Affable and Astute Chairman for the National Democratic Congress(NDC) UK & Ireland Chapter Alhaji Alhassan Mbalba  and other benefactors have supported the Youth Wing in the Northern Region ahead of the Eid-Fitr celebrations.   The leader of the Youth Wing, Mr. Ayuba Ahmed Munin, on behalf of his colleagues expressed …

A church in Berlin has opened its doors to Muslim worshippers unable to fit into their mosque under new social distancing rules. Germany allowed religious services to resume on 4 May but worshippers must maintain a distance of 1.5m (5ft). As a result the Dar Assalam mosque in the city’s …

Some Senior High School students across the country have expressed their feelings, thoughts and concerns about reopening of schools during the coronavirus pandemic. Teacher unions, parents, and other stakeholders in education have sparked conversations in recent times, about the reopening of schools during the pandemic. According to these bodies, it …

The economy has gone from President Donald Trump’s greatest political asset to perhaps his biggest weakness. Unemployment is spiking at an unprecedented rate. Consumer spending is vanishing. And GDP is collapsing. History shows that dreadful economic trends like these spell doom for sitting presidents seeking reelection. The coronavirus recession will cause Trump to …

Professor Emeritus, Stephen Adei says teachers must be ready to forgo 50% of their salaries if they want to continue staying at home. The outbreak of Covid-19 in Ghana has resulted in the closure of schools to curb the spread of the disease and teachers have been at home since March. Speaking …

Government says that reports circulating that it will soon reopen schools across the country are untrue. Government says it is instead engaged in consultation on when and how to reopen schools. Speaking at the Information Ministry’s press briefing Thursday, Minister for Information, Kojo Opong Nkrumah said “with the greatest of respects it is not …

Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has debunked claims that Ghana has received samples of Madagascar’s COVID Organics, a herbal medicine alleged to be a cure for Covid-19. Rather, he explained that they have reached out to Madagascar’s government on their supposed cure and the drug will be tested for its efficacy. …

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has explained government is in consultation with stakeholders on the possible opening up of schools should all the restrictions be lifted. According him, the notion government was going to soon open up schools is wrong and misrepresented. He pleaded with the citizenry to exert patience and await …

The Education Ministry has deleted sections of the Pre-Tertiary Education Bill. The deleted sections have to do with the decentralization of the education service. A statement from the Ghana Education Service said the decision was taken after a meeting with the various unions within the education sector. The letter signed …

Police have arrested a man suspected of killing two young women in Pakistan, after a video in which a man is seen kissing them went viral on social media. Muhammad Aslam is suspected of shooting the pair, aged 18 and 16, who were his cousins. The man in the video, …

Rapidly rising water overtook dams and forced the evacuation of about 10,000 people in the central part of the US state of Michigan, where flooding struck communities along rain-swollen waterways and the governor said one downtown could be “under approximately 9 feet [2.7 metres] of water” by Wednesday. For the …

Assistant Headmaster in charge of Academic, Apostle Safo School of Arts and Sciences at Awoshie Last Stop, Accra, Hughes Lartey, has cautioned the government against the re-opening of schools in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.   In his firm estimation, school children, especially those in the lower primary, …

Loveworld Television Network, a TV stationed owned by popular Nigerian Christian preacher Chris Oyakhilome, has been sanctioned by the UK’s communications regulator Ofcom, for “potentially harmful claims” regarding the coronavirus pandemic. Ofcom, in a statement on Monday, said its investigations found that Loveworld News, the network’s flagship news program, made among others, …

Ghana’s COVID-19 case count has risen to 6,096, following the confirmation of 178 new cases. This was confirmed by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) in its latest update on Tuesday night [May 19, 2020]. The latest figures by the Service also indicates 1,773 recoveries from the virus, representing an increase …

The boss of the UK’s national tourism agency has thrown her weight behind setting up so-called air bridges with countries with low coronavirus rates. Visit Britain chief executive Patricia Yates told MPs it was an “interesting” idea and indicated the US could be open to agreeing a deal. Air bridges …

