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Leader and founder of the House of Power ministries, Prophet Francis Kwarteng has claimed that the refusal of some pastors to obey certain God-given instructions is the reason for Ghana’s rise in coronavirus cases. He said the likes of ArchBishop Duncan Williams, Bishop Charles Agyin-Asare, Apostle Onyina, and other church leaders have been given strict instructions by God, which when ...

Over $161,564 (£130,000) has been raised for the family and new born baby of a pregnant Ghanaian nurse who died after contracting Coronavirus in the UK. Mary Agyeiwaa Agyapong, 28, who died on Sunday was delivered successfully of a daughter by caesarean section, the BBC reports. She worked as a nurse at Luton and Dunstable Hospital in the south of England for ...

The Progressive People’s Party’s (PPP) 2016 parliamentary candidate for Komenda Edina Eguafo Abrem (KEEA) constituency in the Central Region (CR), John Sterlin, has presented Veronica buckets, hand sanitizers and liquid soap to health centres and hospitals, police stations, prison services and all communities in the municipality. Addressing media at Ahomkafie in Elmina prior to the distribution, John Sterlin said the ...

TB Joshua has addressed his botched prophesy in which he claimed the Coronavirus pandemic would end on 27 March 2020. The religious leader said the Holy Spirit gave him the false prophecy that the pandemic would end on 27 March, The Daily Sun reports. During an interview on his own TV, Emmanual TV the preacher addressed his false prophecy and ...

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has commended the National Information Contact Centre for the role they are playing in Ghana’s fight against COVID-19. The Vice President, who is Chairman of Ghana’s COVID-19 Monitoring Team, paid a working visit to the Centre, which has been turned into the National COVID-19 Call Centre, on Thursday to be abreast with their operations. ...

The shareholders of GN Savings and Loans are praying the High Court to order the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to restore their specialised deposit-taking licence. The prayer was contained in the written address that the lawyers filed on behalf of the shareholders. “These actions were taken pursuant to Section 123 (1) of the Banks and Specialised Deposit-Taking Institutions Act, 2016 ...

The Upper West Regional Police Command has commenced a vigorous search for a Forty-six-year-old Nigerian national who tested positive of the novel Coronavirus but has left his home where he was to self-isolate. Upper West Regional Police Commander DCOP Francis Aboagye Nyarko in an interview with Starr News said the command has already dispatched police personnel to hunt for the ...

The National Youth Authority (NYA) is set to train about 2,000 young volunteers to augment the government’s efforts in the fight against the novel Coronavirus pandemic. The authority will train and equip additional thousands with entrepreneurial skills ostensibly to address the issues of job losses resulting from the pandemic. Speaking at the Ministry of Information press briefing today, April 16, ...

Public Relations Officer of the Ashanti Regional Police Command, ASP Godwin Ahianyo has labelled as false, reports concerning some 5 alleged ‘mysterious’ deaths in Kumasi. According to him, the deceased persons did not die under any strange circumstances as reported by the media. Although he did not deny that some five people have died, Mr. Ahianyo said some of these ...

The International Monetary Fund, IMF has projected that Ghana will not go into an economic recession later this year due to Covid-19 pandemic. Some developmental partners of Ghana including the World Bank have warned that the country could go into an economic recession due to the Covid-19 outbreak. IMF Country Director for Ghana, Dr Albert Touna Mama in a radio ...