Three pastors have sued Kenyan government after church services stopped operating due to the coronavirus lockdown put in place to halt the spread of the deadly disease. Justice James Makau of The High Court revealed on Friday that three pastors, Don Mutugi Majau, Joan Miriti, and Alex Gichunge sued the …
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50% electricity tariffs reduction not Mahama’s idea – Deputy Minister Designate
Deputy Minister-Designate for Health, Dr Bernard Oko-Boye has rebuffed claims that the decision to reduce electricity tariffs in order to cushion consumers as a result of the coronavirus was the idea of former President John Dramani Mahama. There have been arguments that the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) …
Read More »Coronavirus: Boris Johnson ‘owes his life to NHS staff’
Boris Johnson has said he owes his life to the NHS staff treating him for coronavirus. The prime minister, 55, thanked medics at St Thomas’ hospital in London, where he continues to recover after spending three nights in intensive care. It comes as UK deaths from the virus are expected …
Read More »Lockdown: TV Africa journalist assaulted by military officer
All attempts by the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to crave the indulgence of security personnel in the country to be patient and professional while enforcing the lockdown, seem to have fallen on death ears, as a TV African journalist has savagely been assaulted by a uniformed military man. The unexpected incident …
Read More »Bundle of cash burn in Suame house fire; dozens displaced
Dozens are counting their losses as wads of an unspecified amount of hard Ghana Cedi banknotes burn and shred in an inferno that razed down a whole house and it’s adjoining makeshift residential structures in the Suame Municipality of the Ashanti region on Saturday evening. All other valuable items also …
Read More »12 Ghanaians die of Coronavirus in US
Nine more Ghanaian residents of New York in the United States of America (USA) have died of the novel coronavirusdisease, bringing the total number to 12. This comes after three people; two women and a man were confirmed dead in March. Dr Frank Acheampong, Ghanaian resident and health worker, disclosed this on Adom FM’s Saturday Super Weekend News. “You …
Read More »Police investigate shooting of police officer
The Tema Regional Police Command is investigating a case involving the alleged accidental shooting of a police officer by a colleague security man whilst on Operation COVID-19 Safety duties. The police officer was shot in the right lower thigh at Tema Newtown whilst on a joint security operations to ensure …
Read More »Coronavirus: Govt redefines vulnerable to absorb more beneficiaries
Government has redefined the ‘needy and vulnerable’ to get more people to benefit from the food distribution initiative. The Government, through the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, with support from the Ministry of Finance, has now included persons who engaged in petty trading of non-edible items and had …
Read More »WATCH VIDEO: Beautiful lady leaks her conversations with DBlack, Pappy Kojo, Kelvynboy, Strongman
A Ghanaian beautiful YouTuber recognized as Ama Governor did the most by leaking her private conversation with some Ghanaian male and female stars. Well, the usual culprits landed in her trap easily as they began to sing songs about going to the bedroom with her as soon as the chat …
Read More »Another bus catches fire on Kintampo-Tamale Highway
A 60-seater bus that was bound for Bawku in the Upper East Region has caught fire at Pinamisa, a farming community on the Kintampo-Tamale Highway in the Bono East Region according to confirmed sources available to MyNewsGh.com. Passengers on the bus with registration AS 1557-17 it is gathered, escaped unhurt …
Read More »GES sacks Tamasco ‘rapist’ teacher
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has sacked Razak Alhassan, aka Starboy, a sports teacher who allegedly raped a 16-year-old student of Tamale Secondary School (Tamasco). A letter signed by the Deputy Director-General, Anthony Boateng read “management has decided that the appointment of Mr. Alhassan Abdul Razak should be terminated. The …
Read More »Hollywood Actor Oris Erhuero Stars The Front Page Acheampong’s magazine
The Film, Fashion and Modeling industry is not as it was periods ago. It is always expanding and creating more opportunities for creatives to exhibit. It takes the right preparation to win over these opportunities but it takes a lot more than preparations to stay in this industry over a …
Read More »SA COVID-19 cases rise to 2028 with 25 deaths
South Africa has 2028 confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), with 25 deaths. “The total number of COVID-19 tests conducted to date is 75 053,” Minister of Health Dr Zweli Mkhize said in a statement on Saturday. The latest death reported was of a 61-year-old man in the Western Cape. “His underlying …
