Home - News of Thursday 19 March 2020

Driver dies in gory accident at Akweteman
Ghana loses 15.1% in crude oil receipts - BOG report
FIFA to donate $10m to World Health Organistion fund to tackle coronavirus outbreak
Speaker gives directives to re-organize seats over coronavirus
Coronavirus: Teacher unions plead with govt to postpone WASSCE, BECE
Myron Boadu is Dutch top-flight's best player for 2019/20 season
Coronavirus: Give us protective gear or we won’t touch any corpse – Mortuary workers
Real Zaragoza players happy to see Raphael Dwamena back to the gym
Besiktas to hold discussions with KP Boateng over his future
Coronavirus: UMB closes Legon branch
Many Ghanaians don’t plan properly for retirement – SSNIT boss
All commercial passenger vehicles to load from designated terminals – Transport Minister
Ministry of Health directs final year students to go home
Ghana shall overcome coronavirus - Akufo-Addo
Samuel Asamoah is the fifth best passer in the Belgian top-flight
Attorney-General lays Restrictions Bill before Parliament
Coronavirus: Frequent hand washing may cause water shortage - GWCL hints
FDA cautions manufacturers, importers and distributors of substandard sanitizers
It’s wrong to suspend parliamentary sittings over coronavirus - Majority Leader
FDA fast tracks registration of sanitizers to deal with shortage
Ghana Baptist Convention resort to TV to preach the word
Ensure sanitizers are duly registered before purchase – FDA
Ghana disallows 30 foreigners entry over enforcement of travel ban
EC seeks legal backing for new register
Coronavirus: Ghana suspends cruise vessels from entering Tema and Takoradi Ports
Ghana’s confirmed COVID-19 cases remain at seven - Badu Sarkodie
UG SRC calls for calm among students over school management’s ‘pack out’ directive
Today at the news stands
Former Kotoko management member David Serebour wants Menhyia to audit Dr. Kwame Kyei
First Secretary-General of AfCFTA Secretariat sworn in
NDC declares nationwide fasting and prayers against coronavirus
Minister calls for cooperation in the fight against COVID-19
First Secretary-General of AfCFTA Secretariat sworn in
Nicholas Gyan joins Legon Cities - reports
BoG reduces primary reserve requirement to support economy
NIA rendering your 'coronavirus proclamation' meaningless – Azar to Akufo-Addo
Coronavirus: Africa should ‘prepare for the worst’ – WHO
Zanetor Rawlings supports 3 health facilities to fight COVID-19
Karela United FC part ways with head coach Enos Kwame Adipah
Immigration Service returns over 200 travellers from coronavirus-hit countries
Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu's sister shot dead in Berekum
PMMC valued about $12 billion worth of gold in two years
AshGold skipper Shafiu Mumumi avails himself to Kotoko
Obour joins fight against coronavirus
Government targets GH¢1 billion in 5-Year bond issuance
Ghana is working under Akufo-Addo - Fisheries Minister
NIA must suspend mass registration in the public interest – GMA
Freight forwarders ask for confidence to be instilled in UNIPASS
GFA closes offices countrywide over coronavirus fears
E-learning initiative to get SHS students home busy
Hearts of Oak players cry for a break to avoid contracting coronavirus
Government won’t pay any celebrity as coronavirus ambassador - Oppong Nkrumah
Coronavirus: Financial sector will be ‘hit hard’ – Adongo
Coronavirus: Free MoMo transfer of GH¢100 and below to start Friday
Coronavirus: Cost of new register will be cheaper – JOY
Enterprise Group donates to Noguchi, GHS to control COVID-19
4 refused entry at Aflao border
Takoradi port designates areas of quarantine for coronavirus
No Accountant General staff quarantined
Ghana move up in latest FIFA ranking
Athletics is on the decline - Tuffour
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated announces changes on its board
We’ll consider GMA’s advice to suspend NIA’s Ghana card registration - Government
COA FS not a cure for coronavirus – Manufacturers
Today in history: Homosexuality 'lunatic behaviour' – Baako
Women’s wing of MDU Tema celebrates International Women’s Day
Bank of Ghana lowers policy rate over coronavirus outbreak
