The Police in the Ashanti region are on a manhunt for a woman who stole two weeks old baby from a 19 year old mother at the Komfo Anotky Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi. The mother of the lost baby admits to have left the baby in the care of …

About 94,000 teachers from over 4,300 private schools in the country have not been paid due to the challenges imposed by the coronavirus outbreak. This is according to the Executive Director of the Ghana National Council of Private Schools (GNACOPS), Enoch Kwasi Gyetuah. He said managers of the various schools …

The Assin Fosu District Court has sentenced a 29-year-old auto-mechanic to one-year imprisonment for stealing four lines of rail tracks. The tracks belong to the Ghana Railway Company at Assin-Fosu in the Assin Central Municipality of the Central Region. Daniel Dadzie, alias Yaw Donkoh, was said to have stolen the …

A 55-year old Osmanu Mumuni is in the firm grips of the law for severing the ears of his 10-year-old son and burning his fingers for stealing his money. The incident which occurred at Obom-Domeabra in the Greater Accra region is said to have been triggered when the father accused …

55-year-old Osmanu Mumuni has been arrested by the Weija Divisional DOVVSU for cutting off part of his son’s ear with a blade. According to the police, the mother of the child reported that a day earlier, her ex-husband Osman Mumuni whom the boy stays with chipped off part of his …

A Community Health Nurse (CHN) with the Ghana Manganese Company (GMC) Hospital in Nsuta in the Western Region, who tested positive for COVID-19, has died, a statement from the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives’ Association (GRNMA) has confirmed. The statement dated 16 May named the deceased as Sophia Addo who was …

A 17-year-old boy who was banished by the Tutukpene community in the Nkwanta South District of the Oti Region has returned to the town. Andrews Amoah, a primary six pupil of the Tutukpene M.A. Basic School was on April 24, 2020, expelled from the community by the chief and elders …

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has intercepted 31 pieces of suspected marijuana from smugglers crossing with the consignment into the Republic of Togo The Aflao Command border patrol team stopped the attempt by a syndicated motor-riding smuggler trying to move the commodity across Ghana’s border through an unapproved route -‘beat’ …

Strong immune systems of individuals are very essential in the fight against the novel coronavirus. This was reiterated by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in his 9th national address to Ghanaians on COVID-19. This, the President said, “has to be one of the permanent legacies of the pandemic. We have …

The Volta Region on Friday recorded its first COVID-19 death at the local Treatment Centre in Ho. The deceased, a 60-year-old woman, who returned from Accra two weeks ago, visited the Ho Teaching Hospital with difficulty in breathing, fever for three days and reduced level of consciousness. She was noticed to have …

The Northern Regional Health Director, Dr John B. Eleeza, has told DGN Online that a five-year-old child is among the 12 new patients who tested positive for Covid-19 in the region. According to him, the infected child is a contact of a Covid-19 patient in the region. The Northern Region …

The Ghana Health Service has released new figures indicating that 97 more people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. This brings the total confirmed cases in the country to 5,735. One more person who tested positive for the virus has also died, bringing to 29 the total number of …

A shocking video that has trended on the internet has two thieves who were caught by some residents in the act and made to kiss each other as punishment. The thieves were being beaten mercilessly by some residents while they forced them to kiss each other. In the video, one …

An Associate Pastor at the Calvary Temple Assemblies of God Church at Bantama in the Kumasi Metropolis Reverend Peter Owusu Mensah has called for the imposition of strict measures to limit the spread of coronavirus, as the number of infections continues to rise sharply. Rev Peter Mensah speaking on virtual …

The General Secretary of Kumasi Youth Association and a Social Commentator, Mr Kwabena Frimpong has urge producers of approved hand Sanitizers and Face Mask to them make them cheaper to enable the poor and Ordinary Ghanaians to be able to purchase.   In a live studio interview on Boss morning …

Details of the 28 persons who have so far lost their lives in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic have finally been released. The list which is included in the latest update on the Ghana Health Service site, provides the underlying health condition responsible for the death of the 28. …

The Bekwai Circuit Court has jailed an excavator operator seven years for defiling a 15-year-old student. 27-year-old Derrick Amponsah reportedly bit the victim’s clitoris in the cause of the act. The second-cycle student was left bleeding profusely from her genitals. The incident took place at Manso Yawkrom in the Amansie …

Nurses at Nyankumase Community Based Health Planning Services (CHPS) in the Upper Manya Krobo District of the Eastern region are troubled over the invasion of the facility by reptiles. Three big snakes have been killed this year after invading the premises of the facility. The Health workers say “the number …

Details of the 28 persons who have so far lost their lives in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic have finally been released. The list which is included in the latest update on the Ghana Health Service site, provides the underlying health condition responsible for the death of the 28. …

The Nurses and Midwifery Council has begun investigations into the conduct of an unnamed ‘nurse’ whose twerking video went viral on social media. A video of a nurse in uniform went viral on social media some days ago which got a number of Ghanaians talking considering the fact that the …

The police in Sefwi-Boako of the Western North Region are in search of a man in his forties for allegedly raping and threatening to kill his 16-year-old daughter [name withheld]. The suspect whose name was only given as Mr. Kwaku Minka is currently on the run after committing the offence, …

Eight persons suspected to be engaged in illegal bunkering on the sea in Takoradi have been arrested by the Ghana Maritime Authority in collaboration with the Western Naval Command and Marine Police. They were busted during a routine patrol on the sea to check the activities of such persons. The …

The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA), acting on behalf of the Education Ministry has announced the first batch of recommended textbooks for use in teaching the new curriculum at the KG and Primary levels. The first batch consisting of 187 books were announced at a short ceremony on …

Work on the Maternity and Children’s Block at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), which has been abandoned for 46-years has started. This comes after President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo cut the sod for work to commence on the project. The government procured €138 million in funding to complete the project. The …

Afrobeat singer, Kidi had the shock of his life when he was blasted and sacked after showing up late for a scheduled interview on a show. The show host Nana Romeo didn’t take it lightly on Kidi when he showed up very late for the interview for the second time …

Relatives of the 26-year-old father who mutilated his three-year-old son for bed-wetting in Kumasi say they will seek psychiatric intervention for the young man. They told Joy New’s Erastus Asare Donkor, they want to establish why he made such a move to assault the child. Ebenezer Osei Bonsu’s uncle, Jerry …

Police in Assin Fosu has arrested two notorious drug dealers at Assin Nduaso in the Assin North District of the Central Region. Information gathered by Kasapa News Yaw Boagyan indicates that the Assin Fosu Divisional Police Patrol Team acted upon a tip-off and arrested the two suspects. They are 47-year-old …

The Government of Ghana has received MIC-PCR diagnostic equipment and kits from the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) to help in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The Ministry of Health made this announcement on Twitter on May 14, 2020. According to the information given by the Ministry of Health, the equipment …

Some heads of second cycle institutions in the Bono Region have proposed to central government to ensure that all students are tested for the coronavirus (COVID-19) when schools re-open.   In their opinion, such a move would help those infected by the virus to be isolated and treated.   The …

Leading Accra-based private tertiary institution, Regent University College has seen one of its buildings been put up for auction. A generator, two cars and a bus belonging to the University have been auctioned as well. One of the cars is said to be owned by its Chancellor. The auctioning is …