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Eight more persons have succumbed to the deadly COVID-19 in Ghana, taking the country’s death toll to 239. The total case count of the highly infectious disease in Ghana now stands at 42,653 with a total of 40,567 people either recovered or discharged. The current active cases has increased slightly from 1,839 to 1,847 with 121 new cases recorded, the ...

The Head Pastor of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC) has called on Ghanaians to be open to learning “new things”. Dr Mensa Otabil said God is ushering the world into a new season and urged his congregants to take advantage of new opportunities that come their way. The renowned preacher said this during a sermon to his congregants which ...

There is tension at Akropong-Akuapem following an interlocutory injunction placed on the burial of Adumhene of the traditional area. The burial and funeral rites of the late Nana Addo Panyin the Adumhene ( Chief Executioner ) of the Akuapem traditional area who died on January 3,2020 was scheduled by the family to take place on Thursday, August 13 and buried ...

Government has issued the budget guidelines for the 2021-2024 fiscal period, which will facilitate the preparation of the 2021 budget by Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) as well as Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs). Importantly, the guidelines reveal the key fiscal targets for 2021 as well. However, with general elections scheduled for the end of this year, retention of ...

The Executive Director of Africa Education Watch Kofi Asare says President Akufo-Addo’s claim that JHS students are complaining of hunger at their schools as a result COVID-19 measures is not backed by the facts on the grounds. According to him, the decision of the President to provide one hot meal for students is not a prudent use of the country’s ...

Concerned Assembly Members Association of Ghana, CAMAG have thrown their weight behind former president John Mahama over his promise to put Assembly Members on salary when given the mandate in the December 7 elections. The association which comprises of assembly members from various Electoral Areas across the country has expressed their readiness to go to the grounds to campaign for ...

The Ghana Football Association has decided to waive off fifty percent of the remainder of the loan owed by the Ghana Premier League clubs. The Ghana FA gave out GH¢50,000 loan to each top-flight club before the start of the 2019/2020 season. Half of that amount was waived off when the Coronavirus pandemic broke in Ghana in March with GH¢25,000 ...

Over 100 kiosks and structures have been destroyed by fire at a community in Shiashie within the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency in Accra. The several kiosks gutted by fire reportedly serve as shelter for some squatters who live within the community. According to eyewitnesses, the cause of the fire is not known but it spread quickly because the kiosks were ...

A 16-year-old boy, said to be a betting/gambling addict, has allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself on a tree at Asonomaso in the Kwabre East District of Ashanti, on Wednesday. The deceased, Kwaku Appiah, a form two student of Osei Kyeretwie Senior High School, was said to have caused the stir following hot exchanges with his mother over the betting/gambling ...

The National Democratic Congress parliamentary aspirant for the Ayawaso West Constituency, John Dumelo has consoled victims of Friday night’s “Kiosk Estate” fire that rendered more than 400 occupants homeless. At about 9:00 pm when GhanaWeb visited the scene, residents of the slum located near the Miklin Hotel at Shiashie, were seen trying to save some properties from the fire. More ...