Points deduction will not demoralize us - Medeama SC coach
Thomas Partey recovers Twitter account
‘Coronavirus measures are fairly in place’ – Aviation Minister on safety at KIA’s cargo section
Coronavirus: NCA grants telcos waiver to send emergency texts
NDC sues EC over new voters’ register
Takoradi MDU celebrates International Women's Day
Kwadwo Asamoah to quit Inter Milan at the end of the season
We have no problems with Kotoko - Yusif Chibsah denies Strike deal termination
Professional boxing activities suspended - GBA
Yusif Chibsah explains why Esperance are refusing to pay Kwame Bonsu's transfer fee to Kotoko
Asante Kotoko's Edmund Ackah resigns as Greater Accra rep
‘Thieves’ invade Parliament to ‘steal’ hand sanitizers
Local hand sanitizer manufacturers working to restock market
GSA, Petroleum Commission to collaborate to standardise oil measurement
Another GPL club to suffer points deduction after Medeama
Testing positive for coronavirus doesn’t mean you are about to die – Dr Okoe-Boye
PHD and Omnicom Media Group capture Diageo global media account
Landlord, tenant sentenced for sanitation offences
Coronavirus: Prophetess, Elder arrested for holding church service
Coronavirus: Police suspends recruitment
Financial institutions assure customers of safety amidst COVID-19
Coronavirus: Ban on public gathering includes nightclubs - Akufo-Addo
EC seeks Parliamentary approval to compile new voters’ register
We are focused - Hearts of Oak on unqualified player allegations
Respect Akufo-Addo’s orders and stop Ghana card registration – NDC MP Aspirant to NIA
CCTV camera exposes Tourism Minister’s aide stealing mobile phone
Jordan Ayew and John Boye make Africa best XI squad
Registrar-General takes measures to prevent COVID-19 spread
Fisheries Commission urges fishmongers to adopt directives on coronavirus
Raphael Dwamena starts gym work after undergoing a successful heart surgery
We’ll not suspend Ghana card registration - NIA fires back
No government official will die from coronavirus - Duncan Williams
Coronavirus: Some of Ghanaians’ biggest worries
Eastern Regional Hospital has no coronavirus case
Coronavirus: Akufo-Addo said businesses can operate – NIA
Mensa-Bonsu nominated to Supreme Court
Medeama Coach Boadu confident of league title win despite point deduction
Beon-Tankoo residents appeal to govt to fix broken footbridge
Coronavirus: Eastern Regional Hospital suspends all major surgeries
Pastor arrested for holding church service in defiance of government’s directives
Puma holds 4th Retail Conference and Awards
Legon Cities to sign three Kotoko players - reports
Ashgold to lose Appiah McCarthy, Anabila Latif, others for free
Ghana needs purging; sin has invoked this strange disease - Otukunor on coronavirus
Activities at the Tuesday market remain unchanged
AirtelTigo excites customers with 'BigTime Xtra' data bundles
Akufo-Addo nominates 4 new Supreme Court Judges
Kotoko Coach Maxwell Konadu joins fight against coronavirus
Accra-West salutes new tenants of West Hills Mall
Is the EC for your mother? – Citi FM boss slams Electoral Commission
Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission suspends Jumah and other congregational prayers over COVID-19
Atletico Madrid aiming to raise Partey release clause to €100m amid talk of Man Utd & Arsenal interest
Wenchi Constituency ambulance involved in accident
Coronavirus: UG Medical School backtracks on evacuation directive to Int’l students
Today in history: Black Stars win 4th AFCON
Coronavirus: Ban on public gathering a plot to rig 2020 elections - Asiedu Nketia claims
LIVESTREAMED: Akufo-Addo holds breakfast prayer meeting at Jubilee House
Opuni halts ongoing trial, takes 'biased' judge to Appeals Court
Coronavirus: Medeama dissolves camp for one week after league suspension
Ghana's Coronavirus cases hit 9
Coronavirus: Suspected patient at UCC tests negative
Real coronavirus is dead, what is left is its remnants – Prophet TB Joshua
Bloomberg: Ghana first in Sub-Saharan Africa to cut rates to combat coronavirus
NIA registration an essential service and it must go on – Minister
Dr Ken Kafui, a lecturer at the Music Department has reportedly passed on
