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Rwandan officers ‘raping and killing during lockdown’

An international pressure group has accused the Rwandan security forces of killing, raping and arresting people since a coronavirus lockdown came into force.ALSO READ:Money...

Same-Sex marriage, abortion to blame for COVID-19 – Pastor

Televangelist, Pat Robertson, has agreed that abortion and same-sex marriage are partly to blame for the novel coronavirus that has caused massive social and economic upheaval...

Prayer warrior dies while fasting to end COVID-19

A prayer warrior has reportedly died after fasting for 14-days against COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic.ALSO READ:Lady goes into coma after taking GH₵241k loan for boyfriend...

Six Nigeriens escape from mandatory quarantine at Kadjebi

Six Nigeriens under mandatory quarantine have escaped from a holding centre at Asato in the Kadjebi District of the Oti region.ALSO READ:Coronavirus: Oti region...

Why Covid-19 tracker app was launched with a concert

Minister for Communications, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has justified the need for a concert to launch the Covid-19 tracker app.The Ministry on Monday, April 13,...

Celebrities who have helped people amid coronavirus outbreak – Part 2

The list of celebrities, who continue to support Ghanaians in their own way amid the coronavirus outbreak, keeps getting taller.Criss Waddle, Sarkodie, Joselyn Dumas,...

COVID-19 Virtual Concert Saga: Minister reveals company which funded concert (Video)

Minister for Communications, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has revealed the company which bore the full cost of the virtual COVID-19 concert organised to launch the...

Coronavirus: Oti region records 13 cases

Ghana has recorded 125 more Covid-19 cases, bringing the total to 1,279, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced.ALSO READ:Confusion rocks Effutu NDC as...

Listen: Effia-Nkwanta Hospital appeals for funds to buy ventilators

The Effia-Nkwanta Hospital, the major referral hospital in the Western and Western North Regions, is appealing to the public to help the facility procure...

READ: Woman’s Facebook post before ‘taking own life’

Missing estate agent, Chelsie Dack, who is feared to have taken her own life wrote a haunting coronavirus Facebook post about how life was getting "scarier...

Owusu Bempah predicts more deadly virus after coronavirus

Founder and Leader of Glorious Word Power Ministry International, Rev. Isaac Owusu Bempah, has predicted that a virus dangerous and scarier than the Coronavirus...

Coronavirus: Ablekuma West records 37 cases; MP cries [audio]

The Ablekuma Central Municipality has recorded 37 confirmed COVID-19 (coronavirus cases).Seven of the cases were recorded on Thursday, April 23, 2020 as part of...

Covid: Most popular baby names of 2020 so far

We're only four months into 2020, but thousands of couples have already welcomed babies into the world.One of the most important jobs new parents...

Supreme Court plans online hearing of cases

The Supreme Court management said on Thursday that it was upgrading its Information and Communication Technology (ICT) system to enable it to begin virtual...

You are not immune to deadly Covid-19 -T.B. Joshua tells Christians

Prophet T.B. Joshua of the Synagogue Church of All Nations has told Christians that they are not immune to the deadly COVID-19.The man...

Coronavirus: Science behind lockdown decision explained

The role of credible data collected in the past three weeks when a partial lockdown was operational in some parts of the country informed...

Coronavirus: First patients injected as UK begins vaccine trial

The first human trial in Europe of a coronavirus vaccine has begun in Oxford.ALSO READ:Sister Derby replies Sista Afia after her ‘diss’ songExplain coronavirus...

World’s top 100 billionaires lost $408 billion in 2 months to COVID-19

In just two months, the COVID-19 pandemic wiped out a combined US$408 billion from the world’s top 100 billionaires, with LVMH chief executive, Bernard...

Ghana’s COVID-19 case count rises to 1,279; 134 fully recover

Ghana’s COVID-19 case count has risen to 1,279 from the 1,154 announced last Tuesday.This update represents 125 new cases confirmed in the country.According to...

STC disregards social distancing protocol amid claims it will run at a loss

The management of State Transport Company (STC) has indicated that the company would not be able to observe the social distancing protocol issued by...

