GNCFC calls for intensive monitoring of coastal fishing areas
A National Executive Member of the Ghana National Canoe Fishermen Council, GNCFC Joojo Solomon, has called for intensive monitoring of coastal areas, especially those bordering neighbouring countries, to prevent Ghanaian fishermen in other countries, from sneaking into the country. Mr. Solomon said the Council has sent out a circular to all regional executives to step-up […]
Aflao Police force Group to cancel award ceremony
The Concern Citizens of Wudoaba-Akato in the Aflao Traditional Area of the Ketu South Municipality has postponed planned teacher awards ceremony indefinitely. The postponement follows calls from Aflao District Police to cancel the programme to avert arrest. In a statement signed and issued by, The Converner of the Group, Ferguson Ahorlu to the media said, […]
Parts of the Ningo Prampram hit by water shortage
In the face of the growing spread of covid-19, parts of the Ningo Prampram Municipality which was hit by water shortage for months, has worsened, compelling residents to rely on untreated water from dugout ponds for their domestic use. The residents say water supply to the Community has not been regular since December last year. […]
Ghanaian students in China express worry over coronavirus in Ghana
Ghana’s Ambassador to China, Edward Boateng says the Ghanaian Community there, especially the students in Wuhan Province, the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic, are worried about the situation in Ghana currently and are planning to mobilize resources to help save their home country from the pandemic. Speaking to GBC Mr. Boateng said the students are […]
Speaker of Parliament donates half of three months salary to Covid-19 Trust Fund
The Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye has donated half of his monthly salary for three months to the Covid-19 National Trust Fund, established by President Akufo-Addo, to help the vulnerable infected by the virus. Parliament is also donating two hundred thousand Ghana Cedis to the Fund. This is contained in a statement signed […]
Spread of COVID-19 having devastating effects on people – Psychologist
Vice President of the Psychological Association of Ghana, Dr. Collins Badu Agyemang, said the spread of COVID-19 globally is having devastating effects on people. He said the psychological challenges created by the disease has necessitated the services of psychologists to help affected persons. Speaking to Journalists on COVID-19 in Accra, Dr Badu Agyemang lauded the […]
Lean On Me singer Bill Withers dies at 81
Bill Withers, the acclaimed 1970s soul singer behind hits Ain’t No Sunshine and Lean On Me has died from heart complications aged 81, his family said. The singer died on Monday in Los Angeles, the family told the Associated Press. They described him in a statement as a “solitary man with a heart-driven to connect […]
Lockdown: Rebecca Foundation launches Relief Boxes Challenge to assist vulnerable
The First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has launched an initiative for Corporate institutions, to provide food and other essentials to the less privileged during the lockdown. The Initiative, referred to as the Rebecca Foundation Relief Boxes Challenge will focus on identifiable groups such as Kayayei, the aged, the destitute and single mothers who live in […]
Kpedze Polyclinic calls for PPE amid coronavirus outbreak in Ghana
An Administrator at the Kpedze Polyclinic in the Ho West District of the Volta Region, Mr Bernard Ayivor is appealing to the District Health Directorate of the region and government to provide Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for health personnel of the facility amid the coronavirus outbreak in Ghana. Making the appeal in an interview with […]
Coronavirus: US set to recommend wearing of masks
The White House is expected soon to advise Americans living in coronavirus hotspots to wear cloth masks or scarves in public to help stop the spread of the coronavirus. President Donald Trump said “I don’t think it will be mandatory – if people want to wear them, they can”. Residents of New York, the outbreak’s […]
COVID-19: Enforce directive on lockdown tactfully – CHRAJ tells security personnel
The Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice, CHRAJ, has called on security officials enforcing the President’s directive on the partial lockdown to do so humanely, tactfully and professionally, giving regard to the rights and dignity of citizens. CHRAJ says the exercise of the powers conferred on the COVID-19 Security Taskforce, should be consistent with […]
Burundi ‘blocking aid to Covid-19 quarantine sites’
The authorities in Burundi have blocked humanitarian aid to people in Covid-19 quarantine sites across the country, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW). The country’s “usual denial and deflection approach to crisis management” was worrisome, Lewis Mudge, HRW’s central Africa director, warned. The government needed to be “transparent and work with international partners” to prevent […]
Drogba and Eto’o slam ‘Covid-19 test trials on Africans’
Two African football legends have condemned comments by two French doctors who recently suggested, in a TV discussion about medical trials for a Covid-19 vaccine, that they be used on Africans first. Didier Drodga said that the suggestion was taking “African people as human guinea pigs,” adding in another tweet that “Africa isn’t a testing […]
Buhari’s daughter meets family after self-isolation
A daughter of Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has completed two weeks of self-isolation and been reunited with the first family, a spokesperson said. She had returned from the UK last month and gone into isolation in compliance with the country’s directive to passengers arriving from countries with confirmed coronavirus cases. Aliyu Abdullahi, the spokesperson for […]
