•The Takoradi Circuit Court has jailed 3 illegal small scale miners • The activities of galamsey operators have become a topical issue in recent months • The presiding judge, Abigail Animah Asare, noted that the 15 years imprisonment each was a minimum sentence Three illegal small scale miners popularly known …

Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, the Minister of Education, has announced plans by the Ministry to begin rehabilitating all old and dilapidated basic schools across the country. This is to make sure that the schools were safe, attractive and conducive for effective teaching and learning. Dr Adutwum said this when he …

• Two armed broke into a forex bureau at Osu • The robbery was captured in a video • The robbers fired a warning shot while fleeing the scene Two armed men on a motorbike broke into a forex bureau close to the Police Headquarters in Osu in broad daylight …

A photo making rounds on social media sees some male students of Mankessim Senior High School smoking wee on campus as if their lives depend on it. The 5 students as seen in the photo donned their uniform and had their pieces in their hands ready to set it rolling. …

 Linda Agyei, a 23- year old woman at Odumasi, a farming community near Nkwanta South Municipality of the Oti Region, has been hospitalised with serious burns after her husband poured hot water on her for not serving him supper. She has been admitted at Nkwanta Medical Hospital receiving treatment with …

  Police at Abesim in Sunyani municipality have arrested Hilda Asumani, a 27- year-old hairdresser, for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend, Prince Yaw Aboagye, to death. The deceased, 30, who suffered multiple wounds on his neck and chin, is said to have been in a relationship with the suspect for about …

Colonel Isaac Amponsah, in charge of the Military Academy Training School, one of the first witnesses in the alleged treason trial involving Dr Frederick Mac Palm, Chief Executive, Citadel Hospital, and nine others, appeared in Court on Tuesday, June 8, 2021. Colonel Amponsah said his boss, Major General M.P. Andoh, …

A Kumasi High Court has convicted four Chinese nationals for their involvement in illegal mining activities on a 40-acre land of Obuasi-based Seidu Fanzia School. The plaintiffs sought compensation and other reliefs from court. However, Shi Li Wen, Huang Shen Jun, Li DeHao and Lan Hai Song are to be deported for …

Balancing health below the belt Unbalanced pH. Sounds like chemistry class, right? Add the word vaginal, and then it’s enough to make us squirm. Literally — because when you feel different down there, like with a new odor or more-than-usual discharge, it could be a sign that your vaginal pH is off. …

Coconut water has become a very trendy beverage in recent years. It’s tasty, refreshing, and has loads of benefits to your health. Coconut has a lot of vital nutrients, including minerals that most people don’t get enough of. Here are some health benefits of consuming coconut water. 1. Serves as …

A Retired teacher, Emmanuel Abrokwa has shot himself dead at Ekumfi Aburam in the Ekumfi District of the Central Region Monday morning after returning from the farm. It is unknown what pushed the deceased to take his life. An eyewitness Samuel Acquah told Kasapa News Yaw Boagyan that not long …

Police in Kibi have arrested two people who attacked tomato traders and shot one person dead on the Bunso-Osiem highway in the Eastern Region. Reports indicate the incident occurred at about 0400 hours on Sunday, June 6, 2021, at Bunso Site 2. The tomato traders were onboard a KIA Rhino …

Such is the significance of the foods we eat that they can also affect our sex life, either positively or negatively. Every Dick and Harry knows that the importance of food to the human body cannot be overemphasized. But what is unknown to most people is that the food we …

All primary four pupils in public schools will, in November, this year, write the new National Standards Test (NST) to assess their knowledge, skills, values and attitudes, which is central to the new pre-tertiary education curriculum. The National Standards Test is in response to Ghana’s Education Strategic Plan from 2018 …

Boarding students of Oti Boateng Senior High School in Koforidua, the Eastern Regional Capital are still struggling to get a convenient place to dine after their old wooden structure dining hall was demolished years ago for construction of a multipurpose dining hall project. The project has sadly been abandoned at …

