Over 300 people have died from COVID-19 in Ghana. Two more patients recently succumbed, bringing Ghana’s death toll to 301, according to the latest figures from the Ghana Health Service (GHS). The number of active COVID-19 cases in Ghana has also risen from 477 to 530, as of Wednesday, 30 …

Vice President, Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia says the Finance Minister has been tasked to draw up a programme aimed at mitigating the plight of private schools who have been hit the most following the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. According to Dr. Bawumia, the government will soon engage the school owners …

Some three new universities in Ghana have received four vehicles each from the government to assist in their operational effectiveness. They are the SD Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies, CK Tedam University of Technology and Applied Sciences and University of Environment and Sustainable Development. The four vehicles …

The Africa Education Watch has sued the West African Examination Council (WAEC) over the use of examiners whose contact details were leaked on social media some months ago to mark examination papers. The has also filed an injunction at the High Court praying the court to compel WAEC not to …

Several bereaved families preserving their dead at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) on Monday thronged the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital to withdraw their corpses. They feared the pending strike of mortuary workers will deal a devastating blow to their funeral plans and in the worse case, the shape of …

Seven young men, who were among 31 alleged secessionists picked up by the police in the Volta Region, broke down in tears after an Accra Circuit Court remanded them into custody at the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI). The accused persons have been jointly charged with conspiracy to commit crime, …

A Chinese court has sentenced a nursery teacher to death for poisoning 25 children, one of whom died. Wang Yun was arrested last year after children at a kindergarten in Jiaozuo city were rushed to hospital after eating their morning porridge. The court said she put sodium nitrite in the …

The handwriting of this Junior High School student has caused a lot of reactions on social media. In a post sighted by GhanaTrending on ‘Tell it all’ a popular Ghanaian group, the Junior high school student is said to be 15 years of Age and his handwriting is like that …

A couple is facing charges after the woman allegedly dipped the hands of an 11-year-old girl in hot water months ago and failed to seek medical help for her. The victim is receiving treatment at the Ho government hospital with severe burns to both hands following the dastardly act by …

A husband has hit a man dead with a stick after he caught him having sex with his wife inside their marital home on Sunday night. A man believed to be in his late 20s, was having sex with Nowerina Nassozi, 32, when the woman’s husband, Charles Nkubi, 50, sneaked …

Unidentified armed men have killed 20 – year – old Illiasu Adama from Wenchi in the Bono Region. The Wenchi Divisional Police Crime Officer, Superintendent, Mr. Thomas Edzorhoho confirmed the incident to Radio West Africa Nana Anfreh Damanta. He explained that the incident happened in the night of 22nd September, …

Shocking photos going viral online has captured the callous act of a mother, who was arrested after she was caught killing her children. The unidentified woman who looked to be in her mid-20s was nabbed after she killed her 6-month-old child, diced the baby into tiny chunks, and poured the …

The Kasoa Divisional Police Command has arrested two persons believed to be involved in a clash last week that resulted in the death of a chief at Awutu Kwao Bondze near Kasoa in the Central region. The Asafohene for the Mponuahene of the Awutu Traditional Council was reportedly shot by …

“It is terrible and horrible,” was the description given by shocked Akuse District Police Commander Superintendent Winfred Asare Nyarko to a 10-year-old girl with both hands scald by her Auntie. Both hands of the victim were burnt with hot water by his Auntie, Vera Koranteng, 32, for not performing house …

The Denu District Police Command has arrested a 28-year old Korshie Atitso and on a lookout for three other accomplices for robbery and causing harm at a house located in Kpogedi, in the Ketu South Municipality. The arrest followed calls from the community that the suspect and his gang attacked …

The Minister for Education,  Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has assured President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo that the nine model schools being constructed by government will be completed by the end of the year. According to Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the establishment of these new senior high schools comprises the construction of …

Two motorbike thieves have been sentenced to a total of fifteen years in prison in hard labour According to the Police, on September 10, 2020, at about 11:30pm Issifu Shiabu hired the services of a motor rider from Manhean to Ablekuma for a fare of GH¢15.00. Upon arriving at Issifu’s …

Weeds and domestic animals have taken over a number of basic and second cycle institutions in the Northern and North East regions where Zoomlion Ghana Limited is currently disinfecting against the deadly Coronavirus. The compound of the schools that have since March this year been closed due to the outbreak of …

Reuben Abusah alias Last Burial, a 20-year-old musician and a resident of Akatsi in the Volta Region, has been sentenced by the Ho Circuit Court to two years imprisonment in hard labour for lottery fraud. He pleaded guilty to a charge of defrauding by false pretense and was convicted on …

Chief Superintendent, Dennis Fiakpui, the Sogakope Divisional Commander MyNewsGh.com has confirmed suffered multiple cutlass and a gunshot wound in the hands of rebels of the separatists, Homeland Study Group of Western Togoland. The police chief who had gone to find out what was happening after one of the stations was attacked by …

A notorious highway robbery gang terrorising commuters in Kwahu South, Kwahu Afram Plains North and south and its environs in the Eastern Region struck again Saturday morning. The robbers numbering four attacked four vehicles transporting traders at gunpoint at Kweklu community along the Nketepa road at about 7:00am. The Assembly …

The Ejisu police have mounted a manhunt to arrest an armed gang that attacked and robbed a taxi driver of his vehicle at Baworo in the Ejisu Municipality. The gang, made up of two, succeeded in snatching the Toyota Matrix taxi cab with registration Number AW 1403-20 belonging to one …

Notorious highway robbery gang terrorizing commuters in Kwahu South, Kwahu Afram Plains North and South and environs in the Eastern Region struck again Saturday morning. The robbers numbering four(4) in number attacked four vehicles transporting traders at gunpoint at Kweklu community along the Nketepa road at about 7:00am. The Assembly …

Thirty-one members of the Western Togoland group that blocked some entries to the Volta region Friday morning have been arrested. They were arrested in a joint police and military operation after they exchanged gunfire with the officers. The suspects have been handed over to the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) …

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has intercepted 152kg of cocaine concealed in a shipment of sugar from Brazil at the Tema Harbour. A statement from NACOC on Saturday, September 26, 2020 said the interception was successfully carried out based on intelligence gathered in conjunction with other security outfits such as the Bureau …

The People’s Liberation Council of Western Togoland has stated explicitly that members of the supposed Western Togoland who went on a rampage attacking security installations and blocking roads are imposters. According to Public Relations Officer (PRO) of this group Seth Mifetu, the violent  activities of the group is meant to …

Officials of the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) have advised parents not to leave their wards’ school placements in the hands of teachers. Rodney Nkrumah Boateng, an official of CSSPS from the Education Ministry, speaking in an interview on Adom FM’s morning show Dwaso Nsem on Thursday, revealed …

Secondary schools in the Volta region totaling 129 are currently undergoing the third phase of disinfection.   Some of the schools disinfected on the first day in the Volta Region were Ola Girls SHS, Wallahs Academy SHS, Prosper College, Mawuko Girls’ High school, Mawuli SHS, Adaklu SHS among others.   …

A man believed to be in his 40’s has been murdered and dumped at a refuse site at Ajumako Techiman in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District of the Central Region. The deceased had cutlass wounds on his body and face and covered with a jute sack. He was found by …

A police officer at Bassa in the Bono East Region, believed to be in his early 40s, has allegedly stabbed to death his co-tenant, one Maa Mary and his landlord, the Gyasehene of Bassa Traditional Area, Nana Osei without any provocation. The police officer who is yet to be identified …