Unilever Ghana has embarked on a donation programme to offer its assorted products to various institutions in the country to help them in their fight against the deadly global pandemic, coronavirus, which is causing devastation in many countries across the world. Health facilities, government institutions, orphanages, non-governmental organisations, Churches, media houses and traditional councils have […]
A foam factory in Asante Mampong in the Ashanti Region is up in flames. The inferno is said to have started around 5:00pm and for over two hours, fire fighters are struggling to douse it. Our Ashanti Region correspondent, Ibrahim Abubakar, reports that the fire fighters are doing their best to bring the flames under […]
A heavy downpour in the evening of Wednesday, May 20 resulted in flooding in some parts of the West Mamprusi Municipality, destroying close to 40 houses and displacing 197 people. Most of the homes in Nabulugu had their roofs ripped off, forcing residents to evacuate. The Municipal Chief Executive, Arimeyaw Somo Lucky, and the municipal […]
The main road that leads to the Effia-Nkwanta Government Hospital morgue in the Western Region has been closed to both vehicular and human traffic as a result of erosion. Portions of the road has been eroded and several efforts to get state authorities to fix the road have proven futile. The Hospital authorities had no […]
The New Juaben South Municipality, which covers the capital of the Eastern Region, Koforidua, has recorded two cases of Covid-19. The Birim North District in the Region has also recorded a case. Figures from the collated data from the Regional Health Directorate put the regional case count at 117. The addition of the two new […]
The United Bank for Africa (UBA) is set to celebrate African Union Day with a virtual dialogue on the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UBA Group worldwide has owned the AU Day celebration for the past few years with a vibrant and colourful presentation of the African culture. As part of the celebration, […]
Vice Chairperson for the Committee on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Ebenezer Kojo Kum has questioned the motive behind a motion filed by Bawku Central Member of Parliament (MP) Mahama Ayariga against a Constitutional Instrument (CI) from the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC). The MP for Ahanta West Constituency in the Western Region has described the […]
The Ghana National Gas Company Limited has averred that liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from the Atuabo Gas Processing Plant is produced from the rich and sweet feedstock with negligible amounts of undesirable compounds. The Company maintained that as the leading producer and marketer of domestic LPG, “Ghana Gas ensures that the quality of LPG and […]
Without a doubt, ladies have their opinions and perspective to every topic, situation or issue. And as some may argue, it appears the rules are different for women when it comes to women expressing their sentiments and reservations. Ghana’s fastest growing Ghanaian local language channel providing news, current affairs, entertainment and lifestyle programming Onua TV […]
A section of assembly members in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipal Assembly in the Western Region were on Friday allegedly prevented from taking part in the confirmation exercise of Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) nominee Benjamin Kessie. The assembly members, who numbered 22, were reported to have been prevented from entering the voting grounds by heavily armed […]
We are currently in unusual times and it appears the world wouldn’t be the same after the dust from the novel coronavirus pandemic settles. Our lives, ways of doing things and most likely our paradigm as a people is likely to be hugely affected. Yaw Owusu is a serial Entrepreneur and Business Analyst and the […]
Ghana Federation for Traditional Herbal Medicine Practitioners Association (GHAFTRAM) says it welcomes decision by government to examine Madagascar’s COVID-19 herbal in managing ailments of COVID 19 patients. The federation says the move would encourage Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) to fast track processes in approving proposed local herbal medicines for COVID-19. Additionally, they believe it […]
A Pakistan International Airlines plane has crashed in Karachi on a flight from Lahore, aviation officials say. The plane, which was reportedly carrying around 99 passengers and eight crew, was flying from Lahore to Jinnah International Airport, one of Pakistan’s busiest airports. Pictures shared on social media show smoke rising from the crash site, a […]
The Member of Parliament for Bawku Central Constituency in the Upper East Region has warned that Ghana’s Parliament is heading for danger if members continue to toe party lines. Mahama Ayariga said the House is supposed to debate and reason on issues and not to take entrench positions because of political affiliation. The Minority National […]
Richard Kofi Jordan, General Secretary of Mortuary Workers Association of Ghana, has said due to congestion in the various mortuaries across the country, dead bodies are made to stand in order to create space for more bodies. He described the conditions of the mortuaries in Ghana as terrible, a situation that must be addressed immediately […]
UK scientists are to begin testing a treatment that it is hoped could counter the effects of Covid-19 in the most seriously ill patients. It has been found those with the most severe form of the disease have extremely low numbers of an immune cell called a T-cell. T-cells clear infection from the body. The […]
China’s ruling Communist Party has set in motion a controversial national security law for Hong Kong, a move seen as a major blow to the city’s freedoms. The law to ban “treason, secession, sedition and subversion” could bypass Hong Kong’s lawmakers. Critics say China is breaking its promise to allow Hong Kong freedoms not seen […]
Government has granted a special request to the government of Kuwait to deport some 245 Ghanaians who are illegally living in Kuwait. They will be arriving on Saturday May 23, 2020 on a chartered flight sponsored by the Kuwait government. Upon arrival, they will be quarantined and attended to under strict supervision at the cost […]
The deputy Upper West Regional Minister, Amidu Issahaku Chinnia, has been attacked by unknown armed gang Thursday night. The incident happened just before 9pm at a walking distance from his Sombo residence in the regional capital, Wa. The attackers, who were on a motorbike approached and inflicted cutlass wounds on the Deputy Minister without any […]
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