Former National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary Candidate for Assin South, Sabina Appiah-Kubi, has reportedly passed on. This is according to the NDC Central Regional Communications Officer, Kwesi Dawood. Ms Appiah-Kubi, a former District Chief Executive (DCE) for Assin South under late President Mills, is said to have died after a …
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Lockdown will be phased out gradually – Dlamini-Zuma
Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma says some of the measures the government has put in place during the lockdown will remain once it is lifted. The minister was speaking during a media briefing by members of the national command council (NCC) in Pretoria on Thursday. The …
Read More »COVID-19: Free Electricity’ Package Will Be Released In 2 Weeks Time – Government
Government has pushed forward the implementation date for the free electricity package introduced as part of measures to alleviate the economic impact of the deadly novel coronavirus on Ghanaians. The about 86 per cent of electricity consumers in the country set to benefit from the package will have to wait two more …
Read More »Police on manhunt for masterminds of fake coronavirus caseload alarmists
The Ghana Police Service has announced that it will track and arrest some persons who were found spreading false information on WhatsApp groups in relation to COVID-19. This was disclosed in a statement released by the Service and signed by its Deputy Communication Director, ASP David Ekloo. According to the …
Read More »Minister Embarrassed After Pornography Displayed During Video Conference
A South African Minister and members of society who had tuned in to a video conference got the shock of their lives when pornography was displayed instead. Minister for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities Maite Nkoana-Mashabane was supposed to host a video conference on the effects of COVID-19 on vulnerable members …
Read More »No free power for customers indebted to ECG – Minister
Energy Minister John Peter Amewu has clarified that persons who have been taken off the national grid due to indebtedness will not benefit from the absorption of electricity tariffs. The Minister responding to a question on how such persons can benefit from the benefit said only those who will pay their arrears …
Read More »Duncan Williams, Agyin Asare, others cause of Ghana’s woes – Prophet Francis Kwarteng
Leader and founder of the House of Power ministries, Prophet Francis Kwarteng has claimed that the refusal of some pastors to obey certain God-given instructions is the reason for Ghana’s rise in coronavirus cases. He said the likes of Arch-Bishop Duncan Williams, Bishop Charles Agyin-Asare, Apostle Onyina, and other church …
Read More »Police arrest 30yr old nursing mother over fake new currency
The Nkawkaw Divisional Police command has arrested a 30yr old pepper seller Amoako Christiana, a nursing mother for carrying an undisclosed amount of fake new Hundred and Two hundred notes. Amoako, according to the police was arrested when buying goods from the Nkawkaw Central and Agogroshie markets upon a tip-off. …
Read More »I’ve learnt my lessons, I will enjoy myself when coronavirus ends – Kennedy Agyapong
Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has said the current COVID-19 pandemic has taught him a lot of lessons, even though the whole thing doesn’t make sense to him. According to him, after having sleepless nights trying to understand the pandemic, he has come to the realization that …
Read More »Electricity tariff relief to cost Gov’t GHS1 billion – Amewu
Government is providing a cumulative electricity tariff relief of an amount equivalent to about GHS1 billion, the Minister for Energy, John Peter Amewu has disclosed. This approximately covers a customer population of bout 4.8 million meters across the country for the three month period beginning April, May and June. He …
Read More »Coronavirus: Ghana will not go into economic recession – IMF
The International Monetary Fund, IMF has projected that Ghana will not go into an economic recession later this year due to Covid-19 pandemic. Some developmental partners of Ghana including the World Bank have warned that the country could go into an economic recession due to the Covid-19 outbreak. IMF Country …
Read More »Fuel prices to drop marginally – IES
The Institute of Energy Securities (IES) is forecasting prices of fuel on the local market remaining largely stable. However, it anticipates that competition between Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) to control and gain more market shares may culminate in fuel falling marginally within the second Pricing window of April 2020 This …
Read More »Ghana League money is for ‘hand to mouth’ – Shilla Illiasu
