The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) last week intercepted two cargo vehicles that had on board a total of 67 passengers, out of whom 17 tested positive for coronavirus. The vehicles were intercepted in the Oti Region, precisely in Nkwanta. This was revealed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Sunday, April 26 when he addressed […]

Ghana continues to lead the pack on the continent as the country with the highest number of tests for coronavirus. In a nationwide broadcast on Sunday, April 26, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo revealed that so far the country has tested 100,622 coronavirus samples. “From this pool, the total number of confirmed infections have risen […]

Government has resolved to build 88 new district hospitals as well as six regional ones across the country. The Effia Nkwanta Hospital in the Western Region will also be upgraded into a regional hospital. All these are expected to be completed within one year. These were made known by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Adoo in […]

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo by Executive Instrument (EI) 64 extended by another two weeks the ban on social gatherings in the country. This takes effect from 1:00am Monday, April 27. More soon. . . By Emmanuel Kwame Amoh|3news.com|Ghana

Africa is home to 93% of the world’s malaria cases and 94% of the world’s malaria deaths (WHO, 2019). In 2018, there were 228 million cases and 405,000 deaths from malaria globally. Pregnant women and children under the age of 5 are most at risk. A child still dies every two minutes from malaria. In […]

Former Asante Kotoko player, Eric Bekoe has thrown his weight behind coach Bashiru Hayford for the vacant technical director role at the Ghana Football Association. Three local coaches and three expatriates are rumoured to be in contention for the technical directorship role at the Football Association following the exit of Coach Oti Akenteng. Speaking exclusively […]

One more person has lost their life to the deadly coronavirus disease as Ghana’s case count continues to rise. This brings to 11 the total number of deaths while the total case count reaches 1,550 from the previous figure of 1,279. More to follow… Source: 3news.com|Ghana

Private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu has expressed disagreement at those justifying an alleged meeting of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) despite an injunction filed at an Accra High Court against it. He said he has a varying opinion regarding interpretations by some lawyers that the injunction was location-specific. The Commission’s scheduled workshop on the controversial […]

Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram Constituency Sam Nartey George says he is weighing his options to file an order of contempt against the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) for allegedly going ahead with a workshop despite a high court injunction. On Saturday, April 25, reports came through that officials of the country’s election-management body were meeting […]

The Minister of Health by the Public Health Act, 2012 (Act 851) has directed the wearing of face masks by all and sundry to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Section 170(1) of the Act clothes the Minister with powers to order an individual to take a preventive measure in respect of public health matters. In […]

More than 200,000 people worldwide have now died with the coronavirus, figures from Johns Hopkins University show. There are more than 2.8 million confirmed cases of Covid-19, according to the tally. It comes after the number of fatalities in the US passed 50,000, as Americans endure the world’s deadliest outbreak. Chinese state media reported the […]

Ghanaians and viewers of Onua TV, a subsidiary of Media General Group, Ghana’s leading media company, will soon have a lot more exciting television viewing experience as the network is set to introduce new and refreshing content. In the coming weeks, Onua TV will introduce new programmes with two of them starting from Monday, April […]

About 50 fishermen who were put under mandatory quarantine for coronavirus took to the streets of Moree in the Central Region amid singing and dancing after being declared virus-free. The fishermen had been quarantined at the Moree Senior High and Technical School after returning from fishing exploration in Ivory Coast. Tests performed on all those […]

International Brent Crude plummeted momentarily on Tuesday, 21st April, the lowest since 21 years ago but recovers a day after to hover around $20 a barrel. As the novel Coronavirus lockdown grind down many facets of our lives i.e. a grounded airline industry, a drowning hospitality sector, a quandary health industry, a crumpled supply chain […]

BBC teams are fact-checking some of the most popular fake and misleading coronavirus stories on social media. Jack Goodman and Flora Carmichael bring together what’s been debunked this week by BBC Monitoring, Trending and Reality Check. Fake Facebook posts about The Rock Thousands of posts have been circulating on Facebook offering huge cash prizes to […]