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 …
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ATU students sign petition to ensure they don’t write exams on campus
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 …
Read More »Armed Robbers Attack Drugs Store, Mobile Vendors, Traders; Two Wounded At Gbantongo Community Market
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 …
Read More »Effutu: NDC PC arrested for telling Police Commandant ‘you’re the reason Winneba doesn’t have peace’
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 …
Read More »2020 polls: Universities will be free if I win – Kofi Akpaloo
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 …
Read More »Baby Dumped In Public Toilet
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 …
Read More »Full details of charges levelled against Bishop Daniel Obinim in court
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 …
Read More »Baby dumped in public toilet rescued [Photos]
Help came on time for a baby boy who was dumped in a public toilet at Mempeasem, a district in the Savannah region. According to reports, around 5:00 am a resident, who entered the washroom, became alert when she heard cries of a baby. It was revealed the noise was …
Read More »Man Arrested After Bathing 23-Year-Old Boy With Hot Water Over Girlfriend [Photos]
Reports reaching A2zgh.com’s desk indicates that a man with name given as Paul has poured hot water on a 23-year-old boy over an alleged misunderstanding that ensues between them over a girlfriend. Our investigations have it that the 23-year-old Daniel who is currently under medical treatment after sustaining severe skin …
Read More »Ablakwa, Adutwum clash over Free SHS numbers
A Deputy Minister for Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has debunked claims by some people especially the Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa suggesting a failure of the government’s Free Senior High School (SHS) programme in terms of enrolment. According to him, the claims are based on wrong assumptions that …
Read More »Seven arrested over Banda killing
Seven suspects have been arrested in connection with the killing of a 28-year-old man at Banda in the Bono region. The new graduate fell victim to violence which erupted between NPP and NDC supporters following an impasse at a voter’s registration centre. The Police announced the arrests on Facebook. Meanwhile, …
Read More »2 arrested for illegally escorting people to registration centre with guns
Two unidentified suspects have been arrested by a military patrol team with four locally manufactured guns and other weapons in their possession at Kojokura, a suburb of the West Gonja Municipality in the Savannah Region. They are alleged to have aided and escorted two fully loaded KIA trucks with people …
Read More »COVID-19 Infected Students Can Still Write NovDec – Oppong Nkrumah
Minister for Information and Member of Parliament (MP) for Ofoase Ayirebi Constituency, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has addressed concerns over COVID-19 infected students who might miss this year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) due to their health state. According to the Information Minister, the directions from the Ghana Education …
Read More »Sometimes the boyfriend you call ‘broke’ is doing better than your father – Ladies told
Ladies have been adviced to desist from branding their men broke because sometimes those same men may be doing far better than their fathers in life. This follows the increasing pressure heaped on men by women they’re dating to meet their outrageous material demands; something they themselves or their parents …
Read More »Sex for Grades: Ghanaian graduates recount being sexually abused by same lecturer
A year after an explosive expose? by BBC Africa Eye detailing how lecturers in some universities in West Africa sexually harassed their students, two more victims have come out to share stories of how they got trapped in the cycle. In Nigeria, the senate has passed tough new legislation to …
Read More »18 People Killed At A Wedding Party Thirty Others Injured
Reports from Nigeria’s north-western state of Kaduna say gunmen have shot dead at least 18 people and injured more than 30 others at a wedding party. The attack happened on Sunday night in the village of Kukun-Daji in the Kaura area of Kaduna. Community leader Jonathan Asake told the BBC …
Read More »Two jailed 34 years for trafficking nine children
A Ho High Court presided over by Justice Eric Baah has sentenced two persons to a total of 34 years in prison for trafficking nine children in the Volta region, after a 2-year trial. The two, 40-year-old Aku Kedevi, a fishmonger and 63-year-old Michael Boti, a fisherman, were respectively sentenced …
Read More »UPSA sets example: builds 812 new hostel rooms
