Police on Thursday gunned-down two persons suspected to be carjackers at Asamankese in the Eastern Region during a gun battle. The deceased, who had not been identified, were said to have snatched a Nissan Murano vehicle at gun point in Accra in the early hours of Thursday and travelled to …

Stakeholders in the education sector are considering reviewing the ban on mobile phone usage in schools. Mrs Esther Jones Safo, Ga North Municipal Director of Education, who disclosed this in Accra on Thursday, said the review would be done so that mobile phones could be used strictly for academic purposes. …

Unconfirmed rumours gathered by Celebrities Buzz is indicating that about 16 final year JHS students in the Volta Regional capital, Ho has been hit by a suspected food poisoning   This came about after the said students consumed food cooked under the 1 Hot meal per student agenda implemented by the …

National Teaching Council (NTC) has fixed September 24 and 25 for this year’s Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination. A statement signed by Mr Dennis Osei-Owusu, the Public Relations Officer, NTC, and copied to the Ghana News Agency on Thursday, said registration for the examination was open from August 27 to September …

Yep, if your period often ranks as one of your best sex weeks of the month, you are in fine company. Aunt Flo is in the house, and while she brought along PMS and cramping (major buzzkills), she also brought another (much, much more fun) guest to the party: But …

A 28-year-old mobile money vendor, Owusu Adjei, has been shot dead at Onwi in the Ejisu Municipality of the Ashanti region. The incident occurred on Wednesday, 26 August 2020 around 7:30 pm. Narrating the incident, the Assemblymember for the area, Isaac Aboagye Antwi, explained that the armed robbers who wore …

A thirty-year-old man identified as Lucky Mensah has been served a 6-month jail term for breaking into a shop and stealing groceries at Oyarifa near Adenta. The Adenta District Magistrate Court served him the jail term after he pleaded guilty to all charges leveled against him. Speaking to the media …

Some 22kg of the drug, estimated to be worth £1.8m, was seized on 11 August. A further 30kg, with an estimated value of £2.4m, was confiscated on 18 August. Both hauls were concealed within vegetables such as sweet potatoes. Another 3kg of cocaine with an estimated street value of £250,000 …

Final years students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) will be expected to pay GH¢250 for the school’s first-ever virtual graduation. According to the school, the fee is meant to cater for Congregation Publication, Graduation Medals, Certificate Holders, University Souvenirs and Administrative costs. The Graduation Ceremony …

In his most recent address on the coronavirus pandemic, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo instructed the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection to provide one hot meal for final year Junior High School students. The president in his speech did not in any way ascribe a political condition to the gesture. …

A chainsaw operator, Akwasi Yeboah popularly known as “Osebor” has been arrested by Nyankomase Ahenkro Police Command for repeatedly raping his niece who is a 16-year-old JHS 3 Pupil in the Assin South District of the central region. The victim was staying with the suspect after she claimed her parents …

More than 50 persons have been arrested after two military officers were attacked at Dome Faase near Accra. A military contingent was deployed to the town to restore calm forcing residents to flee to avoid arrest. The uniformed men reportedly clashed with rampaging residents on Tuesday, while protecting a parcel …

No headteacher in any of the schools in which pupils are sitting for their Basic Education Examination Certificate (BECE) has complained about the quality of food being served their pupils, the Minister of Gender, Child and Social Protection, Mrs Cynthia Mamle Morrison has said. “So far, no headmaster has called me to …

Persons advocating for the legalisation of phones in secondary schools, among other gadgets, may have gotten a boost from Deputy Minister of Education in-charge of Basic and Secondary Education, Dr. Yaw Adutwum. Following the Akufo-Addo administration’s assurance that it will provide Senior High Schools with free Wi-Fi, Dr. Adutwum says a …

Police at Asokore Mampong in the Ashanti Region have arrested a 36-year old man who had in his possession 355 duplicates of the new Voters’ ID Cards and 17 National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Cards. The suspect, John Amoah, told police that he was taking contact details of residents at …

