The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has denied reports that it has announced a new date for holding its parliamentary and presidential elections. It also said there has not been any recent National Steering Committee to take a decision on the way forward for the party’s elections. Some portals reported on …
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Mahama embarks on ‘nokofio’ food distribution campaign
Former President John Dramani Mahama selected 200 households in two communities in the Greater Accra Region and personally distributed some food items to them. Each box delivered to each home contained a small bag of rice, oil, sugar, mackerel, canned tomatoes and other foodstuff. Mahama said the food items were …
Read More »Savannah regional chairman of CPP dead
The Savannah Regional Chairman of the Convention Peoples Party (CPP), Mr Mahama Alidu has passed on. Mr Alidu passed away on Monday, 20 April 2020 in Accra. He is expected to be buried on Tuesday in his hometown of Daboya in the North Gonja District of the Savannah Region, according …
Read More »Show us the data which necessitated the lifting of the lockdown – NDC
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has strongly criticized the government over the lifting of the partial lockdown in a presidential address to the nation on Sunday, 19th April, 2020. According to the COVID-19 Response Team of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), the action of the president is in contrast to …
Read More »Election 2020: Don’t vote for wicked Mahama – Akua Donkor
The Flagbearer and founder of the Ghana Freedom Party GFP, Akua Donkor is advocating for a second term for President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo describing his performance as exceptional. The female politician told Nyankontion Mu Nsem on Rainbow Radio 87.5Fm that, the 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections may have to be suspended …
Read More »COA FS contaminated; return all products to manufacturers – FDA to public
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has directed the general public to return all COA FS products to the manufacturer. According to the FDA, samples of the food supplement picked from the market and the manufacturing facility of COA Herbal Centre in Workroom near Cape Coast showed excessive microbial, mould …
Read More »Do Ghanaians respect Otumfuor than Akufo-Addo? – A Plus asks
Musician turned political activist, Kwame A Plus has questioned why Ghanaians obeyed the lockdown directives of Otumfuor Osei Tutu II during the death of his mother but refused to obey the president’s COVID-19 lockdown directives. According to A Plus, the whole of the Ashanti Region went dead when Nana Afia …
Read More »Mixed reactions as partial lockdown is lifted
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has lifted the ban on restricted movement in some parts of the country including Greater Accra and Kumasi which was imposed somewhere in March to curtail the spread of the deadly coronavirus According to him, Ghana is more than prepared to contain the deadly coronavirus hence the …
Read More »Akufo-Addo paving way for EC with lockdown lifting – Sammi Gyamfi
The Communications Director of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Sammi Gyamfi says the decision by President Akufo-Addo to lift the lockdown on Accra and Kumasi despite the spike in coronavirus cases in Ghana is political. According to him, the move is intended to allow the electoral commission compile a …
Read More »Sacrifice me to the gods if my local medicine fails to treat coronavirus patients – Herbal practitioner
The President and founder for Save The Nation For Future Leaders, Kwadwo Atta Apeakorang says he should be sacrificed to the gods if the local treatment he has discovered fails to cure Coronavirus. According to him, the treatment, made up of prekese, hwentia, pepre, ginger and garlic is the only way …
Read More »Nana Akomea, others face jail term over contempt of court
A private real estate company, Mariville Homes Ltd, wants the MD of state transport company STC, Nana Akomea, and six others convicted for contempt after suing them for trespassing on its private property. Mariville Homes Ltd had sued Akomea and nine other tenants for engaging in a reconstruction exercise on …
Read More »COVID-19 cases in Ghana jump to 1042
COVID-19 cases in Ghana have jumped to 1042, President Akufo-Addo has announced. Addressing the nation on Sunday, the President said the increase in numbers is as a result of 68, 591 tests conducted. According to the President, nine people have died from the disease while 99 people have recovered and …
Read More »FDA Has Not Approved COA FS As Cure For COVID-19
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) says it has not approved the food supplement, ‘COA FS’ by the COA Herbal Centre, as a cure for the novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and called on all to disregard the information. Mr James Lartey, the Director of Communications of the FDA, in an …
Read More »How boost your immune system to fight against coronavirus – Pharmacist reveals
According to a report MynewsGhana.net sighted on 3 News, a chief pharmacist at the Cocoa Clinic in Accra, Edward Amporful, is encouraging the consumption of raw cocoa powder to help boost the immune system and defend the body against the novel coronavirus. Health experts have said strong immune system is …
Read More »Mansoman SHS hosts Covid-19 Isolation Centre
Health authorities at the Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region have set up a Covid-19 isolation centre at the Mansoman Senior High School. Authorities say it is a proactive decision to prevent any surprises in the district’s preparedness in the fight against the pandemic. Some health facilities have also …
Read More »Ken Agyapong In Trouble over J.B Danquah’s murder