Coronavirus cases rise to 11 in Ghana
COVID-19: Cedi loses marginal grounds to dollar but appreciates 3.47%
Families of murdered Ghanaians petition The Gambia
Ofosu-Ampofo trial adjourned, witness in self-quarantine
Caleb Ekuban's value skyrockets to £9m since joining Turkish side Trabzonspor
Crystal Palace striker Christian Benteke jams to Sarkodie’s ‘ofeetso’
'Defend against Messi and see' - Jerome Boateng tells critics
Bloomberg: How coronavirus will dominate African interest-rate decisions
Three people die in accident
Coronavirus: 'Heal our land'– Akufo-Addo, clergy pray for Ghana
FLASHBACK - Power outages intensify
The ripple effect will come to you – GUTA boss to traders selling sanitizers at high prices
COVID-19: There would be no election 2020 - Obiri Boahene
COVID-19: Sub-Saharan Africa GDP growth rate to decline to 1.9%
Western Regional tourism awards suspended over covid-19 outbreak
Akufo-Addo appoints former WHO chief as Ghana’s coronavirus coordinator
Coronavirus: Life is getting normal in China – Elvis Manu
Coronavirus: Ghana Muslim Mission suspends all activities
COVID-19: BOST adjusts working hours from 9am to 5pm
Courts’ complex finally gets hand sanitizers for users
NDC-NPP debate over dry 1V1D dam – Claim by Ministry is completely false
NIA implements social distancing at registration centres
Ekuban's Trabzonspor President fears suspending football will lead to divorces
Government repatriates two Italians to combat COVID-19
Coronavirus: Vivo Energy, ABCDE partner to support e-learning for kids
Muslim Communities adhering to President’s COVID-19 directives
Ghana moves up in latest FIFA ranking
UG students given two day ultimatum to vacate school premises with all of their belongings
Ghana’s public debt stock hits GHS218 billion in December 2019
Coronavirus: La Bianca sets up compulsory safety measures for all customers
FDA fast tracks registration of sanitizers to deal with shortage
FIFA orders Kotoko to be relegated next month if they fail to pay Esperance $180k debt
Ghanaian player in Kazakhstan opens up on how he is dealing with Coronavirus
UEW directs staff to work from campus despite closure of the University to students
Office of Local Government Service calls for precautionary measures against COVID-19 to Staff
Is Ghana Health Service massaging confirmed coronavirus cases?
Coronavirus: mPharma aims to address drug supply shortage and price increase for chronic patients
Black Stars ace Mubarak Wakaso trains with Legon Cities FC
South African Airways cancels 162 flights due to coronavirus
Daily Guide: Crossing the COVID red line
Kwame Kizito confident Hearts of Oak will bounce back strongly
Producer Price Inflation falls to 11.8 percent in February
Fact-checking: Drinking or using ‘akpeteshie’ as sanitiser will NOT kill the Coronavirus
Coronavirus: Suspend parliamentary sittings – Ken Agyapong
Coronavirus: Akufo-Addo questioned over absence of Obofuor, Obinim et al at Breakfast Prayer Meeting
Coronavirus: I never endorsed the use of alcohol – Chief Imam
Top five Africans in Serie A so far this season
Akufo-Addo tested negative for coronavirus – Oppong Nkrumah
COVID-19: Ghana suspends all passport services amid virus outbreak
A level 400 UENR student has reportedly passed away
2020 cashew earnings likely to fall
Bright Simon’s mPedigree 2nd most innovative company in Africa
Neem, traditional-herbal practices can help fight coronavirus - Traditional Medicine Practitioners
COVID-19 a wake up call to revamp industries - Group
Tema Mantse, Nii Adjei Kraku passes on
Karela United express interest in four Kotoko players
Coronavirus: Self-quarantine – Parliament to 2 MPs
COVID-19: Public listed companies to cancel Annual General Meetings
Opuni trial judge in hot exchange with lawyer
Pay depositors of defunct financial bodies in cash and not bonds – Ato Forson tells govt
Daily Guide: ‘We are at war'
Ziope to get tomato factory
Coronavirus: Mahama showed leadership – NDC MP aspirant
Coronavirus: I don't believe your numbers, be truthful - Asiedu Nketia to government
Coronavirus: A good reminder that Africa must industrialise – Gabby
Andre Ayew sends words of encouragement to football family amidst Coronavirus scare