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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

The Professional Footballers Association of Ghana (Pfag) is set to roll out an action plan to support the government’s ongoing efforts in the fight against the deadly coronavirus pandemic. The Deputy General Secretary of the Pfag Mr Solomon Torson who has been leading a series of meetings with members, is …

Men’s Fellowship of the St. Anne’s Anglican Church at Ashanti New Town in Kumasi, the Ashanti regional capital, has donated medical and food items to the Manhyia Government Hospital and Manhyia Local Prisons. The items included gloves, disinfectants, nose masks, cleansing wipes, tissues and hand sanitizers, for the hospital. The …

The Member of Parliament for Asunafo North Constituency who doubles as the Ahafo Regional Minister, Hon. Evans Opoku Bobie has donated some items which include Veronica buckets, tissue papers, soaps etc as part of his personal effort in fighting against the carcinogenic Corona virus in the Constituency. He made this …

A 21 years old fetish priest who’s a twin has murdered his twin brother over money at Breman Bekoso in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District of the Central Region. Information gathered by Kasapa FM’s Yaw Boagyan suggest that the twins have both been working together as fetish priests for some time …

Lagos State Government has said that it will commence a house to house search for individuals infected with COVID-19 in the state. Professor Akin Abayomi, the state Commissioner for Health, made this known during a press briefing on COVID-19 intervention held in Alausa, Ikeja on Thursday, stating that the Coronavirus …

Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchway has summoned the Chinese ambassador to Ghana over reports of inhumane treatment meted out to Ghanaians in China in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Chinese authorities have reportedly started kicking out blacks from the Guandong province following a spike in imported coronavirus …

Residents in the Central region are ganging up against the idea of using schools in their communities as isolation centres for the deadly Coronavirus. It started with Winneba when authorities took to the streets to kick against the use of Winneba Secondary School as isolation centre days after the region …

Controversial musician, Kwame Asare Obeng popularly known as A Plus has described President Nana Addo Akufo-Addo as a good man while showering blessings on him. According to A Plus, Akufo-Addo is one of the “good old men” in Ghana unlike most politicians who, he said, are “wicked” and look out …

A 26-year-old unemployed man who stole cocoyam valued at GHC150.00 from a farm, has been remanded into police custody by the Nkawie Circuit Court. Kwaku Baafi pleaded guilty and would reappear before the Court on April 22, this year. His accomplice, Abenaa Maanu, who bought the cocoyam, was granted a …

Eight (8) out of sixteen (16) regions have recorded coronavirus cases after the national case count hit 408. Regions that have reported cases are Greater Accra, Ashanti, Central, Eastern, Northern, North East, Upper East and Upper West. This means the country has confirmed 30 new cases after President Nana Addo Dankwa …

An O.A passenger bus with registration number AC 1557-17 has been burnt on the Kintampo-Tamale highway, mynewsghana.net has learnt. The bus according to reports was heading to Bawku from Techman in the Bono East region when it caught fire. The cause of the fire has not been yet established, however, …

The Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has rejected calls for the December 7 general elections to be suspended in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak in the country. The experienced Legislator said it is too early and over-exaggerated to have such a conversation. Some political actors like the …

Madam Freda Ocran, a Ghanaian nurse and former student of the Ghana Institute Of Journalism GIJ has lost her life to the novel coronavirus, My News Ghana reports Freda Ocran who is believed to be in her 50’s kicked the bucket on the 28th of March 2020. Her son said she “gave …

The largest water park in West Africa, Park Vega, is set to launch in the country. Park Vega is a member of International Association of Amusements & Attractions( IAAPA) and World Waterparks Association (WWA), and it is acclaimed to be the first international standard water park in Nigeria and West …

President Akufo-Addo’s promise that government will take responsibility of 50% of electricity bills for consumers for a 3-month period has not gone down well with Executive Director of the Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), Benjamin Boakye Benjamin Boakye posited that government’s decision to take up half the cost of …

Africa has passed the grim milestone of 10,000 reported cases of coronavirus, along with more than 500 deaths, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (ACDC). As the daily number of new infections appears to be falling in parts of the world, some fear the epicentre of …