The Dean of the School of Performing Arts of the University of Ghana, Legon, Professor Kofi Agyekum is calling on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to extend the closure of schools in the country. According to Professor Kofi Agyekum, popularly known as Opanyin Agyekum, it will be a hasty decision on the part of the government to allow schools to resume while ...

Kennedy Agyapong says as part of his dream of living big, he is building a 45-bedroom house with about 10 living rooms as his 60th birthday present to himself. According to the Assin Central legislator, he is building this mansion to prove to Ghanaians that “a black man can also do it.” The huge edifice Ken Agyapong indicated is not ...

President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) Kurt Okraku has revealed that he has a good relationship with former FA boss Kwesi Nyantakyi despite reports of a fallout. Reports were rife in the media that the current FA president has issues with his former boss after winning the FA elections in October last year. But Mr Okraku has refuted those ...

Thirty-three (33) Ghanaians have been killed by the Coronavirus disease in New York alone, Ambassador to the United States of America, Baffour Adjei Bawuah has disclosed. Speaking on GHONE TV, Ambassador Bawuah said: “quite a number of Ghanaians have been affected and, indeed, we have 33 people who have been verified to have died from the disease in New York ...

Ghana has recorded 153 new cases of the novel Coronavirus, pushing the country’s case count to 7,117. The number of persons who have died from COVID-19 in Ghana has increased by two raising the total figure to 34. This was announced by the Ghana Health Service on Tuesday, May 26, 2020. Meanwhile, some 220 more persons have recovered from the disease. The recoveries now stand ...

The Mayor for the Sekondi-Takoradi Municipality, Anthony K.K. Sam, remains at work at his Municipal Assembly even though his personal driver has tested positive for the novel Coronavirus. Empire FM’s Emmanuel Ohene Gyan reports that there was no form of quarantine for the Mayor, as he is currently chairing meetings at the office to determine whether the market circle would ...

Two members of Ghana’s Parliament and 13 staff of the lawmaking chamber have tested positive for COVID-19 after results of voluntary testing requested by the Speaker trickled in, Starr News has learnt. It is unclear the identities of the affected MPs. Starr News sources say the results started coming in from last week. Following the development, the Speaker has ordered ...

The Human Rights Division of the Accra High Court presided over by Justice Gifty Agyei Addo has dismissed an application by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) seeking to halt proceedings in a case initiated against it by HODA Holdings. The Central Bank was challenging the decision of the High Court that dismissed their claim earlier that the High Court lacked ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has temporarily suspended testing of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a potential treatment for COVID-19 as a precautionary measure, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during a news conference on Monday. Meanwhile, Mike Ryan, head of the WHO emergencies programme, warned in the same virtual news conference that, despite countries easing lockdowns, the world is “right ...

As Ghana continues to witness a steep rise amidst the coronavirus cases, the Information Ministry will on Tuesday, May 26, 2020, hold a press conference to provide an update to citizens on the latest mitigating measures by government. The country recorded 6,808 COVID-19 cases, 2,070 recoveries and a death toll of 32 according to the Ghana Health Service (GHS) as at May ...