about COVID-19, some Ghanaian artistes and the music industry. According to Luminary dmr, he is coming to take the music industry by storm just …
Read More »Coronavirus: Experts clash over total lockdown of Ghana
Ahead of an anticipated address of the nation by the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, security guru, Osahene Boakye Djan, has suggested that the President should put Ghana under total lockdown. Answering questions posed by anchor Captain Smart on The Big Agenda on Adom TV, Friday evening, the retired military major called for …
Read More »At least 300,000 Africans expected to die in pandemic: U.N. agency
The COVID-19 pandemic will likely kill at least 300,000 Africans and risks pushing 29 million into extreme poverty, the U.N. Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) said on Friday, calling for a $100 billion safety net for the continent. Africa’s 54 countries have so far reported fewer than 20,000 confirmed cases …
Read More »Nana Addo Petitioned Over Disqualification of Gushegu Aspirant
About 63 New Patriotic Party (NPP), polling station Chairmen of the Gushegu Constituency in the Northern region of Ghana have petitioned President Akufo-Addo over the disqualification of Mahama Osman, an aspirant in the upcoming Parliamentary primaries in the constituency. In a statement issued and signed by the 63 polling station …
Read More »Goldman Sachs Scandal: Majority Leader Bemoans ’Parliament’s ‘Sinking’ Image
The Majority leader of Ghana’s Parliament and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Hon. Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu has bemoaned over the increasing ‘sinking’ image of the country’s Parliament in the face of alleged bribery scandals under the forth Republican constitution practice. Though all the mirage of the scandals have all proven …
Read More »