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 …
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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. …
Read More »5G network: Man was created to enjoy life and not to work – Chinery-Hesse
Herman Chinery-Hesse, the CEO of SoftTribe, has stated that God did not create man for man to toil before making ends meet but rather man was created to enjoy life to the fullest. According to Chinery-Hesse, the introduction of the 5G system is to make man work easier and faster …
Read More »Africans evicted from Chinese hotels over coronavirus fears
Hundreds of African residents and businessmen in China’s southern city of Guangzhou have been evicted from hotels and apartments as local health officials rollout a testing campaign for Covid-19, community leaders have told the BBC. Those evicted say they are being discriminated against. “They are accusing us of having the virus,” said …
Read More »Lockdown: Man allegedly beaten to death by police in Kumasi [VIDEO]
A 40-year old man, Kwabena Tweneboah Kodua has died after allegedly suffering a brutal assault in the hands of a police patrol team that was enforcing the partial lockdown on Monday night at Konkori, near Kumasi in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti region. Mother of the deceased, Maame …
Read More »Coronavirus: Journalists are also frontline workers – Sulemana Braimah
The issue of who is a frontline worker has dominated the public sphere especially when the Government of Ghana announced some measures laid down for frontline health workers taking care of patients who have been tested positive for the novel Coronavirus. The role of journalists in the fight against Coronavirus cannot be left …
Read More »Mmebusem runs away from Shatta Wale, Sarkodie beef
Ghana Jesus, otherwise known as Mmebusem, has dissociated himself from an earlier Twitter post that was assigned to him. According to Mmebusem, the Twitter account that tweeted that anytime Shatta Wale releases a diss song Sarkodie’s fans come out to bash him but hail Sarkodie anytime he drops a diss …
Read More »You promised ‘kayayes’ GHC10 daily, give it to them – Yagaba MP to govt
The Member of Parliament for Yagaba/Kumori has raised concerns about what he calls inconsistencies from government on the provision for Kayayes and other vulnerable groups suffering the biting edge of the lockdown in Accra and Kumasi. According to Ibrahim Abdul-Rauf Tanko, claims of the Minister of Gender, children and social protection that …
Read More »Lockdown: Ramaphosa says scientific analysis of whether it is working is expected within days
South Africans will soon know if the national lockdown is working. On Tuesday, President Cyril Ramaphosa said the government would soon receive a scientific assessment on whether the national lockdown, which ends next week, had worked. This amid uncertainty about the trajectory of the coronavirus pandemic and an economic meltdown …
Read More »COVID-19: Kumasi Central Market to operate shift system to avoid overcrowding
Following the closure of the Kumasi Central Market on Tuesday, April 7, 2020, the market is set to run on a shift system after it is opened for trading activities on Thursday, April 9, 2020. This was captured in a statement from the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) and signed by …
Read More »Nigeria visa firm owned by man on fraud charges
The owner of the Nigerian government-appointed company which produces visas for people wishing to travel to Nigeria from around the world is facing charges of fraud and money laundering in Nigeria in relation to a different company, the BBC has learnt in a joint investigation with the Premium Times. There …
Read More »Coronavirus: US records highest death toll in single day
The US recorded the most coronavirus deaths in a single day with more than 1,800 fatalities reported on Tuesday. It brings the total number of deaths in the country to nearly 13,000, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The US has more than 398,000 confirmed cases, the highest number …
Read More »Man assaults 20-year-old stepdaughter to death for ‘disrespecting’ him
A man has physically assaulted his stepdaughter to death at a farming community in the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis of the Western Region. Emmanuel Devor, popular known as Tsatsu, who has been arrested by the Police claimed the 20-year-old Benedicta Asaffuah, was very disrespectful to him, something he said provoked him Sunday …
Read More »[Photos] Meet the woman with the biggest hips in the world
Women try everything to increase their hips, but this woman has set a record as one with the biggest hips in the world. Mikel was born a normal-sized young woman in USA before she ballooned after her first child. Her hips measure an unusual 8 feet (2.4 m) in circumference …
Read More »God punish Ghanaian bloggers, you’ll continue to suffer – Shatta Wale
Controversial Dancehall Artiste, Charles Nii Armah Mensah with stage name Shatta Wale has called out the attitude of some Ghanaian bloggers who he claims are only interested in publishing negativity about him. Shatta Wale said this in a live Facebook streaming monitored by attractivemustapha.com when he picked on some key musicians in the …
Read More »I didn’t want to leave Hearts of Oak – Stephen Appiah
Former Accra Hearts of Oak player, Stephen Leroy Appiah has revealed that leaving Hearts of Oak to Italy was one of the biggest and toughest decisions of his career to date. Appiah who enjoyed an illustrious career with the Rainbow club received an offer for trials in Italy after being …
Read More »Coronavirus: Pastor Chris is a disappointment – Daddy Freeze
OAP Daddy Freeze has slammed Pastor Chris of Christ Embassay for saying the Federal Government has secret plans with 5G network which is linked to the coronavirus pandemic. Pastor Chris had appeared in a video where he supported the conspiracy theory that says it is 5G network that is killing …
Read More »Coronavirus fight: Stand up for Ghanaians – Akufo-Addo to Doctors
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on medical doctors in Ghana who are at the heart of the nation’s fight against COVID-19, to stand up for Ghanaians in this critical health situation the world finds itself. The President made the call when he met with the leadership of the Ghana Medical …
Read More »China must help Africa pay their debt amid coronavirus – Ken Ofori Atta begs
Finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta has called on China to help ease the debt burden of African countries facing economic woes due to the Coronavirus pandemic, Reuters reports. The African continent is not the hardest hit by covid-19, however, its countries are already facing the grim impact. “My feeling is that China has …
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