Dorcas Dzam, an employee of the Volta Forest Products Limited in Hohoe who lost four fingers in an accident on the job half a decade ago is finally to receive GHS 100,000 in general compensation from the firm. This was after the Legal Aid Commission (LAC) took the case on …
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Barber jailed 10 years over sexual abuse
A Circuit Court in Accra has handed down 10 years imprisonment on a 22-year-old Barber for having sex with a 14-year-old girl, at Abeka in Accra. Yaw Sontah, charged with defilement, pleaded not guilty but the Court after the trial, found him guilty and sentenced him accordingly. Before being sentenced, …
Read More »Ghana’s biggest car snatching syndicate busted with 7 stolen cars
A car snatching syndicate that can pass for the biggest in the history of the country has been arrested in Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital, MyNewsGh.com has confirmed. Police indicated following numerous complaints from residents about their vehicles being snatched at gunpoint by miscreants mostly robbers, they devised a strategy …
Read More »Drunk driver faces court over pedestrian’s death
An Accra Circuit Court has granted a GHC60,000 bail with two sureties to a driver who allegedly negligently caused harm to four pedestrians resulting in the death of one. The Court presided over by Afia Owusua Appiah ordered that one of the sureties should be justified. Emmanuel Omabu should also …
Read More »Schoolchildren starved as DCE sacks school feeding caterer for fmr. MP’s wife
The acting District Chief Executive (DCE) of the Bawku West District, Victoria Ayamba, is reported to have unilaterally sacked an accredited Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) caterer and reallocated her contract to the wife of a former Member of Parliament (MP) for Zebilla, Grace Fuseini Adongo. About 600 children went …
Read More »VIDEO: 2 Nigerian boys arrested in Ghana for selling children to sakawa boys
The world is becoming so evil to the extent that people can do all manner of bad deeds to get what they want. Since the youth nowadays are ‘craving’ for riches and are not ready to work hard, they engage in all kinds of evil lifestyles to get what they …
Read More »Trainees allowance: All CoE Students should take notice of this important info
Trainees allowance has become a talking point in Ghana and some political parties have now used it to garner political points or canvas votes from the vulnerable people in the society. A student who is aspiring to be a trainee in a year to come has expressed his views on …
Read More »Police officer arrested for shooting into crowd on Accra-Tema Motorway
A police officer, who allegedly fired his pump action gun into a crowd of mourners and thereby injuring one person on the Accra-Tema Motorway, has been arrested by the East Legon Police Command. District Commander Superintendent Kwame Gyasi Asare said investigations were ongoing after which the culprit will be made …
Read More »Adanse Fomena bullion van robbery: Ashanti police arrest 5 suspect
The Ashanti Regional Police Command have arrested five suspected armed robbers believed to have killed a police officer in a bullion van attack at Adanse Fomena on January 19, 2021. Addressing journalists on Monday February 22, 2021 at the Central Police Command monitored by OTEC News’ Kwame Agyenim Boateng, police …
Read More »PHOTOS: Fire guts Sunyani Municipal primary school
Fire has destroyed portions of the Sunyani Municipal Primary School on Sunday in the Bono Region. The fire according to sources started around 4 p.m. It took fire personnel from the Bono Regional Branch of the Ghana National Fire Service about an hour to bring the fire under control. Three …
Read More »SHS Placement: GES urges calm
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has urged all stakeholders to remain calm as it prepares to release the computerised school placement “soon”. There have been numerous reports about the school placements but by a press release on Sunday, February 21, the GES hinted that the exercise has not been done …
Read More »SAD VIDEO: Mothers, New Born Babies sleep on a floor at Manhyia hospital
An accomplished entrepreneur, Consultant in ICT, Energy and National Infrastructure Development in GHANA and abroad with over 30 years working experience in related endeavors, A leading member of the National Democratic Congress, Mr. Laslie Mensah Tamekloe has narrated how shortage of beds hits hospitals in Ghana including manhyia Government hospital, …
Read More »J.A Kufuor SHS completed, ready for admission
A new school, J.A Kufuor Senior High School has been completed and ready for use. The school is located in Sokoban in Kumasi of the Ashanti Region. All structures have been put in place for the 2020/2021 placement. A statement issued by the Ghana Education Service (GES) to the National …
Read More »Good news for all schools and teachers in Ghana
Ghana health service (GHS) was established in 1996. It is Ghanaian government body as part of the health sector reform. The Ghana health service is responsible for the comprehensive health service at all levels in Ghana. The GHS also establish effective mechanism for disease surveillance, prevention and control in Ghana. …
Read More »Good news for all schools and teachers in Ghana
Ghana health service (GHS) was established in 1996. It is Ghanaian government body as part of the health sector reform. The Ghana health service is responsible for the comprehensive health service at all levels in Ghana. The GHS also establish effective mechanism for disease surveillance, prevention and control in Ghana. …
Read More »Suspected thief beaten to pulp at Assin Fosu
