The Ghana Education Service has dismissed some 14 final year students who are believed to have caused chaos and destroyed properties in their respective schools in the wake of the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The GES in a statement said the action is to serve as …
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WASSCE: Bright SHS no longer examination centre – WAEC
The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) has relocated its examination centre from the premises of Bright Senior High School to the Ofori Panin Senior High School following the student riot that occurred at the centre on Thursday. WAEC in a statement also noted it will not hesitate to sanction students …
Read More »Zebilla: Armed robbers kill driver, bolt with cash
A mix of shock, grief and anger was the mood in the Zebilla township when armed robbers believed to be of Fulani descent shot and killed the driver of a delivery truck on Thursday. The incident which left residents of the town livid occurred at about 4:30 pm at a …
Read More »SAD: Beautiful KNUST Student Dies Shortly After Birthday Party . [PHOTOS]
Sad information Reaching our front desk indicates that an Engineering Student of the KNUST is dead after celebrating her birthday recently . Information from Reports The friend of Maame Ekua, whose party she attended said that she wasn’t too happy at the birthday party which was celebrated yesterday. We also …
Read More »Final year WASSCE candidate who insulted Akufo-Addo in viral video apologises
The final year student of Sekondi College in the Western Region who was seen in a viral video insulting President Nana Akufo-Addo after he failed to perform in a paper in the ongoing West African Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) has apologised to the President. The boy and his father …
Read More »Bright SHS proprietor arrested following attack on WASSCE invigilators
Citi News has gathered that the proprietor of Bright Senior High School at Kukurantumi in the Eastern Region has been picked up by police from the Eastern Regional command. The arrest follows allegations of assault by some students of the school on WASSCE invigilators upon his command. The students also attacked …
Read More »Pornographic blogger arrested and caged for uploading content of victims
The police have busted a web designer and a blogger over pornography. Anderson Ofosuhene Anim aka Morio Gee is alleged to have collected monies from victims, both children, and adults under the pretext of pulling down their nude pictures and videos from the internet. Despite collecting the money, he allegedly …
Read More »SAD Photos: WASSCE candidates in Kukurantumi beat WAEC officials, destroy their phones over strict invigilation
Students of Bright Academy in Kukurantumi in the Eastern Region have assaulted officials of the West African Examination Council (WAEC). The incident, which happened Thursday, August 6, 2020, resulted in angry students smashing phones of the officials and injuring some of the officials. The angry students allegedly smashed the phones …
Read More »Man remanded for allegedly killing taxi driver
The Mamponteng District Court has, for the second time, remanded into prison custody the 23-year-old man, accused of killing a taxi driver over a GH¢1,200, which the deceased owned him. The suspect, Emmanuel Awuah, has been preliminary charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit murder and murder, but, his …
Read More »Arrest students who assault teachers during WASSCE – GNAT
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has called on authorities to arrest students who perpetrate violence against its members facilitating the ongoing examinations in senior high schools across the country. According to Philipa Larson, reports of threats of assault on teachers over the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations …
Read More »WASSCE violence: WAEC must probe and take action – Adutwum
The Deputy Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has stated that the West African Examination Council will take action against Senior High Schools flouting examination rules in the ongoing West African Senior Schools Certificate Examination (WASSCE). On Thursday, a reporter with the Daily Graphic in Koforidua, Damalie Emmanuel Pacome, was …
Read More »We’ll deal with you – GES tells rioting students
The Deputy Director-General of the Ghana Education Service, Anthony Boateng, has said authorities will deal with all students who rioted and vandalised school property to protest against the non-featuring of past questions procured for them by the government, in their final exam. The GES, in November last year, procured 400,000 …
Read More »Police Launch Investigations Into Attempted Robbery At Ecobank In Tema
The Tema Regional Police has launched investigations into an attempted robbery at the Ecobank branch, Tema roundabout. Armed robbers broke into the bank’s branch Tuesday evening. “It was an attempted robbery,” Head of Public Affairs, Supt. Dede Dzakpasu told theghanareport.com. She added that police were yet to make any arrest but …
Read More »Yeji: Farmer Arrested For Killing His Friend Over Ghc50
A 66-year-old farmer, Kwabena Naaba Asanu is in the grips of the Yeji Police in the Bono East Region for shooting and killing his friend, Elijah Nankuasi over GHS50. The incident occurred at Zabrama in the Pru West District. Brother of the deceased, Joseph Dipaaba who disclosed this to Citi News narrated …
Read More »WAEC to Cancel entire 2020 WASSCE of Some Ashanti Region Schools
WAEC to Cancel entire 2020 WASSCE of Some Ashanti Region schools – The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) is investigating allegations of examination malpractices in the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). Teachers of some Senior High Schools (SHS) have been implicated in acts of misconduct in the …
