Ghana has legalized the use of cannabis for health and industrial purposes as it joins other African countries hoping to derive economic and health benefits from the substance. On Friday the country’s Parliament passed into law the Narcotics Control Commission Bill, 2019. The law now makes the country’s Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) a Commission with enhanced powers … Read more
Nigeria has confirmed four additional cases of coronavirus, bringing the total to 12. Health Minister Osagie Ehanire said on Thursday that the four new patients, from Lagos state, were stable and being treated. Two of the new cases are people who travelled from the UK and France, while the third is a contact of a positive case. The … Read more
A woman who tested positive for coronavirus gave birth to a healthy baby at an Athens hospital, Greek media reported on Thursday. The 24-year-old woman and her partner had both tested positive before the delivery on Wednesday, but the first test on the baby came back negative for COVID-19. “The virus is not transmitted by the placenta,” the … Read more
Charges on mobile money transfers below GH¢ 100 have been scrapped by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) effective Friday, March 20, 2020 for the next three months. This follows an agreement between the Central Bank and the mobile network operators to promote the use of digital platforms for payments. The directive, subject to review however, excludes cash … Read more
Parliament has ordered two Members of Parliament (MPs) and some parliamentary staff to self-quarantine, according to a report by Adomonline.com. The two left the country for conferences in Japan and India – countries hit by the deadly COVID-19 pandemic. Majority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, announced this on the Floor of Parliament Thursday. He explained that, … Read more
The leader and founder of Creator’s Hand Chapel (CHC), Prophet Eric Boahen has announced how church services will be held regardless of the ban on public gatherings by the president of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo over the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking in an interview with Zion Felix on Radio Univers’ ‘Brunch2Lunch’ entertainment show, Prophet Boahen said the … Read more
Ghanaian actor and musician, Lil win entreats Ghanaians to remain calm in the quest to defeat the Coronavirus pandemic. Lilwin, in recent times had been spreading awareness on the need to promote self-hygiene to safeguard lives and help curb the spread of the virus. “Firstly I would urge Ghanaians to adhere to all preventive and … Read more
Africa should “prepare for the worst” as the coronavirus begins to spread locally, the World Health Organization’s director-general said Wednesday, while South Africa became the continent’s new focus of concern as cases nearly doubled to 116 from two days before. South Africa’s health minister, Zweli Mkhize, this week called that kind of rate “explosive” in … Read more
The Ghana Immigration Service says it has returned incoming flights from other countries at the Kotoka International Airport as part of measures to prevent the importation of cases of the novel coronavirus. According to the Deputy Comptroller of Immigration (DCGI) in-charge of Command Post and Operations, Laud Kwesi Affrifah, two Italians travelling on Air France were … Read more
Edem, popular Ghanaian musician, has called on Voltarians to help sell music talents from the region to the nation and the outside world. He said the region had a growing population that could help the cause of its music industry by patronizing the work of artistes both on and offline. Edem, who was the headline … Read more