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 …
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Man Caught Strangling With 4 Year Old Girl In An Uncompleted Building
A bricklayer is currently in hot soup after he was caught trying to strangle a four year old girl in the oyero area of Ekiti in Nigeria. The suspected child abductor, Ola Ibidapo, had held his victim, Tola by neck and was about to strangle her in an umcompleted building …
Read More »Nigeria, SA, Ethiopia, Congo account for 50% illicit financial flows in Africa
Nigeria, South Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo and Ethiopia account for 50 per cent of illicit financial flows (IFFs) in Sub-Saharan Africa, Brookings Institution, a globally renowned American research group said in a new report. The report, titled Illicit Financial Flows in Africa: Drivers, Destinations, and Policy Options, said revelations …
Read More »SA man struggles to get tested for Covid-19 at hospital
A Western Cape man has told News24 that his attempts to get tested for Covid-19 on Thursday proved futile. Cameron Jansen, 26, says he went to the Melomed Mitchells Plain Hospital to get tested as a precautionary measure, after being in contact with a colleague from India. It is believed …
Read More »Private schools’ students will enjoy free SHS under me – Mahama assures
Former President John Mahama has promised that students in private schools in the country will benefit from the Free SHS policy if he wins the December polls. According to him, the country cannot continue to gloss over the impact of private schools in Ghana’s educational system. Speaking at the 15th-anniversary …
Read More »Tourists stuck in Morocco after links to Europe restricted over coronavirus
Tourists from a number of European countries were unable to leave after flights were suspended to many European countries and also to China and Algeria on Saturday. French nationals were allowed to leave on repatriation flights, according to the French Foreign Ministry. Tourists were stranded in Morocco on Saturday after …
Read More »Fuel prices to fall by 8%
Fuel prices from Monday, March 16, 2020, are expected to fall by between 5 to 8 percent, which would bring some relief to consumers but whether commercial vehicle operators would reduce fares is another matter to fight over another day. Even though crude prices collapsed on the world market a …
Read More »Woman arrested for dumping baby in a bush
The Ejura Police Command in the Ashanti Region has arrested a mother of eight named Wezenam Kuyiri for dumping her fresh baby in a gutter near the Ejura bridge leading to the innocent baby’s death. According to Supt. Kingsley Owusu Bempah, his outfit had information that a fresh baby had been dumped following which hed led …
Read More »Ghana’s new investment law delayed until 2021
With the processes aimed at operationalizing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) that started this year, it has become necessary for the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) and key partners to slow down the process of revising the GIPC law. The completion of the review had been scheduled for …
Read More »Kotoka International Airport named among best airports in Africa
Ghana’s Kotoka International Airport has been named among the best airports in Africa under the world-renowned Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Awards. The awards recognize airports around the world that deliver the best customer experience in the opinion of their own passengers. This year, 140 awards have been won by 84 …
Read More »Security operatives seize Prophet Badu Kobi’s cars over unpaid duties
MyNewsGh.com can exclusively report that two luxurious vehicles belonging to the founder and leader of the Glorious Wave Church, Prophet Emmanuel Badu Kobi have been confiscated by security operatives over unpaid duties. Two of the vehicles, a Lincoln Navigator and a Porsche Panamera with registration number GS 1707-18 have since …
Read More »Prices of local goods increasing faster than imported goods
For a fourth consecutive month, inflation for locally produced goods has been growing faster than inflation for imported goods, although Ghana is an import-dependent country. Inflation for imported goods as at February was 5.9 per cent, well below the 8.6 per cent inflation for locally made goods. This is according …
Read More »Black Maidens progress to next round of qualifiers after win over Liberia
Black Maidens dispatched Liberia in a 10-goal aggregate win to qualify for the next round of the 2020 FIFA U-17 World Cup Qualifiers. Striker Ophelia Osei Amponsah was in a devastating form as she unleashed the first of the afternoon under two minutes, added a second in the 3rd minute …
Read More »Heartbroken KNUST boy finally speaks about Nana Ama
Sam Aboagye, the guy who was videoed crying his heart out because he had been jilted and got heartbroken has finally spoken about his predicament. According to him, he will take advantage of the little fame he has earned to start a career in music and acting and let the …
Read More »Akwaboah’s brother goes blind few days after a lady cursed them?
