Despite football being halted across the globe by the coronavirus pandemic with all major leagues and competitions suspended, the Bundesliga is now eager to return to action with plans to play spectator-free games in May. Germany has led the way in its approach to combating the coronavirus pandemic. The country’s intense programme of consistent testing […]
Two people who fled a quarantine centre in Kenya have been arrested at a bar where they were found drinking despite social distancing regulations. They were among dozens of people filmed jumping over a wall of the facility in the capital, Nairobi, drawing public condemnation. While under arrest they said they had planned the escape […]
Traffic came to a halt Thursday afternoon at the Tema TDC traffic intersection when over 123,000 cedis robbed from a Lebanese businessman scattered on the streets as police gun down the robbers. The two robbers who trailed the Lebanese, Mashood Hamid, from the Tema Community 1 branch of Zenith Bank where he had gone to […]
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has justified the decision to donate 250,000 to the Covid-19 National Trust Fund. Some Ghanaians have criticized the Authority for the April 22 gesture aimed at supporting the government’s fight against the deadly novel coronavirus in the country. Critics wondered why the Authority, which owes some healthcare facilities across […]
President Nana Akufo-Addo has advised ECOWAS heads of state to create country specific response measures against the deadly novel coronavirus and not copy blindly. “I think it’s very, very important that we tailor a specific Ghanaian, African response to the handling of this pandemic, and not necessarily copy blindly the methods that are being adopted […]
One policeman on Thursday engaged two armed robbers in a shootout leading to the death of one after they trailed and robbed two businessmen of 123,000 cedis cashed from the Tema Community One Zenith Bank branch. The Lebanese and Ghanaian businessmen at about 13:40 hours cashed the money from the bank after which they were […]
Some surveyors from the Eastern Regional Lands Commission have distributed free face mask to more than 300 traders moved to the Jackson’s Park in Koforidua as part of precautionary measures against the novel coronavirus. The New Juaben South Municipal Assembly to moved the traders to the park to ensure that they are properly spaced out […]
Yul’s father is the no-nonsense disciplinarian Nollywood veteran, Pete Edochie, popularly called Okonkwo. Yul Edochie’s tweet of the incident set off humorous reactions from his followers. He responded to some on the tweet that has got over 8,000 retweets and more than 31,000 likes. While some Twitter users praised Pete Edochie for using rod to […]
Rapper Sarkodie is hoping to revive the Azonto music genre and dance that threw the spotlight on Ghana about a decade ago. Known to be one of the people that popularised Azonto and sold it to the world, the rapper is hoping to bring back that glory by featuring on songs of that genre for […]
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned against complacency in the fight against the coronavirus, saying the disease “will be with us for a long time”. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also warned of upward trends in Covid-19 cases in Africa, Eastern Europe, Central America and South America. He said that lifting lockdowns […]
The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has explained that it has not given approval for increment of transport fares in the country over the measures taken by the government in fighting against the coronavirus pandemic. The GPRTU said currently all transport fares remain the same even though the measures announced by President Nana Addo […]
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) and the Achimota Divisional Police Command have apprehended two Chinese nationals at Kisseman, a suburb of Accra, for producing unregistered Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs). The two, a man and his wife, have been producing the PPEs in commercial quantities without approval from the FDA. The arrest was upon a […]
The president of Madagascar, Andry Rajoelina, has officially launched a local herbal remedy he claims can prevent and cure coronavirus in seven days. The beverage, called COVID-Organics and developed by the Malagasy Institute of Applied Research (IMRA), contains Artemisia, a plant used to treat malaria. “Tests have been carried out – two people have now […]
Coach J E Sarpong has revealed that the former Technical Director of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Francis Oti Akenteng, was not respected by the Association. He said there were instances where coaches were selected for the various national teams without his consent but he pretended to be aware because he was protecting his job. […]
The Senior Correctional Centre of the Ghana Prisons Service has appealed to the President to grant amnesty to a number of juvenile offenders to enable them observe the social distancing protocol in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Assistant Chief Officer Mr Francis Agbomadzi, the Greater Accra Public Relations Officer, said the facility has a […]
Tension is brewing in East Legon in Accra between the only Independent Presidential Candidate in the 2016 election, Jacob Osei Yeboah, and some unknown persons who are said to be from the seat of government over the ownership of four plots of land situated at East Legon. Mr. Osei Yeboah is said to have threatened […]
Nigeria has recorded 91 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the country’s total number to 873. The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control said 74 new cases were recorded in the commercial capital, Lagos, which remains the epicentre of transmission with more than 500 cases. The capital, Abuja, now has 119 cases while Kano state has 73 […]
The Chairman for Kantamanto Used Cloth Sellers Association in the Greater Accra Region, Evans Ofori, has called on government to urgently deploy the military to monitor and enforce the social distancing protocol at market places. His call comes in the wake of how the general public has ignored social distancing at market places after government […]
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