A middle-aged man has been beaten to pulp in a botched robbery operation. The young man, whose name was only given as Issah, a native of Twifo Praso, is said to have been invited by a friend for the operation. But luck eluded him when they were caught while stealing …
Read More »Soldiers seize, smash mobile phones of Bolga residents filming accident scene instead of helping
Some residents of Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region incurred the wrath of Military men leading to the destruction and seizure of their mobile phones. The soldiers were angered by what can be described as negligent and irresponsible behaviour by some witnesses to a fatal accident who instead of helping …
Read More »Kwadaso Mobile Phone thief battles for his life after very severe beatings
A man believed to be in his mid-20s is currently battling for his life after receiving severe beatings from residents for stealing a mobile phone in a parked vehicle at Odeneho Kwadaso in the Ashanti Region. An eyewitness Yunus Mohammed who narrated the incident in an interview with Pure FM’s Osei …
Read More »Ghana to secure Ebola vaccine from WHO
Ghana is making plans to secure Ebola vaccines from the World Health Organization (WHO) to mitigate the effect of the virus in case the country records cases, the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye has disclosed. This follows recent reports of an outbreak of the virus …
Read More »SAD VIDEO: Beautiful university lady runs mad
Beautiful university students runs mad after lodging with man in a hotel.. Reports claim that a young university lady has gone bonkers after lodging at a hotel with a man. Stories about young ladies who became mentally unstable after lodging hotel with men have been reported on social media. People …
Read More »A/R: Insecurity as robbery victims share harrowing experiences on Akoma FM
Fear has gripped some residents in Kumasi as reports of robbery cases soar in some parts of the Ashanti Region capital, making insecurity major topical issues in recent times. At least, there are more than six reports of robbery cases in different areas within the metropolis in the past week …
Read More »Policeman grabbed after allegedly shooting, injuring woman on Tema Motorway
A woman has been left in a critical condition after a yet to be identified police officer reportedly shot into a group of people on the Accra Tema motorway. Reports say the group was returning from a burial at Ashaiman aboard a bus when the policeman driving a Toyota Landcruiser …
Read More »Namon Sec/Tech. staff arrested over GHS244K recruitment scam
A 45-year-old tutor at Namon Senior High School in the Offinso Municipality of the Ashanti region has been remanded by the Offinso Circuit Court for allegedly defrauding two Pastors and other residents of the community of a total amount of GHS244,700. The two Pastors namely Bernard Kokroko and Eric Owusu …
Read More »Reporter gets robbed at gunpoint during live segment
An Ecuadorian television reporter and his camera crew got the scare of their lives when they were held at gunpoint by a masked robber, while doing a live piece. On February 12, Diego Ordinola, a journalist for Ecuador’s DirecTV Sports, was reporting from outside the Isidro Romero Carbo Monumental Stadium, …
Read More »Police arrest notorious armed robber in Ho
The Ho Police have arrested a notorious armed robber, who has been on the Police wanted list for several years, in an operation. Prince Adu, 30, aka ‘Dracula’, unemployed, was arrested on Thursday at his hideout while asleep after he robbed an Immigration Officer at gun-point at about 0230 hours. …
Read More »Ghana Health Service Runs To WHO For Ebola Vaccine -GHS Boss Reveals
Ghana will have to make a case to the World Health Organisation (WHO) to secure Ebola vaccines as a buffer to protect its citizenry, the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, has said. According to him, that had become necessary after three people had been reported …
Read More »Man arrested for burning girlfriend’s 3 bedroom house over divorce
Police in Assin Aworoso in the Central Region have arrested a man named Kofi Borkor for setting ablaze his girlfriend’s 3-bedroom house after she quit the relationship. Information gathered by Kasapa FM News Yaw Boagyan indicates that the two lovers, Akua Sakina and Kofi Borkor who are family-related have a …
Read More »Policeman and friends attacked by 2 armed robbers, hidden police AK rifle with 25 ammunitions stolen
A Police Corporal stationed with the Wa Upper West Regional Command has had his police service rifle bearing rifle number 156677 allegedly seized by armed robbers on the Sawla road while travelling in the company of friends who were civilians. According to incident report in possession of MyNewsGh.com, on Friday …
Read More »COVID-19: Ghana’s active cases at ‘stagnant position’ – GHS
COVID-19 records in Ghana show a plateau of the active cases since February 1, 2021. “We are still at a very high point” albeit declining case numbers, Director-General of the GHS, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, told a Press conference on Friday, February, 19, 2021, “There has been a decline compared to …
Read More »WAEC freezes 401 private WASSCE candidates’ results for malpractice
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has withheld the results of 401 candidates suspected to have been involved in various examination malpractices during the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates. This follows the release of the examination results for private candidates who sat the WASSCE …
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