A Circuit Court in Accra has remanded into Police custody a 20-year-old security man for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old girl in a wooden structure at East Legon, Accra. Ebenezer Asare, charged with defilement, pleaded not guilty. Prosecution led by Chief Inspector Kofi Atimbire objected to the grant of bail because …

Dining time at the Bole Senior High School (SHS) in the Savannah region turned chaotic on Wednesday evening. The students went on rampage against their school authorities over what they described as bad meals being served. The students ransacked their dining hall and threw away banku and groundnut soup served …

The article was originally published by the Ghana News Agency on Friday, 16 March, 2007 The Tema Regional Police Command has arrested eight Nigerians including two ladies for internet fraud. Five computers and accessories were found in their rooms. The suspects with ages between 18 and 26 made of five …

The importance of walking barefoot, sometimes, cannot be overemphasized, because making an effort to spend more time barefoot in nature can provide the human body with some amazing benefit. As a matter of fact, studies have shown that walking with your feet, directly touching the soil, allows your body to …

Deputy Minister for Education in charge of Pre-Tertiary Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum says the efforts of President Akufo-Addo and beneficiaries of the free Senior High School policy must not be downplayed because of WAEC’s mistake. His comment follows the West African Examinations Council’s (WAEC) publication of a list of …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has directed the Ghana Scholarship Secretariat to grant full scholarship to one Thomas Amoaning of Adeiso Senior High School. Master Amoaning is reported to have scored 8As in the 2020 West Africa Senior Schools Certificate Examinations (WASSCE). His plight made rounds on social media given …

Five of the victims of Saturday’s road accident involving National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) supporters at Ejura in the Ashanti region have been transferred to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital. Authorities at the Ejura Government Hospital say the five, with head injuries, were part of 54 people who sustained various degrees …

Ghana’s active Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases have seen a slight decline in the last week. As of Friday, November 13, the number of active cases stood at 1,541, and 1,146 on Tuesday, November 18. Recent figures from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) indicate that as of November 19, the number of …

An Accra Circuit Court has jailed two persons a total of 36years and four months for robbery. Raymond Duodu, 19, unemployed and Williams Henkel, 22, a TV game operator, denied conspiring to rob Madam Joyce Ofori-Amanfo and Nana Yaa Nartey but were found culpable after trial. Each of them was …

Defence lawyers in the ongoing Volta Secessionists case have clashed with prosecution over the jurisdiction of the court where the accused persons were arraigned. The Prosecution led by ASP Sylvester Asare today amended the charge sheet earlier filed on November 9 which had some 24 accused persons standing trial to …

63-year-old lady, her two daughters and her grandchild of about 6 months have been jailed 3 months each for stealing maize. Narrating their sordid experience, the woman said they did not have money to feed on the said day and that pushed them to move to the farm to take …

A Jilted husband has shot his 40-year-old rival, a year old child, and an eyewitness over a woman. The incident happened Sunday morning at Gomoa Akotsi in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region, according to Bright FM Central Regional Correspondent Eric Amponsah. The injured rival was reportedly dating …

Professor Marian Asantewah Nkansah of the Department of Chemistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology has been named among the top 10 scientists in Africa. She was also named among the top 60 scientists around the world in the 2020 Analytical Scientists Power List. The Analytical Scientists Power List …

Former Minister of Information and National Orientation, Stephen Asamoah Boateng has said that the free SHS policy implemented by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has made him the greatest leader in the history of Ghana. He said “What Nana Addo is doing in the education sector is unprecedented in the …

An armed robber who convicted to fifteen years imprisonment in hard labor and kept in police custody while awaiting to be transferred to begin his term has escaped in Wulensi in the Northern Region. The criminal, Mohammed Ibrahim who is 36 years old is said to have escaped by forcing …

