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Elderly man dies of coronavirus at Ridge Hospital

An elderly man has died of novel coronavirus at the Ridge Hospital in Accra bringing the number of COVID-19-related deaths in Ghana to four. JoyNews’ Emefa...

Coronavirus: UK Health Secretary tests positive

UK Health Secretary, Matt Hancock has tested positive for coronavirus, just hours after Prime minister Boris Johnson announced he had also contracted...

First lady joins ‘staying positive challenge’ [Watch]

First lady of Ghana, Rebecca Akufo-Addo has joined the staying positive challenge with some gospel tunes. The challenge, which was first started by actor and...

COVID-19: Ghana’s community spread due to delayed mass testing – Dr Omane Boamah

A former Minister for Communications and health policy consultant has attributed Ghana’s community spread of the novel COVID-19 to delayed mass testing of citizens. He...

‘Pandemic drone’ developed to spot people with coronavirus in large crowds

A drone, which can detect heart and respiratory rates, is being developed to detect Coronavirus in crowds. The 'pandemic drone' device will detect people sneezing and coughing...

15 yr-old girl hangs herself over four-year ‘burden’

A Walvis Bay teenager allegedly committed suicide on Monday evening after leaving a note saying she has been living with a burden for four...

Patient makes ‘miraculous coronavirus recovery’ as family plans funeral

An 82-year-old man with dementia who had coronavirus made a "miraculous" recovery when his devastated family began to plan his funeral. Sid Lovenbury was...

Coronavirus: Nana Akomea joins lockdown crusaders

Managing Director of the State Transport Company, Nana Akomea, has joined calls for a lockdown to avert a spread of the new coronavirus. ALSO READ: Boris...

Covid-19: People are cutting their own hair during lockdown – and it’s not going well

In the UK, restaurants, pubs, gyms and any other shops that do not provide an essential service have been forced to close following...

Coronavirus: Interior Ministry suspends services

The Ministry of Interior has suspended most of its services effective Monday, March 30, 2020. A public notice issued by the ministry and signed by...

Prophet Nigel Gaisie speaks on MPs dying of Coronavirus reports [listen]

Founder and Leader of the Prophetic Hill Chapel, Prophet Nigel Gaisie, has denied media reports that he claimed some Members of Parliament (MPs) would...

Bring anyone with coronavirus for treatment – Bishop dares

A Nigeria pastor has has offered to treat anyone with coronavirus free of charge and also said, “anyone with coronavirus should be referred...

COVID-19: Data shows Akufo-Addo’s measures are working – NaCCA boss

Directives issued by President Nana Akufo-Addo on March 15, 2020 after Ghana recorded its first cases of COVID-19 in the country are reported to...

Coronavirus: Upper West records first case [Video]

The Upper West region has recorded its first coronavirus case, Adomonline.com has learnt. The victim, according to reports, is a 42-year-old man who returned to Ghana from...

Coronavirus patients charged with attempted murder

Two people are facing attempted murder charges after allegedly refusing to go into quarantine in South Africa, it has emerged.  One of them is a...

Coronavirus: Couple arrested for ‘calling virus a hoax’

Police in Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es Salaam are holding a couple for allegedly spreading false information about coronavirus. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: Ghana records 4 new...

A disciplined man will never ‘touch’ a woman even if she’s naked on his bed – Vicky Zugah

Actress Vicky Zugah says a disciplined man will never touch a woman even if she’s naked on his bed. The actress was speaking on the...

Akufo-Addo to address the Nation today

Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has announced that President Nana Akufo-Addo will be addressing the nation today, March 27, 2020. He said this when...

Finance Minister’s Parliament appearance postponed over Akufo-Addo’s address tonight

The expected appearance of Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta in Parliament on Friday, March 27, 2020, has been postponed. The postponement of his scheduled meeting with...

Coronavirus: Dep. Information Minister lied – Information Service Officers

District Information Service Officers in the Ashanti region have refuted claims by the Deputy Information Minister, Pius Enam Hadzide, that they have been resourced to embark...