Ghana has finally received a cure for the novel COVID-19 from Madagascar, The Information Ministry has confirmed on its official twitter handle monitored by Mynewsghana.net. The COVID-19 cure is derived from artemisia – a plant with proven anti-malarial properties – and other indigenous herbs. Madagascar has so far cure 119 out …

Teachers Unions in Ghana have signalled their opposition to the reopening of schools amid the coronavirus pandemic. Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, had in a live Instagram chat, revealed that Government was considering reopening schools soon. In an Instagram live Q&A session with Ghanaians on Monday May 18, the Minister says, …

he Ghana Embassy in the United States of America (USA) has revealed that 20 Ghanaians have died from the coronavirus in that part of the world. Kofi Tonto, an official at the Public Affairs Department at the Embassy, told Alfred Ocansey in an interview on the Sunrise morning show on …

New updates released by the Ghana Health Service show another surge in Ghana’s coronavirus cases as 183 more persons have tested positive for the virus. This new update raises the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 5,918. Two more persons who tested positive for the virus have …

US President Donald Trump has sent a letter to the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) threatening to pull US funding permanently over Covid-19. The letter outlines a 30-day deadline for the body to commit to “substantive improvements” or risk losing millions and US membership altogether. Addressed to WHO …

Ghana’s Supreme Court has annulled the election of Professor Andy Ofori-Binkorang as Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW). Until his election, Professor Ofori-Binkorang was the Acting Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Communications. When Prof Ofori-Binkorang was appointed for elections, a lecturer of the UEW, Dr …

South Korean football club, FC Seoul have been forced to apologise after using sex dolls to fill their empty stadium as stand-in fans for a match on Sunday. The K-League resumed earlier this month with matches being played behind closed doors without fans due to the coronavirus pandemic. Since the …

Students of the University of Ghana, Legon, are asking for a part refund of the academic and residential fees they paid for the 2019/2020 academic year. According to them, they are of the conviction that the agreement for academic tuition and residency the University had with them prior to admission …

About 94,000 teachers from over 4,300 private schools in the country have not been paid due to the challenges imposed by the coronavirus outbreak. This is according to the Executive Director of the Ghana National Council of Private Schools (GNACOPS), Enoch Kwasi Gyetuah. He said managers of the various schools …

A Community Health Nurse (CHN) with the Ghana Manganese Company (GMC) Hospital in Nsuta in the Western Region, who tested positive for COVID-19, has died, a statement from the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives’ Association (GRNMA) has confirmed. The statement dated 16 May named the deceased as Sophia Addo who was …

Strong immune systems of individuals are very essential in the fight against the novel coronavirus. This was reiterated by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in his 9th national address to Ghanaians on COVID-19. This, the President said, “has to be one of the permanent legacies of the pandemic. We have …

The Chinese ambassador to Israel has been found dead in his Tel Aviv flat, Israeli media reports. Du Wei, 58, had been appointed as China’s envoy to Israel in February, having previously been the country’s ambassador in Ukraine. He previously discussed undergoing 14 days of quarantine after his arrival, and …

The Volta Region on Friday recorded its first COVID-19 death at the local Treatment Centre in Ho. The deceased, a 60-year-old woman, who returned from Accra two weeks ago, visited the Ho Teaching Hospital with difficulty in breathing, fever for three days and reduced level of consciousness. She was noticed to have …

The Northern Regional Health Director, Dr John B. Eleeza, has told DGN Online that a five-year-old child is among the 12 new patients who tested positive for Covid-19 in the region. According to him, the infected child is a contact of a Covid-19 patient in the region. The Northern Region …

The Ghana Health Service has released new figures indicating that 97 more people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. This brings the total confirmed cases in the country to 5,735. One more person who tested positive for the virus has also died, bringing to 29 the total number of …