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Italy-based midfielder Emmanuel Agyemang Badu has hit out at Ghanaians over their lack of awareness amidst the coronvirus pandemic insisting the deadly disease outbreak globally has become a matter of jokes in his home country. Ghana has so far recorded six cases of COVID-19 within two days and the Hellas …

The Ghana Football Association following the directives given by the President of the Republic on Sunday, March 15, 2020, has suspended all its competitions with immediate effect until further notice. In a statement released last week, the GFA announced that while all competitions will go ahead as scheduled it will …

CORPORAL Ghasty Yahaya Seidu, 37, with service number 43255 and attached to the Akuse District Police, has been sentenced to a total of 40 years in prison for robbery by a Circuit Court in Koforidua, the Eastern Regional capital. The Presiding Judge, Mercy Addai Kotei, found him guilty of two …

Some students of the University of Ghana are asking for the name of their colleague who tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The students believe that this will help other persons who may have come into contact with the infected student to subject themselves to the necessary screenings. They believe …

The 34-year-old former Sawla SHS mathematics teacher, Ernest Ocloo, is to appear before the Tamale High Court today, Monday, March 16, 2020, after being charged with rape by the Bole Magistrate Court. Details of the writ between the ‘Republic versus Ernest Ocloo’ indicate that the suspect committed the offence contrary …

Pure paint west Africa has been helping the youth in zongo communities through  skills acquisition and development.    About seventy young people from Ghana, Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso and La Cote D’ivoire were trained and awarded  certificates in their acquired skill at the end of the training.   Speaking after the …

Football Administration just like any other sector requires a myriad of skill set very few people can match. Mr Abdul Hayye Yartey, Bankroller of Cheetah FC, who doubles as the Ghana Bodybuilding Association is one of the few men who have ticked the boxes in football administration. Mr Yartey’s journey …

Ghana’s Premier Chattered Private University, Valley View University (VVU), Techiman Campus, in accordance with the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo’s Press briefing, has suspended all physical contacts and gatherings including face to face lectures.   On Sunday, the 15th of March, 2019, the President of the Republic, Nana Addo …

South Africa has announced strict measures to limit foreign visitors, following the example of Kenya. On a continent which the virus has been slow to penetrate – there is a sudden sense of urgency. The virus is now confirmed to be present in at least 26 nations across the continent. President …

At least 15 people have been confirmed dead and many others injured after an explosion at a gas processing plant on Sunday in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said the explosion was caused by a truck that hit gas cylinders piled up at the plant …

There is palpable tension in Imasayi, Yewa North Local Government area of Ogun State, as an officer of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) was allegedly killed during a melee involving suspected smugglers. It was learnt that the incident occurred on Saturday night when officers of the NCS engaged the said …

The prices of hand sanitizers are skyrocketing because of the increase in demand for them. Worse still, there’s a shortage in town because of the high demand and limited supply. Well, worry no more, you can prepare your own hand sanitizers at home and it’ll be effective just like that which is …

Following a directive by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo that all universities, Senior High Schools and basic schools be closed in a bid to contain the coronavirus in Ghana, some university students openly jubilated, thanking the President for ‘liberating’ them. The President in a late night broadcast on Sunday night …

A 7-year-old schoolgirl was knocked down by a motorbike rider in the late hours of Saturday 14th March, 2020. The unfortunate incident happened in Canteen, a suburb of Damongo. According to an eyewitness, little Moshie Fakia was crossing to the other side of the road when the rider called Seidu …

The Presbyterian Church of Ghana has suspended church services for the next four weeks following directives from the President. This comes after, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo announced that all public gatherings, including conferences, workshops, funerals, festivals, political rallies, sporting events and religious activities, such as services in churches …

A routine question from her doctor about menstruation set Kenyan Julian Peter, now 29, down a path that led her to discover she was born without a womb, cervix or a vagina. Twelve years on she shared her story with the BBC’s Anne Ngugi. I was born with a condition …

A South African king, a nephew of the late Nelson Mandela, has been arrested after allegedly going on the rampage with an axe in the palace. Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo, freed from jail on parole in December, broke into the Thembu royal palace in the early hours. Witnesses said he was searching …

Dozens of Hindu activists in India hosted a cow urine-drinking party. Some members of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party have claimed that cow urine and dung can prevent and cure COVID-19. The chief of the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha (All India Hindu Union) group hosted a cow urine-drinking event …

The Ghana Football Association following the directives given by the President of the Republic on Sunday, March 15, 2020, has suspended all its competitions with immediate effect until further notice. In a statement released last week, the GFA announced that while all competitions will go ahead as scheduled it will …

President Akufo-Addo has banned all public gatherings including conference, workshops, funerals, festivals, political rallies and church activities and related events as part of measures to stop the spread of coronavirus in the country. The President in a national address on Sunday said the ban will be in force for the …

For some time now, controversial Dancehall musician, Charles Nii Armah Mensah, popularly known as Shatta Wale has been touting himself as the richest musician in the country while the others are all poor. In his quest to sort of back his claims with some proof, the Shatta Movement boss decided to share …

A Koforidua High Court presided by Justice Mrs Cecilia Naa Shormeh Davis, has sentenced to death Kwabena Thomas Oduro, a fetish priest, on two charges of murder of Joseph Affenyi Nyame, a student of Kwahu-Ridge SHS, and Michael Ofori Agyepong, a storekeeper. The accused was also handed a 10-years imprisonment …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has directed the management of schools in the country to shut down effective Monday, March 16, 2020, until further notice. The President gave the order when he addressed the nation on Sunday. He said, “All universities, Senior High Schools and basic schools ie public and private schools, …

The University of Ghana has suspended lecturers for graduate student following the confirmation of cases of coronavirus in Ghana. In a memo the executive council of the university said: “All Lectures have been suspended by the Executive Council of the University until further notice. We encourage all students to be …

Ghana has recorded four more new cases of the Novel Coronavirus bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to six. Two of the individuals returned to the country from the United States last week, the Director of Public Health at the Health Service (GHS) Dr Badu Sarkodie …