Perez Chapel to resume small congregational-sized church services
The Perez Chapel International has directed its “relatively smaller congregational sizes” to resume church services following the easing of the COVID-19 restrictions by President...
Monkeys, ferrets offer needed clues in coronavirus vaccine race
The global race for a COVID-19 vaccine boils down to some critical questions: How much must the shots rev up someone's immune system to...
Coronavirus: Churches divided on opening on June 7 for in-person service
Government's green light for the re-opening of religious centres on Sunday, June 7, as part of efforts to ease COVID-19 restrictions, has divided opinion...
Coronavirus could ‘drag on US economy for a decade’
The drag on the US economy from the virus pandemic will last almost a decade, according to projections by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).It...
Sammy Gyamfi’s cartoon tweet lands him in trouble!
National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, seems not to be in the good books of some Ghanaians on social...
Kennedy Agyapong names close associates who have recovered from COVID-19
Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong has revealed his cousin, wife and their daughter have recovered from the infectious COVID-19 disease.Though the legislator...
Kennedy Agyapong reveals why Akufo-Addo lost 2008, 2012 elections [listen]
Assin Central Member of Parliament (MP), Kennedy Agyapong, has expressed satisfaction with the way and manner in which the Akufo-Addo-led administration has handled the...
Locally-made face masks equivalent to N-95 face masks – FDA
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has said that locally-made face masks are of equal standard as that of the N-95 and therefore fit...
Ethiopia ‘needs 131m face masks’ in coronavirus fight
Ethiopia's health minister has told journalists that the country needs 131 million face masks in the next four months, state-linked Fana Broadcasting Corporate reports.Minister...
All the countries that won’t quarantine you when visiting for a summer holiday
As a mandatory 14-day quarantine for anyone arriving in the UK is set to be introduced from June 8, many travellers have delayed holiday...
Coronavirus: Bollywood music composer dies at age 42
Wajid Khan, one of the top composers in Bollywood, has died at the age of 42 after contracting coronavirus, media reports said on Monday.Mr...
Ghana’s COVID-19 case count jumps again with 2,986 recoveries
Ghana’s COVID-19 case count has risen to 8,297 following the confirmation of 227 new cases.This was confirmed in the Ghana Health Service’s case count...
Education Minister gives details on easing restrictions for final year students and when to write exam [Read]
The Minister of Education, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh, has said that when schools reopen, there will not be any religious activity.Speaking at a press...
Easing restrictions: Check out the guidelines for churches and mosques
Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs Minister, Samuel Kofi Dzamesi, has directed churches and mosques to form COVID-19 Task Forces as part of measures to ensure...
China’s Wuhan finds no new COVID-19 cases after millions tested
The number of lives lost to coronavirus in the UK has neared 50,000, according to data released this morning. Devastating figures from the Office for...
Mahama quotes false COVID-19 figures for Ghana
Former President John Mahama in a blog post titled 'John Mahama’s latest write-up on COVID-19' on his website on Friday, May 29, 2020, stated some figures...
Don’t panic over rising cases – WHO
There is no need for Zimbabweans to panic over the spike in confirmed Covid-19 cases, but citizens must continue observing basic hygiene and social...
Fact-Check: Has President Akufo-Addo signed a Bill Gates coronavirus vaccine pact?
Social media commentary captured in a news publication here claims that Ghana’s president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has committed Ghana to a vaccine pact to receive...
Christian Council welcomes opening of churches
The Christian Council of Ghana (CCG) on Monday welcomed President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s directive that religious services could commence with 25 percent, or...
Management of 100-bed Covid-19 Isolation and Treatment Facility sets new date for completion
Management of the Ghana COVID-19 Private Sector Fund has set June 30 this year to complete the facility.The project, located at the Ga...
Check out sanctions for churches, mosques which will exceed 100 congregants [audio]
Churches and mosques, whose congregation will be more than the limited number of 100 worshipers, would be sanctioned, Information Minister, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah has said.He...
E/R: Banana seller at Police Training School tests positive for Covid-19
A Banana seller has tested positive for COVID-19 at the Koforidua Police Training School in the Eastern region.She tested positive Friday, May 29, 2020,...
Coronavirus: Immigration Service to screen foreigners seeking permit
The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) says it will commence an enhanced mandatory medical examination for all foreign nationals seeking to work and reside in...
94-year-old queen Elizabeth spotted riding on horseback [photos]
The Queen has made her first public appearance since lockdown in the United Kingdom began, on horseback.The 94-year-old took Balmoral Fern, a 14-year-old...
Covid-19: Why final year students of Ashesi University will not be returning to campus
Final year students of Ashesi University will not be returning to campus following the partial reopening of schools by the Government of Ghana.Management of...
You dare not flout 100 members church service directive – Rev Frimpong-Manso tells churches
Chairman of the Ghana Pentecostal Council, Reverend Dr Paul Frimpong-Manso, has warned churches not to flout the 100 members per church service directive by...
Why maltreatment of Nigerians in China may not end soon
Racism against Nigerians – and other Africans – is not new in China. Africa-China history is marked by solidarity, but also dented by old...
Lab Scientists register displeasure over easing of restrictions [Video]
The Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists, says it is not happy with President Nana Akufo-Addo’s decision to ease restrictions in Ghana amid the...
Older students return to class in Tanzania
Some students in Tanzania are heading back to high schools and colleges for the first time in about two months, but will have to...
‘His isolation habits are making me question our wedding plans’
Dear ColeenI’m a 29-year-old woman and my wedding is planned for next spring. However, I’ve been having doubts over the past few weeks and...
The one item you shouldn’t touch at the grocery store
Coronavirus prevention: Experts feel you should AVOID touching this thing while shopping for groceryAs India gears up for the 1st phase of the nationwide ‘unlock...
With multiple Coronavirus vaccines still in works, Russia to roll out its first COVID-19 drug
Russia will start giving its first drug approved to treat COVID-19 to patients next week, its state financial backer told Reuters, a move it...
NAGRAT kicks against reopening of schools for 2nd year ‘Gold Track’ students [Audio]
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has said its outfit received the President’s latest address on the easing of restrictions imposed due to...
Covid-19: No Sunday School for kids – Oppong-Nkrumah [Video]
Information Minister, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, has said there would be no Sunday School for children in churches across the country as restrictions on...
Obour could be in trouble over father’s burial; this is why
Information Minister Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, has said he is not aware the father of popular musician, Bice Osei Kuffour, died of Covid-19.There has been a...
Coronavirus: 244 samples taken following death of police officer at Central Police station
About 244 samples of Police personnel, inmates at Cells as well as families of Police officers at the Central Police station and barracks in...
Coronavirus: Mixed reactions greet opening of churches, schools
President Nana Akufo-Addo's 10th national address has ended in tears for some Ghanaians who have gotten used to staying home due to the coronavirus.President...
Okudzeto Ablakwa lauds Akufo-Addo
National Democratic Congress' (NDC) Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has lauded President Nana Akufo-Addo on his decision for special evacuation...
COVID-19: Ghanaians abroad to be evacuated back home – Akufo-Addo
President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has hinted that Ghanaians abroad will soon be evacuated back to the country.The President...
Coronavirus: England, Wales joins Ghana to ease restrictions
Vulnerable people in England and Wales advised to stay home since the coronavirus lockdown began will be able to go outdoors again from Monday.The...