President Nana Akufo-Addo has appealed to striking teachers to return to the classroom while negotiations continue with the government. The President mentioned that teachers should consider the pending BECE that must be written by third-year students in Junior High Schools. The President’s appeal comes at the back of ongoing …
Read More »Pokuase: Residents run toward fuel tanker gutted by fire despite ‘Appiatse explosion’ experience
Some daredevil residents of Pokuase, a suburb of Accra in the Greater Accra region were seen rushing toward an exploding tanker. The fuel tanker was involved in an accident at Pokuase at 2:30pm The tanker sparked flames but some eyewitnesses in their quest to take videos decided to move closer …
Read More »Seven Kano pilgrims deported from Saudi Arabia over fake visa
Saudi Arabian authorities have deported seven pilgrims from Kano State. It was reported that the deported pilgrims who departed Jidda on Thursday, five of them had fake visas issued to them travelled to Saudi Arabia for hajj through tour operators and the other two were from the Kano State Pilgrims …
Read More »Tree uprooted by rainstorm mysteriously appears upright in Dambai
Residents of Dambai Health Center, a farming community, in the Krachi East Municipality of the Oti Region are in shock as a teak tree that was uprooted during a rainstorm appeared upright to its former position without branches. The branches of the almost dried tree are left on the floor …
Read More »VIDEO: Stephanie Benson unrecognisable after surgery
Husband of Stephanie Benson, Jonathan Benson, in a video update, has given Ghanaians a sneak peek into the state of health of the mother of five after a surgical correction. In a video that was shared on her official Instagram account by her husband, bubbly Stephanie was unrecognisable as she was …
Read More »PHOTOS: Tension at Homabenase as residents in bloody clash with landguards, many injured
OTECNEWS’ intelligence and monitoring of the operations of landguards at Homabenase within Bosomtwe District in the Ashanti Region have spotted a number of the Ghana Police operating with these landguards against the residents. Already tension in the area has reached its zenith as the people of Homabenase have vowed to …
Read More »Ghana’s inflation at a terrible 50%/year – Renowned US economist
Steve H. Hanke, a professor of applied economics at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland has pegged Ghana’s inflation rate at 50%/yr, describing the status as terrible. The 79-year-old economist, Saturday, July 9, 2022, shared footage from the Arise Ghana protest, trumpeting the high cost of living in the …
Read More »Vic Mensa pleads guilty in ‘shroom’ case, undergoes 12 months probation
American Ghanaian rapper Vic Mensa has pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance after he was arrested for carrying shrooms. The Chicago rapper was arrested back in January at Virginia’s Dulles International Airport after a U.S. Custom Official discovered 41 grams of liquid LSD, 124 grams of psilocybin capsules, 178 grams …
Read More »11-year-old dies in suspected suicide at Sefwi
Residents of Sefwi Wiawso in the Western North Region have been thrown into a state of shock following the death of an 11-year-old girl. The girl is reported to have hanged herself to death on Thursday, July 7, 2022, between 4 to 5 pm. According to a Citinewsroom.com report, the …
Read More »VIDEO: Shatta Bandle loses his cool, wears baby diaper
Self-acclaimed billionaire, Shatta Bandle, has lost his temper after disclosing a man he did business with escaped with his money while he was dressed in baby diapers and drinking from a feeding bottle. In an Instagram post the diminutive socialite shared on July 9, 2022, he cussed out the unidentified person …
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