Luckman Alabi and his wife, Anastasia Kobiaba Wricketts are in the grips of the Central Regional Police for allegedly molesting their 12-year-old son leading to his untimely death. Alabi and his wife, residents of Ayikoayikoo in Cape Coast are respectively, the father and stepmother of the deceased. Deputy Superintendent of …

Students of the School of Hygiene have expressed their discontentment with the decision of the Ministry of Finance (MoF) to pay 10 months allowance of financial clearance out their three-year backlog of allowances. In an exclusive interview with Univers News, President of the Students Representative Council (SRC) of the Ghana …

A lady has bitten off the ears of his former lover at Akyem Osorase in the Eastern Region. Reports say that the woman, Afia Mansah attacked the man on his farm at Aprekye, in Akyem Osorase. The 49-year-old man farmer, Emmanuel Arthur in an attempt to free himself and escape …

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has paid GH¢915 million claims from January to August 2020 to service providers. In the order of payments, a total of 4,292 service providers comprising 2,993 public health facilities, 1,038 private health facilities, 228 mission health facilities and 33 quasi-government health facilities have been …

The Circuit Court in Accra presided over by Her Honour Ellen Asamoah has adjourned the case in which Chief Executive officer (CEO) of Menzgold Nana Appiah Mensah (NAM1) has been adjourned to October 1, 2020. The State had previously on June 24, 2020, filed new charges against NAM 1 at …

Deputy Minister of Health, Dr Bernard Okoe Boy, has revealed that six new coronavirus cases have been recorded at the Kotoka International Airport since its reopening. Speaking on JoyNews’ The Lockdown, he said that the first case was recorded on Friday, with two others on Saturday and the other three …

The assumption by many Ghanaians that there are no more or very few new HIV/AIDS infections in the country is far from the truth. This is because information from the Ghana Aids Commission (GAC) has indicated that, 20,068 new infections were recorded across the country, with 13,616 HIV/AIDS related deaths …

An 18-year-old young man known as Okai has allegedly defiled and impregnated a 12-year-old girl in Assin Homaho-Domeabra in the Assin South District of the Central region. According to the girl, the suspect slept with her for about five consecutive times in a classroom. Okai, has since gone into hiding …

Police in the Upper West Region have gunned down a suspected armed robber after exchanging gunshots with unidentified men terrorizing road users in Wa, the regional capital. The Police had received information around 2:30am Saturday that a group of young armed men had mounted a roadblock and were robbing passengers. …

A 38-year-old Tema-based suspected car snatcher, Alhassan Imrani, has been arrested by the Tamale Divisional Police Command at Banvim in the Tamale Metropolis. The arrest, which took place on Saturday, September 5 at 1100 GMT, was upon a tip-off, according to police. The suspect is said to have been involved …

NPP Youth Organizer at Agosa Electoral Area in Techiman, Stephen Oduro, has been arrested by the Techiman District Police Patrol team for pulling down billboards belonging to the National Democratic Congress (NDC). The 35-year-old suspect was spotted taking down signposts numbering about five, which had the images of the NDC …

Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of the Kwara State High Court, sitting in Ilorin, has sentenced 24-year old undergraduate of the University of Ilorin, Salau Olumide, pictured above, to three months of sweeping road and clearing of gutters for internet fraud.   A statement released by the antigraft agency says Olumide was prosecuted …

A yet-to-be identified boy in his late teens has reportedly been shot dead in Aba, the commercial nerve of Abia State by unknown gunmen. The incident our reporter gathered happened at Adindu street off Omuma road in Aba North Local Government Area of the state. According to reports, the incident …

A family at Adjei Kojo Suncity in the Tema West Municipality is in shock after finding their daughter in a pool of blood in their home on September 4. According to the mother of the deceased, Salomey Terkpertey, she was with her daughter at the shop where she sells food before …

The Accra Regional Police Command in Friday dawn swoops arrested some 93 suspected criminals at drug peddling and crime noted areas in the Accra Metropolis. The Police seized quantities of wrapped dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp. The suspects, between the ages of 18 and 60 were arrested in …

