Government has initiated processes to construct a permanent concrete bridge over the Chemu Lagoon to connect Ablekuma West and Ablekuma South constituencies in Accra after the only bridge on the lagoon was swept away last week. Metropolitan Chief Executive of Accra Metro, Mohammed Adjei Sowa who revealed this said the contractor for the project is […]

Loudmouthed politician Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has sent a stern warning to popular fetish priestess Nana Agradaa that he will deal with her after he is done with Bishop Daniel Obinim. “I will not attack [Nana] Agradaa now,” he told host of 100 Degrees on Onua TV Bright Kwesi Asempa on the maiden edition of the […]

Gella Foundation, a registered community-based charity organisation on Friday, May 1, launched a $100,000 fundraiser to cater for food aid for about 1,550 disabled children and their families in Tarkwa, three months’ supply of insulin for 200 diabetic people, one ventilator, five patient monitors for the Tarkwa Municipal Hospital and personal protective equipment (PPEs) for […]

Former president of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), Dr. James Asare Adjei has been advising government on how to disburse the 600 million cedis soft loan to businesses for enhanced benefit. Though he commended government for the gesture, he was unsure of the impact if proper assessment is not done before timely disbursement of […]

Headmistress of Nsawam Senior High School (SHS) in the Eastern Region, Ms. Gladys Asiedu, has appealed to the government to fast-track the completion of a new building facility for the school at new location on the Nsawam-Aburi road. She said the need to complete the building has become necessary due to the increasing number of […]

Boris Johnson and his fiancee Carrie Symonds have named their baby boy Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson. The names are a tribute to their grandfathers and two doctors who treated Mr Johnson while he was in hospital with coronavirus, Ms Symonds wrote in an Instagram post. She posted a picture of herself with the baby, who […]

Parliament, before it rose on May Day, to resume possibly on May 19, approved a GH¢ 288.6 million tax waiver for health workers to motivate them in the fight against Covid-19. The tax waiver is on personal emoluments of all healthcare workers for the months of April, May and June 2020, and on additional allowances […]

Ghana’s case count hits 2,169 with one more person dying of the novel coronavirus, the Ghana Health Service announced on Saturday. The Service’s website reported that the country’s death toll now stands at 18. A total of 229 persons who previously contracted the disease are said to have recovered. While Greater Accra region is still […]

A 37-year-old man died after being trapped in a galamsey pit at Akyem Mampong in the Eastern region. According to the police, on May 1, 2020 they had report that a mining pit at Gold Bank Limited had caved in and has trapped a worker whose name was given as Abdul Razak Bempong and other […]

Spaniards have made the most of the latest easing of the national lockdown, as they have taken to the streets in droves since early this morning. The lifting of the restrictions on exercise for adults has meant that thousands of joggers, walkers and cyclists have been able to go out purely for leisure in Madrid […]

Afrobeats artiste, Kelyvn Boy agrees with comments that Stonebwoy’s latest album, ‘Anloga Junction’ is a Grammy material. The one-time protégée of the dancehall act observed that the album has all the qualities of a Grammy album. Stonebwoy released his 15-track ‘Anloga Junction’ album last week Friday to impressive reviews from Ghanaians and the world. The […]

For a celebrity, being in the public’s eye, aside all the glory, does also come with some downsides – controversies, rumours and criticisms. While admitting that one is not immune and cannot shy away or run from these downsides, bubbly actress Benedicta Gafah says she has developed a tough skin for them. The pretty actress, […]

A 39-year-old private security officer, Kundeyiri Vitus Sungsolee is alleged to have callously slashed his wife with machete multiple times on her face, leaving her soaked in blood. The brutality happened in the Upper West Regional capital, Wa, precisely Konta. The couple have been married since 2007, and it is unclear what incident might have […]

The Minority has described as unacceptable and an illegality, the decisions of the National Identification Authority (NIA) and the Electoral Commission (EC) to go ahead with their registration exercises at a time the country is combating the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. It stated that the decision of the two state institutions to proceed with […]