Paul Whelan, ex-US marine, jailed in Russia on spying charges
Ex-US marine Paul Whelan has been sentenced to 16 years of hard labour on spying charges in Russia. He was arrested in a hotel room in Moscow 18 months ago with a USB flash drive which security officers say contained state secrets. The Moscow City Court found him guilty of receiving classified information. Whelan – […]
Coronavirus: Nigerian doctors to go on strike
One of the main doctors’ unions in Nigeria says its members will go ahead with a strike on Monday over poor pay and a lack of personal protective equipment for health workers. The Association of Resident Doctors says they will stop providing all services including emergency care and coronavirus treatment. The union’s president, Aliyu Sokomba, […]
Ghanaian Universities reopen today for final year students
Universities across the country say they will strictly enforce COVID-19 safety protocols as final year students return to school today. Two months after all schools were closed down to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, President Akufo-Addo directed that final year students in JHS, SHS and tertiary institutions resume when he […]
President Akufo-Addo confirms Health Minister tested positive for COVID-19
President Akufo-Addo has confirmed that Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman Manu has tested positive to the Coronavirus and is in isolation. There have been conflicting reports about the health status of the Minister as some media houses suggest he is recuperating from an illness not related to COVID 19. In his 11th address to the […]
Wearing of face masks now compulsory – President Akufo-Addo
President Akufo-Addo has now made the wearing of nose masks mandatory across the country. This follows a spike in the number of Coronavirus positive cases. Ghana’s case count now stands at 11,964 with 54 deaths and 4,258 recoveries. In a televised address to the Nation on measures to stem the spread of the coronavirus, President […]
National Sports College sets up isolation Centre As Zoomlion Disinfects College
As part of measures to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Acting Director of the National Sports College (NSC), Winneba in the Central Region, Mr Noah Bukari, has stated that the college has set up an isolation centre to manage any person suspected to have contracted the virus. “Any suspected case of COVID-19 […]
SPEECH: President Akufo-Addo Address To The Nation ( Update 11)
ADDRESS TO THE NATION BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, NANA ADDO DANKWA AKUFO-ADDO, ON UPDATES TO GHANA’S ENHANCED RESPONSE TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, ON SUNDAY, 14TH JUNE, 2020. Fellow Ghanaians, good evening. Exactly two weeks ago, I came again into your homes to outline a roadmap for easing the restrictions put in place to help contain […]
VIDEO: President Akufo-Addo Address To The Nation ( Update 11)
Miss Metropolitan Intellectual Pageant 2020 to be launched in July
The maiden edition of the annual Miss Metropolitan Intellectual beauty pageant will be launched in Accra in July, 2020. The Miss Metro Foundation, organizers of the pageant said it was aimed at crowning a beauty queen who would become a campaign ambassador for sanitation in Ghana and the various Metropolises. The launch of the pageant […]
Premier League players to wear ‘Black Lives Matter’ on shirts
Premier League players’ names will be replaced on the back of their shirts with ‘Black Lives Matter’ for the first 12 matches of the restarted season. The Premier League will also support any player who chooses to ‘take a knee’ before or during matches. “We, the players, stand together with the singular objective of eradicating […]
Sefwi Wiawso: Illegal chainsaw menace reduced by 80%
The Sefwi Wiawso District of the Forestry Commission has announced that the menace of illegal chainsaw operations has been reduced by 80 percent. The Outgoing Manager of Sefwi Wiawso Forest District, Nana Poku Bosompim, said this in an interview at Bosomoiso in the Sefwi Wiawso Municipality of the Western North Region. He said the Commission […]
Gender Minister donates PPE to Council of Churches in Agona West
Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Mrs Cynthia Mamle Morrison has donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) worth GH¢25,000 to the Swedru Council of Churches to enable them to follow the COVID-19 protocols while church services resumed. The items were 25 veronica buckets with stands, 100 boxes of alcohol-based hand sanitizers, 100 bottles of liquid […]
POS Foundation donates to Sunyani Central Prisons towards covid-19 fight
The POS Foundation, known for its work in facilitating the Justice for All Programme, has donated a cheque of ¢2,000.00, Four Automated Handwashing Machines, Gallons of liquid soap and Infrared Thermometers among other items to the Sunyani Central Prisons in the Bono Region. The package is aimed at assisting the Correctional Facility continue its effort […]
NECPAD set to fight child labour
The Network for Community Planning and Development (NECPAD) is set to fight child labour in 30 fishing communities in 13 districts of Ghana through the “Sustainable Nets” project. Mr Paul Asamoah Kukwaw, the NECPAD Executive Director, said the project had a funding support from the European Union and would contribute to the elimination of the […]
