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Pastor, 2 church workers jailed for flouting ban on public gathering

A pastor and two church workers have been sent to the Ho Central Prison to serve a four-year jail term each for flouting the...

Veep Bawumia takes calls from Ghanaians in distress [Video]

A video of Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, taking calls from Ghanaians in distress has popped up on social media.Dr Bawumia, on Thursday, visited the...

Meet the celebrity couple who had different coronavirus symptoms

Actor couple Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, who became one of the first celebrities to come out with their COVID-19 positive diagnosis last...

Potential coronavirus vaccines being tested for safety – Prof Alex Dodoo

Clinical pharmacologist and a professor at the Centre for Tropical Clinical Pharmacology, Prof Alex Dodoo, has revealed that there has been significant progress in...

Our charges would be increased after Coronavirus – Viral Ghanaian pallbearers announce

Prampram-based professional pallbearers have become an internet sensational group and it is changing the dynamics to their business, therefore, an increase in their charges...

Lockdown: Newly-wed couple, 34 others remanded

The Obuasi Circuit Court has remanded to two weeks in police custody, a newly-wed couple, Philip Ayraquah, his wife Juliana Adjei and 34 others....

Prince William on “concern” for father Charles over coronavirus diagnosis

Prince William has spoken of his "concern" for this father Charles following his coronavirus diagnosis.Last month, Charles, 71, contracted the virus - with Clarence House saying...

Mahama reacts to Trump’s decision to halt funding to WHO

Former President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, has said that the United States (US) continues to cede world leadership following a decision by President...

If you are wearing gloves for grocery shopping, you must know these 4 important things

Amidst the coronavirus pandemic, there is a lot of anxiety about the grocery shopping these days. And one common sight is of people wearing gloves while...

WHO gives six conditions for ending coronavirus lockdown

Countries that want to lift coronavirus restrictions must meet a row of conditions to prevent another surge of infections, Director-General of the World Health...

Africa may see millions of coronavirus cases, tentative WHO forecast shows

Coronavirus cases in Africa could shoot up from thousands now to 10 million within three to six months according to very provisional modelling, a...

Lockdown: 47 arrested for trying to flee Accra

Police personnel stationed at Adenta -Dodowa snap checkpoint have intercepted two commercial buses that were secretly conveying passengers from Accra to Dambai, in the...

China’s virus-hit economy shrinks for first time in decades

China's economy shrank for the first time in decades in the first quarter of the year, as the virus forced factories and businesses to...

Ghana clearing about 12,000 backlog of Covid-19 test samples

Ghana’s laboratories have been tasked to work round the clock to process a backlog of over 12, 000 samples collected for testing for Covid...

Coronavirus: Tributes, donations pour in for pregnant Ghanaian nurse who died in UK

Tributes and donations are pouring in for a United Kingdom (UK)-based pregnant Ghanaian nurse who died of the deadly novel coronavirus disease.The nurse, identified...

Coronavirus: Security forces kill more Nigerians than Covid-19

Security forces enforcing the lockdown in parts of Nigeria have killed more people than coronavirus itself, a local rights group says.ALSO...

Coronavirus: Bawumia lauds staff of call centre

Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, says the availability of data plays a significant role in Ghana’s battle against Covid-19.Dr Bawumia, who visited the Covid-19...

Coronavirus: Lions nap on road during lockdown

Sooner or later animals were going to notice that humans had disappeared and in South Africa's Kruger National Park lions have been taking...

Coronavirus: Ghana Red Cross earmarks GH¢5m to support govt

Over the next six months, the Ghana Red Cross Society (GRCS) would spend five million Ghana cedis to support efforts by the government...

UK’s coronavirus lockdown extended

The United Kingdom's (UK) coronavirus lockdown will continue until May 7, Dominic Raab confirmed today.The foreign secretary, standing-in for the Prime Minister who continues...

Faces of nurses who have died during the coronavirus pandemic pop up

Fifty frontline NHS staff members have died during the coronavirus pandemic.Some of those include doctors and nurses who have come out of retirement to...

Coronavirus: Lawyers run as suspect coughs in court

A dramatic scene was recorded at the Osun state magistrate court in Osogbo, after a suspect identified as Ige coughed while his two-count charge of...

Coronavirus patient shares her 14 debilitating symptoms – and first warning sign

A woman, who tested positive to coronavirus following more than two weeks of symptoms, has shared her experience to help others who may be...

Coronavirus: Why residents in this community wear panties as face masks [photos]

A section of Murang’a residents in Kenya have been reduced into wearing female underwear cut out to look like a face masks after...

People are refusing to sell to my wife – COVID-19 survivor ‘weeps’

Mr Fredrick Drah, a married man with four children and a survivor of COVID-19, says he will not wish his experience with the disease on anybody.Recounting his...

Nigerian doctor dies of coronavirus

A Nigerian doctor has died of Covid-19 after contracting coronavirus while managing an infected patient at his private clinic.The doctor was admitted to...

COVID-19: Policewoman ‘accidentally’ shot by soldier recovering

Lance Corporal Francisca Tengey is showing glimpses of recovery at home after she was ‘accidentally’ shot in the leg by AB1 Oppong Bekoe of the Ghana...

Coronavirus: The 12 major developments that happened on Thursday

Across the UK, new coronavirus deaths rose by 861 in 24 hours on Thursday, bringing the death toll from 12,868 to 13,729 according to...

Single mother, 45, dies of coronavirus leaving her 12-year-old daughter

A 12-year-old girl, whose mother died in hospital from Covid-19, has been left orphaned with no living relatives in the United Kingdom.Rutendo Mukotsanjera, aged...

Man who tested positive for coronavirus on the run in Upper West [photo]

A man, who tested positive to Covid-19 – the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus – in the Upper West Region, is at large.The...

How Mahama handled Ebola – Any lessons?

Ex-President John Mahama may have prepared for a possible Ebola outbreak but Ghana would not have been able to contain it at the time...

Lockdown: Check out Maame Serwaa’s wicked pose

Kumawood star, Maame Serwaa, has caused a social media frenzy with her latest photo.She shared a photo of herself standing inside her compound...

COVID-19: Ghana is safe; not to go into economic recession – IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Ghana is not likely to go into an economic recession in the third or fourth quarter of this year due...

‘By June deɛ’: A grotesque internet trend trading death for laughs in a pandemic

From fascinating online challenges to dramatic tantrums, social media has played host to an evolution of trends that have left people wondering, "how on...

Joselyn Dumas challenges fans, colleagues to drop ‘no makeup’ photo

Ghanaian actress, Joselyn Dumas, has proven why she is one of the prominent screen goddesses in the country right now.As some Ghanaians are observing...

15 funny Ghanaian names people are suggesting for 2020 babies because of coronavirus

Ghanaians have a way of making themselves happy when the going gets tough.In the most difficult of time, people in the West African country...

Grand Master of Freemasons orders all Masons to release money to fight COVID-19

The Grand Master of the District Grand Lodge of Ghana, R.W. Bro. Isaac Owulaku Hood, has issued a notice to all members to contribute...

Coronavirus: Check out how Papa Owusu-Ankomah is doing

The High Commission of the Republic of Ghana to the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland has said the High Commissioner, Papa...

Coronavirus: Nigeria records 34 new cases

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 34 new cases of coronavirus in Nigeria.The NCDC made the announcement on their social media...

We don’t need your vaccine – Fuse ODG voices out in latest freestyle over Africa as ‘testing grounds’ [Watch]

UK-based Ghanaian musician, Fuse ODG has taken a swipe at scientists who have suggested that vaccines being developed against the novel coronavirus should be...