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Lillies and dillies on a lockdown

It was Val’s day in 2017. We had been married for only a year so we did things like people in a new marriage....

Seven things you need to start doing do to protect your house from coronavirus

Brits are taking every precaution when they leave their homes to stop for essentials or to take their daily exercise.From wearing masks to making...

People run away when they see us – Relative of covid-19 patient laments

A relative of a patient, who tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19), has opened up on the stigma he’s currently facing from society.Speaking to...

Coronavirus: Details about those who will enjoy electricity for free

President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced plans to absorb the electricity bills of low-income consumers in the country for April, May and June.ALSO READ:Coronavirus:...

Free electricity for lifeline consumers [Video]

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced that the government will absorb the electricity bills of low-income consumers in the country for April, May...

20 people tests positive for covid-19 in Eastern Region

Twenty (20) more workers of Afcons infrastructure limited in the Lower Manya Krobo municipality have tested positive to Coronavirus.This brings to 21 the...

New York now burying victims in mass graves as case numbers soar past Italy

The victims of Covid-19 in New York have been buried in mass graves as the city struggles to cope with the coronavirus.Shocking images taken from...

In Uganda, mothers in labour die amidst coronavirus lockdown

Scovia Nakawooya’s unborn child died inside her as she struggled to reach a hospital on foot. She died hours later - one of at...

Full text of Akufo-Addo’s sixth national address on Ghana’s anti-coronavirus efforts

President Nana Akufo-Addo on Thursday evening extended the restrictions on movements in Accra and Kumasi by one more week from Monday, April 13, 2020.He...

Coronavirus: Nigerian Imam loses position for complying with social distancing order

Sheik Malam Abubakar Sarkin Aminu the Imam of Khamsu-Salawat of Abubakar Gumi Juma’at Mosque, Lowcost, Zaria-Kaduna, has on Wednesday lost his position as the...

Akufo-Addo trends on twitter; this is why

The hashtag ‘Nana Addo’ is trending number one on Twitter following President Nana Akufo-Addo’s sixth national address on measures his government has taken...

Chinese experts arrive in Nigeria to help fight against coronavirus

A team of Chinese medical professionals on Wednesday arrived at Abuja’s Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Nigeria flying in medical equipment worth about 1.5 million...

Women are most adversely impacted by coronavirus – U.N. calls for action

The United Nations has called for specific action for women on the frontline in the fight against COVID-19.It urged governments to take...

Infographics: Reason for Accra, Kumasi lockdown extension

Restrictions on movements in Accra and Kumasi by one more week from Monday, April 13, 2020.ALSO READ:Akufo-Addo extends partial lockdown by...

Coronavirus: Ghana’s borders remain shut – Akufo-Addo

Ghana will close all land, sea and air borders to human traffic until further notice, President Nana Akufo-Addo has reiterated.ALSO READ:Coronavirus: Runaway ‘kayayo’ who...

Coronavirus: 65 new cases confirmed, total up to 378

 The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has announced that Ghana’s Coronavirus cases are now 378 with six deaths.The previous figure was 313.More soon…

Akufo-Addo extends partial lockdown by one more week [Video]

President Nana Akufo-Addo has extended the restrictions on movements in Accra and Kumasi by one more week from Monday, April 13, 2020.Delivering his sixth...

Coronavirus: Runaway ‘kayayo’ who tested positive found [video]

One of two persons who have been on the ran after testing positive for Covid-19 has been found with the assistance of the...

Coronavirus: Boris Johnson out of intensive care

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been moved out of intensive care but remains in hospital, Downing Street has said.Mr Johnson has been receiving treatment...

Covid-19 and Ghana’s election 2020: Prof. Gyampo’s take

IntroductionGhanaians are currently on a partial lockdown as a result of Covid-19.Given that some people have honored the Social Distance Protocols in breach,...

Nigeria quarantines 15 Chinese doctors

The 15 Chinese medical doctors who arrived in Nigeria on Wednesday, April 8, have begun a 14-day mandatory quarantine.The Nigerian Government made the announcement on...

