The President, Nana Akufo-Addo is on a 14 day self-Isolation after getting exposed to someone who has tested positive for COVID-19.   The post Nana Addo self isolates after exposure to person with COVID-19 appeared first on Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana.

Authorities at the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research into Tropical Medicine (KCCR) want some of their testing equipment replaced. The centre is one of the leading centres in testing samples for COVID-19 in Ghana. According to the Director for the Centre, Prof. Richard Odame Philips, the rate at which test results are released, has been […] The post KCCR appeals

Former President, John Agyekum Kufuor has recounted his incarceration at the Ussher Fort Prison many years ago. He describes as humiliating, the 15-month period he had to be imprisoned together with other members of the Busia-led government after they were overthrown in 1972. Kufuor who was a young politician at age 34 and a deputy […] The post Kufuor opens

Former President and Presidential Candidate for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama has paid a courtesy call on the founder of the party, Jerry John Rawlings. The Saturday, July 4 visit was for the two ex-presidents to discuss party-related issues. No officials statement has been made concerning the details of the meeting […] The post NDC

In this edition of the Big Issue with Godfred Akoto Boafo, he discusses with his panellists, the government’s deployment of military personnel along the country’s borders. The show also focused on the issues surrounding the President’s directive to the Auditor General to proceed on his accumulated annual leave and the rising cases of COVID-19 in […] The post The Big Issue:

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has expressed deep condolences over the death of four its members who have died after being infected with COVID-19. The first is a consultant physician and former Rector of the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons, Professor Jacob Plange-Rhule, who died in April at the University of Ghana Medical Centre […] The post Medical

Expansion works are ongoing at some health facilities in the Ashanti Region where persons with COVID-19 are being treated. This has become necessary due to the continuous surge in the country’s case count, which has now crossed 19,000. Recently, health officials in the Ashanti Region disclosed that treatment facilities had become full, a development that […] The post Expansion

The Ghana Hajj Board has assured Ghanaian pilgrims that monies they paid for this year’s Hajj will be refunded by September following the cancellation of the 2020 pilgrimage. “We have received indication from Saudi Authorities that refunds would be processed by September 2020, which is after the local Hajj has concluded,” a statement by the […] The post 2020

A member of Carlos Ahenkorah’s campaign team in the Tema West Constituency has passed on. He died on Thursday after he was rushed to the LEKMA Hospital at Teshie in Accra for medical attention. The deceased (name withheld), a ward coordinator at Lashibi, was among three members of Mr Ahenkorah’s campaign team in the Tema […] The post COVID-19:

Ghana’s Electoral Commission has urged the public to desist from engaging in activities that undermine laws governing the voter registration exercise. It follows what it has observed to be electoral offences in the on-going nationwide mass registration exercise. Notable among the issues are attempts by some applicants to register at different centres other than their […] The post EC

The Economic Fighters League (EFL) has joined numerous calls for the government to press criminal charges against former Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Carlos Ahenkorah. Mr. Ahenkorah resigned from his post following public outcry over his decision to visit a voter registration centre within his constituency despite his COVID-19 positive status. In a Citi […] The post Arrest

The CEO of the Ghana Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors is cautioning decision-makers in Africa’s oil and gas space not to abandon fossil fuel exploitation to pursue heavy investments into renewable energy like western nations are doing. He cautioned against prematurely devaluing viable resources that would not be in the interest of the development of […] The post Optimize

The Minister for Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful disagrees with calls by many Ghanaians for former Deputy Minister of Trades and Industry, Carlos Ahenkorah to be prosecuted. Mr. Ahenkorah has seen the wrath of Ghanaians since Thursday after admitting to breaching COVID-19 protocols by visiting a registration centre despite being aware that he has tested positive for […] The post ‘You

The Management of Metro Mass Transit Company Limited (MMT) says it has sought Government’s intervention in resolving the salary issues that have triggered a workers’ sit-down strike. Deputy Managing Director of the Company in charge of Operations and Technical, Nana Osei Bamfo says “our Staff understands the situation in which we find ourselves. We have […] The post We’re

A private legal practitioner, John Ndebugre, believes the President ought not to have outrightly directed Daniel Domelevo, the Auditor-General, to proceed on his accumulated leave. Mr. Domelevo, in a response to the President, felt the directive breached the labour law and was unconstitutional. Speaking on Eyewitness News, Mr. Ndebugre said there was “a point there about the […] The post Akufo-Addo

Emirates Airlines is scheduled to operate periodic flights from the United Arab Emirates to Ghana  starting on Thursday, July 9, 2020. This forms part of efforts to evacuate Ghanaians stranded in the UAE due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Ghana Embassy in the USA, in a statement, said: “interested persons should visit the website of […] The post Emirates Airlines

The Office of the President says the claims by the Auditor-General, Daniel Domelevo that the directive ordering him to embark on his accumulated annual leave breaches provisions of the relevant laws is misleading. “It is necessary to correct the wrong impression you have sought to create in the public domain regarding the President’s directive to […] The post Domelevo’s

The Office of the President has added 44 more working days to the accumulated annual leave it directed the Auditor-General, Daniel Yao Domelevo to embark upon. This latest amendment comes on the back of Mr. Domelevo’s letter to the Presidency urging President Akufo-Addo to reconsider the directive to proceed on his accumulated leave, claiming that it […] The post Domelevo’s

Ghana has recorded its highest daily Coronavius infections so far. It follows the confirmation of 758 new cases by the Ghana Health Service on Friday, July 3, 2020. This increases the country’s case count to 19,388. In the meantime, the number of recoveries/discharges has been pegged at 14,330. Ghana’s active cases as of July 3, […] The post Ghana’s

The third edition of the Elevation Conference has been held on the theme ‘Thriving in Tough Times’. The conference, a Christian event aimed at bringing together young, corporate, political and people in entrepreneurship, for inspiration and networking, was broadcast on 25th June, 2020 via Facebook, YouTube and SBN TV. The event is a platform that […] The post Elevation