Two people have been shot by armed robbers after a vehicle they were travelling in from Techiman to Kumasi was ambushed. The incident which happened at Ahinkro near Offinso in the Ashanti region saw one person shot in the stomach while the other in the leg. The victims were rushed …
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Ghanaian pornographic website shut down after owner arrested
The Cybercrime Unit of the Ghana Police Service has shut down a Ghanaian owned pornographic website, empressleak.com, and has arrested the owner of the website, Anderson Ofosuhene Anim popularly known as Mario Gee, My News Ghana has gathered. In an operation by the Ghana Police Service, all computers, mobile phones, and internet …
Read More »Schools not reopening Sept. — Education Ministry
The Ministry of Education says there are no immediate plans to reopen schools from next month for full academic activities. Consequently, it has called on the public to ignore reports to that effect. “The ministry will like to state categorically that aside from final-year students who are in school, the …
Read More »Notorious armed robber rearrested
David Thomas Atombulu, a notorious armed robber in Sefwi Wiawso has been rearrested by the Sefwi Wiawso Police Command. David Atombulu was arrested for possession of three AK-47 rifles, police torchlight, a solar panel and sharp objects. He was earlier arrested for unlawfully breaking into the home of a resident …
Read More »Break WAEC’s monopoly to force them to be efficient – Africa Education Watch
The government is being urged to introduce alternative public education examination bodies to break the monopoly currently enjoyed by the West African Examination Council (WAEC). According to the Executive Director of the Africa Education Watch, Kofi Asare, this will force the West African examination body to sit up and act …
Read More »Beating of invigilators, journalist, arrest of headmaster: The inside story
Bright Amponsah, the proprietor of Bright Senior High School at Kukurantumi in the Eastern region has reportedly been picked up by police from the Eastern Regional command. The arrest follows allegations of assault by some students of the school on West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) invigilators upon his alleged command …
Read More »Chief Granted GHC50,000 Bail Over Abetment Of Crime
Nana Akontomre Kwame Frimpong, Chief of Yabi, who allegedly instructed one of his subjects to inflict cutlass wounds on another person has been granted a GHC50,000 bail with a surety by the Nkawie Circuit Court. The chief is said to have instructed one of his subjects to inflict cutlass wounds …
Read More »Rampaging SHS students to pay for damages; check out the amount [video]
After vandalizing school property in protest against sitting arrangements of 1.5 metres distancing in the examination hall, some 365 final year students of Nedewura Jakpa Senior High Technical School at Damongo are to pay dearly for their actions. A bill of not less than one thousand cedis is expected to …
Read More »Akufo-Addo Directs GES To Recall 14 Dismissed WASSCE Students
It has emerged that President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo has directed the Ghana Education Service(GES) to grant clemency to all the 14 final year students who have been dismissed, reportghana can report exclusively. This portal is reliably informed that President Akufo-Addo has taken notice of the decision by the Ghana …
Read More »Headteacher of Bright Senior High School released on bail
The proprietor of the Bright Senior High school at Kukurantumi in the Eastern Region has been granted self recognizance bail by the Akyem Tafo police command following his arrest this morning. Bright Amponsah was arrested by a team of police officers on Friday when he will be billed to address …
Read More »Free SHS has come to stay – Mahama
Former President John Mahama has urged Ghanaians to dismiss suggestions that he will cancel the free SHS policy if he wins the December polls. According to him, what he is against about the policy is its ‘poor’ implementation by the Akufo-Addo government – which initiated it. “Free SHS has come …
Read More »WASSCE violence: GES sacks 14 students
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 …
Read More »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 …
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