Some of us, in fact, were not the least surprised at all when discerning Ghanaians graciously gave President Akufo-Addo a second mandate in the 2020 general elections. There is no denying or ignoring the fact that Akufo-Addo received massive commendations and endorsements from a host of international organisations and other …

One of two female suspects being tried for allegedly instigating the gruesome murder of Akua Denteh, a 90-year-old woman in Kafaba, Savannah Region, over claims of witchcraft, has applied to the Tamale High Court for bail. Sherina Mohammed, aka Hajia Filipina, aged 40, according to a Daily Guide report sighted …

The Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, will on Monday, March 22 appear before Parliament following an urgent question filed last week by North Tongu Member of Parliament (MP) Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa. The question is related to the content of controversial textbooks said to denigrate some ethnic groups – particularly Ewes – in Ghana. …

The Forestry Commission Task Force has arrested ten persons for farming in the Afrensu Brouhuma Forest Reserve in Offinso in the Ashanti Region. The intruders have also built homes in what is supposed to be a virgin forest. Routine patrol by forest guards uncovered the illegal activity of the farmers. …

A son of Alhaji Asuma Banda unlawfully broke into his father’s mansion at the Airport Residential Area, it has been reported. Fadel Asuma Banda, 33, a son of the Chief Executive Officer of Antrak Group of Companies, was arrested, together with two others, Aliu Bello, 28; and Suleman Mohammed, 36, …

The Ghana Health Service has launched an administrative inquiry into the stealing and selling of COVID-19 vaccine by some staff of the service. Stephen Dzisenu, a 37-year-old Disease Control Officer of the Greater Accra Regional Hospital is in the grips of the Greater Accra Police for stealing 36 vials of …

The Ghana Education Service(GES) has directed the headmistress of Achimota School to admit the two teenage students whose admissions were withdrawn because of their dreadlocks. This comes after an intensive and sustained online campaign barely 48 hours in protest against the decision of the Achimota school authorities. A former Member …

Stephen Dzisenu, a 37-year-old Disease Control Officer of the Greater Accra Regional Hospital is in the grips of the Gt. Accra Police for stealing 36 vials of Covishield. Cosmos Allotey a 42-year-old Occupational Health and Safety Officer, is said to have received the stolen Covishield from Pabitey and Dzisenu. Allotey …

Tyrone Iras Marhguy, the Rastafarian student who has been denied admission to the Achimota School has expressed shock at the school’s disregard for his academics prowess and instead are focus on his dreadlocks. To him, his dream has always been to be a student of the Achimota School where a …

Police in Suhum in the Eastern Region have arrested a 45-year-old woman, Beatrice Amo, for battering her 13-year-old stepson for allegedly stealing her Ghc300. Beatrice, who is heavy with pregnancy, allegedly subjected her stepson to inhumane treatment over allegations which the boy now hospitalized at the Suhum Government Hospital, has …

Three persons have been picked up by the Airport Police in Accra for attempting to break into the house of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Antrak Group of Companies, Alhaji Asuma Banda at the Airport Residential Area. The three were named as Fadel Asuma Banda, 33, son of the …

News reaching Fillabase indicates that a brawl occurred last night at Kwame Nkrumah University Of Science & Technology (KNUST) leaving some students injured. According to sources at the KNUST, a guy was wearing a Conti (Hostel) t-shirt, and decided to pass Katanga Hostel to his own hostel in Brunei, so on his …

Sixteen percent of children in the Ashanti Region are stunted, the Ashanti Regional Deputy Director for Public Health, Dr Michael Rockson Adjei has said. The Ashanti Regional Deputy Director for Public Health disclosed this at a sensitisation workshop for the media held in Kumasi on Friday, 19 March 2021. The …

A ten-month-old baby girl was on Thursday evening found dead at Nyanyano beach in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region. The toddler found wrapped in white clothes with black polythene bag around her, had cotton wool in her mouth, nose and ears. Many residents who trooped to the …

The headmistress of Achimota School is under fire for allegedly denying a guy admission because of his dreadlocks. Ghanaians are divided on whether it was a good step to deny a student the right to education based on his choice of hairstyle. Some are hailing the Headmistress for her bold …