As many as 142,000 Ghanaians are HIV positive but do not know their status, Dr Cosmos Ohene-Adjei, Acting Director of the Ghana AIDS Commission has said. Speaking at a collaborative virtual media interaction between the Ghana AIDS Commission and the United Nations Programme on AIDS, about stigma and discrimination against …

Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia says government is in discussion with the University of Development Studies (UDS) to set up a satellite campus in Yendi. In addition, he announced plans to convert the Pong Tamale Veterinary College into a university of agriculture. Vice President Bawumia announced this when he paid a …

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has busted three persons suspected to be involved in street robberies in the Kumasi Metropolis. Three suspects according to police were arrested on suspicion of several counts of robbery and possession of stolen items. Addressing the Media in a press conference on Thursday, September 3, …

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has retrieved nine vehicles from some unsuspecting buyers at various locations. The cars were sold to them by one Alex Owusu, a notorious member of car syndicate. This was disclosed at a press conference held by the police command on Thursday, September 3, 2020, in …

Ghana’s coronavirus deaths have seen three additional cases recorded. From the latest update released by the Disease Surveillance Department of the Ghana Health Service on Saturday, September 5, the number of deaths has risen from 280 to 283. With 43,693 recovered/discharged patients, the country’s active cases now stand at 801. …

Former President John Mahama has said President Nana Akufo-Addo should have applied common sense and planning in implementing the Free Senior High School programme, which would have avoided the needed for a double-track system. Mr Mahama, who has promised to scrap the double-track system should he win the 7 December …

A woman who buried her newborn baby in a bush at Ekowkurase in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District in the Central Region is in the grip of the Ajumako Police. The suspect, Rita Mensah who’s a mother of six, according to her family is mentally sound. Her mother-in-law in an …

My mum gave birth to me when she was 17. The man who got her pregnant was someone else’s husband. My mum told me about her encounter with my dad, she didn’t know my dad was married. It was when she got pregnant and asked him to marry her that …

The Asante Regional Police Command has arrested one Kwame Minta who is widely known as Soso for the murder of a care taker at the Bantama Seventh Day Adventist Church on Tuesday June 30, 2020 The suspect according to the Asante Regional Police Commander COP Kwasi Mensah Duku was arrested …

Husband of the woman who buried her newborn baby alive in a bush at Ajumako Ebowkurase, a suburb of Ekwamase in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam in the Central Region has attributed his wife’s act to poverty. A newly born baby girl was found buried in a bush at Ajumako Ebowkurase …

An 18-year-old girl believed to be mentally challenged has been stabbed to death by unknown assailants at Subrisu, in the Kwahu West Municipality of the Eastern Region. The deceased was stabbed in the right side of her ribs and stomach repeatedly, according to the police. The body had been deposited …

A woman in her early thirties is battling for her life at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital after she was stabbed by an assailant whose identity is unknown. The incident happened on Wednesday dawn at Ejisu Krapa where the victim DIANA AFFRIEYIE lives. Narrating the bizarre incident, a close friend …

The Minister of Gender, Child and Social Protection, Cynthia Mamle Morrison, has disclosed that over 2,980,000 pupils in 8,683 public basic schools are currently benefiting from the Ghana School Feeding Programme, with one hot and nutritious meal for each school-going day. Addressing the media in Accra on Wednesday, 2 September …

Three men armed with locally manufactured guns attacked the Adaklu-Abuadi stone quarry, near Ho, on Saturday. The robbers shot and killed one worker at the site, before bolting with a safe containing GH?40,000. They also took away an unspecified amount of assorted foreign currencies. The police gave the name of …

Two armed robbers attacked a mobile money vendor at Yendi and made away with GH¢5,300.00. The incident happened at Balogu North, a suburb of Yendi, around 18:30GMT on Monday, August 31. According to Baba Sulemana, the 30-year-old agent of TA-HA Enterprise Money Transfer, one of the robbers, wearing a face …