Former Asante Kotoko central defender Shilla Illiasu Alhassan says the Ghana Premier League is not financially rewarding hence players should always work hard to secure moves abroad. Shilla Illiasu joined the Porcupine Warriors from city rivals King Faisal in 2005 and played for a year before moving to Russian league …
Read More »Gender Ministry ‘slaps’ Zanetor Rawlings for her ungodly comments
The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has ‘slapped’ Member of Parliament for Klottey Korley, Zanetor Rawlings that food and other relief items are being distributed based on partisan lines to Kayayei. The Klottey Korley legislator in a post on social media accused the Ministry of being biased in …
Read More »People are refusing to sell to my wife – COVID-19 survivor recounts
Mr Fredrick Drah, a married man with four children and a survivor of COVID-19 says he will not wish his experience with the disease on anybody. Recounting his experience to the media on Thursday, April 16, Mr Drah said he fell ill on March 17 and decided to get tested …
Read More »Teenage girl commits suicide
A 15-year-old girl identified as Ummi Garba, has committed suicide by consuming rat poison in Gwaram Local Government Area of Jigawa in Nigeria. Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the state police command, SP Abdu Jinjiri, said the incident happened on April 4th at Kofar Gabas quarters. Jinjiri said the …
Read More »Lockdown: Give the poor mosquito coil alongside food – Obiri Boahen
The Deputy General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party(NPP) Nana Obiri Boahen has emphasized the need for mosquito coils to be distributed to vulnerable persons in lockdown areas alongside the hot meal being served them. According to him, most of these poor persons living in slums in areas affected …
Read More »Six coronavirus bodies left in morgues over lack of PPEs
Environment Health Officials at the Accra Metropolitan Assembly have raised concerns over six Covid-19 bodies that have been left unattended to at various morgue dues to the lack of training and PPEs to handle the bodies. According to them, bodies of infectious diseases are meant to be buried within 72-hours …
Read More »Falsified Chloroquine products circulating in Africa – FDA
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has received a notification through the World Health Organisation (WHO) Global Surveillance and Monitoring System for substandard and falsified chloroquine in the WHO region of Africa. These chloroquine products with different presentations are confirmed as falsified on the basis that they deliberately or fraudulently …
Read More »COVID-19: Angry GIJ students kick against Online exams
Irate students of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) have kicked against online examination being introduced by the management of the institute. Authorities at GIJ on Wednesday, April 15, issued guidelines informing students of the online examinations scheduled for May 25. Similar directives were also issued by the University of …
Read More »Desist from using current health crisis as a justification to extort from your neighbours – Sheikh Aremeyaw Shaibu
The spokesperson for the national Chief Imam, sheikh Aremeyaw Shaibu has appealed to Ghanaians to desist from using the current health crisis (COVID-19) which has plunged many nations into economic difficulties and killed millions of people across the globe to enrich themselves at the detriment of the poor. He …
Read More »Ghana mortuaries congested as people avoid private burials
Mortuaries in Ghana are congested as families shun private burials that have been necessitated by the ban on social gatherings aimed at controlling the spread of coronavirus. Bereaved members of families say they would rather wait for the ban to be lifted so that they can hold elaborate funerals, according …
Read More »Bukom Banku’s ‘savage’ reply to fan who asked when he became a musician
Comic Ghanaian boxer, Bukom Banku, has replied a fan who asked him when he became a musician after he released his latest track on social media. A snippet of the song titled ‘Lighter’ has been making rounds on social media platforms and received fair reviews from some Ghanaians. But some …
Read More »Asante Kotoko to beg the fans to help in paying Fifa fine to avoid relegation
Asante Kotoko management member Nana Kwame Dankwah reveals the club will look to its supporters to clear a Fifa fine. The Porcupine Warriors have been handed an ultimatum to pay up a fine of $240,000 [€218,915] by May 10 or face relegation to the Ghana second tier after being found …
Read More »Relocate to Greece if you hate criticisms – Afia Pokuaa lashes politicians
Broadcast Journalist Afia Pokuaa affectionately called Vim Lady has taken a dig at politicians who do not want to be criticized asking them to leave the country and take the nationality of other countries. Her comments come on the back of some members of the governing New Patriotic Party(NPP) insisting …
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