Read More »Woman arrested for roasting hand of stepson at Gomoa Nkwantanan
A woman who callously burnt the fingers of her 3-year-old stepson and buttocks of her 7-year-old stepdaughter at Gomoa Nkwantanan in the Central Region has been arrested by the Police. The suspect is said to have committed the dastardly act after her husband had left home for work for two …
Read More »5 SHS students injured after ‘clash’ with Kukurantumi townsfolk
Five students of Only Believe Senior High School, a private school at Kukurantumi in the Eastern Region, have been reportedly injured during a clash between the town folks and the students. The five were rushed to an unknown hospital by the police who intervened. The school reportedly belongs to the …
Read More »Blame chiefs for the siting of E-blocks in bushes – Yammin to NPP
Former Deputy Ashanti Regional Minister Mr. Joseph Yammin has responded to critics blaming the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) government for siting the Day Senior High School E-Block in bushes to channel their blames to Chief of those communities instead. According to him, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) did not …
Read More »A 38-Year Old Man Arrested For Murder At Dadatsunya
A 38-year-old man Angmor Teye has been arrested by the Bepoase Police near Begoro for the murder of 27-year old Kwame Albert at Dadatsunya, a village near Ahiamankyene in the Fanteakwa North District of the Eastern Region. The Deputy Eastern Regional Police Public Relations Officer, Francis Gomado told the Ghana …
Read More »5 reasons why you should have s3x during pregnancy
Pregnant women and their partners often wonder if it’s safe to have sex during pregnancy. Sex is a natural, normal part of pregnancy, if you’re having a normal pregnancy. Penetration and intercourse’s movement won’t harm the baby, who is protected by your abdomen and the uterus’ muscular walls. If you …
Read More »Watch | 29-year-old man shot dead over fowl in Bono Region
Credible information reaching My News Ghana indicates that a 29-year-old man has been shot dead over a fowl in Pru West Constituency in the Bono Region of Ghana. The young man identified as James Elijah was reportedly killed after a confrontation with a young man called Blue Boy over his missing fowl. …
Read More »Man shot dead for attempting to retrieve money for his stolen fowl
A 29-year-old man has been shot dead by his debtor when he [the deceased] attempted to retrieve money for his stolen fowl. The sad incident, which occurred at Prang in the Pru-West District of the Bono-East Region, was confirmed by, Bismark Kimosai, the Assemblyman for the Zambrama Electoral Area. The …
Read More »Kafaba lynching: Sorcerer remanded in police custody
Hajia Sirina, 40, the Sorcerer who accused a 90-year-old woman of being and witch and masterminded her lynching at Kafaba in the Savannah Region has been remanded in police custody by a Court in Bole on Wednesday. In Court, today, the Prime suspect admitted to being the one in the …
Read More »Suspected thief killed during standoff between police and angry mob
A middle-aged man has been killed at Choggu-Manayile in Tamale, the Northern regional capital during a standoff between police and an angry mob. While the Assemblyman for the area, Yakubu Osman Ibrahim alleges that the man was shot, the Regional Police Command says he was hit by an object. Speaking …
Read More »A 38-Year Old Man Arrested For Murder
Angmor Teye, a 38-year old man has been arrested by the Bepoase Police near Begoro for the murder of 27-year old Kwame Albert at Dadatsunya, a village near Ahiamankyene in the Fanteakwa North District of the Eastern Region. The Deputy Eastern Regional Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Francis Gomado told …
Read More »Four remanded SHS students denied access to write WASSCE
Four final year students of Zebilla Senior High Technical School in the Upper East Region who have been remanded into Police Custody by a Bawku Circuit Court have been denied access to write the ongoing West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination(WASSCE). The students in the early hours of Monday, August …
Read More »Woman’s abortion attempt backfires, births child who “walks like a frog”
A man has shared the story of how his wife’s attempt to get rid of an unwanted pregnancy backfired, causing her to birth a physically challenged child who she would later abandon. 9-year-old Perpetual has been unable to walk since birth following a failed abortion attempt by her mother before …
Read More »Sorcerer who masterminded lynching of old woman to be arraigned today
Hajia Sirina, 40, the Sorcerer who accused a 90-year-old woman of being and witch and masterminded her lynching at Kafaba in the Savannah Region will be arraigned before court today. The soothsayer popularly known as ‘Alhajia’ was arrested by the police at her hideout at Yeji in the Bono East Region …
Read More »Arrested teacher interdicted for dictating answers to students during WASSCE
A teacher [name withheld] in one of the Senior High Schools in the Eastern region has been interdicted for dictating answers to students in the ongoing West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations(WASSCE). According to the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service, Professor Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, the police is conducting further …
Read More »NDC to cancel teacher’s licensure examination
The Deputy Eastern Regional Youth Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Mr Richard Nyarko said if the NDC wins the 2020 elections, they will cancel the teacher’s licensure examination. He explained that the party did not see the licensure examination as necessary as it reduced the number of qualified …
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