The President threw us a curve ball last night, didn’t he?  Looks like the decision to lift the stay-at-home order caught most people off guard. Even the spin doctors seem a bit perplexed and unprepared for this. But why so? The policy cannot be inconsistent with the narrative. We should have seen this coming, particularly […] The post H.

The Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has defended the government’s decision to lift the partial lockdown imposed on the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area including Tema and Kasoa as well as the Greater Kumasi Metropolitan Area. He said the decision was based on Ghana’s COVID-19 infection rate data and the advice of health experts. Speaking […] The post Lifting

A public Health Specialist and a member of the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) COVID-19 Technical Team, Dr Prosper Akambong says President Nana AkufoAddo’s decision to lift the partial lockdown on some parts of the country was hasty. The President on Sunday lifted the lockdown imposed on Kasoa, Greater Kumasi and Greater Accra metropolitan areas whilst […] The post Lifting

The Chief Executive Officer of Engineers & Planners, Mr. Ibrahim Mahama over the weekend donated food items and undisclosed amounts of cash to the National Chief Imam, Sheik Nuhu Sharabutu, St. James Catholic Church-Osu, Christ the King Church and individual households within the Greater Accra Region and its environs. The items would be distributed to […] The post COVID-19:

The Chief Executive Officer of Engineers & Planners, Mr. Ibrahim Mahama over the weekend donated food items and undisclosed amounts of cash to the National Chief Imam, Sheik Nuhu Sharabutu, St. James Catholic Church-Osu, Christ the King Church and individual households within the Greater Accra Region and its environs. The items would be distributed to […] The post COVID-19:

As of April 20, 2020, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) reported another high jump in the confirmed cases of Covid-19. With an additional 208 cases, the total confirmed cases are now 1,042. 934 of the cases are active, 99 have recovered, and 9 have died. With 882 (84.6%) of the cases, Greater Accra Region extends […] The post Covid-19: Politics and economics over science [Article]

Businessman and philanthropist, Alhaji Seidu Agongo, is supporting widows, single mothers and other underprivileged persons with mobile money transfers to cope with the financial challenges that the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease has imposed on them. His intervention has since benefited more than 4,600 widows, single mothers and other less privileged people in the Greater Accra […] The post COVID-19:

The National Communications Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi has lambasted President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for lifting the partial lockdown imposed on parts of the country. He insisted that the decision was “clearly a politically-motivated decision, calculated to allow the EC [Electoral Commission] the space to undertake its entrenched and […] The post Lives

Member of Parliament for the Tempane Constituency, Joseph Kpemka, in collaboration with the Tempane District Assembly, has supplied Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to the district’s health directorate to support the fight against COVID-19. The items included 105 veronica buckets, 10 infrared medical thermometers, 772 hand sanitizers, 83 dustbins, 102 pieces of paper towel, 70 gallons […] The post Joseph

Award-winning Ghanaian gospel artiste, Cwesi Oteng, is out with a new single titled, ‘Overcome’. This is the artiste’s first single post the release of his acclaimed ‘Anthems’ album in January 2019. According to Cwesi, “We are in such a crucial time that aside from the safety directives we are to observe, we also need the […] The post Gospel minister Cwesi

With the anxiety to know what the days ahead hold for the year 2020, taking stock of the first 90-days of 2020 makes for better planning and execution going forward. Undoubtedly, Quarter-1 (Q1) has been an eventful part of the year. As early as it may be in the year, the impactful happenings in Q1 […] The post George Anang writes: Ghana-Q1 review and 2020 outlook appeared

The National Ambulance Service says it is yet to receive the needed Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) from the Health Ministry for its staff days after it made the appeal at one of the COVID-19 press briefings. The Service last week made an appeal to the Ministry of Health and the general public to provide its […] The post Coronavirus: Ambulance Service laments lack of PPE

The Ghana Ports and Habours Authority (GPHA) has suspended all applicable charges that were initially imposed on goods which had not been cleared from the ports during the lockdown period. The Authority had earlier announced that it had begun expediting the clearance process for all port users to clear their goods from the various sea […] The post COVID-19: GUTA

The Ghana Ports and Habours Authority (GPHA) has suspended all applicable charges that were initially imposed on goods which had not been cleared from the ports during the lockdown period. The Authority had earlier announced that it had begun expediting the clearance process for all port users to clear their goods from the various sea […] The post COVID-19: GUTA

Businesses within Accra and Kumasi have bounced back to their usual vibrancy a few hours after President Nana Akufo-Addo announced the lifting of a partial ban imposed on the two areas. A morning tour by Citi News’ teams found that many shop owners had begun opening their shops while traders thronged the various markets to […] The post ‘Businesses

Businesses within Accra and Kumasi have bounced back to their usual vibrancy a few hours after President Nana Akufo-Addo announced the lifting of a partial ban imposed on the two areas. A morning tour by Citi News’ teams found that many shop owners had begun opening their shops while traders thronged the various markets to […] The post ‘Business as

Newspaper Headlines for Monday, April 20, 2020 The post Newspaper Headlines: Monday, April 20, 2020 appeared first on Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana, Current Affairs, Business News , Headlines, Ghana Sports, Entertainment, Politics, Articles, Opinions, Viral Content.

The Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman Manu says the government is working with experts to deal with the outbreak of cerebrospinal meningitis (CSM) in the five regions of the north. He said public education has been intensified in the affected areas while stakeholders are being engaged to help curb the disease. The Minority Chief Whip […] The post Government

The President, Nana Akufo-Addo has announced that private and commercial vehicles will now be allowed to travel to or from the areas which were affected by the partial lockdown, following the lifting of restrictions on movements on those places.   Commercial travel between the locked-down areas was banned during the period, although transport within the affected […] The post Trotros,

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on Ghanaians to stop stigmatizing persons infected with the Coronavirus disease as it will rather drive people away from getting screened, tested and treated. The President made this call while addressing the nation in a televised broadcast on Sunday, April 19, 2020. “As has been aptly stated by […] The post Stop