Covid-19: KTI students instructed to take internship opportunities

Kumasi Technical Institute (KTI) has instructed students to take internship opportunities to ensure continuity in their education.The school with over 3,000 students and other...

COVID-19: Policewoman shot dead by policeman during lockdown

On Thursday, April 23, 2020 a policewoman, identified as Sergeant Lovender Elekwachi, attached to the Eneka Police Division of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria...

Coronavirus: Hairdressers may have to remain shut ‘for 6 months’

Hairdressers could be forced to remain closed for six more months because of the risk of spreading coronavirus, it is claimed.Government scientists are yet to...

Explain coronavirus data discrepancies – Mahama to govt

Former President John Dramani Mahama has asked the government to ensure that the process of acquiring data on the COVID-19 outbreak is transparent in...

Relevant data wiped off from Ghana’s coronavirus official website

Government has wiped off relevant information on Ghana’s coronavirus situation from the official website launched to update Ghanaians on the outbreak of the virus...

Actress sacks domestic worker while on Covid-19 isolation

A domestic worker, Oyindamola Alexander, has lost her job while being treated for the coronavirus disease, which she claimed to have contracted from her...

Over 40 health workers test positive to Coronavirus in Nigeria – Health Minister

The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says over 40 health workers have tested positive to Coronavirus in the country.The Minister disclosed this during the...

Trump says US suspending Immigration due to Coronavirus

U.S. President Donald Trump says he will suspend immigration to the United States due to the coronavirus outbreak.In a tweet late Monday, Trump called...

The Multimedia Group donates PPEs to Police Stations and Health Centres at Nima, Maamobi and Kotobabi

Media giant, The Multimedia Group Limited, has donated sets of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to the Nima and Kotobabi Police Stations, Nima Government Clinic...

Scientific lockdown decision explained

The role of credible data collected in the past three weeks when a partial lockdown was operational in some parts of the country informed...

Inside Ghana’s biggest slum residents lean on hope to bear Covid-19

Bashiru Adeyinka, 52, looks beaten, as he scavenges through thick waste inside the choked toxic Korle lagoon. He goes through the waste earnestly searching...

FULL TEXT: Mahama’s digital conversation on coronavirus

Hello and thank you for joining this live digital conversation from wherever you are.Technology has proven to be more than a good friend, actually...

Twitter bans tweets encouraging attacks on 5G stations

Twitter has banned tweets supporting 5G conspiracy theories that encourage vandalism. The social media company said it would remove tweets linking 5G with the coronavirus...

Coronavirus: John Dumelo launches GH¢200K initiative to support small scale businesses

John Dumelo has launched an initiative that is supporting small scale businesses with money, after the coronavirus outbreak took a dig at them.Taking to his...

Kirk Franklin performs with Fantasia, Tyrese Gibson, others on BETCovidRelief concert

Black Entertainment Television (BET) has gathered some African-American artistes in Hollywood, to perform for its virtual concert dubbed BETCovidRelief.In this edition of the concert, Kirk Franklin...

Nigeria’s Coronavirus case count shoots up to 981, 31 deaths

A total of108 new cases of Covid-19 have been recorded in Nigeria, the country's National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced on their social media pages.According to...

Listen: Ghana’s economy is on ventilators – Mahama

Former President John Mahama is shocked Ghana’s ‘vibrant’ economy is in comatose just one month of the coronavirus pandemic.ALSO READ:Poverty leads mother to dump...

The Big Agenda: Communications Ministry’s Covid-19 App not on App Store and Play Store – IT experts reveal (Watch)

A security and data protection and information and technology expert, Emmanuel K. Gadasu and Kofi Gane, an Information and Technology and Development expert, both...

Coronavirus: Check out areas in Greater Accra with cases

Greater Accra remains the epicentre as Ghana battles the coronavirus pandemic.ALSO READ:Lets create country-specific COVID-19 measures and not copy blindly – Akufo-Addo to ECOWASThe...

Listen: Pentecost Church members urged to bury dead relatives

The Church of Pentecost is urging families keeping dead relatives at the morgue to bury them.ALSO READ:We believe in science but God is supreme...