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 …

Two mobile phone thieves have been arrested by the Police in Accra. According to the Police, the two, Charles Kofi Ntiyw 36, and Richard Ofori Amoako 31 picked up a lady in a taxi cab they were using for commercial purposes at Community 20 to Accra. The lady according to the …

One more person has been arrested in connection with the murder of a mobile money vendor at Ejisu/Onwe in the Ashanti Region. The suspect was arrested at his hideout in Kumasi following police intelligence on September 2, 2020. He has been named as Umaru Sanda, a 22-year-old nomadic herdsman of …

The Ashanti Regional Police Command on Thursday September 24, 20 announced the arrest of three “deadly” armed robbers in the Kumasi Metropolis  in connection with some  robbery cases. The three Jamal Mohamed, Dignanti alias Kobolo and Kofi Ketewa were arrested in connection series of robberies that took place in some …

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) is advocating for a “one laptop and one modem per teacher” policy to support teachers in enhancing the learning experience of students within the COVID-19 period. Interacting with teachers at it 2020 stakeholders forum, President of GNAT, Mrs Philippa Larson noted that teachers …

General Lance Corporal Bright Akosah, who allegedly shot and killed a taxi driver at Adjin Kotoku after robbing him of his vehicle, has been arraigned before an Accra Circuit Court. Akosah, who was in dock with Ebenezer Tetteh, a trader, are facing a charge of conspiracy to commit crime, to …

Seven persons who robbed a Supreme Court Judge and a banker of their vehicles, a laptop and other personal effects at gun point, have been sentenced to a total jail term of 175 years by an Accra Circuit Court. Nene Kwadwo Tetteh, aka Chairman Obed, who was not present while …

A 45-year-old man, Emmanuel Kwakye has hanged himself at the Elimina M.A Basic School in the Komenda Edina Eguafo Abrem District after stabbing his girlfriend to death. Information gathered by Kasapa News Yaw Boagyan revealed that the suspect, Emmanuel Kwakye knifed Georgina Sayel to death in his unlocked room at …

Nigeria’s Lagos State Police Command has arrested two suspected armed robbers after they attacked and snatched a car from an uber driver in  Ibeju Lekki, Lagos. According to reports after robbing the car, the armed robbers drove to an area far from the operation spot and thought they could sleep …

Striking nurses and midwives are to resume work tomorrow Thursday, September 24 after their leadership was served with a court injunction against their industrial action. This was announced by the National President of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association Perpetual Ofori-Ampofo at a press briefing Wednesday. The injunction was …

The Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana, TUTAG, has warned that, government would face their wrath in the coming days if it refuses to address their concern on the subject of conditions of service. The last time TUTAG’s conditions of service was reviewed was in 2006, according to the union. …

A Taxi Driver in the Central Regional Capital, Cape Coast, Emmanuel Kwakye has killed his girlfriend and committed suicide after the lady called for a breakup to their over three years of relationship According to reports, Kwakye who was married with two kids left his wife so that he could be …

A total of 10,000 hospital beds are to be distributed to all public health facilities across the country beginning this week under the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP). This according to President Akufo-Addo is aimed at reducing the “no bed syndrome” in the country’s public health space. Speaking at …

An Accra High Court has for the second time in four days, ordered the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives’ Association (GRNMA) through a substituted service to halt its ongoing strike action. This comes on the back of an initial interlocutory injunction secured by the National Labour Commission on Friday to …

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested one Pelumi Oloyede-Bello, 17, for allegedly drugging and defiling a 14-year-old girl in Ejigbo area of the state. According to reports, the suspect, who works for an electricity distribution company, had gone to install prepaid meters for some residents when he met the …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has begun the process to recruit 16,500 trained teachers who completed the colleges of education last year. Earlier this year, the GES recruited 1,500 teachers in a special mop-up exercise for trained teachers who completed their studies in the 2017/2018 academic year but could not …

The Executive Secretary of the National Labour Commission, Mr Ofosu Asamoah, has warned that striking members of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) stand losing their salaries for the month of September as their strike is illegal. Mr Asamoah told Citi News that the GRNMA would be breaking …

A suspected robber has been killed following a firece shootout with police officers on the Yeji-Prang highway in the Bono East Region. According to the Yeji Divisional Police Command, the suspect was part of a group of four armed persons who emerged from the bush around the Kofi Baasare bridge …

There are no Nurses at major hospitals in the Greater Accra Metropolis, the Ghana News Agency’s (GNA) investigation at the facilities on Monday has revealed. At the time of the visit, the GNA observed that only doctors were attending to patients, at facilities including; Accra Ridge hospital, Korle-Bu Teaching hospital …

A 42-year-old Catechist who defrauded a queen under the pretext of finding a Mallam to dig some gold deposits for her, has been remanded into police custody by the Nkawie circuit court. Samuel Marfo was said to have told the complainant, who is the queen of Amakye-Bare in the Atwima-Nwabiagya …

Executive Director of Sexual Health Foundation, Dr. Samuel Amanamah, has revealed that about 50 per cent of men between the ages of 40 and 70 in Ghana are suffering from erectile dysfunction (ED). The causes, according to the consultant Urologist, attributed to people having diseases like diabetes and hypertension unknowingly. …

Striking members of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives association may face salary deductions for the month of September, the National Labour Commission (NLC) has warned. The Commission says this may become necessary because the group has defied a court injunction against the ongoing industrial action. Patients and relatives who …

Africa’s dancehall artiste Shatta Wale appears in Ghana Education Service creative art test book The book published by Alpha and Omega series for Primary 4 pupils features the “Melissa” hitmaker in it. Shatta Wale’s works which were captured under Lesson 4 of the book talk about a brief biography of …

There is a mounting insecurity at Kpodoi-Dorfor in the North Tongu District of the Volta Region as father of a six-month-old twins has been shot to death by assailants over chieftaincy dispute. The 34-year-old deceased farmer, Azievu Obeneh, who was shot dead at the premises of the Ananzie Chief’s palace …

The sexual assault case against the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) Manager has taken a new twist. According to Doreen Smith, the nurse in the Savannah region who alleged that Mr Sakara visited her duty post on July 8, at about 9:00 am under the guise of ‘Monitoring’ …

The World Health Organization (WHO) has agreed rules for the testing of African herbal remedies to fight Covid-19. Sound science would be the sole basis for safe and effective traditional therapies to be adopted, it said. Any traditional remedies that are judged effective could be fast-tracked for large-scale manufacturing. Madagascar’s …

The Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region has recorded 43 pregnancies in the just ended West Africa Senior Schools Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). Also, while 15 student nursing mothers took part in the examination, out of the total of 1838 girls registered, …