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Covid-19: Persons arrested for holding party, church service in Volta region [listen]

Over 40 people have been arrested in Dzodze in the Volta region for holding a party at a swimming pool. Volta Regional Minister, Dr Archibald Letsa,...

Covid-19: Melinda Gates says ‘dead bodies’ will be on streets in Africa [video]

Melinda Gates, wife of world billionaire Bill Gates, has claimed that developing countries including those in Africa would be badly hit by the deadly coronavirus pandemic. She...

Chad president joins frontline combat to fight Boko Haram [Photos]

Chadian President, Idriss Deby Itno, joined the country’s soldiers in the frontline of the fight against Boko Haram terrorists in the country. Deby appeared...

COVID-19: VRA to close down Akosombo market to prevent spread

The Volta River Authority (VRA) is expected to close down the Akosombo and New Combine markets. A letter dated April 11, 2020 and signed by...

Covid-19: Hot meals costing GHC2m per day – NADMO reveals

Government is spending GHC2 million on the hot meals being provided for Ghanaians in the lockdown areas in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic...

Police arrest 29 in Mosque

The Accra Regional Police Command today arrested 29 persons in a mosque at Nyamekye Darkuman in Accra for breaching the social distancing protocol. According to...

Stay away from all beaches – Police warn

The Ghana Police Service on Sunday warned henceforth any person found at any beach in Ghana will be arrested as part of measures to...

Coronavirus: Western, Volta regions record cases, total now 566

The Western and Volta regions have become the latest regionS to confirm a case of COVID-19 in Ghana, the Ghana Health Service has...

Coronavirus: Tema confirms two new cases

The Tema Metropolis has confirmed two new COVID-19 cases bringing to four the total number of cases seen in the harbour cum...

Lockdown dairies: Pastor, 4 others arrested at Lapaz

A pastor of the Apostolic Church Ghana at Abeka Lapaz in Accra has been arrested for defying the Presidential directive on public gathering. ALSO READ: Coronavirus:...

Coronavirus: CWSA issues strict guidelines on free water provision

Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA) has directed all its regional directors and Water System Management staff to adhere strictly to presidential directive on provision of free...

Lockdown dairies: Fake journalist nabbed

A man posing as a journalist of Accra-based Onua FM, owned by Media General Ghana Limited has been arrested. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: Akufo-Addo extends ban on...

NaCCA boss applauds UG scientists; challenges other institutions to increase research into public health

The Executive Secretary of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment has described as encouraging the news that scientists from the Noguchi Memorial Institute...

Coronavirus: Akufo-Addo extends ban on public gatherings to two weeks

President Nana Akufo-Addo has extended the ban on social gatherings in Accra, Tema, Kasoa and Greater Kumasi by two more weeks effective Monday, April...

READ: Why Bawumia thinks Ghana’s scientists are the best

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has commended Ghanaian scientists working around the clock to fight the Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: Ghana scientists obtain critical...

Video: Why an old pauper is ‘smiling to her grave’

An old woman in a deprived community of Saanbona in the North East Region life-long ambition was to sleep on a mattress...

NCCE mounts coronavirus public education in Ashanti Region

The Ashanti Regional Directorate of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has mounted COVID-19 Public Education Campaign to ensure the public...

GES sacks Tamasco ‘rapist’ teacher

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has sacked Razak Alhassan, aka Starboy, a sports teacher who allegedly raped a 16-year-old student of ...

Coronavirus: 3 more people test positive in Upper East Region

Three more people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the Upper East Region, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the region to...

Coronavirus: Ghana scientists obtain critical information for easy contact tracing

Scientists at the University of Ghana have obtained critical information about the virus responsible for the global Covid-19 pandemic that will enable tracing of...

Police investigate shooting of police officer

The Tema Regional Police Command is investigating a case involving the alleged accidental shooting of a police officer by a colleague security man whilst...

Why this pastor thinks the death of Jesus Christ was not an accident

Apostle Samuel Gyau Obuobi, the resident Minister of the Pentecost International Worship Centre (PIWC-Atomic), on Good Friday, said the death of Jesus Christ was...

COVID-19 has exposed Capitalism, shown Technocracy is best – Scientist

Ghanaian Scientist and Engineer, Dr Bright Sogbey, has noted that the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed capitalism as a bad system and shown that technocracy...

Brafoyaw residents protest use of Aggrey Memorial as isolation centre

 Chief and people of Brafoyaw in the Central region on Saturday blocked the main entrance of Aggrey Memorial Senior High School to protest attempts to use...

Why top govt official battling coronavirus should be sent to a hospital in his constituency

Musician-turned-politician, Kwame A-Plus, has urged the government to fly in one of its diplomats, Papa Owusu Ankomah, who has tested positive to coronavirus, to...

Photos + Video: Thirst for water in rural communities in time of Coronavirus

A resident of Kukpehi in the Sangnerigu Municipal Assembly in the Northern region cannot afford to buy hand sanitiser which could help him prevent...

Coronavirus: China descends on Ghanaians, others, Ghana govt reacts

Government is disappointed with reports of inhumane treatment being meted out to Ghanaians in China following the coronavirus pandemic in Africa. This comes on the back of widespread...

Apple, Google bring COVID-19 contact-tracing to 3 billion people

Apple and Google unveiled a rare partnership to add technology to their smartphone platforms that will alert users if they have come into contact...

New Ebola case confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo

A new case of Ebola virus disease was confirmed today in the city of Beni in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). “While not...

COVID-19: Gbetseli chief feeds aged in his community

Chief of Gbetseli, Nii Teye Kojo Sune (I), as part of efforts to mitigate the plight of the vulnerable in the face of...

PPE donations from China could be contaminated – African leaders told

African leaders have been urged to be wary of donations from China in the form of Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) and medical supplies as...

A food safety expert’s view on why you’re unlikely to get the coronavirus from groceries or takeout

I was the 136th journalist to interview Ben Chapman this month. That’s not exactly surprising — we are in the middle of a pandemic, and...

COVID-19: Criteria for SMEs to access govt’s GH¢ 600 million soft loan

The criteria for Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) in the country to access government’s GHc 600 million soft loan has been outlined by...

Jinapor brothers clash over light bills

A relief package announced on Thursday for consumers of electricity has stoked a debate between two brothers on two sides of Ghana’s main political divide. While John...

COVID-19: Sammy Gyamfi makes case for private health workers

National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress, Sammy Gyamfi, is advocating for the inclusion of private health workers in tax exemptions, salary increments...

Stop spitting into people’s mouths for miracles – Diana Asamoah tells Cecilia Marfo

Gospel artiste, Evangelist Diana Asamoah, has advised colleague gospel artiste Cecilia Marfo to stop spitting into the mouths of people all in the name...

45 passengers escape death as bus burns beyond recognition [Photos]

About 45 passengers on board a bus with registration number AC 1557-17 have escaped death with the vehicle burnt beyond recognition. Information gathered suggested that the incident...

Young nursing mother commits suicide due to marital problems

A young nursing mother has reportedly committed suicide due to problems in her marriage in Nigeria. Mrs. Esther Frank, from Anambra state, is said to...

Eastern region records 8 new coronavirus cases; total now 28

Information gathered by Adomonline.com indicates the Eastern Region has recorded eight new additional coronavirus cases bringing the region’s total positives cases to 28. Reports filed...

Ghanaian nurse dies of Covid-19 [Video]

Freda Ocran, a Ghanaian nurse who worked as the former head nurse at New York City’s Jacobi Medical Centre has died of the Covid-19. Mrs...