A second-year student of the Ejisu Secondary Technical Senior High School tried killing himself by drinking liquid soap after he and another colleague were accused of stealing by the Assistant Headmaster of the school. According to a report by Myjoyonline.com, the student was locked up together with the colleague overnight …

It was a moment of wailing and crying in the studios of Kingdom FM when the widow of the tenant, Kwaku Abu who was butchered by his landlord at Mahean a suburd of Amasaman received an amount of GHC 3,600 from Kingdom listeners who through donations donated to help support …

A rubber farmer, who has been identified as Antobam and believed to be in his late 40s, has been shot and killed by armed robbers after he allegedly challenged them during a gold robbery getaway at James Town, a suburb of Dompim, in the Tarkwa Nsueam Municipality of the Western …

Three years after allegedly murdering a man, Yakubu Atubiga, a resident of Fawobotoso in the Ashanti region, has led the police to exhume the skeletal remains from where he left them. The police, according to reports by GraphicOnline, disclosed that the suspect who initially denied killing Martin Kwabena Amuzu, admitted …

A watchman who works at the Dzodze Penyi Senior High School has allegedly assaulted a second-year student of the institution.    The assault took place on the school’s premises on Sunday, July 19 at a time students are not allowed to be outside.   A student who witnessed the incident …

The Central Regional Police Command has handed the docket on the case involving lawmaker Mavis Hawa Koomson to the national headquarters of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service. The Minister of Special Development Initiatives was invited to the Central Regional Command in Cape Coast on Friday …

Assistant Headmaster of Ejisu Senior Technical High School has been arrested and detained by police for detaining two students in his office. The students were locked up overnight for allegedly stealing an electric stabilizer belonging to the school. One of them, who attempted suicide whilst in the office, has been …

A baker who took turns with his sibling to sexually abuse a four-year-old girl at Gbegbeyisie, near Dansoman in Accra has been sentenced to 15-years imprisonment in hard labour by an Accra Circuit Court. Jacob Lamptey aged 23 was found guilty on the charges of conspiracy to commit crime and …

Son of the Chief of New Sasabi, near Oyibi on the Dodowa road, Benjamin Mensah Larteh has allegedly inflicted machete wounds on a staff of the University of Ghana Business School, Atsu Kudohor, leaving his left arm almost falling off. Atsu, aged 39, is currently on admission at the Legon …

Police in Ashanti Region have invited Assistant Headmaster of Ejisu Secondary Technical School for questioning over the detention of two students in his office. Public Relations Officer at the Ashanti Regional Command tells JoyNews a student suspect is also assisting police with investigations. “The other suspect [student] is also assisting police in …

The Management of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, has commissioned the second phase of the Moree Campus on 16th July, 2020. The campus which cost the University fifty million Ghana Cedis (GHC 50,000,000.00) to construct, is located at the beautiful coastal line of Moree, Central Region …

The Ridge hospital is in the news again! This time around, a woman has narrated a chilling story of how a huge towel was left in her tummy for nine long months before it was eventually discovered and removed at a different hospital. According to the woman, she was delivered …

A Circuit Court in Accra has sentenced a 32 year old security man to 20 years imprisonment in hard labour for sexually abusing his 12-year old daughter twice at a warehouse security post at Agbogba a suburb of Accra. Joseph Koduah had told the court that he could not tell …

President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that all public schools will close for four weeks as the country faces a surge in coronavirus cases. In a media briefing on Thursday night (23 July), the president said this break will extend from 27 July until 24 August. However, he noted that some …

A second-year student of the Ejisu Secondary Technical Senior High School has been hospitalised after drinking liquid soap in what is believed to be an attempted suicide on campus. This was after an Assistant Headmaster locked him up with a colleague, overnight, in his office, for stealing the school’s electric stabiliser …

All district hospitals to be built across Ghana will be constructed by Ghanaians. Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta made this known in Parliament on Thursday, July 23, 2020. He said the hospitals will be designed by Ghanaian-owned firms. He stated that the mid-year budget review is to highlight the significant impact of the Covid19 pandemic …

A young man who has been identified only as Freman is in the grip of the Kpeshie Divisional Police Headquarters at Nungua for allegedly collecting the latest voters’ ID cards from people without any reason. The suspect, who is believed to be a sympathiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) …

Every day, you burn calories when you move around, exercise, and go about your daily tasks. Your body even burns calories at rest, through basic functions like breathing, circulating blood, cell processes, amongst others. Another way to burn calories is through sexual activities. Burn some serious calories by undressing, kissing, …

At least 683 new COVID-19 infections have pushed Ghana’s case count to 29,672. Some 26,090 have recovered with the death toll still at 153. The number of active cases is therefore 3,429, according to the latest update from the Ghana Health Service. A geographical overview of the active cases shows …

A total of 254 staff of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi have tested positive for covid-19 since the outbreak in the country. Two Hundred and three out of the number have, however, recovered and were back at post while one had died. Chief Executive of the hospital, …

If you were born somewhere in the late and early 90s then you probably must have heard of the infamous Atta Ayi. He was a Household name due to how notorious and relentless he was in his profession. Raymond Ayee Ayeetey was born in Adabraka, Accra. He was a school-going …

Immigration officials in Ghana have confirmed the arrest of 28 Burkinabe nationals in the Upper West Region for attempting to sneak into the country illegally. The ECOWAS nationals were arrested on Wednesday at about 9 am at the Hamile District Assembly Barrier in the Upper West Region. The irregular migrants comprising 19 …

Some two final year students have been reported dead in Anlo Senior High. According to reports coming in from Anlo Senior High, some two final year students have lost their lives in an unfortunate circumstance, Trends Baze filed. Per the report cited, the two students are a boy and a …

Exactly eight years ago, 21st July 2012, was the birthday of the late President, Prof. John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills. The day was a Saturday.   The previous day, Friday, 20th July, the Council of State, of which I was a member, had met and appended our signatures to a …

A statement released on Monday, July 20, 2020, outlined the schedule for the continuation of lectures and examination for continuing students of the Accra Techinical University. The statement outlined that students were going to have online lectures and subsequently report to campus to write exams where all protocol for the COVID-19 will …

Suspected armed robbers have attacked Gbantongo community market in the Bawku West District of the Upper East Region. The incident which occurred on Sunday, July 19 at around 5:00pm caused fear and panic among community members in the area. Many of the market women, mobile money vendors, drug stores and …

The National Democratic Congress’ Effutu parliamentary candidate was arrested by the police on Tuesday, 21 July 2020, for allegedly interfering in the eligibility challenge of the voter registration exercise when he took on the Chairman of the committee responsible for that purpose in Winneba, Central Region, Mr Samuel Asiedu Okanta, who …

Flag-bearer for the Liberal Party of Ghana Kofi Akpaloo has promised to give Ghanaian students free university education if he is elected president of Ghana in the upcoming December polls. The astute businessman among other things committed to creating 200,000 jobs in the cocoa sector as he will build the …

Newly born baby has been dumped into a public toilet at Mempeasem in Bole in the Savannah region. DGN Online gathered that the newly born baby was wrapped in a polythene bag and disposed into a manhole in the public toilet. DGN Online learnt a resident went to the public toilet …

Detailed explanations and reasons are beginning to emerge as to why, Daniel Obinim, founder of the International God’s Way Church (IGWC), was hauled before the Kaneshie Magistrate Court in Accra. According to documents filed in court by the police, Obinim allegedly forged and published a Police Persons Wanted Form against …