Three Leicester City first-team players have self-isolated after showing symptoms of coronavirus and “have been kept away from the rest of the squad”, manager Brendan Rodgers has said. Rodgers did not specify which players had been quarantined but added that the club had “followed procedures”. The Foxes are due to …
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COVID-19: Ghana confirms two cases
Ghana has confirmed two cases of COVID-19 on March 12, 2020, being the first cases to be reported in the country. The Ministry of Health disclosed in a statement on Thursday that the two confirmed cases were received at the same time from the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research. …
Read More »Rawlings praises COCOBOD
Former President, Flt. -Lt. (Rtd) Jerry John Rawlings has commended the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) for its efforts to mechanise cocoa farming in the country. He said the board’s decision to replace the age-old cutlasses and machetes used to prune cocoa trees and weed farms, with motorised pruners and slashers …
Read More »Policeman Commits Suicide After Killing His Wife Over infidelity…Leaves Behind 3-Week-Old Baby
Tragedy struck in the Ondo state after a police officer simply identified as Tolulope, allegedly shot his wife dead and later killed himself in their home in Akungba-Akoko in Akoko South-West Local Government Area of Ondo State on Tuesday March 10th. Confirming the incident to newsmen, the state police command spokesperson, Tee-Leo Ikoro, …
Read More »Government suspends consular services in countries hit by Coronavirus
Government has suspended consular services provided by embassies and high commissions in countries affected by the deadly Coronavirus. The Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Charles Owiredu said this while outlining measures being taken by the government to prevent a spread of the virus. The Deputy Minister also pointed out that …
Read More »Italian medical chief dies from coronavirus
Italy’s medical community is mourning the death of the head of the medical association in the northern Italian region of Varese, Italy’s state-run ANSA reported Wednesday. Roberto Stella, president of the Medical Guild of Varese, died Tuesday night in Como, where the 67-year-old was hospitalized for respiratory failure due to …
Read More »Police Hospital to hold mass burial for 120 bodies
The management of the Ghana Police Hospital at Cantonment has served notice it will carry out a mass burial for one hundred and twenty unidentified bodies in their mortuary. This, according to a statement from the Hospital, is part of their routine exercise to decongest the hospital mortuary. “The Ghana …
Read More »Police officer jailed 40 years for robbery [photos]
A Circuit Court in Koforidua in the Eastern region has sentenced a 37-year-old police officer to a total of 40 years in prison for robbery. The court presided over by Her Honour, Mercy Addai Kotei, found him guilty of two counts of conspiracy to commit crime, to wit robbery and robbery. He is …
Read More »Islamic scholar who said coronavirus was Allah’s punishment tests positive
Prominent Iraqi Shia scholar, Hadi Al-Modarresi, has been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, weeks after he claimed the deadly disease was undoubted “an act of Allah” against the Chinese for their treatment, mockery, and disrespect towards Muslims and Islam. The 63-year-old cleric, who is one of the most prominent Shia leaders in Iraq …
Read More »Dangote loses N240 billion in five hours due to coronavirus
Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote suffered a huge loss due to coronavirus on Wednesday, March 11, as he lost N240 billion in five hours. Dangote’s firms under the parent-company ‘Dangote Group’, suffered huge losses just after the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared coronavirus a pandemic (spreading in multiple countries around …
Read More »Akwaboah’s brother goes blind a few days after a lady cursed them
Information reaching Ghpage.com news desk has it that the brother of songwriter and musician Akwaboah has gone blind days after a man of God dropped the prophecy. It would be remembered that Ghpage.com reported on a story where a Pastor identified as Prophet Eric Boahen revealed in an interview that Akwaboah and his …
Read More »No Ghanaian’ll die from Coronavirus – Duncan-Williams as he declares 72-hour prayer & fasting
Archbishop Nicholas Duncan Williams has declared a 72-hour prayer and fasting period against the spread of the coronavirus. The founder and leader of Action Chapel International has been leading his congregation to pray since 8 march 2020 that no Ghanaian life, home and abroad, will be lost to the coronavirus. …
Read More »Police Officer Caught On Camera Smoking ‘Weed’ Like Nobody’s Business (Video)
