Reports reaching My News Ghana confirms that the Apimanim Branch of the Agriculture Development Bank (ADB) in the Ahanta West Municipality of the Western Region has been robbed. Speaking to the media, eyewitnesses say that a gang of about seven (7) armed robbers stormed the bank at about 12midnight and overpowered the …
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Worker trapped in Bitumen barrel while stealing from employer
Twenty-five-year-old Emmanuel Gyimah is on admission at the Effia-Nkwanta Regional hospital after he attempted stealing bitumen belonging to his employer. He reportedly got trapped in the barrel in the process. The Manageress of E. N. H Emotion Company located at Kansaworodo in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis, Regina Ayiworoh, and the Production …
Read More »Ofankor tenant killer not in prison – Victim’s father claims
Joseph Kwabena Manu Ohyere, father of the late Benjamin Agyare who was shot by his landlord at Ofankor has told the Abeka District Court that the family is livid after their investigations revealed that the suspect Stephen Nana Kamkam, was not in custody per the court’s order. The court had …
Read More »GES postpones 2020/2021 academic year for Basic Schs&SHS to Jan 2021
The Ghana Education Service (GES) according to the President of Ghana has postponed the 2020/2021 academic year to January 2021. This was made known by the President of Ghana in his 16th address to the country. This according to the President is to ensure that the Service works on proper …
Read More »Second-Year SHS, JHS Students Resume On October 5
Second-year Junior High School and Senior High School students will be returning to school on October 5. This follows relevant consultations by the Ghana Education Service, according to President Akufo-Addo. “With Junior High Schools operating with class sizes of thirty (30), and Senior High Schools with class sizes of twenty-five …
Read More »Sumpini saga: Five include chief arrested
Police in the Savannah region have arrested five people including the Dagomba chief of Sumpini and his linguist for their alleged role in the assault of a 50-year-old woman accused of being a witch. The Savannah Regional police Public Relations Officer, Sergeant Owusu Agyekum told Adom News said they are being …
Read More »Mentally challenged girl stabbed to death in Eastern Region
An 18-year-old female mentally challenged has been stabbed multiple times to death by unknown assailant or assailants in Subrisu, a Community in Kwahu West Municipality of the Eastern Region. The body of the deceased has been retrieved by Police and deposited at the Holy Family Hospital morgue. The grandfather of …
Read More »Three Women Attacked After Witchcraft Accusation
The Savannah Regional Command of the Ghana Police Service is investigating an attack on three women on Saturday night by some faceless persons who accused them of being witches. The attack occurred at Lantekura in the West Gonja District of the Savannah Region. The incident, according to the police, happened …
Read More »SAD VIDEO+PHOTOS: Stubborn battery thief ‘crucified’ at Bremang
An unidentified man has been lynched by unknown assailants in the early hours of Saturday at Bremang UGC, Nankabamu, in the Suame municipal of the Ashanti region. The victim, who was found dead while naked, had multiple injuries on the body and was tied with rope from the neck to …
Read More »Hunter who killed colleague remanded for two months
The Ajumako District Court in the Central Region has remanded the 30-year-old hunter, Yaw Mensah who mistakenly shot dead his colleague at Ajumako Besease to two months in police custody. The suspect is to re-appear in court on the 24th of October 2020. Background A 30-year-old man, Yaw Mensah is …
Read More »Woman, 25, murdered at Gomoa Lome
A 25-year-old woman has been butchered at Gomoa Lome in the Gomoa Central Region of the Central Region. The lifeless body of the woman was found in a bush with her private part, leg, and hand cut by the unknown assailants. The Assembly Member of the area Hon. Stephen Mensah …
Read More »Another alleged witch nearly killed at Sumpini In West Gonja
A 60-year-old woman Madam Meri Ibrahim from Sumpini in the West Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region has sustained several degrees of injuries after a mob attacked her with cutlasses and other objects leading to deep cuts and lacerations on her face and upper limbs, with her middle left finger …
Read More »President of concerned Small Scale Miners arrested
Information gathered by MyNewsGh.com suggests that President of concerned Small Scale Miners, Michael Kwadwo Peprah has been arrested. According to our source, he was arrested in the Ashanti region and is currently the Central Police Station in Kumasi waiting to be transported to Accra. His arrest was effected by Investigators …
