Some students of Islamic Girls Senior High School in the Eastern Region have lost their personal belongings to a fire outbreak last night. Fire gutted a section of the dormitory room converted into storeroom for the students to keep items including chop boxes,trunks, uniforms and provisions. The fire consumed mattresses, …

A 31-year-old woman is in the grips of the Dansoman police for beating her lover’s daughter to death. The suspect, Evelyn Oduro, lived with her boyfriend’s three-year-old daughter, Emmanuella Maame Yaa Adjei, in Wiaboman, a neighbourhood near Dansoman. The incident, according to a police source at Dansoman Police Station, happened …

A year and a half old baby, Blessing, who was rescued from a public toilet in Tumu is alive and kicking. During a visit paid to the child, this reporter monitored that she was happily living with her caretakers. Blessing was rescued from a public toilet on one Thursday morning …

The COVID-19 pandemic has so far had three lessons for all member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations (UN) agency itself, WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said here on Monday. Addressing the 148th session of the WHO Executive Board, Tedros said that first of all “all of …

A total of 105 suspects have been rounded up by the Tema Regional Police Command for non-compliance with the Government’s directives on the wearing of nose masks as a preventive measure against the spread of Covid-19. The four-hour operation around Tema Community One on 20th January 2021 is a move …

Investigations by the Medical and Dental Council and the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) have led to the arrest of some doctors, nurses and social workers in the illegal act of baby harvesting’ and ‘human trafficking’. A joint statement revealed that the investigations were carried into the illegal activities …

Some parents have expressed concern about the financial burden re-opening of schools has brought on them. According to them, although the re-opening of schools is welcoming news, it has also brought on them some financial difficulties as most of them have had their businesses affected by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). …

One Kwaku Adzi, 28, an unemployed native of Vedome, near Adaklu-Waya, has been arrested after stabbing a motor rider whom he had asked to assist to get to Vedome on Sunday. Adzi was arrested by a mob from Adaklu-Waya after the incident. Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Mr Alex Yeboah, …

At least 840 nurses have been infected with Coronavirus in Ghana, with four nurses reportedly to have died from the Coronavirus. The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives’ Association made this known in a statement jointly signed by its president, Perpetual Ofori-Ampofo, and General Secretary, David Tenkorang-Twum. According to the statement, “at the peak …

The International Public Sector Accounting Standard (IPSAS) will hold an accredited certification programme in Accra on January 20th to provide virtual hands-on training for accounting officers in the public sector. The accredited certification programme would be organized through the Controller and Accountant-General’s Department in collaboration with the Institute of Chartered …

The Kano State Police Command on Tuesday nabbed a 20-year-old housewife identified as Suwaiba Shuaibu from Doguwa Local Government Area of the state for allegedly stabbing to death her husband’s 17-year-old fiancée. Spokesman for the Command, Abdullahi Haruna, who confirmed the arrest in a statement in Kano on Tuesday, stated …

Members of Parliament have been directed by Speaker Alban Bagbin to undergo a mandatory Covid-19 test. This comes as the country is experiencing a surge of infections. “All members of parliament are requested to avail themselves for this important medical screening exercise,” the Speaker said. Addressing the House on the …

Police from the Accra Regional Police Command is said to have arrested some 97 people who flouted the nose masking wearing as directed by President Nana Akufo-Addo as been compulsory for all to follow and wear when going out into the public. An operation that took place in Tudu, CMB, Farisco, Railways, and …

Residents of Nyakumasu in the Adansi Asokwa District are in a state of shock after unidentified armed robbers attacked a GCB bank van. The suspects are said to have trailed the car to the lone street where they shot the police officer accompanying the van on a motorbike. Witnesses, speaking …

Police have granted police enquiry bail to a university student for allegedly posting nude pictures and videos on social media platforms, and sex image extortion. The suspect, Joseph Asante also known as, King Pluto, a level 100 student of the University(name withheld) was said to have posted more than 200 …