  It is a common practice among many people to reheat your leftover foods in an attempt to be enjoyed at a later time. This can be somewhat safe and acceptable for many foods, but there are some specific food items that you need to avoid reheating as they may …

Tyrone Iras Marhguy Tyrone Iras Marhguy, one of the two Rastafarian students rejected by Achimota School for wearing dreadlocks despite having gained admission to the school on merit, has finally enrolled following a recent court judgment in their favour. Tyrone reported to school on Friday, 4 June 2021 and went …

  Senior staff in state-run universities in Ghana have extended their strike to essential services on campuses following a break down of government negotiations. The action has affected activities in basic schools, hospitals, clinics, fire and anatomy departments. During a visit to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology …

A soldier attached to 243 Recce Battalion Ibereko, Badagry, LCP Mahmud Sulaiman, committed suicide by shooting himself dead after he shot dead a customs officer at the Oloko checkpoint, Gbaji on Badagry-Seme expressway on Wednesday, June 2. According to reports, the soldier accidentally shot the Customs officer when his own …

  A pregnant woman has allegedly committed suicide at Asuaba in the Upper West Akim District of the Eastern Region. The pregnant woman, Yaaba reportedly drunk poison to take her life. Rainbow Radio’s Prince Collins Bening reported that the woman is suspected to have taken her own life after the …

All that Joy FM did was to give the microphones to the public, particularly parents and headteachers to express their concerns and frustrations with Free SHS and the state of secondary school education. That was all. It is a method of feedback radio stations are fond of using. So at a time …

• Days after the court ruled that the Achimota School should admit the two Rasta boys, one of them has been spotted at the school • The photos seen on Twitter show Oheneba with his parents at the school administration block • He is believed to be there to complete …

Achimota School has temporarily backtracked on its decision not to admit two Rastafarian students. The School in a statement after the landmark ruling by an Accra High Court which was hailed by the majority of Ghanaians stated that it had instructed its lawyers to appeal the decision. But the school’s …

  • GTEC has cautioned tertiary schools against running unaccredited courses • The penalties include either paying a fine of not more than GH¢240,000 • Rector of the institution could be jailed for up to 20 years The Commission of the Ghana Tertiary Education (GTEC) has warned vice-chancellors of universities …

The Northern Regional Police Command is offering GH¢10,000 cash reward to anyone with credible information that would lead to the arrest of persons who shot and killed the Karaga District Chief Executive’s driver, Issah Ziblim. Commissioner of Police (COP) Timothy Yoosa Bonga, the Northern Regional Police Commander, announced this at …

  • The Ministry of Education has come out with two ranking schemes for all Senior High Schools • This is to help place each institution in its proper perspective and to fully assess the free SHS policy • Tepa SHS is the top-performing high school in the Ashanti Region …

One person has died and another sustained severe gunshot injuries after armed robbers attacked a Mobile Money vendor and made away with over GH¢ 140,000 at Buokrom, a suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. The four masked men Tuesday afternoon stormed CSSL Enterprise, a financial service outlet, wielding pistols …

Three people have been arrested in connection with the gruesome murder of a 12-year-old boy at a shrine at Ndogokope, near Tadzewu, in the Volta Region. Cornelius EboeNegble was said to have been kidnapped from his hometown at Nornyikpo, near Ziope, during a funeral on May 20, and taken to …

  Residents and Opinion Leaders of Gomoa Ajumako in the Central Region have arrested and handed over to the police the Prophetess on whose advice a couple buried their 2-year-old boy alive at Gomoa Eshiem. The Suspect prophetess Ama Nkansah of Christ Faith International Church aged 64, had gone into …

A man has stunned netizens after he was exposed for stealing what looks like goat meat which he cleverly strapped around his body like a bulletproof and tried to escape. In the viral video, the man after he was caught, removed his clothes to display the two chunks of meat …