Many diseases like polio, HIV/AIDS tuberculosis, and coronavirus have either killed or maimed mainly due to infodemic or wrong information. In the 70s about 1000 children in Senegal were given jabs of polio medicines. Later 30 percent of the children were maimed all due to infodemic. What then is infodemic? …
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Taxi driver shot dead at Mmoatiakrom
A taxi driver identified as ‘Culture’ has been shot dead at Mmoatiakrom a community near Dunkwa-Offin in the Upper Denkyira East Municipality of the Central Region. The unfortunate incident happened in the late hours of yesterday, Tuesday, 12th January 2021. The Assemblymember for the area Hon, Kwame Nsowaa Salvation who …
Read More »651,000 kids expected to register for ‘my first day at school’ – GNAT
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has revealed that per their research about 651,000 kids are expected to register for ‘My First Day at School’ when school reopens on Monday 18 January. They have explained that these children fall under 4years and any further delay in reopening the schools …
Read More »Full list of candidates vying for the UG Vice-Chancellor office
Some seven persons have been announced as those vying for the office of the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana. Prof. Ebenezer Oduro Owusu is the current Vice-Chancellor of the University but his tenure ends on 31st July 2021. The seven vying for the office include the two Pro-Vice-Chancellors of …
Read More »TEWU to begin nationwide strike today
Members of the Teachers’ and Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU) will today, Wednesday, January 13, 2021, begin a nationwide strike to press home their demand for better conditions of service. TEWU says the failure of the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission to conclude negotiation on the demands by its members for …
Read More »Two arrested for attempting to smuggle narcotics into Ankaful Prison
The Police in Elmina in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) Municipality have arrested two persons who attempted to convince a Prison officer to smuggle suspected narcotics substance into Ankaful Maximum Prison. The suspects are Nana Yaw, 28, and Opiah Mensah, 17, both unemployed. Superintendent Vincent Ziniel, the Central Regional Public Relations Officer …
Read More »Once again, Ghanaian basic schools resume without textbooks
Relevant stakeholders in the education sector— Ministry of Education(MoE), Ghana Education Service(GES), National Council for Curriculum Assessment (NaCCA)— jointly discarded the old curriculum for Primary schools and subsequently implemented a new curriculum. The new curriculum took effect from the 2019/2020 academic year with no textbooks to aid in effective teaching …
Read More »TEWU begins nationwide strike tomorrow over conditions of service
From Wednesday, 13th January 2020, all members of the Teachers and Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU) will lay down their tools over the government’s failure to finalise their conditions of service. According to TEWU their strike is due to the inability of the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) to conclude …
Read More »20-year-old girl murdered at Doryumu
Residents of Doryumu-Abeka in the Shai Osudoku District are in a state of shock as to what led to a gruesome murder of a 20-year-old girl Juliette Obu. The residents were awakened Monday night to a single cry for help but only to find Juliette Obu in a pool of …
Read More »Notorious fake abortion Doctor jailed 4 years
A Suhum Circuit Court in the Eastern Region has jailed a notorious quack abortion Doctor who had operated in the area for about 10 years now. Starr News Eastern Regional Correspondent Kojo Ansah in 2017, secretly filmed this quack doctor -Darko David through undercover investigation in a small dirty room …
Read More »Yaa Billionx Feat. Twinsnation – Y3nkankyer3 Wo
This is a direct heavy Drill, we bring to you another massive presentation from the camp of Billionx Family as they kick-start their new year’s first entry. Self-acclaimed best female rapper Yaa Billionx has nothing to fear when it comes to flow and lyrical depiction. This time she teamed up …
Read More »Farmer slashes ear of fiancee for cheating
A farmer, Akwasi Boadi aka Tiger has allegedly slashed the ear of his fiancee for allegedly cheating on him. The farmer who has for some time being monitoring the fiancee after he was told she was cheating on him caught her with another man in a hotel. Akwasi Boadi according …
Read More »Two illegal miners remanded for stealing
The Nkawie circuit court has remanded two illegal miners into prison custody for assault and stealing at Asuowin, in the Amansie West District. Emmanuel Boakye Mensah 19, and Kwabena Agyeman 24, were said to have attacked their victim at a drinking spot in the town at night and made away …
Read More »Mother of a 12-year-old girl raped to death by ‘Abokyi’ watch seller cries for justice
The Mother of a 12-year-old girl who was raped to death at Asonomaso Nkwanta in the Kwabre East District of the Ashanti Region has called on Ghana Police Service to ensure that justice is delivered to her daughter. The deceased Christabel Amponsah was raped on death on Thursday, December 31, …
Read More »KNUST reacts to reports saying 17 persons died in fire incident
School authorities of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have dismissed claims that seventeen (17) lives were lost during a fire outbreak on Sunday, January 10. In an issued statement signed by Deputy Registrar, University Relations, the institution urged parents and students to pay no attention to rumours …
Read More »Weeds takeover basic schools in Western Region