Information reaching this portal has it that the brother of songwriter and musician Akwaboah has gone blind days after a man of God dropped the prophecy. Few days ago, reports were rife a pastor identified as Prophet Eric Boahen, had revealed that Akwaboah and his brother had been cursed by …
Read More »Police impound Nigerian truck
The Accra Regional Police Command, in collaboration with the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) and the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), has impounded a 40-footer truck carrying contraband goods from Nigeria to Ghana. Sani Mohammed, a 30-year-old driver in charge of the truck with registration number AE …
Read More »Princess Shyngle opens up on sexuality [Photos]
Gambian-born Nollywood actress, Princess Shyngle has confirmed she is bisexual in an Instagram exchange with some of her followers. The actress went public with her sexuality during an Instagram interactive session with followers to counter rumours about her. Princess Shyngle before the interactive session she titled the ‘rumour challenge’ assured she …
Read More »Coronavirus: France and Spain announce partial lockdowns
France has ordered the closure of all non-essential places used by the public from midnight (23:00 GMT Saturday) as the coronavirus outbreak spreads. PM Edouard Philippe said the number of people in intensive care was growing and earlier guidelines for the public were being ignored. Spain has confirmed a 15-day …
Read More »School bus kills girl, 4
A four-year-old pupil was on Wednesday killed by a school bus at Sawaba in the Asokore Mampong Municipality in the Ashanti Region. The heartbreaking incident happened a few minutes after the deceased, identified as Aisha Abdul-Aziz, had closed from school and was preparing to go home as usual. According to …
Read More »NPP primaries: Supporters of disqualified aspirant lock up party office at Saboba
Some angry supporters of Emmanuel Kotin, a Security Analyst and the Executive Director for the Africa Center for Security and Counterterrorism who has been disqualified from contesting the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary primaries in the Saboba constituency have threatened to defect to the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) if …
Read More »Man arrested for stabbing woman, 24 to death at Nkawkaw
A man identified as Yaw Johnson is in the grips of the police for stabbing a 24-year bread seller to death at Nkawkaw in the Eastern region. According to the police, the deceased, Esther Afrifa was attacked by the assailant around 10:pm on Friday March 13, 2020 at Asona road, …
Read More »Armed robbers attack passengers on Kintampo-Tamale highway [Watch]
Armed robbers on Saturday attacked passengers travelling on the Tamale-Kintampo highway at Porto in the Bono East Region. The robbers said to be 12 in number subjected the passengers in the Urvan bus to intense search and took away their monies, phones, laptops and other valuables. JoyNews’ Seth Kwame Boateng …
Read More »Woman, 32 arrested for trading with fake currency
Police at Akuapem-Adawso in the Eastern Region have apprehended a 32-year-old woman for dealing in fake currency in the Adawso market in the Eastern region. A police statement signed by DSP Ebenezer Tetteh, Regional Police PRO said on Friday, Comfort Duodua went to the Adawso market with fake a ¢50 …
Read More »Woman, 24, stabbed multiple times to death at Nkawkaw
A Twenty-Four-year old woman has been stabbed multiple times to death by an assailant at Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region. The body of the deceased Esther Afrifa has been deposited at the Holy Family Hospital Morgue. Her husband reported to the Nkawkaw Central Police Station on March 13, 2020, around …
Read More »Akufo-Addo chided for $100m coronavirus fund
The President of the Institute for Security, Disaster and Emergency Studies, Dr Ishmael Norman, has described as wrong the approach by government in announcing the $100 million fund for the fight against coronavirus. In a nationwide broadcast last Wednesday, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo directed the Minister of Finance to …
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