Read More »Fear and panic hits Walewale after Coronavirus kills 19-year-old
Residents of Walewale on in the North East Region have been left alarmed and in fear, after the death of a 19-year-old who reportedly contracted the Coronavirus in the area. The young man had been on admission for the management of an asthmatic attack. Deeply worry and anxiety has gripped residents in …
Read More »GHOne TV sanctions Duvet production team over ‘inappropriate’ content
The Management of EIB Network has sanctioned the production team whose negligence led to the showing of some inappropriate content on the Duvet show on GhOne television last Thursday. The content which aired minutes before the Presidential address on Covid-19 sparked concerns among some Ghanaians. In a statement, management of …
Read More »COVID-19: Ghana condemns China for maltreating Ghanaians, Africans in China
Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, has condemned the ill-treatment of Ghanaians and other African nationals in China in the outbreak of COVID-19. This follows the circulation of videos on social media of Ghanaians and other African nationals being thrown out of hotels and places …
Read More »Ghana ranks 14th in doctor to patients’ ratio in Sub Saharan Africa-Report
Ghana is ranked 14th in Sub Saharan Africa in terms of number of patients to physician (medical doctor) ratio. The nation is however ranked 4th in the West African sub region. According to a World Bank survey from 2015 and 2017, and still being used presently, the ratio is 1000 …
Read More »Bridal couple, over 40 guests arrested for flouting ban on gatherings
Police at Obuasi have picked up 49 persons, including a groom and his bride, for flouting the ban on social gathering protocols during the novel coronavirus pandemic. The groom, Philip Ahenekwa, aged 35, and the bride, Ama Frema, aged 40, and the other persons are currently in police custody. They …
Read More »US death toll overtakes Italy as world’s highest
Earlier we reported that the US death toll was expected to soon overtake Italy as the highest in the world – and that has now happened. There have now been 19,701 deaths reported by the US, according to John Hopkins University. That compares to 19,468 reported by Italy’s government. Regardless …
Read More »COVID-19: WHO Warns Against Early Lifting Of Restrictions
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned countries on Friday to be cautious about lifting restrictions introduced to curb the spread of the coronavirus and voiced alarm it was taking hold in Africa. The United Nations agency would like to see an easing, but at the same time “lifting restrictions could …
Read More »Armed Police storm Praso as rampaging youth torch mining equipment
Armed Police Personnel have been deployed to Kwahu Praso in the Kwahu West District of the Eastern Region after rampaging youth in the community and its surrounding villages besieged a Mining Company setting ablaze equipment worth millions of Ghana cedis. The rampaging youth set fire into two Tata Hitachi excavators …
Read More »Kotoko to be relegated by May 10 if they fail to pay Esperance of Tunisia $240,000
The Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) will order the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to relegate Asante Kotoko from the Ghana Premier League (GPL), by close of May 10, 2020, if they fail to pay Esperance of Tunisia $240,000. FIFA on Friday, April 10, ordered Asante Kotoko to pay Esperance …
Read More »Sunyani Regional Hospital nurses displaced after heavy downpour ripped off roofs of nurses quarters
Torrential rainfall has destroyed some parts of the nurses’ quarters at the Sunyani Regional Hospital. The heavy downpour accompanied by strong winds caused havoc to the whole of Block Three and some portions of Block Two of the nurses’ quarters. The rains ripped off the roofing of both blocks, displacing …
Read More »Police arrest drinking spot owner for breaking order
The Kasoa Police on Thursday, arrested the owner of a drinking spot in the area, for failing to comply with the Imposition Restriction law. Mawutor Ahetor opened her spot at Blue Top Estate on Wednesday at 0820 hours during the lockdown culminating in a robbery incident that night. DSP Irene …
Read More »Lockdown: NAPO presents food items to two Homes in Kumasi
The Minister of Education, Hon. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has presented bags of rice and boxes of cooking oil to the Kumasi Children’s Home and Kumasi Cheshire Home in the Ashanti region as part of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s vision of addressing some of the challenges arising out of the …
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