A Colorado man won two $1 million lottery prizes with the same numbers in one day. Identified by the Colorado Lottery as Joe B., the Pueblo resident bought a few tickets in the morning on March 25, and a few more at night, the agency said in a press release. Two of his plays, with […] The post Colorado man wins two $1M lottery prizes with same numbers in

The Civil and Local Government Staff Association, Ghana (CLOSAG) is appealing to President Akufo-Addo to ensure the restructuring of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) to ensure the welfare of pensioners. Following a revision of the Pensions Act for SSNIT to stop the payment of lump sum benefits to pensioners from January 2020 […] The post CLOSAG

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has warned citizens against inhaling naphthalene or camphor vapour as a supposed cure for COVID-19. This caution comes after some a widespread misinformation on social media suggested that by inhaling naphthalene vapour from hot water, anyone with COVID-19 will be cured and those without it will be saved from […] The post Inhaling

In this edition of Footprints, Samuel Attah-Mensah speaks to the former vice-chancellor of the University of Professional Studies, Prof Joshua Alabi. He talks about his life in academia, sports and politics. The post Footprints with former VC of UPSA, Prof Joshua Alabi appeared first on Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana,

The entire world has literally come to standstill as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic caused by the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). Some industries such as the aviation and tourism industries have been hard hit while others like manufacturers of medical equipment have seen a boom in business. Cities have been put under lockdown and many […] The post Ayesha Algade Amadu writies:

The Students’ Representative Council (SRC ) of the University for Development Studies (UDS), Tamale Campus has called on the school’s management to immediately suspend its four-day-old e-learning platform until all the technical hitches associated with the system are resolved. The SRC in a letter to the management on Friday, May 1, 2020, listed a number […] The post Suspend

The Students’ Representative Council (SRC ) of the University for Development Studies (UDS), Tamale Campus has called on the school’s management to immediately suspend its four-day-old e-learning platform until all the technical hitches associated with the system are resolved. The SRC in a letter to the management on Friday, May 1, 2020, listed a number […] The post Suspend

“The enemy is not one another, the enemy is this virus” “The virus is the enemy and not one another.” The COVID-19 broadcasts Last Sunday night, Ghanaians were subjected to yet another national broadcast on COVID-19. If the quotes above give off a whiff of plagiarism, the question that should naturally follow is: Who is […] The post Coronavirus: Of

My name is Jennifer El-Duah. I am a Youth Leader for Health and currently working as a Lab scientist. My journey over the last 6 months has given me remarkable experience on how advocacy can change in the arena of a public health threat. I live in the Bono Region of Ghana in the Sunyani […] The post COVID-19: My day as a youth leader for health in a Ghanaian

The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC) has made a cheque donation of GHS70,000.00 to the COVID-19 National Trust Fund. Most Reverend Charles Gabriel Palmer-Buckle, Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Coast who is the Vice President of GCBC, made the presentation on behalf of the Conference at its Secretariat in Accra. He was supported by Rev. Fr. […] The post Catholic

The Trade Union Congress (TUC) is calling on employers to put in place adequate measures to protect workers following the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in Ghana. The TUC says workers like any other group of Ghanaians must be protected at their workplaces. Speaking at this year’s May Day celebration, the TUC Secretary-General, Dr Yaw […] The post Provide PPE kits to workers

The Trade Union Congress (TUC) is calling on employers to put in place adequate measures to protect workers following the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in Ghana. The TUC says workers like any other group of Ghanaians must be protected at their workplaces. Speaking at this year’s May Day celebration, the TUC Secretary-General, Dr Yaw […] The post Provide workers with PPEs

Malaysian police say an operation to arrest hundreds of undocumented migrants in Kuala Lumpur on Friday aimed to reduce the spread of Covid-19. They were detained to ensure that they did not move around and spread the disease, police chief Abdul Hamid Bador told the state news agency. Images show large numbers of enforcement agents […] The post Malaysia migrant raids ‘to

17 more people have recovered from the novel Coronavirus disease in Ghana as one more person has been confirmed dead from the disease. This was contained in the Ghana Health Service’s (GHS) regular update on the situation of the disease in the country. The update indicated that the total number of recoveries now stand at […] The post COVID-19: 17 more people recover

Ghana has confirmed 95 new cases of COVID-19. The current case count now stands at 2,196, according to the Ghana Health Service’s latest update on the country’s COVID-19 situation. The update also indicated one new death and 17 more recoveries. The latest update comes from the results of 3,552 samples that were tested by the […] The post Ghana’s COVID-19 case count now

Members of the Contract Cleaners Association of Ghana (CCAG), have joined efforts to mitigate the impact of the outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus disease in Ghana by carrying out a free clean-up exercise at the Ga East Municipal Hospital’s COVID-19 National Treatment Centre in the Greater Accra Region. Speaking to citinewsroom.com, the Chairman of the […] The post Contract

Members of the Contract Cleaners Association of Ghana (CCAG), have joined efforts to mitigate the impact of the outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus disease in Ghana by carrying out a clean-up exercise at the Ga East Municipal Hospital’s COVID-19 National Treatment Centre in the Greater Accra Region. Speaking to citinewsroom.com, the Chairman of the Association, […] The post Contract

The Navrongo Reference Laboratory in the Upper East Region is set to be upgraded to be able to test for complex infectious diseases such as COVID-19 and Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM). This is according to a Deputy Minister of Health, Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye. This forms part of measures to make more testing centres available in […] The post Navrongo Reference

One person has died after a mining pit caved in at Anyinam in the Eastern Region. The deceased, identified as 37-year-old Abdul Razak Bempong is reported to have sustained serious injures due to the mining pit collapse. He was rushed to the Enyiresi government hospital for treatment but died shortly after arrival at the facility. […] The post E/R: One dead in mining pit collapse

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Lieutenant General Obed Boamah has commended the progress of work on the construction of an infectious disease isolation and treatment centre at the Ga East Hospital in Accra. Work on the project, which is being sponsored by the Ghana Covid-19 Private Sector Fund, started two weeks ago with the […] The post Army chief