Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, Minister of Education, says no student in the public universities will pay utility bills from next academic year. This is intended to lessen the financial burden on students and increase access to tertiary education in the country. Dr Opoku Prempeh, who announced this at the third …

Ghanaian musician Isaac Ofori Sika known in music circles as Nana Sika has officially released his first single titled ‘Kwaadonto’. The talented highlife musician who has uncountable songs in his music box said though it has taken him too long to come out with a single he believes his first …

Police investigations have established that the alleged kidnapping of a 14-year old boy at Area 52 in Ho last Friday was a hoax. The boy, who was found blindfolded with his hand tied in a scar, claimed that his abductors abandoned him after the person they sent him to rejected …

A 17-year-old student at Bakaano, who was among a gang of four that defiled a 13-year old girl has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment with hard labour by a Cape Coast Circuit Court. The convict, (name withheld), pleaded guilty simplicita to the charge of defilement contrary to section 101(2) …

The Enchi District Magistrate’s Court has convicted an 18-year-old farmer, Francis Coffie, to a fine of GHC600 for stealing his neighbour’s sheep, valued at GHC800. In default he will spend six months in prison with hard labour. Coffie pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing before the Court, presided over …

A 6-year-old boy, Joshua Beckford from Tottenham, is the youngest to ever attend Oxford University. Joshua Beckford has been featured in a number of news reports and has confirmed in interviews, his admission into Oxford University to study Philosophy and History when he was six years old. A photo, which …

Management of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) has denied reports that two students have been killed by armed robbers. Twitter has been awash with rumours that armed robbers stormed a lecture hall on Monday night and attacked students who were learning and robbed them of their money, mobile phones, …

A fuel attendant known as Emmanuel Kwarteng has been shot dead by armed robbers at a Shell fuel station in Accra. The incident happened at 2am on Friday, October 9, 2020, after robbers led the victims to a cubicle where the stations’ safe was kept, took the keys to the …

This video showing the moment a Lady pickpocket stole from an unsuspecting woman has left tongues wagging. When the word pickpocket is mentioned, the next thing you expect is that people become alert and focused. The term pickpocket is a dreaded word that has instilled fear in the minds of …

Juornalist Kwaku Justice who participated in an online workshop organized by renowned Down To Earth  Magazine ( www.downtoearth.org) and Centre For Science and Environment ( CSE- www.cseindia.org) on the subject ” REPORTING ON CLIMATE CHANGE “, both in  New Delhi in India  via zoom with his colleagues  Ghanaian journalists  and that was his …

The Ashanti Regional Director of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mr Benjamin Bannor Bio, has been attacked by armed robbers. The incident happened on the Anwiankwanta-Obuasi highway about 10:30 pm on Saturday, 10 October 2020. The EC official was on his way from the Western Region to Kumasi. Mr Bannor Bio, …

The Ministry of Education through Ghana Education Service has collaborated with the University of Cape Coast to run a three-semester programme to upgrade all Diploma holding teachers to the Degree level. The move is to ensure that the minimum qualification required to teach in any school in Ghana is the …

A Sekondi District Magistrate Court “B” presided over by Her Worship Rosemary Edith Hayford has convicted two persons for faking their kidnapping at Sekondi. Even though the court convicted the two, Wilhelmina Aidoo aged 18 and Ransford Mensah alias Rapture aged 22 on their own plea, the magistrate deferred their …

The Marine Police Unit in Tema have picked up six people in connection with an alleged attempt to illegally import arms and ammunition into the country from Turkey. The 436 pistols and 26 packs of ammunition consisting of 50 pieces each in a pack were found to have been concealed …

The Yendi Divisional Command of the Ghana Police Service has launched a search for 13 suspects identified to have masterminded the killing of a 31-year-old staff of the National Identification Authority (NIA) at Sanguli in the Saboba District on Thursday, October 8. One Dana Nyogma, who allegedly shot and killed …