A suspected highway robber was killed during an attack on some passengers at Pisii, a community near the SD Dombo University in the Upper West regional capital, Wa. The incident which occurred at about 2:30 am on Monday, August 24, comes days after two armed men were gunned down by …

A 38-year-old woman has been arrested by police in Drobo for allegedly dumping her day-old baby boy in a public toilet at Baateakwa in the Jaman South Municipality of the Bono Region. The woman, Akua Serwaa, who has since been transferred to the Berekum Police Command was arraigned, and is …

A security man was allegedly caught red handed by residents, defiling an 8-year-old girl in Ibusa, Asaba, Delta State. He was reportedly caught in the act on Saturday, August 22nd,2020, in a building under construction. The suspect was stripped, tied up and handed over to the police for further investigation.   According …

My News Ghana has sighted a screenshot of a conversation between a female student and her teacher where the student was proposing to her teacher. In the conversation, the student identified as Jessica told her teacher that she had something to tell him, he asked her to go ahead then she …

The police have arrested 30 suspected criminals in a swoop at Cambodia, near Baastona, in Accra, at weekend. The suspects, between the ages of 18 and 23, including the kingpin, Isaac Nkrumah, also known as ‘Thunder’, are in the custody of the police, assisting in investigations. Items retrieved from the …

A middle-aged man whose name has been given as Sumaila is reported to have invoked curses on a judge for sentencing him to five years imprisonment with hard labour to a crime he claimed he was innocent of and was slapped with two more years. Initially, Sumaila was sentenced to …

The University of Cape Coast (UCC), University of Health and Allied Sciences(UHAS), technical universities and other colleges are expected to reopen today, August 24, 2020. This is to ensure their completion of the year’s academic work following the government’s gradual easing of restrictive protocols in the fight against the novel …

Two mobile money vendors were attacked and robbed of their possessions by five suspected armed robbers at Hamile, in the Upper West Region on Saturday about 10:30 pm.   The suspected armed robbers attacked and robbed their victims of GH¢90,000 and GH¢60,000 respectively and made away with a number of …

Waste management expert, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, has begun the phase two of disinfecting tertiary institutions in the Central Region.   The exercise in the Central Region, which started on Friday, is collaboration between the Ministry of Education (MoE), Ghana Education Service (GES) and Zoomlion.   It followed the President Akufo-Addo’s …

As part of measures to reduce the risk of students exposure to COVID-19 when schools are reopened, government in collaboration with the number one Waste Management in Ghana and Africa, Zoomlion Ghana Limited has embarked on a 2nd phase disinfestation exercise in Tertiary institutions across the country.   It would …

Waste Management Experts Zoomlion Ghana Limited in collaboration with the Government under the supervision of the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service on Saturday 22nd August, 2020 began the second phase of the disinfection of tertiary institutions as directed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo ahead of Schools …

In line with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s directive for tertiary institutions to be disinfected before re-opening next week for continuing students, the Ministry of Education (MoE) and Ghana Education in collaboration with Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL) has begun the second phase of disinfection in tertiary institutions in the Volta …

Two Green Track students of Oyoko Methodist Senior High School (OMESS) and an accomplice have been convicted to a fine of GH¢1000 each or in default serve 6 months in prison. The convicts are 18-year-old Caleb Addo Amponsah alias Sweetie Pie, Festus Boateng alias Filla, 17, both second-year Green Track …

A resident at Abebuom a village in the Assin South District of the Central Region, Baba Abubakar has inflicted knife wounds on his wife and two and a half year-old son. The suspect who is currently on the run is said to have done this because the wife had separated …

The Wiawso District Court has remanded two illegal miners, Abunbunlar Ebenezer, 31, and Bashiru Adaza, 20, as well as a motor rider, Kwasi Isaac and Immigration officer, Samuel Akuley. During proceedings, Prosecutor, Corporal Vincent told the court that police at Sefwi Asempaneye station in the Juaboso District had a tip-off …