Gospel musician Joyce Blessing has said she will not make any statements about her alleged divorce and custody battle for her children with her husband because her lawyers are working on the issue. Responding to questions about videos fast going viral on social media that has her (Joyce Blessing) in an argument with her sister in-law over the custody of her children, ...

A Kenyan widow filmed cooking stones to make her children believe she was preparing food has lost her last-born child, the Daily Nation newspaper report. The four-month-old baby died on Thursday after being discharged from hospital where she was treated for a persistent fever, the newspaper reports, quoting Peninah Bahati Kitsao’s 24-year-old son. Her neighbours in the coastal city of ...

Kweku Baako Jnr is advocating for the reopening of some radio stations that have been closed down in the country. The Managing Editor of the New Crusading Guide Newspaper who was a popular figure on Radio Gold’s weekend political platform ‘Alhaji and Alhaji’ said even though some laws were violated by these media houses, “I think it’s about time amnesty” ...

Coronavirus could kill up to 190,000 people in Africa in the first year if control measures fail to work, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The numbers would overwhelm the available medical capacity in much of of the continent, the organisation warns citing a new study. WHO Africa Director Regional Director Matshidiso Moeti said transmission of the virus in ...

As many as 190,000 people across Africa could die in the first year of the coronavirus pandemic if crucial containment measures fail, the World Health Organization (WHO) warns. The new research also predicts a prolonged outbreak over a few years. “It likely will smoulder in transmission hot spots,” says WHO Africa head Matshidiso Moeti. This patchier and slower pattern of ...

A total of 5.06 billion cedis has so far been paid to customers of the non-banking financial institutions in the country which had their licences revoked by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) for being insolvent. The customers are from the 347 microfinance companies, 39 micro credit companies, 23 savings and loans as well as finance house companies whose licences were ...

Some freight forwarders in Takoradi, Western Region, have picketed the Customs division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) demanding a suspension of the UNIPASS payment system and a restoration of the GCNET system. In their view, the UNIPASS system is a disaster. An importer, Henderson McCarthy, illustrated their frustration thus: “All we are saying is that if I have a ...

Taxpayers have forked out over Sh5 billion in the last five years for pensions, staff salaries, office space and other benefits for retired presidents and vice presidents. An analysis of budget records shows the government has been spending at least Sh1 billion annually for the upkeep of retired VIPs. The amount will rise significantly by a billion starting the next ...

Despite closure of the country’s borders to help curb spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), some foreigners have been maneuvering into the country to conduct illegal businesses through border posts with Cote d’Ivoire in the Bono Region. The situation has heightened fears and anxiety among residents in communities like Sampa, Nkrankwanta, Kofibadukrom and Gonokrom along the Ghana – Cote d’Ivoire border on ...

More than 200,000 Micro, small and medium Enterprises are expected to benefit from the GH¢600 million COVID-19 Alleviation Programme (CAP) Business Support Scheme. Mrs Kosi Yankey-Ayeh, the Executive Director of the National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI), who announced this at a briefing at the Ministry of Information, on Thursday, said steps were being taken to operationalise the scheme ...