It follows the announcement of some incentives and insurance package for those thought to be ‘frontline’ workers, especially in the healthcare sector by the President. At a meeting at the Jubilee House today, the leadership of the various categories of health workers including the Ghana Medical Association (GMA), Ghana Registered …
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DR Congo Frees 1,200 Prisoners Over Coronavirus Fears
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s justice ministry has freed 1,200 prisoners in new measures to decongest prisons and prevent the spread of coronavirus. Those released from prisons were minor offenders, according to Justice Minister Célestin Tunda. Seven hundred of the prisoners have been released from the Makala Prison in the …
Read More »Invite players willing to sacrifice for the country- Kennedy Kenpong tells C.K Akonnor
Business mogul and former Board Member of Asante Kotoko, Kennedy Agyepong has urged Black Stars coach C.K Akonnor to invite only players who are willing to sacrifice for the country. According to Mr, Agyepong Ghana’s failure to win the Nations Cup for the past three decades has been because of …
Read More »Building collapses and kills child [Photos]
A child has died after a portion of a building in Onitsha collapsed on her. The building is located at No. 47 Modebe Street, Onitsha, Anambra state. The portion that collapsed on the child is the lintel attachment to an existing structure, Anambra Broadcasting Service reports. Officials of the State …
Read More »Police Officers Gang-Rape Girl After Finding Her In A Bush With Boyfriend
A Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officer is in the soup after he allegedly teamed up with his colleague to sexually violate a 17-year-old girl. This was reportedly after the law enforcement officer found the girl in the bush with her boyfriend. According to reports reaching the publication, Nomore Gotora who is …
Read More »Coronavirus: How centuries old tradition of funerals has been affected in Ghana
Funerals are a big deal in Ghana and it is not uncommon, in some parts, for a ceremony to last up to seven days, drawing thousands of crowds adorned in flowing red and black robes and gold jewellery. Some families even hire professional mourners to cry at the funeral of …
Read More »China Orders Immediate Deportation Of Blacks
The racist Chinese community has decided to take their battle against the Wuhan Coronavirus to the black people living in their communities. According to the communist, they have accused the foreigners (especially blacks) of bringing Coronavirus into their community, which means that blacks are not even allowed into public places …
Read More »The Ghanaian shoemaker fighting coronavirus with science
He calls himself a shoe manufacturer who majors in the production of different shoes, locally made, for mass consumption. He is passionate about what he does but beyond that, he is a problem solver, who looks around for an opportunity to help in whatever situation wherever he finds himself. It …
Read More »Man Beats Stepdaughter To Death In Sekondi
The police in Western Region are currently investigating the circumstances under which one Emmanuel Devor, popularly called Tsatsu, a resident of Ahenkofi, near Sekondi allegedly beat his 20-year old step daughter to death. The incident occurred last Sunday at about 9am. Speaking to journalists, the mother of the deceased, Augustina …
Read More »Coronavirus: Taxi driver lynched for carrying passengers without face masks
A taxi driver was allegedly beaten to death Tuesday by Nigerian security operatives, for carrying passengers who were not wearing face masks. A witness @ayebechristopher, revealed that the incident occurred at Marian in Calabar, Cross River State’s capital. He said the driver, who was not wearing a face mask when …
Read More »WhatsApp Tightens Limits On Message Forwarding
WhatsApp is trying to stem the rapid spread of coronavirus misinformation by placing new limits on the number of times a forwarded message can be shared simultaneously. A message received by a person on the Facebook (FB)-owned platform that has already been forwarded five times can now only be passed …
Read More »Covid-19: Court remands Nigerian for taking blood sample of pregnant women
A 34-year-old Nigerian has been arrested for allegedly defying the restriction order by taking blood samples of pregnant women and residents at Gbese Community, a suburb of James Town without legal authority. Chukwuka James, 34, has therefore been remanded by the Accra Circuit Court presided over by Afia Owusuwaa Appiah …
Read More »SAD NEWS: Taxi driver beaten to death by security operatives [VIDEO]
