Coronavirus test kits used in Tanzania were dismissed as faulty by President John Magufuli on Sunday, because he said they had returned positive results on samples taken from a goat and a pawpaw. Magufuli, whose government has already drawn criticism for being secretive about the coronavirus outbreak and has previously asked Tanzanians to pray the […]

Mr Herbert Mensah, President and Board Chairperson of Ghana Rugby, has issued letters congratulating  the re-elected Chairperson of World Rugby, Sir Bill Beaumont, as well as the African EXCO Members Mr Khaled Babbou (President of Rugby Africa) and Mr Mark Alexander (President of South African Rugby Union). World Rugby unexpectedly announced the result of the […]

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has advised former President Mahama to speak to incontrovertible data in his public utterances to avoid embarrassing himself.  The former President has been making statements on the Ghanaian economy in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic, suggesting in a number of his engagements that he superintended a better economy than […]

Latest update published by the Ghana Health Service puts the country’s coronavirus pandemic count at 2,719 as of Monday, May 4, 2020. This means 550 new cases have been confirmed since Saturday. However, the number of recoveries has improved from 229 per the last update on May 2 to 294. The death toll stood still […]

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia says the economy former President John Mahama superintended between 2012 and 2016 was so fragile that he couldn’t even mitigate and cushion people from an internally created problem like dumsor.  The former President last week claimed the economy under the leadership of Nana Akufo-Addo is weak and has been exposed […]

The Western Region Minister and MP for Takoradi, Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, has commended Shout Africa Foundation, a Public Health Advocacy and non-profit organisation, for taking the initiative to sensitize more people on Covid-19 preventive measures in the region. In his endorsement for the campaign dubbed: ‘Western Region Shout Covid 19 Out’ [#WRShoutCovid19Out], the Minister stressed […]

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has challenged anyone who has data to prove that any first term government has provided more infrastructure than the Akufo-Addo administration to step up and provide the evidence. Speaking on the sidelines of a Covid-19 meeting at the Jubilee House on Monday, 4th May, 2020, Vice President Bawumia indicated […]

The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has recorded a 100 per cent recovery of patients on admission at the facility for coronavirus. “The patients were discharged after a series of confirmatory tests returned negative,” a statement issued by the Chief Executive Officer of the Hospital, Daniel Asare, on Monday said. The patients, discharged on Sunday, include […]

A team of immigration officers led by the Asankragwa Municipal Commander of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), Francis Kofi Apaw, together with officers from the Ghana Police Service and the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) on patrols on Friday, May 1 intercepted two Nissan Caravan mini buses with registration numbers GX 2137-17 and AS 1899-17 […]

The Bio-Safety Level 3 Laboratory at the Western Region Veterinary Services Department is scheduled to commence testing of COVID 19 samples from Monday, May 4. The laboratory will start with the testing of 300 samples a day before they ramp up to over 500. “…this testing facility has biosafety level 3 and biosafety level 2 […]

As the ruling New Patriotic Party is yet to set the date for holding its parliamentary primaries, the incumbent Member of Parliament for Bantama, Daniel Okyem Aboagye is alleged to have physically assaulted some delegates who are opposed to his re-election bid. The Sofo Line Police Station in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region has commenced investigations […]

RuffTown Records act Fantana has described, without mincing words, some female musicians as clowns. According to her, all females involved in beefs currently on-going are clowns. For some days now, ‘MTW’, a song by Sista Afia, has ignited a lot of controversy after its release last week Wednesday. While Sista Afia did not mention names, […]

Celebrated media personality, staunch Made-in-Ghana campaigner, entrepreneur and PR practitioner, Kobi Hemaa Osisiadan-Bekoe on May 1 reached out to three communities in the Greater Accra Region with her Pad for All Project. Speaking to the media, Kobi Hemaa, who is also the founder of Angeles Foundation, explained that many menstruating girls and women face inadequate […]

Yaw Sarpong has said on Onua 95.1FM that featuring an artiste like Sarkodie is a blessing and he has indeed been blessed for featuring him on his latest single ‘Ahobrase?’. After Yaw Sarpong had one of the biggest collaboration early this year with multiple award winning artiste Sarkodie, many have argued that it has really […]

Yaw Sarpong has said on Onua 95.1FM that featuring an artiste like Sarkodie is a blessing and he has indeed been blessed for featuring him on his latest single ‘Ahobrase?’. After Yaw Sarpong had one of the biggest collaboration early this year with multiple award winning artiste Sarkodie, many have argued that it has really […]

The Member of Parliament for Salaga South Constituency, Adam Braimah Salifu, has debunked claims by former President John Mahama that work on a 60-bed capacity hospital in Salaga has stalled. According to him, work has been steadily progressing since the New Patriotic Party (NPP) took over office in 2017. The project since its commencement has […]

Rapper Sarkodie was the biggest winner at the 2020 edition of the 3Music Awards. The rapper swept awards that saw the organisers make history by holding the event virtually from the Fantasy Dome of the Trade Fair Centre in Accra. Organisers were forced to hold the event virtually Saturday night due to the deadly coronavirus […]

Ghanaian boxer Isaac ‘The Royal Storm’ Dogboe has debunked claims that he visited a fetish priest right before his fight against Emanuel Navarrete last May. Dogboe won the WBO Super Bantamweight title in April, 2018 after beating Jessie Magdaleno in an 11th round knockout only to lose the title to Magdaleno’s compatriot Navarrete that same […]

A new drug developed by UK scientists to treat Covid-19 patients is being trialled at University Hospital Southampton. Developed by UK bio-tech company Synairgen, it uses a protein called interferon beta, which our bodies produce when we get a viral infection. Initial results from the trial are expected by the end of June. There are […]