A Nigerian police officer has been captured on camera smoking weed in a state’s police vehicle. The police officer whose identity is still unknown was filmed in a ghetto within Nigeria. A few citizens of his countries shared their opinions on his action. The action by the police officer has …
Read More »Parliament approves GHS41m tax waivers for Metro Mass, three others
Parliament has approved a request for tax waivers amounting to GHS41 million for four state institutions. The Ghana Immigration Service sought GHS 841,000 in tax waivers on weapons, the Ministry of Regional Re-Organisation sought GHS708,000 in waivers for vehicles to be procured for the six new regions, the Metro Mass …
Read More »Coronavirus: MPs to have temperature tested before entering chamber
Speaker of Parliament has ordered the Clerk Office of the House to check temperatures of MPs and visitors in Parliament in the wake of coronavirus scare. Prof. Mike Oquaye also admonished Members of Parliament to avoid handshaking and make good use of hand sanitizers installed at vantage points in Parliament. …
Read More »‘I Thought Being Black Is Dirty So I Took To Skin Bleaching’ – Mzbel
Ghanaian songstress Mzbel has advised her female fans and followers to love themselves no matter the color of their skin as she recounts on the side effects she got when she bleached. Some years back the songstress bleached her skin trying to be fair like other ladies. According to her, …
Read More »3 Ghanaians petition UN to remove Akufo-Addo as SDGs co-chair
Three Ghanaian citizens, Elikem Kotoko, Stephen Kwabena Attuh and Issifu Seidu Kudus Gbeadese, have petitioned UN Secretary-General António Guterres to remove President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo from the Eminent Group of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Advocates as a Co-Chair. According to the petition, the President is complicit in the resurgence of illegal small-scale …
Read More »DCE’s house burgled
Some hoodlums have broken into the residence of Joseph Owusu, aka Odenkyem, District Chief Executive (DCE) for Sekyere Afram Plains in the Ashanti Region, and made away with over GH¢40,000. The thieves stole the cash from the DCE’s parked vehicle after gaining access into his house at Akyeremade in the …
Read More »Girl, 4, killed by her school bus in freak accident
A Muslim couple in the Ashanti Regional town of Sawaba, is in grief after their four-year-old daughter died on the spot after she was run over by her school bus Wednesday. The incident occurred at approximately 6:30 am when the deceased, Aisha Abdul Aziz and her seven-year-old brother had converged …
Read More »How a Ghanaian Chief tricked the Danes in 1693, took their castle and later sold it back to them
Osu Castle, also known as Christiansborg Castle, is a castle located in Osu, Accra, Ghana. Christiansborg Castle was built by Danish colonialists in 1659 on a land obtained from Paramount Chief Okaikoi of the Ga ethnic group. Over the years, the fort was juggled between the Portuguese, Swedish and Danish. …
Read More »Landfill sites risk closure over GH¢42m debt
Some operators of landfill sites in the country are threatening closure due to government’s inability to pay GH¢42million debt owed them. The situation, according to the operators, has put them in the difficult position of not being able to service equipment required to manage the sites, and pay workers as …
Read More »13-year-old boy stabs his elder brother, 20, to death
A 13-year-old boy stabbed his elder brother to death while they were engaged in an argument. Ebikari Andrew, 13, stabbed Tarikebina Andrew, 20, to death at Jehovah Witness Road, off Goodnews Street in Azikoro, Bayelsa State. The brothers were at a friend’s house at about 9pm on Saturday, March 7, …
Read More »Missing Chief’s body: Court issues warrant for arrest of policeman
The Ofaakor Circuit Court has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Detective Corporal Michael Larbie of CID headquarters who reportedly led a group of individuals to besiege the Awutu Ofaakor Chief’s palace demanding the release of the body of late Akyeamehene Nai Kojo Amoashie over the weekend. Nine …
Read More »Dominase residents turn JHS into brothel
The Chief of Wassa Dominase in the Mpohor district of the Western region, Nana Adusa II has called for the arrest of some unscrupulous individuals in the community who have converted the Dominase JHS into a brothel. According to the chief, after making love in the classrooms, the people then …
Read More »Watch: Two Students Of University Of Ghana ‘Atopa’ Video
The latest video recorded by zacknation reveals two “intelligent” students alleged to be students of Ghana University has surfaced online. Their video confirmed that the moral decorum in educational sectors is fast deteriorating and we must act fast or our future leaders will be our doom. The gorgeous and very …
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