A public school in the Upper East Region, where schoolchildren sit on the floor to learn for lack of furniture, has received 81 dual desks after a teacher made the children’s ordeal public through social media. A number of entities donated the writing desks to the Naaga Primary School after …

A Tamale High Court has sentenced a 32-year-old system administrator to eight (8) years imprisonment with hard labour for stealing GH¢159,300 from the coffers of his former employer, the Buuwulonso One Stop Rural Bank at Damongo in the Savannah Region. Cephas Agbodo, who had moved on to Borimanga Rural Bank …

First-year Senior High School (SHS) students Thursday reported to school to begin the 2021/22 academic year. A visit by the Ghana News Agency (GNA) to the St Thomas Aquinas SHS and Accra High School saw the ‘freshers’ going through the registration process. Mr Paul K. Amoasi Baidoo, the Headmaster of …

Two sisters, 18-year-old Emelia Adomaa and 14-year-old Portia Sadia who live in Dormaa in the Bono Region of Ghana have suffered severe burns after Emelia’s former boyfriend set their room ablaze. According to the girls’ elder sister, Formaa Ernestina, Emelia’s 22-year-old boyfriend got infuriated after she told him about her …

  Residents of Gomoa Nyanyano in the Gomoa East District of Central Region have been thrown into a state of shock after they discovered the body of a 10-month-old baby buried at the seashore. The baby was wrapped with a white cloth inside a black polythene bag In an interview …

The Economic and Organised Crime Office has saved three babies from a baby-selling syndicate barely two months after busting a baby-harvesting ring in Accra. This crime ring steals babies from their mothers in the hospitals after delivery and sells them between GHC28,000 and GHC30, 000. Eleven suspects have been arrested …

An unknown man believed to be in his thirties has been found dead in a bush at Wassa Akropong in the Western Region. He is alleged to have committed suicide with his pair of trousers. According to an eyewitness, Asamoah Peter, he went to the bush to look for mushroom …

A 23-year-old suspected motorbike thief has been beaten to a pulp at Fetteh Kakraba in the Gomoa East of the Central Region for stealing a motorbike. The incident happened today around 12PM. According to the owner of the motorbike, Yaw Frimpong, an Okada rider, the thieve named, Sampson Dogbe snatched …

The Sefwi-Wiawso Divisional Police Command has picked up five persons for allegedly stealing two-week old twin babies at Punikrom in the Waiwso Municipality of the Western North Region. The suspects are Paulina Owusu 26, Haruna Yusif 36, Stephen Owusu 32, Kofi Nkrumah, 24 and Sampson Addai, 33 years. Confirming the …

News reaching MyNewsGh.com indicates that armed robbers have attacked and killed Sheikh Ali Ahmed Maikano AbulFaili Jallo, the popular son of late Ghanaian Tijaniyya Cleric Ahmed Maikano Jallow of Prang. The sad incident which occurred this dawn reportedly took place on the Abromase road where Ali Maikano Jallow and his …

A 35-year-old driver has been arrested by the police after he allegedly set his family ablaze at Meduma in the Kwabre East Municipality of the Ashanti region after accusing the wife of having an extramarital affair. The suspect’s 11-year-old stepson, Prince Oti was burnt to death while his wife, Patient …

A man, believed to be in his forties, Kwaku Tawiah, has been arrested by the Wiawso Police Command for refusing to pay for a borrowed coffin. The coffin maker told Adom News that Mr Tawiah came and pleaded for a coffin to bury his sister who had passed on in …

A 30-year-old man has been arrested over the murder of his friend at Nyakpala in the Northern Region. The body of the deceased from Sierra Leone was dumped on the Tamale – Nyankpala road. According to police report, on March 15, 2021, at about 2110hrs, the police had information that …

One person is reportedly dead with three others in critical condition after a Trotro driver allegedly set the room of his girlfriend ablaze at Meduma in the Kwabre East Municipality of the Ashanti Region. The suspect, who was identified as Mr Agyeman, was said to have set himself ablaze after …

A yet-to-be-identified robber was lynched at Awutu Bereku in the Awutu Senya West Municipality for snatching a motorbike. According to a witness, the deceased acquired the services of an ‘okada’ rider with the motive of robbery. The rider was said to have been ordered to take an unusual route which …