Coronavirus: Saudi Arabia’s King, crown Prince in isolation after 150 royals test positive

Dozens of members of the ruling Saudi royal family, as many as 150, have been infected with coronavirus in recent weeks, a ...

Tema COVID-19 cop shooting: The inside story

DETAILS are emerging about what triggered the shooting of a policewoman, Lance Corporal Francisca Tengey, by a soldier during lockdown duties last night.The identity of the soldier...

Free electricity for locked-down areas not NDC’s idea – Mensah-Bonsu

Free electricity for locked-down areas is not the idea of National Democratic Congress (NDC) legislators, says the Majority Leader.Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu told JoyNews that...

Coronavirus: CMB market closed indefinitely

The Korle-Klottey Municipal Assembly has closed down the CMB Market indefinitely, as part of efforts to curtail the rapid spread of the new coronavirus...

Coronavirus: NCA allays public fears over virus and 5G technology

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has stated categorically that there is absolutely no link between 5G technology and Covid-19.It has, therefore, advised the public...

Kingdom Exim: A Ghanaian company that is silently fighting Covid-19 from its own resources

Perhaps it is the first time you are hearing about the Kingdom Exim Group Limited but whatever the case, you are hearing of it...

Rwanda courts start online trial

Rwanda’s courts have started to conduct trials through video link-up in an effort to prevent the spread of coronavirus.ALSO READ:Sarkodie donates foodstuffs, sanitisers to...

Free water supply: How Ghana Water will deal with defaulters[audio]

The Ghana Water Company Limited has devised an innovative way of dealing with individuals who fail to supply water to their community for free...

Sarkodie donates foodstuffs, sanitisers to residents in Tema [Video+Photos]

Rapper Sarkodie, on behalf of his Sarkcess Foundation, has donated food items such as bags of rice and cooking oil among other essentials like...

Coronavirus: Why sachet water producers won’t benefit from govt’s free water supply [audio]

Sachet water producers in the country will not enjoy government’s free water supply, the Ghana Water Company (GWCL) has said.ALSO READ:Coronavirus: Married men I...

Coronavirus: 13 persons identified through contact tracing in C/R as man, 52, tests positive

The Central Regional (C/R) Health Directorate has identified 13 persons who came into contact with the 52-year-old man who tested positive for the Coronavirus...

Coronavirus: Effutu residents defy social distancing over choice of isolation centre [video]

Residents of Effutu in Cape Coast in the Central region are protesting over the choice of Effutu Senior High School (SHS) as an isolation...

Woman, three sons die eight days apart after contracting Coronavirus

An 86-year-old Louisiana woman and three of her sons who all tested positive for the coronavirus have died, relatives and the coroner's office say.The...

Coronavirus: Married men I sleep with for money not picking my calls – Slay queen cries [video]

A Nigerian lady, who identified herself as a slay queen in a video which has gone viral, has cried out over the challenges...

Coronavirus: Uganda’s president, 75, makes exercise video

Uganda’s President, Yoweri Museveni, has released a video of himself working out in his office, to encourage citizens to exercise at home ...

Coronavirus: Why some residents in Cape Coast are in quarantine [audio]

Some residents in Cape Coast in the Central region are calling for a partial lockdown after recording its first coronavirus case.ALSO READ:Police deployed to...

Coronavirus: Why some fishermen think virus attacks only rich people [audio]

Copyright © 20Some fishermen in the Central region have resolved not to observe safety protocols put out by the World Health Organisation as cases...

Go to Nana Addo for water! – Private water retailers defy govt’s order

Some private water retailers at Teshie, a suburb of Accra, have defied the government’s directives on absorbing water bills for the next three months.They...

More coronavirus vaccines move to human trial stage

As the coronavirus pandemic spreads at unprecedented rates, invading the lungs of people of all ages, ethnicities and medical histories, more companies are ratcheting...