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 …
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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 $100 billion safety net for the continent. Africa’s 54 countries have so far reported fewer than 20,000 confirmed cases …
Read More »Nana Addo Petitioned Over Disqualification of Gushegu Aspirant
About 63 New Patriotic Party (NPP), polling station Chairmen of the Gushegu Constituency in the Northern region of Ghana have petitioned President Akufo-Addo over the disqualification of Mahama Osman, an aspirant in the upcoming Parliamentary primaries in the constituency. In a statement issued and signed by the 63 polling station …
Read More »Goldman Sachs Scandal: Majority Leader Bemoans ’Parliament’s ‘Sinking’ Image
The Majority leader of Ghana’s Parliament and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Hon. Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu has bemoaned over the increasing ‘sinking’ image of the country’s Parliament in the face of alleged bribery scandals under the forth Republican constitution practice. Though all the mirage of the scandals have all proven …
Read More »John Mahama is the ‘worst president ever’ in Ghana’s history – Economist
Mr Kwabena Owusu Nkatiah, a Kumasi based Economist, has disclosed that Former President John Dramani Mahama will go into history books as the worst leader ever the country has had as far as Heads of States under the Fourth Republic is concerned. According to him, the Former President’s management of issues …
Read More »Angry Vitoria Lebene ‘slaps’ Prophet Kofi Oduro
Ghanaian actress, Victoria Lebene has descended heavily on Prophet Kofi Oduro. Victoria became furious after the Head Pastor of Alabaster International Ministries said in a recent sermon that God will judge Telecommunication companies in the country on their failure to give free data to their customers in the midst of …
Read More »Government to use IMF loan to pay for Covid-19 electricity subsidy
Chairman of Parliament’s Finance Committee Dr Mark Assibey Yeboah has disclosed part of a US$ 1 billion loan government has secured from the IMF will be used to pay for the Covid-19 electricity subsidy for Ghanaians announced by President Akufo-Addo. Parliament on Friday night approved the US$1 billion (5.5 billion …
Read More »Sixty-year-old man fined for not wearing seat belt
A Tarkwa District Court has imposed a fine of 240.00 Ghana cedis on a sixty-year-old man for failing to wear a seat belt while driving. The convict Oster Amissah, pleaded guilty with explanation, but Mr Charles Owusu Nsiah, the presiding judge convicted him to the fine or in default serve …
Read More »Female police officer collapses after suffering beatings from Tamale residents
A female police officer has gained consciousness after she blacked out following an attack by some residents of Changli, a suburb in the Tamale Metropolis of the Northern region. The unnamed female officer had gone to the community with two other police officers, on April 16, to effect the arrest …
Read More »SA records 2 783 COVID-19 cases
South Africa has confirmed a total of 2 783 COVID-19 cases, having conducted 100 827 tests to date. Gauteng has the highest number of cases with 1 018 people testing positive for the virus, followed by the Western Cape at 717 cases, KwaZulu-Natal at 591 cases, Eastern Cape at 246 cases, …
Read More »Alcohol sale ban to remain in force
The Presidency says it has declined the request of the Gauteng Liquor Forum for its members to sell alcohol during the declared National State of Disaster and lockdown. “The restriction on the sale of liquor will remain,” said the Presidency on Friday. The decision was communicated to the forum’s attorneys …
Read More »Gov’t Starts Distributing Local PPEs
Government has started distributing locally produced Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) to frontline workers in the fight against the Coronavirus pandemic. This came to light when Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia visited a number of local companies including Digital DTRT Apparel, Sleek Garments, Cadling Fashions and Bulluk Apparel (manufacturers of the Nallem Clothing) in …
Read More »How Kotoko could land Ghana a FIFA ban
The Ghana Football Association has been drawn into the five-year-old player transfer tussle between Kumasi Asante Kotoko and Tunisian giants Esperance. FIFA on April 9 announced its final judgment on Kotoko’s wrongful signing of striker Emmanuel Clottey, imposing a $240,000 fine on the club. Media reports on the verdict suggested …
Read More »Coronavirus: The vulnerable need cash not rice, they’re not birds – Odike tells Akufo-Addo
Founder and leader of the United Progressive Party (UPP), Akwasi Addai Odike has urged President Nana Akufo-Addo to consider doling out money to individuals identified as “vulnerable” in lockdown areas instead of dry food packages and cooked meals, which are mostly rice. According to him, the strategy employed by the …
Read More »Call Adom-Otchere to order – Minority to NMC, GJA
The Minority has said it intends to petition the National Media Commission (NMC) and the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) to call Mr Paul Adom-Otchere to order for “attacking” Dr Zenator Agyeman-Rawlings, the MP for Klottey-Korle on his show Good Evening Ghana on Thursday evening. Mr Adom-Otchere told the lawmaker to …
Read More »Ghana’s fiscal deficit to hit 9.5% of GDP, revenue to fall 2.2% of GDP – IMF
The government of Ghana’s fiscal deficit is projected to reach 9.5% of GDP by the end of this year. That is according to a revised forecast by the International Monetary Fund. Excluding energy and financial costs, the budget deficit of GDP will, however, be 6.4% of GDP. This is higher …
Read More »COVID-19: The Light Foundation Commends Bodies for supporting Government; Society urged to be compassionate towards the needy
The CEO of the light foundation, Sheikh Ali Abubakar Napari has lauded the efforts of Individuals, Institutions and corporate bodies for their enormous supports to the vulnerable towards the fight against COVID-19 in the midst of the lockdown. He disclosed this when he interacted with a section of the …
Read More »Mubarak Wakaso reveals why he wept ‘uncontrollably’ after Ghana’s exit from 2019 AFCON
Black Stars midfield dynamo, Mubarak Wakaso has revealed why he couldn’t control his tears following Ghana’s exit from the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt. Ghana, who failed to make it to the final four as usual suffered early elimination in the 32nd edition of Africa’s prestigious tournament losing 5:4 on …
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 »Gov’t killing school rats to prevent hantavirus outbreak after coronavirus
The government of Ghana is fumigating schools across the country to kill rats, mice and other rodents who transmit diseases so as to avert an outbreak of the hantavirus and other diseases after dealing with the coronavirus which has, so far, killed eight of the 614 confirmed cases in Ghana. …
Read More »Dr. Okoe-Boye approved as Deputy Health Minister
Parliament has approved the nomination of Dr. Bernard Okoe-Boye for the position of a Deputy Minister of Health. The approval comes follows recommendations by Parliament’s Appointments Committee by consensus after he appeared before it on Wednesday, 15th April 2020. Chairman of the Appointments Committee, Joe Osei Owusu, read the committee’s …
Read More »Bodies won’t litter streets of Africa – World Bishops tell Melinda Gates
The World Bishops’ Council (WBC), Africa has rejected the prediction of Melinda Gates that COVID – 19 will be so devastated that dead bodies will litter the streets of Africa, describing her statement as very frightening. Mrs. Gates, wife of billionaire Bill Gates had in an interview few days ago …
Read More »VIDEO: Teenage girl raped by her father and his friends narrates the sordid details of what happened
MynewsGhana.net reports a story of a father who raped her 15-year-old daughter together with friends in Nigeria. (Read here) Well in a video we sighted the 15-year-old girl whose father was arrested for raping her for two years and passing her to his friends has spoken out about her ordeal. In an …
Read More »We will investigate attacks on Africans – Chinese Ambassador
Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Shi Ting Wang has said that the government of China will intiate investigations into the alleged attacks on Africans in China. Many videos flooded social media to confirm the reports. Ghana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Chinese Ambassador on the situation and the Chinese ambassador …
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