Stonebwoy’s Livingstone Foundation gives out free hand sanitisers at Buy Bhim Shop

Non-profit Organisation founded by dancehall musician, Stonebwoy, is giving out free hand sanitisers to Ghanaians as a timely intervention aimed at augmenting the government’s...

Last known survivor of transatlantic slave trade discovered

A woman, who was taken from Africa when she was just two years old, has been identified as the last known survivor of the transatlantic slave...

Lady in video not my side chick but my… – Obinim reveals

Founder and Leader of International God's Way Church has reacted to a video circulating on social media suggesting he was jamming to King...

Boris Johnson breaks silence after testing positive [Video]

United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has tested positive for coronavirus and has taken to social media to confirm the news in a...

Photo: Church coronavirus poster goes viral

Twitter users, especially in Nigeria, are reacting to a particular poster on the dreaded Coronavirus by a church in Edo State. ALSO READ: COVID-19: ‘Ghana’s lack...

Prince David Osei advocates for needy amid coronavirus outbreak

Actor Prince David Osei has called on civil society organisations to also remember the plight of orphans in the unfortunate times of coronavirus. In an...

Man shoots landlord for allegedly having sex with wife

A tenant has allegedly shot his landlord, John Monyo, 52, for allegedly having sexual relations with his Wife. The wife of the suspect was...

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson tests positive for coronavirus

United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has tested positive for coronavirus, Downing Street says. His symptoms are mild and he will continue to...

Covid-19: Why Kwahu Traditional Council has ‘issued a lockdown’ for its people [listen]

Nana Agyari Yeboah Esuama, the Kwahu Mawere Hene of the Kwahu Traditional Council, has explained why the Council has put in place measures to...

Seth Terpker weighs in on impact of possible lockdown on economy

Former Finance Minister, Seth Terkper, has waded into the debate over whether or not the government should put the country on lockdown following the...

Lady exposes church elder for paying GH¢ 50 after 3 rounds of s3x

A 'church elder' has been faced with ridicule after a lady exposed him for paying meager wages after some rounds of sex. The lady, identified...

COVID-19: Kumasi markets’ disinfection underway

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly has begun the disinfection exercise in markets aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus disease. Friday's exercise follows a...

COVID-19: ‘Ghana’s lack of a Central Medical Store worrying’

Five years down the lane and Ghana is yet to rehabilitate its only Central Medical Store (CMS) razed to ashes on January 13, 2015....

Calls for lockdown over COVID-19 premature – Ato Arthur

Head of the Local Government Service, Dr Nana Ato Arthur, has described calls for lockdown in Ghana over the COVID-19 pandemic as premature. Government has...

High Court throws out suit challenging Ghana Card registration

An Accra High Court has ruled that the National Identification Authority is entitled to continue with its work of registering Ghanaians amid the coronavirus...

Coronavirus: Ghana records 4 new cases, number up to 136

Ghana has recorded four new cases of the deadly coronavirus, shooting the number up to 136. Below is a confirmation by the Ghana Health Service...

What govt must consider before a lockdown – IMANI

Casely Ato Coleman, an IMANI Fellow, says a decision to lockdown Ghana must be informed by data and not based on emotions. According to Mr...

COVID-19: Video reveals lung damage in coronavirus patient

A video shows the lungs of a man who had been asymptomatic a few days earlier. Now, the patient has Covid-19 and his lungs are...

Ex-Ajax star Abdelhak Nouri wakes from ‘coma’ after 2 years and 9 months

Former Ajax player, Abdelhak Nouri, has awoken from a coma after two years and nine months, according to the Dutch site AD (via beIN Sports). The 22-year-old initially...

70-yr-old released prisoner runs back to prison for help [watch]

A former inmate of the Awutu Camp Prison, has returned to the prison camp a few weeks after his release. The former prisoner aged 70...