With the imminent entry of qualified Free SHS graduates Into Universities this year, It is anticipated that already overwhelmed universities in Ghana will be further burdened by the sharp rise in the number of qualified applicants who will be competing for places during the 2020 admissions. Not much infrastructural development …
Read More »Tesano: 21 Year Old Girl shoots Police officer to death
The Tesano Police Command has arrested a 21-year-old woman for allegedly shooting a Police officer at Chantan a suburb of Acrra. The suspect, Shakira Nasir, who is said to be a sister of the deceased was reported to have shot Constable Abdul Rashid in cold blood leaving many surprised. Abubakar …
Read More »JHS duration increases to 4 years while SHS reduces to 2 years – NaCCA hints
The National Council for Curriculum Assessment (NaCCA) has hinted some critical features in the new Educational Reform to be implemented soon in Ghana’s Educational System. When the new curriculum is implemented, learners/pupils in Junior High Schools will have to attend school for four years, thus: JHS 1 to JHS 4. …
Read More »Covid-19 active cases declining – GHS
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has called on stakeholders to focus attention on the active cases of COVID-19 and not cumulative cases. GHS Boss Dr Patrick Aboagye mentioned that given the high recovery rates among COVID-19 patients, conversations around the virus should be focused on the decreasing trend of active …
Read More »All you need to know as WASSCE begins today
The West African Examination Council earlier this month released a new timetable for the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates. The new timetable was released after the West African Examination Council (WAEC) got approval from the Ministry of Education. The examination starts from today, Monday, …
Read More »Observe COVID-19 protocols during WASSCE – Nana Addo to students, teachers
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has asked students, teachers and invigilators who will be involved in the conduct of the 2020 West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) to abide by COVID-19 protocols. “Just as has been done over the course of the last four weeks, since their return …
Read More »GES confirms death of another final year SHS student
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has confirm the death of a final year Senior High School (SHS) student at Methodist Girls High School located at Mamfe in the Eastern region. The final year SHS student died just a few weeks after resumption of academic work to prepare for the final …
Read More »Islamic teacher defiles seven-year-old student
An Islamic school teacher has allegedly defiled one of his female students, who is only seven years of age at Garu in the Upper East region. Residents of Gbeliginvuus, a farming community in the Garu District, are in a state of shock as the news hit town of how the …
Read More »NHIA probes manager who ‘fingered’ nurse in Sawla
Management of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) says an investigation is ongoing following the allegation of sexual assault leveled against one of its directors in the Savannah Region. This was after a petition was sent to the authority outlining the allegations. A nurse at the Soma CHPS facility has …
Read More »University of Ghana resit students beg authorities to write exams at home
A number of the University of Ghana students have started a petition on social media to get authorities of their school to rescind its decision of making them come back to school to write their resit examinations. The Management of the University of Ghana says students of the University who registered for …
Read More »DOWNLOAD MP3: We No Dey Hear By Ben Brainy Ft Amerado (Prod. By Braindom )
The Kamasi base singer, songwriter and Chief executive Officer of BRAINDOM known in Showbiz as Ben Brainy features Mic Burners artist/fast raising rapper Amerado on his Afro song. Brainy named this one #WeNoDeyHear. The song which was released three years ago 17/12/2017 is now gaining popularity on Social Media and many players are getting a lot …
Read More »Sex beyond 13 minutes is deadly – Dr George Donkor
The Chief Executive Officer of Noble Trust Herbal Clinic, Dr George Donkor, has cautioned persons who enjoy sex for more than 13 minutes to stay off that practice. Speaking on ‘Nyankonton Mu Nsem’ on Rainbow radio, he said men who go beyond 13 minutes are prone to prostate enlargement and …
Read More »COVID-19; Quarantined Students Of Accra Girls SHS Tw3rk vigorously In A Viral Video
Quarantined students of Accra Girls Senior High School were like,’ to hell with coronavirus’, let’s twerk and have some fun, after all, death is inevitable and truly ── they twerked heavily in the video below ── probably, to shake coronavirus away. In a video sighted by A2zgh.com on Zacknation Dotnet posted on …
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