Some soldiers deployed to the streets of Calabar, Cross River state, to enforce the coronavirus lockdown in the state, have reportedly beaten a taxi driver to death. According to an eye witness report, the driver was allegedly assaulted by the operatives for carrying passengers who were not wearing face masks. The …
Read More »Fire Guts Accountant-General’s Office (Photo)
The cause of the fire, which is said to have started about 10 am, is yet to be known. The PUNCH reports that there was a fire outbreak on Wednesday at the Treasury House, which is the headquarters of the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation. The cause of …
Read More »COVID 19: Proph T wooding industry donates to ambulance service
Proph T Wooding Industry is sited in the Ahafo Region. Pricisely, Dechem, which is closer to the Ahafo Regional Coordinating Council and a police barrier (RCC). This Industry is into mass production of all kinds of Wooding works like office furniture, school tables, Kitchen cabinet, Veronica buckets stands etc. Proph …
Read More »Zayed Sustainability Prize 2021 calls for submissions from Innovators in Ghana
The Zayed Sustainability Prize is calling on all innovators in Ghana with solutions addressing some of the world’s biggest sustainability challenges, to submit an entry for its 2021 edition. Offering an annual winners’ reward fund of US$3 million and accepting online submissions until May 21st 2020, the UAE’s pioneering global …
Read More »MPs recall: I won’t attend Parliament; I’m home with my family – Ras Mubarak
The Member of Parliament for Kumbungu, Ras Mubarak says even though he’s currently in Accra he’s unable to attend to Parliament after the Speaker recalled the House because he’s spending quality time with his family. Hon. Ras Mubarak joins many of his colleagues in the Minority caucus who are unhappy …
Read More »I’m Ghana’s best since 2000 – Kwadwo Poku ‘Mahala’ brags
Former King Faisal and Asante Kotoko goal poacher Kwadwo Poku, affectionately known as Mahala has declared himself as the best Ghanaian striker since 2000. The pacy striker who had exciting spells in the Ghana Premier League for both Kotoko and King Faisal believes he is a more complete package as …
Read More »China’s Wuhan lockdown ends, but another begins as local coronavirus cases rise
The Chinese city where the coronavirus epidemic first broke out, Wuhan, ended a two-month lockdown on Wednesday, but a northern town started restricting the movement of its residents amid concerns of a second wave of infections in mainland China. China sealed off Wuhan, a city of 11 million people, in …
Read More »MPs return to Parliament today
Members of Parliament are returning to Parliament Wednesday morning (today) after the Speaker Rt. Hon. Prof. Mike Oquaye recalled them to the House, three days after he suspended sitting indefinitely. In a communique to Members of Parliament, the Speaker invoked his rights under Order Six of the Standing Orders of …
Read More »Yaa Pono joins ongoing ‘beef’, jabs Shatta Wale
Shatta Wale’s statement that rap music in Ghana cannot stand the test of time has awakened the monster in Yaa Pono as the rapper has described the dancehall artiste’s comment as “rubbish”. While expressing disappointment in rapper Sarkodie for releasing a track that takes a swipe at some artistes at …
Read More »We can’t trust Assembly members in food distribution – Deputy Gender Minister
The Deputy Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection Madam Freda Prempeh says Assembly Members in the country cannot be trusted with government’s outreach programme of providing food for the vulnerable in the society during the lockdown. President Nana Addo in his fifth address to the nation to update citizens …
Read More »Vehicle runs over 9-year-old at Anyinam
Information available to MyNewsGh.com is that a nine-year-old girl has been killed by an over speeding Toyota Corolla Saloon Car According to an eye witness who gave his name as Anim, the girl was knocked down by the car when she was crossing the road in Anyinam in the Atiwa East District …
Read More »Kotoko To Announce New Board After Lockdown
Kumasi Asante Kotoko has said it will announce members of its Board of Directors after the two-week lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Kotoko was due to submit the list of its newly constituted board members to the Ghana Football Association (GFA) on April 3, 2020, but failed …
Read More »SA minister suspended for breaking lockdown rules
South Africa’s communications minister has been suspended for two months – one of which will be without pay – for having lunch with a friend during the coronavirus lockdown. Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has been the talk of the town since a photograph of her eating with Mduduzi Manana surfaced this week. …
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