Four persons believed to be behind an attack on the residence of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary Candidate for the Yagaba-Kubori Constituency in the North-East Region have been picked up by the military deployed to the area. Though police are tight-lipped on providing information, sources say the military deployed to the …

The Tema Police Regional CID on Saturday, 28th November 2020, arrested three persons at the Monte Carlo Pub for lacing alcoholic drinks with cannabis. Jessica Mensah, 30, bar operator, Joe Osei Evan’s, 14, errand boy, and Charity Yeboah, 30, were busted for selling bottles of drinks suspected to be laced …

The College of Technology Education in Kumasi (COLTEK) and the College of Agriculture in Mampong – Ashanti (CAGRIC) which have been carved from the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) to form a new university has its own Governing Council now. The University is now known as the Akenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training …

A Free SHS Graduate who scored 8As in this year’s West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination, Thomas Amoaning has been given a scholarship by the Government of Ghana to study in a university in the United Kingdom. A statement from the Scholarship Secretariat said based on recommendations from the …

Renowned Educationist and Counsellor Daniel Fenyi wants to know who the beneficiaries of former President John Mahama Free Senior High (SHS) are if indeed he started the policy. He disclosed that it is needless debating over the matter because it is an open secret President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo started …

Bukari Issah; a middle-aged Fulani man was on Wednesday, November 25, 2020 convicted and sentenced to serve a 20-month prison jail term for stealing a cow. Presenting the facts of the case before the Kintampo District court, prosecution, John Mensah stated that at about 7pm, on the evening of September …

A driver’s mate, who allegedly had sexual intercourse with a girl under age 16 in her father’s room, has appeared before the Accra circuit court, on Wednesday charged with defilement. Patrick Narhgwah Narh, 20, the accused, pleaded not guilty, and the court presided by Mrs Christiana Cann granted him GH¢60,000 …

Two persons who, allegedly attempted to rob a commercial motor rider “okada” of his motorcycle has been arrested by the police at Ashalaja, in Accra. The suspects, William Armah,30, and Kofi Domado are in the custody of the police assisting in investigations, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Accra …

MyNewsGhana.net has intercepted a video implying the printing of over one million excess ballot papers. In the video, you can hear the narrator saying the ballot papers are now being shredded and will be burnt later. What could possibly have caused this overprinting? Watch the video below:  

Godwin Kotey, unemployed who had series of confrontations with his cousin over a woman ended up stabbing him to death with a screw driver has appeared before the Kaneshie District Court. Kotey, a married man, is said to have stabbed the cousin, Frederick Nii Okaijah Oko Sackey, now deceased in …

A Policeman Sergeant George Amankwa at Ajumako Enyan in the Central Region has been detained for stealing GHC690 coins from a Bank he has been stationed at to provide guard duties. According to police investigators, the supervising manager of Enyan Denkyira Rural Bank, Ajumako Agency reported of some missing coins …

The Odorkor Police are investigating circumstances that led to the death of a 55-year-old woman in a hotel room at Odumasi along the Ablekuma-Pokuasi Road in Accra. The deceased, whose name has been withheld by the police, was in the hotel room with her boyfriend when she suddenly fell sick …

The current residents and former residents of Unity Hall (Continental Hall) at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) are mourning the passing of one of their very own, Doe Selasie.   The hall’s Twitter handle announced that their immediate past Hall President, Doe Selasie, has passed away. …

The Court of Appeal in Cape Coast has quashed the decision by the University of Education, Winneba that led to the dismissal of Dr Samuel Ofori Bekoe, a former lecturer of the University. The court avers that the University erred when it “hastily” dismissed Dr Bekoe who was at the …

Two young men yet to be identified have been shot dead by armed robbers on the Songo-Kugri road in the Garu Constituency of the Upper East Region. The incident happened on Songo Market day Tuesday November 24 at about 8pm. The Garu District Police Commander, DSP Daniel B. Yaro, in …

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 …