In a statement copied to MynewsGhana.net, Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability [ASEPA] has said they will hold Hon. Ken Agyapong and President Akufo-Addo responsible should anything happen to J.B Danquah-Adu’s murderer Daniel Asiedu. According to the statement signed by the Executive Director of ASEPA Mensah Thompson, they are reliably …
Read More »Why Meningitis has killed 40 up north
About four hundred (400) people have been infected with a new strain of meningitis in the northern part of Ghana. 40 out of the 400 has been reported dead. meningitis is explained as an infection that affects the delicate membranes — called meninges — that cover the brain and spinal cord. You or …
Read More »The 198 new coronavirus cases aren’t new infections – GHS
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says the 198 new Coronavirus cases announced Saturday are not new infections. It explained that the record 198 new cases, which have seen the country’s case count jump from 641 to 834, are from a backlog of samples currently at the various laboratory testing centres. “The general …
Read More »There is a possibility current voters’ register could be used for 2020 elections – EC
Director of Electoral Services at the Electoral Commission (EC) Dr Serebour Quaicoe, says there is still a possibility that the current Voters’ Register will be used for the 2020 elections. This he said will be determined by the deadly COVID-19 which has forced the EC to halt its plans of …
Read More »Sex with Mahama earned me a very big job – Victoria Lakshmi Hamah reveals
Rumours have had it that Victoria Lakshmi Hamah who was the former Deputy Minister of Communications under the erstwhile government of former President John Mahama had an amorous relationship with the former head of state before she was given her ministerial position. Well, Victoria has finally spoken on these allegations. Victoria Lakshmi …
Read More »Nana Addo Petitioned Over Disqualification of Gushegu Aspirant
About 63 New Patriotic Party (NPP), polling station Chairmen of the Gushegu Constituency in the Northern region of Ghana have petitioned President Akufo-Addo over the disqualification of Mahama Osman, an aspirant in the upcoming Parliamentary primaries in the constituency. In a statement issued and signed by the 63 polling station …
Read More »John Mahama is the ‘worst president ever’ in Ghana’s history – Economist
Mr Kwabena Owusu Nkatiah, a Kumasi based Economist, has disclosed that Former President John Dramani Mahama will go into history books as the worst leader ever the country has had as far as Heads of States under the Fourth Republic is concerned. According to him, the Former President’s management of issues …
Read More »Coronavirus: The vulnerable need cash not rice, they’re not birds – Odike tells Akufo-Addo
Founder and leader of the United Progressive Party (UPP), Akwasi Addai Odike has urged President Nana Akufo-Addo to consider doling out money to individuals identified as “vulnerable” in lockdown areas instead of dry food packages and cooked meals, which are mostly rice. According to him, the strategy employed by the …
Read More »Call Adom-Otchere to order – Minority to NMC, GJA
The Minority has said it intends to petition the National Media Commission (NMC) and the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) to call Mr Paul Adom-Otchere to order for “attacking” Dr Zenator Agyeman-Rawlings, the MP for Klottey-Korle on his show Good Evening Ghana on Thursday evening. Mr Adom-Otchere told the lawmaker to …
Read More »Dr. Okoe-Boye approved as Deputy Health Minister
Parliament has approved the nomination of Dr. Bernard Okoe-Boye for the position of a Deputy Minister of Health. The approval comes follows recommendations by Parliament’s Appointments Committee by consensus after he appeared before it on Wednesday, 15th April 2020. Chairman of the Appointments Committee, Joe Osei Owusu, read the committee’s …
Read More »We will investigate attacks on Africans – Chinese Ambassador
Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Shi Ting Wang has said that the government of China will intiate investigations into the alleged attacks on Africans in China. Many videos flooded social media to confirm the reports. Ghana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Chinese Ambassador on the situation and the Chinese ambassador …
Read More »No amount of threats, attacks can stop me – Afia Pokuaa warns NPP
Longstanding journalist and widely respected critic Afia Pokuaa has declared that no amount of attacks or threats will stop the Ghanaian media from playing its watchdog role of ensuring accountability of the government, emphasizing the point that the media’s role is not to sing the praises of any government. Ms …
Read More »Listen to Mahama; reduce data charges now – Students to gov’t, telcos
The Coalition of University Students has called on the government to heed calls by the flag bearer of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, to negotiate with the telcos to reduce the cost of internet data and airtime for students and customers in general in the outbreak …
Read More »You gave us ‘dumsor’ even without coronavirus – Gabby jabs Mahama
Former Executive Director of the Danquah Institute, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko has jabbed former President John Dramani Mahamaover the latter’s call to government to make available funds to electricity producers and distributors. Former President Mahama at a brief ceremony to deliver food items to some 20,000 households in areas affected by a …
Read More »EC insists only a new voters register can ensure a credible 2020 elections
The Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) insists that only a new voters’ register can ensure Ghana has a credible 2020 elections. The EC since last year has justified why they need to compile a new voters’ register for the 2020 general elections. The EC has said it wants to ensure that the …
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