Managers of the COVID-19 Private Sector Fund who are embarking on the ‘Feed a Kayayei’ Project at all vantage points of the partial lockdown, following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, have as of Friday, April 3, 2020 fed more than Twenty Six Thousand (26,000) head-porters and homeless persons in Accra and Kumasi. Ms. Julie […]
The International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), an Evangelical, Charismatic Christian church headed by Ghanaian theologian, motivational speaker and entrepreneur, Pastor Mensa Otabil, has made a contribution of one hundred thousand Ghana Cedis (GHc100,000.00) to the Covid-19 National Trust Fund. Three members of the Presbytery of the Church, Prophet Christopher Yaw Annor, Rev. Anthony Cudjoe and […]
A porridge seller has died after she was struck by a vehicle at Adiebeba, a suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. Suweiba Jibrim, 28, was selling at her usual joint when the incident occurred in the early hours of Wednesday, April 1, 2020. She was confirmed dead by officers who were called to the […]
The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has said the government is considering the option of cash transfers to the most vulnerable groups in society in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. “All of those things are under consideration,” the Minister said in response to a question on the matter when speaking to the media. He […]
Government has laid before Parliament for approval the Covid-19 National Trust Fund Bill 2020. Attorney General, Gloria Akuffo, laid the bill before Parliament on Wednesday night. Second Deputy Speaker, Alban Bagbin, who was presiding over sitting subsequently referred the bill to the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee. The bill when passed into law will […]
Private Law Firm, Kulendi@Law, owned by Supreme Court Nominee and Private Legal Practitioner, Mr. Yonny Kulendi and Scanport Limited have donated various items to the Upper West Region as their contribution towards the fight against the COVID-19 Pandemic. The items were donated today, Wednesday, April 1, 2020. The items include 155 N99 respirators (Face Masks), […]
The International Human Rights Commission(IHRC), Ghana Chapter on Friday 27th March 2020 has made specific appointments to certain personalities to constitute the Commission’s Interim Executive Committee to run the affairs of the Commission in Ghana. The Chairman of the Ghana Chapter Professor Michael Kwateng in an interview revealed this in the wake of the fight […]
The Chief Executive of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Hon. Joseph Boahen Aidoo and his three deputies have donated 50 percent of their salaries for three months and a cash amount of GH₵ 200,000.00 to support the fight against COVID-19 in the country. In addition, Hon. Aidoo on behalf of COCOBOD presented 5000 gallons of […]
One of the eight Guineans who tested positive for the novel coronavirus has escaped from the facility in which they are being quarantined in Tamale. According to the Northern Regional Minister, Salifu Saeed, the patient, a woman in her early 20s, scaled over a wall leaving behind her belongings on Monday. He described it as […]
Police in Tamale in the Northern Region have detained over 30 passengers on board a sprinter bus at Lamashegu in the Tamale Metropolitan Assembly. The passengers, all foreigners are believed to have been trying to escape the lockdown in Greater Accra and Kumasi, which came into effect on Monday, March 30. Reports indicate that youth […]
The Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, has sent out an invitation to four people to make themselves available to assist in the ongoing investigation into an alleged act of corruption in the purchase of three aircraft from Airbus SE for Ghana. According to the Special Prosecutor, upon completion of the preliminary investigations, his office will require […]
The Ghana Embassy in the United States of America as part of efforts to help in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, will organize a fundraising event soon, according to Ghana’s Ambassador to the United States of America (USA), Baffour Adjei Bawuah. According to him, the move is aimed at supporting government’s fight against the […]
