The Taliban have excluded girls from Afghan secondary schools, after they ordered only boys and male teachers to return to the classroom. A statement from the Islamist group saying secondary classes would resume made no mention of girls or women. One Afghan schoolgirl told the BBC she was devastated. “Everything …

Former Asante Kotoko defender Godfred Yeboah who died some months ago will be interred today Saturday, September 18, 2021. The defender will be buried in a Kotoko designed football boots with TV3 logo his nickname embossed on the casket. He died in the wee hours of Tuesday, August 3, 2021, …

Parents of students of Aburi Girls’ Senior High School are least enthused about a decision taken by the Ghana Education Service (GES) to interdict the headmistress, Alice Prempeh-Fordjour. The parents and guardians have, therefore, started agitations to get Mrs Prempeh-Fordjour reinstated as they consider the decision rash and uninformed. According …

One suspected armed robber has been shot dead after an exchange of gunfire with security personnel at Adonteng community bank at Abomosu in the Atiwa West District of the Eastern region. Police report says, on Friday noon, three armed men in masks with guns attacked security personnel at the bank …

The Upper West regional coordinator of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) Ahmed Mustapha has warned of a possible food shortage if the Ministry of Food and Agriculture fails to institute interventions immediately to deal with the effect of floods in the Upper East region. He revealed that some five …

A Ghanaian citizen and a member of the opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC), Eric Adjei has petitioned the Commissioner on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to investigate Mr. Dominic Oppong-Adjei aka Konkonsa over what he has described as “questionable acquisition of luxurious property”. Mr. Eric Adjei in his petition said …

Yao Senya, a 27-year-old fisherman, has been arrested by the Anloga Police for allegedly stabbing one Dumega Heletsi Akpakudzo, 71, to death at Atito, a suburb of Anloga. He was arrested on September 15, this year, and is currently in police custody assisting with investigation. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), …

The Saboba District in the Northern Region has been cut off from the rest of the country following continuous torrential rains in the area since last week. A resident of Saboba, Kwame Belijo, in a telephone interview with the Ghanaian Times, said major roads leading to Saboba from other districts …

This journey on which we are embarking is catapulting us to one of the fertile lands in the Volta region which supports the growth of every food crop except banana. The land is the home to the Tafi Atome Monkey Sanctuary and Cultural Village, one of the most popular tourist …

• A youth group in Odododiodio are unhappy • They have been protesting against the imminent replacement of Accra Mayor, Mohammed Adjei Sowah • The group said they will no longer support the NPP if Adjei Sowah is replaced A group calling itself the Concerned Youth of Odododiodio are protesting …