Vice President Dr Bawumia commissioned Government’s flagship Free Wi-fi Project to tertiary institutions in Accra on Friday, November 20, 2020. The project, which was executed by ECG, leverages ECG’s fibre-optic network to provide free internet connectivity to tertiary institutions. The pilot covered 13 tertiary institutions within the ECG coverage area. …

The sixth prosecution witness, in the ongoing trial of former COCOBOD boss and two others, was forced to recoil as he finally admitted that a signature on a questionable contract, he initially denied being his, at least on three occasions, is actually his own signature. This was after lawyers for …

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in a joint operation with the Ghana Police Service has apprehended  Mohammed Yousif, acting Managing Director of D&Y Industries Limited, for allegedly using a forged EPA certificate. D&Y Industries Limited, located in Accra, is a dealer in Aluminium Glass Doors and Accessories. The Executive Director …

Management of the University of Ghana (UG) has reversed its decision to increase the facility user fees for students for the 2020/2021 academic year. The students by this release, are directed to pay the exact amount they paid for the previous academic year for the 2020/2021 academic year. “After due …

Three Policemen and another have been arrested for stealing 20 mobile phones and an HP laptop valued at GHS60,000.00 and cash of GHS 8000.00 respectively. According to police investigators who confirmed the incident to MyNewsGh.com, a complainant had reported that his shop in Ahinsan a suburb of Kumasi was broken …

Fire has gutted the Sakumono School complex near Tema in the Greater Accra region. The incident, according to eyewitnesses began around 5 am Thursday morning. The cause of the fire is not immediately known. Personnel from the fire service have been able to bring the fire under control. More to …

Opambour Agya Badu Nkansah, the second accused person in connection with the murder of Professor Yaw Benneh, is scheduled to receive a “particular treatment at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital on November 25, 2020”, the prosecution has told the court. At the last court date, lawyer for the accused persons, Emmanuel Larbi …

Prosecutors on Monday at the Sekondi High Court One, showed a video of two Nigerians, Samuel Udoetuk Wills, and John Oji, engaging in a blame game on their roles in the kidnapping and death of four Takoradi girls, two years ago. This ensued when Detective Chief Inspector Dorcas Asare, led …

A 25-year-old Owusu Bempah, also known as Agbey, is met with the wrath of the Apatim Traditional Bestiality Council. After claims were made by a local, Kwaku Charles, Mr. Bempah was embarrassed in the Wassa East District that he had been involved in a sexual ‘congress’ with a pregnant puppy. …

A taxi driver whose name was given as Kobby has been found dead at a dumpsite at Weija-Gbawe in the Greater Accra Region. Rainbow Radio’s Fiifi Ankomah reported that the taxi driver was declared missing for several days until his body, was discovered at the dumpsite with his taxi not …

A young man whose name was identified as  Richard Arku, alias ‘Dadabi has been sentenced to five years imprisonment by a court in the Nkurakan in the Yilo Krobo municipality which was presided by Her Honour Mrs Mariam Affoh. According to reports, a young man who was butchered and goes by the …

A 31-year-old man, Samson Zabanga who shot another man, Kwame Amoah, has shot himself at Ayeduase near the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) at Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. The suspect is alleged to have shot the victim in road rage. He, however, attempted suicide by shooting …

The driver of trotro car has been shot dead in the early hours of today. The incident occurred at Ayeduase, Kumasi, at around 8:30 AM Today, November 17, 2020. According to an eyewitness, the incident emerged through an argument between the driver and a lady even before they got to …

A 28-year-old man, George Adu-Gyamfi, has been stabbed to death allegedly by a friend over pork. An eye witness, Sammy Asare, told Journalists that the incident occurred at Kwadaso, a suburb of Kenyase No. 2 in Asutifi South District of the Ahafo Region on Sunday, November 15, 2020. According to …

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has revealed why it cancelled the results of some 2,283 candidates who sat for this year’s WASSCE exams. According to the Council, students whose results were cancelled went against regulations and brought foreign materials to the examination hall. The head of Public Affairs for …