Read More »WAEC releases time table for BECE
The Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) would begin on Monday, September 14, 2020, and end on Friday, September 18, 2020, in all the Registration Centers across the country for all Junior High School (JHS) final year students. The candidates will write the English Language, and Religious and Moral Education (RME) …
Read More »St. Cyprian’s Anglican JHS ‘A’ students reject Akufo-Addo’s hot meal
Students of St. Cyprian’s Anglican JHS ‘A’ in Kumasi today, Monday, 24 August 2020, rejected President Nana Akufo-Addo’s free hot meal served them. The students said the food was “not tasty” and was “salty”. “We are not prisoners to be served with this food,” some of the students who spoke …
Read More »Sachet water supplier grabbed over sexual offence
Robert Adana, a Sachet Water Supplier, has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly defiling a 13-year- old girl at Kwabenya in Accra. Adana, 30, charged with defilement has pleaded not guilty. The court presided over by Mrs Christina Cann, admitted Adana to bail in the sum of GHC60,000 …
Read More »Court fines Ghanaian musician for stealing at shoprite
An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a 30-year-old Ghanaian musician to a fine of GH¢2,400 for stealing various items at the West Hills Mall branch of Shoprite. The young man identified as David Ike is also to serve a three months jail term. The items stolen were Cling Cracker biscuit, …
Read More »2 South Koreans reportedly kidnapped from fishing vessel off Ghana
Two South Korean nationals have been reportedly kidnapped by unidentified gunmen on the waters off Ghana. A Ghanaian-flagged fishing vessel was attacked 200 kilometres southeast of the coastal city of Tema on Friday (local time), according to Dryad Global, a London-based maritime security consultancy, and Seoul officials. A total of …
Read More »Amount spent on hot meal for JHS students, teachers revealed
National Coordinator of the Ghana School Feeding Programme, Dr Gertrude Quashigah has disclosed that government is spending GH¢3.50 on each student as it provides students and teachers in Junior High Schools with one hot meal per day. According to her, the money covers meal, water, and its related expenses both …
Read More »Npp Govt Tormenting Teachers In The Volta Region
A statement going Viral in the internet emphasized that, the war against the good people of Volta Region by the New patriotic Party is not stopping soon as some sections of Voltarians working under the Ghana Education Service has not received their past three Months Salaries for reasons best known …
Read More »Young Lady killed, body parts removed at Gomoa Lome
A young woman, believed to be in her late teens, has been killed with her body parts removed at Gomoa Lome in the Central region. The unidentified female was discovered by some residents in a supine position, lying on a lone road surrounded with bushes. After taking some steps closer, …
Read More »30-year-old man stabbed to death at Buduburam
30-year-old Kwabena sekye has been stabbed several times to death by a Cameroon national at Gomoa Buduburam in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region. The suspect also inflicted cutlass wounds on another person after a small misunderstanding. According to information, the suspect accused the deceased of being informat …
Read More »Provide more computers to facilitate use of Wi-Fi in SHSs – Educationist urges government
Educationist, Daniel Fenyi has called on government to provide more computers in Senior High Schools to facilitate the effective use of free Wi-Fi as promised in the New Patriotic Party (NPP’s) 2020 manifesto. Speaking to UniverseNews on this issue, Mr. Daniel Fenyi stated that the provision of electricity and infrastructure to house …
Read More »Police gun-down carjackers at Asamankese
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 …
Read More »Mobile Phone usage in schools to be reviewed – GES
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. …
Read More »Students hit with suspected food poisoning after eating Gov’t’s Hot meal in Ho
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 …
Read More »Teacher Licensure Exams Set For September 24
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 …
Read More »Why you’re so intensely horny on your period?
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 …
Read More »28-year-old MoMo vender shot dead by masked gunmen
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 …
Read More »Just In: Lucky Mensah jailed 6 months for theft
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 …
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