Category: Ghana News

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 […]

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 […]

More businesses in the country continue to complain about the adverse impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on their operations. The latest to openly complain about their challenges is the Ghana Association of Microfinance Companies which says its operations in terms of patronage and other related activities are grinding to a halt as a result of […]

Kim Jong-un has appeared in public for the first time in 20 days, North Korean state media says. KCNA news agency reports that the North Korean leader cut the ribbon at the opening of a fertiliser factory. It adds that people at the factory “broke into thunderous cheers of hurrah” when he appeared on Friday. […]

I begrudgingly watched snippets of Mahama’s stand up show on Facebook last night and I’m amazed by the shallowness of the man in not getting his thoughts together. The whole show turned out to be a comedy of errors and propagation of lies. Mahama looks and sounds so miserable and desperate. One would have thought […]

A team of doctors and researchers at the Abu Dhabi Stem Cell Center (ADSCC) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has made global strides in their development of treatment for the novel Coronavirus. Already, 73 Emiratis coronavirus patients have all been successfully treated and cured of the virus after the treatment was administered to them, […]

With the onset of the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic[1] across the world, life as we know it has come to a virtual standstill.  Every sector of the global economy has been hit, international trade has been stalled and industries crashed; across the world, there is a genuine sense of despair. The most affected by this […]

Four royals of the Akuapem traditional area in the Eastern Region have been arrested by the police for flouting the ban on mass gatherings as well as failing to adhere to social distancing protocols amidst the COVID-19 outbreak in the country. The Akuapem North Municipal Assembly has said the four spearheaded the enstoolment ceremony and […]

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has extended the closure of the country’s borders by one month. The extension takes effect Monday, May 4, 2020, at 1 am. The president made the announcement at the virtual May Day celebrations on Friday, May 1, 2020. The government says the border closure order is to ensure that there […]

Global Missions Resource Centre through its partners the United States of America team Mission 318 has donated some Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to the Yendi Municipal hospital for the safety of the front line workers of the hospital. The Yendi hospital has over the years been in collaboration with the team for general delivery of […]

IMANI Africa’s Franklin Cudjoe is holding the Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo responsible for the challenges regarding the clearing of goods at the ports. According to him, some orders and directives from the Senior Minister on how the systems should be run at the ports have led to the issues being faced by UNIPASS. Freight […]

Some 1,015,183 persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus outbreak globally have recovered from the disease. THis is according to the John Hopkins Coronavirus website. The website reported the recovery news in the early hours of Friday, May 1, 2020. Meanwhile, the total infections as at the same reporting date stand at 3,259,167 with […]

Domestic airline operators are to resume flights from Accra to various destinations, starting today, Friday, May 1, 2020. It follows the completion of a disinfection exercise carried out at the various airports in Accra, Tamale, Kumasi and Takoradi. A statement from the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) to Citi Business News said the Authority together […]

The flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama says there is no use in naming a running mate to contest with him in the general elections amidst the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Ghana. The conduct of the December 7, 2020 polls remains uncertain given the fact that many of […]

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Belief in the Supreme Being is very strong in our cosmology. We refer to the Supreme Being and Creator God as Yinε. The etymology of this term comes from the word ãyina, which means one/alone with the connotation of only. Yinε therefore, implies the Only One, one who is alone and above all. Yinε is […]

Former President John Dramani Mahama has said some of the criticism towards his administration’s investment in the health sector during his tenure as president of Ghana was from uninformed minds. President Nana Akufo-Addo’s announcement of the construction of hospitals in 88 districts across the country has provoked debate about the investment done in the sector […]

The Majority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu has expressed fears of a possible constitutional crisis if the country fails to combat the COVID-19 pandemic before the December elections. According to him, the 1992 constitution does not provide clarity on who should steer the affairs of the nation if the sitting President’s tenure expires in unforeseen […]

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The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has accused the Electoral Commission (EC) of engaging in illegalities. The Deputy General Secretary of the party, Peter Boamah Otukonnor, alleged that the Commission held meetings at the City Escape Hotel in Accra yesterday [Wednesday], despite an injunction preventing the Commission from holding a similar meeting in the Ningo […]

Ghana’s Single Window portal that houses the manifest, declaration and logistics module in the goods clearance chain at the ports, GCNet, says it has been able to process over 1,500 declarations just an hour after the company was directed to restart operations. GCNet was ordered by the Office of the Senior Minister to handover the […]

While the country has been thrown into a state of unrest and anomaly as a result of the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, some parts of the country are battling more than just the novel coronavirus. As Accra is the epicentre of the novel coronavirus with the highest cases recorded, other parts of the country […]

Rehabilitation works on the 35-kilometre Asasetre-Gyampre junction feeder road, which is a major food basket for the Ellembelle District, have begun. The rehabilitation works, which are in three phases, will cost about GHS 12 million and are expected to be completed within 12 months. The Western Regional Feeder Roads Manager, Felix Bakobie, explaining the project […]

Coronavirus arrived late in Africa but Ghana is now one of the worst-affected countries on the continent. Lives are at stake: this is not the time for name-calling or acrimonious partisanship. In order to successfully suppress this pandemic, we need to unite as a nation. We need to eschew partisanship that breeds division and work […]

The number of official symptoms in the US is now up to nine, including muscle pain and a sore throat. Researchers worldwide are looking for a way to control the coronavirus pandemic. One key factor we’ll need in stopping the spread of the disease is reliably identifying who has (or previously had) COVID-19. This data will help us reopen […]

Promasidor Ghana has donated ¢300,000 worth of products and cash to the COVID-19 National Trust Fund and other major institutions at the centre of Ghana’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic in the country. Making the presentation at a short ceremony held at the office of the COVID-19 National Trust Fund, HR Manager for Promasidor Ghana, […]

Osman Amadu The Circuit Court in Accra has granted bail to a 22-year-old scrap dealer, Osman Amadu who sprayed a liquid substance into the eyes of a policewoman at Zongo Junction in Accra in the sum of GHc50, 000. In addition to the bail sum, the accused person is to provide two sureties, all of […]