Anti-graft campaigner, Kwame A Plus, has called on the Akufo-Addo-led government to cut down the size of his ministers to save the public purse. Ghana has over 100 ministers – the largest ever under the Fourth Republic. In a recent Facebook post, the maverick musician wondered why some ministries are still in existence when the country is struggling to service ...

It appears that the host of Good Evening Ghana was factually inaccurate with his attempt to explain the $100,000 bribery allegation he levelled against investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni. Paul Adom-Otchere on his show last Tuesday indicated that, he only called up Manasseh after the latter’s alleged ‘exclusive’ meeting with Joseph Siaw Agyepong, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Jospong Group ...

Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, Communications Minister, has hit back strongly at Captain Smart, a radio presenter, after the latter rained curses on her for allegedly not being candid with expenses on the virtual concert to launch the COVID-19 Tracker App. The minister, in a Facebook post indicated that she returns Captain Smart’s curses back to him, “he and his family will suffer, not me.” ...

Former Director-General of Ghana Health Service, Professor Agyeman Badu Akosa has argued that lifting of the partial lockdown by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo falls short of the President’s own profound statement that the economy can be brought back to life but human lives cannot be brought back. In the view of the health expert, lifting the lockdown was not ...

The Chief Justice of Ghana, Justice Anin Yeboah has directed that “caused list should be reduced drastically for few cases to be listed for hearing” to prevent congestion at the court. The CJ in a press release regarding what management of the court is doing to curtail the spread urged that “Judges and Magistrates should endeavour to adjourn cases to ...

Ghana has recorded 1042 positive cases of COVID-19 and 99 recovery cases. More than 60,000 people whose samples were collected through contact tracing and other enhanced testing approaches have tested negative for the virus. However, rumormongers have cast doubts over the number of positive cases, saying the samples of some of the people who have tested positive might not be ...

Ghanaian rapper, Sarkodie has appealed to the President Akufo-Addo to open Ghana’s borders so Ghanaians stuck outside because of the closure can return home and join the families. Sarkodie, born Michael Owusu Addo, made the appeal on social media, hours after the President announced that he has lifted the partial lockdown imposed on some parts of Accra, and Kumasi to ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is meeting members of the Council of State to decide on the future of Ghana regarding the measures put in place in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The president expressed satisfaction with the measures so far and, more importantly, the level of compliance by the majority of Ghanaians but said a decision has to ...

Coronavirus cases in the Ashanti region have risen to 68 from 62 as of Sunday. According to the Ashanti regional health directorate, most of the affected persons are between 20 and 25 years of age. The regional health director Emmanuel Tenkorang addressed the media on the development Tuesday. On Monday, the Akuapem North Municipal Assembly recorded two new cases of ...

Former Minister for communication, Dr Edward Omane Boamah has said the ‘mad rush’ for COA FS food supplement shows that Ghanaians are yearning for the treatment of Coronavirus even though the product does not cure coronavirus. According to him, to ensure that Ghanaians do not take an overdose of the supplements, the government should ensure that it’s only administered strictly ...