A crack team of operatives from the ITF Unit of National Security, has arrested a popular gold dealer and his accomplices, suspected to be part of gold smuggling syndicate trafficking Ghana’s precious mineral resource outside the country on the blind side of the state with the aim of evading tax. …

A man and woman who were picked up for allegedly robbing a forex bureau of $100,000 have appeared before an Accra Circuit court. Awal Bardari, aka Captain, a 25-year-old scrap dealer, and Fatima Mohammed, also 25 and a trader, who allegedly called the complainant for the said amount to be …

The Marine Police Unit in Tema have picked up six people in connection with an alleged attempt to illegally import arms and ammunition into the country from Turkey. The 436 pistols and 26 packs of ammunitions consisting of 50 pieces each in a pack were found to have been concealed …

The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authorityon Friday, October 9 impounded a consignment said to contain pistols illegally imported from Turkey. The ammunitions were concealed in the consignment of personal effects. They belong to one Felix Wallace, who has been arrested by the marine police. He had come to …

Police in Sakumono has arrested four persons for dismantling a taxi which was snatched at gunpoint on the main Sakumono beach road. The four, Yaw Badu, Musah Mohammed, Dermon Puplampu, and Ayuba Sagoe were arrested after a report of car-snatching was received by the police. According to the owner of …

A senior officer of the National Identification Authority has reportedly been killed after gunmen invaded a Peace Council meeting at Saboabi in the Northern region. Reports indicate the incident occurred on Thursday, October 8, 2020, when a quasi-peace committee, that works under the Peace Council met to resolve a chieftaincy dispute …

The body of a man has been found at Santase Apire in the Kwadaso Municipality of the Ashanti Region. The body, which is yet to be identified, was found on Thursday, 8 October 2020, behind the CIC church close to the bush. It had no wounds. The arms of the …

President Akufo-Addo has expressed shock over the killing of the Mfantseman Member of Parliament Ekow Hayfron by alleged robbers Friday dawn. In a Facebook post, the president said he expects the Police to expedite action in pursuing the suspects of the murder. “I am shocked and saddened by the news …

A National Democratic Congress(NDC) Campaign team has been attacked by armed robbers at Ejuratia in the Afigya Kwabre District of the Ashanti Region. The victims who are part of former GNPC Boss, Alex Mould’s campaign team touring the Ashanti Region were attacked by the gunmen on Wednesday. They were robbed …

Information reaching MyNewsGhana,net indicates that Ekow Quansah Hayford, the Member of Parliament for Mfantseman Constituency, in the Central Region has been shot dead by unknown assailants. Sources say the MP was shot on the Abeadze Dominase–Abeadze Duadzi–Mankessim Road when returning from a campaign trip. This portal is keenly following this story and …

The Paramount chief of Ahodwo Akuapeng Anorfo community in the Ashanti Region has accused the government of abandoning the Ahodwo Akuapeng Anorfo School Project. He said, the community has managed to raise funds for the construct Junior High School but due to financial constraints the project has been abandoned. A …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has congratulated the Presbyterian Boys Senior High School (PRESEC), Legon for emerging as winners of the 2020 edition of the much talked about competition. The President described the schools as the undisputed kings of the National Science and Maths Quiz after they clinched their sixth …

Presbyterian Boys’ Senior High School (PRESEC) have won the 2020 edition of the National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ). They beat off competition from Adisadel College and Opoku Ware School on Thursday, October 8 to win their sixth title. PRESEC won by 36 points, Adisadel College amassed 31 whereas Opolu …

An unemployed woman, who bolted with a vehicle whiles conducting a test drive has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court charged with forgery of document and stealing. Eunice Nyarkoa, before absconding with the vehicle valued at GHS45,000, was said to have forged the signature of the owner of the vehicle …

Five members of the Western Togoland separatist group which stormed two police stations in the Volta Region have been remanded by the Accra Circuit court. The five are were among the separatists who vandalized and stole 10 AK47 assault rifles, computers, court documents, a patrol vehicle and other items at …