The Kumasi Metropolitan Directorate of Education, David Oppong has said a shift system will be rolled out in Basic and Junior High Schools (JHS) with high student population. This is to reduce the number of students per class in order to prevent further spread of COVID-19. According to the Metro …

The National Leadership of Teachers and Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU), in consultation with the Local Executives of the Public Universities, have resolved to suspend the nationwide strike which was in demand for some conditions of service. This was in a joint statement signed by Mr Mark D. Korankye, the General …

The US government through the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has placed Ghana as a very high level of COVID19. It has urged its citizens to suspend travels to Ghana. The CDC has a five-level rank that categorises countries based on the level and risk of infections. On …

The Ghana national Council of private schools, GNACOPS, has fully replied the Ghana National Association of Teachers,GNAT, about the fact that they can advise the government to close down public schools but not private schools.   The sole decision taken by some teacher unions to advising the government to close …

Mynewsghana has reported that the Tamale Medical Stores had been hit by a major fraud involving some Huge amount of money on Stanbic Bank which was paid into the private account of a worker. National Service worker  Danyagiri Mark was established to be the key perpetrator of the entire scandal which has stolen …

A 36-year-old man, Michael Tetteh, has been grabbed by a community watchdog team at Okwenya in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality of the Eastern region for stealing two goats. Mr Tetteh confessed that he stole the goats at Nuaso, a town in the Lower Manya Krobo municipality. He is however, …

Police in Ejura, have arrested a farmer, who allegedly shot and killed a 45-year-old man at Hiawoanwu in Ejura/Sekyedumase Municipality of the Ashanti Region. The suspect, Mahamuru Ghana, attacked, shot the stomach and head of victim, killing him instantly at his farm, and fled into the bush, last week. The …

Immigration officials at the Ga inland checkpoint in the Upper West Region have nabbed five Burkinabe nationals for entering the country through unapproved routes. They were arrested at about 11:07 GMT on Sunday, January 17, 2021. Preliminary investigations revealed that the migrants sneaked into Ghana through the unapproved route around …

Residents of Wulugu in the West Mamprusi Municipality of the North East Region upon a robbery attack in the community today Sunday, January 17 mistakenly burnt a tanker driver mate to ashes using car tyres. This was after a robbery incident which occurred in the morning of Sunday around 9 …

A Nurse at the War Memorial Hospital in the Kassena-Nankana Municipality of the Upper East Region has died of COVID-19 at the Regional treatment centre in Bolgatanga. The Kassena-Nankana Municipal Chairman of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), Mr Habib Mahama who confirmed the death of the nurse …

A policeman has been arrested together with three others, including a small-scale miner for allegedly selling fake gold to an American at Dzorwulu in Accra. The policeman, Constable Bernard Nubin, who is with the Israel Police Station under the Achimota Mile Seven District Police Command, was arrested along with Kwabena …

Some parents have queued to purchase school fabrics for their wards days to school reopening at shops in Makola. President Akufo-Addo in his 21st update on measures taken to combat COVID-19 directed both public and private schools to start a new academic year amid the COVID-19. The Ghana News Agency …

The Dean of the Faculty of Education, at the University for Development Studies (UDS), Dr. Ibrahim Mohammed Gunu has asked the Ghana Education Service (GES) to run a shift system for some public basic schools as they return from their COVID-19 induced closure. This, according to the academic is the …

A Nurse at the War Memorial Hospital in the Kassena-Nankana Municipality of the Upper East Region has died of COVID-19 at the Regional treatment centre in Bolgatanga. The Kassena-Nankana Municipal Chairman of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), Mr Habib Mahama who confirmed the death of the nurse to the …

A Pastor with the Heavens Kingdom Palace Ministry International in Accra Boakye Gideon has been arrested by the Nkoranza Police Command in the Bono East Region for killing his 9-year-old daughter, he accused of being a witch. The body of the deceased identified as Boakye Queenster, known popularly among relations …