Weeds have now taken over the compounds of some basic schools in the Western Region following the long closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, some of the school blocks have developed serious cracks on them. With barely a week to the reopening, the situation in some schools visited by the Ghana …
Read More »How Covid nearly killed JoyNews’ Raymond Acquah with no underlying condition; the inside story
Multimedia wing Joy News journalist Raymond Acquah was almost killed by the deadly Covid-19 pandemic but thankfully, he pulled through after extensive care from staff of Nyaho Clinic in Accra. While many Ghanaians appear to have let their guard down over the pandemic, Mr. Acquah’s story simply means the threat …
Read More »[VIDEO]: Reported fire outbreak on KNUST main campus in Kumasi
There has been a reported incident of fire outbreak on the Campus of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Sunday dawn. Though details of the fire outbreak are sketchy, initial reports on social media were that the fire outbreak happened at the Republic Hall, one of the halls …
Read More »EC files response, says Mahama’s election Petition is ‘untenable’
The Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) has filed its Response to the election petition filed by the Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress, former President John Dramani Mahama, challenging the declaration of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as the winner of the 2020 presidential election. Nana Akufo-Addo and the EC who are respondents to …
Read More »Northern Region Schools Safe To Welcome Students Back – Abdul Aziz Yelsuma
The Northern Regional Vector Control Director of Zoomlion, Mr Abdul Aziz Yelsuma has allayed the fears of parents, teachers, students and pupils that all schools in the region are safe for the scheduled January 15th 2021 reopening which was announced by the President H.E. NanaAddo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. According to the …
Read More »‘Okada man’ in court for raping hawker in bush
A 20-year-old ‘okada’ operator, William Cephas, who allegedly sped with a hawker on the back seat of his motorbike to a bush behind the Ho Airport, and raped her, is standing trial at the Ho District Magistrate Court ‘2’. The court, presided by Mr Akosah Agyare-Amoanpong Yaw, was told that prior …
Read More »GES to motivate teachers in remote schools
The Ghana Education Service (GES) says it is committed to motivating teachers who accept to be posted at remote schools in the country. The Director-General of GES, Professor Opoku –Amankwa in an interview with Accra-based television UTV, indicated that it was no mistake the service decided to post trained teachers …
Read More »Man kills himself after being denied alcohol
Residents of Gbane in the Talensi District in the Upper East Region were thrown into a state of shock when a young man shot himself in the head with a locally manufactured pistol because he was refused an alcoholic drink. The deceased, Jacob Gbamri, aka Lion, aged 29, had earlier …
Read More »UG freshers stranded after failing to secure accommodation ahead of reopening
After failing to find accommodation before reopening, hundreds of first-year students from the University of Ghana and their parents are stranded on the school’s campus. As the university student population outnumbers the available rooms and beds, the University of Ghana has been struggling for some time to accommodate its students …
Read More »Land guards shoot man at Amanfrom, two arrested
Angry Youth of Ngleshie Amanfrom near Kasoa in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region have besieged the Amanfrom District Police Command demanding the release of two Land guards from custody. This is believed to be linked to the shooting of a man by suspected land guards on …
Read More »Watchman jailed 8 years for ‘catapulting’ intruder caught shitting in uncompleted building
A Watchman Charles Ayisala according to a report sighted on Crime Watch TV was arrested and imprisoned for stoning a man in self-defence. Crime Check reports that Charles Ayisala who is a forty-six-years-old man found an intruder who sneaked into one of the rooms Ayisala was keeping watch over and …
Read More »Glam Style Awards: Nhyira Joan crowned Social Media Influencer of the year
Gospel musician Nhyira Joan has been crowned Social Media Influencer of the year at the 2021 edition of Glam Style Awards. Glam Style awards ceremony was established to celebrate true inspirational success and honor hardworking entertainment industry players. Nhyira Joan got nominated after so many years of hosting a live …
Read More »Ahead Of Reopening: Registrar Of Peki College Of Education Cautions Students
Registrar of Peki College of Education, Mrs Nancy Dogbe, has cautioned that students of the college who fail to comply with the covid protocols would not be allowed to enter any of the classrooms. According to her, these were not normal times, adding that students of the college must play …
Read More »Ahead of reopening; Schools Disinfection Underway In Bono East
To ensure the various universities across the country are safe for reopening on the 9th of January, 2021, waste management giant, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, in partnership with the Ministry of Education, has begun the fourth phase of disinfection and fumigation exercise for schools in the Bono East Region. The …
Read More »Man shoots 42-year-old wife to death at Nkronso Abesim
A man reportedly shot his 42-year-old wife to death at their family home on Monday, police said on Tuesday. The incident occurred at Nkronso Abesim, a community near Apedwa in the Eastern Region, local police confirmed to dailymailgh.com. The deceased named as Abena Owusua was found lying in a pool …
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