Platform to include COVID-19 assessment to test user knowledge and preparedness on the disease First of its kind in Ghana, My Digital Skills, will allow job seekers to assess their digital skills and employability The tool is targeted at empowering economically disadvantaged women in Ghana with both hard and soft …
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How I cured UK returnee of Corona virus— Sheik Amin Bonsu, CEO, Amen Herbal Hospital
Dr. Sheik Amin Bonsu, CEO of Amen Scientific Herbal Hospital, a renowned Herbal Hospital in Ghana, known for healing of diseases, has revealed how he cured a United Kingdom returnee of Corona virus. He made the disclosure when a group of pressmen call on him. According to the statement, a Ghanaian …
Read More »8 teenagers in police grips for allegedly using classrooms as ‘brothel’, drug base
The Adaklu Vodze Town Development Committee (TDC), has arrested eight people for allegedly using the community basic school’s classrooms for “illicit activities”. The eight, four boys and four girls were suspected to be smoking Indian Hemp and having sex in the classroom. Mr. Eric Dzormeku, Secretary to the TDC told …
Read More »Father’s reason for subjecting 3-year-old boy to torture will shock you [Audio]
Commander of the Manhyia Divisional Police Command, ACP Kwaku Buah, has given an update on the reasons given by a father for virtually mutilating his 3-year-old son’s body. According to ACP Buah, the abuser father, Ebenezer Nana Bonsu, has told the police that his actions were borne of his 3-year-old son’s …
Read More »Four Boys, Four Girls Smoking Ganja And Bonking Themselves In A Classroom Grabbed
The eight, four boys and four girls were suspected to be smoking marijuana and having sex in the classroom. Mr. Eric Dzormeku, Secretary to the TDC told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that the headteacher of the school had lodged several complaints about unknown persons using the school’s classrooms as …
Read More »COVID-19: Ghana records 427 new cases; total now 5,127
Ghana has recorded 427 new cases of COVID-19 within the last two days shooting the total number of cases to 5, 127, the Ghana Health Service(GHS) has announced. According to the Director-General of GHS, Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, out of the 427 cases, 272 came from Obuasi in the Ashanti region …
Read More »Man whose wife and lover attempted to kill begs for wife as he forgives her
The embattled husband of a 27-year-old woman, who connived to murder the husband at Pameng in the Atiwa West District of the Eastern region, says he has long forgiven her wife. Fifty-five-year-old Cudjoe Gator is also pleading for leniency for the wife, whom he has four kids with. Mavis Brepo, …
Read More »Four suspected cultists with guns arrested
Four suspected cultists with guns were apprehended on Sunday, May 10, by Ngwuru Neighbourhood Watch in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State. The chairman of the neighbourhood watch, Mr Ferdinand Onah said that the boys who are in their early 20s were apprehended at Ogbaegu, in Ngwuru following intelligence …
Read More »Three arrested over Indian hemp
The Police has arrested three persons who were packaging substances suspected to be Indian hemp. The three persons namely; George Agidi aka Doctor Aggrey, age 30, Adam Razak, age 31 and 17-year-old Nunekpeku Isaac were arrested at Ve-Koloenu in the Afadjato South District of the Volta Region. The Volta Regional …
Read More »Library Authority secures license for 1000 Ghanaians to study on Coursera
The Ghana Library Authority (GhLA) has secured scholarship slots for 1000 Ghanaians to study on Coursera. Coursera is one of the leading, globally recognized Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) platforms because of its association with top universities like, Stanford University, Yale University, University of Pennsylvania and many others in offering …
Read More »Land guards shoot two residents at Gomoa Tuansah
Two people have sustained gunshot wounds after suspected Land Guards attacked them at Gomoa Tuansah near Fetteh Kakraba in the Central Region. According to an eyewitness Kwame Mensah a brother of the victim, they heard the land guards breaking their brother’s door with concrete blocks. He said in the process, …
Read More »8-Year-Old Boy Kills 7-Year-Old Brother With Father’s Gun
In Manso Datano in the Ashanti Region, where an eight-year-old boy has allegedly shot dead his seven-year-old brother to death. The siblings were said to be playing with their father’s locally manufactured gun and accidentally the eight-year-old boy pulled the trigger to shoot his brother at close range. The sad …
Read More »Absa Bank robbery: Police retrieve GH¢234,000 of GH¢600,000 stolen
The Bono East Regional Police have retrieved GH¢234,000 of the over GH¢600,000 which was stolen after a bullion van, which was transporting the money to an undisclosed destination, was attacked. The police have also arrested one person after he claimed ownership of the vehicle which was used by the robbers. …
Read More »COVID-19 – Two KATH Nurses test positive – CEO
The Chief Executive of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Dr, Oheneba Owusu Danso has confirmed that, two nurses at the health facility have tested positive to the novel Coronvirus pandemic. According to the chief administrator of KATH, the management has been carrying out periodic test amongst the staff to ensure that …
Read More »Techiman: Police Manhunt For Bullion Van Robbers
The Police in Techiman has apprehended one suspect who was allegedly part of a gang of eight who attacked a bullion van in the Bono East Region last Friday. The incident occurred when 8 unmasked men attacked the van on the Techiman–Sunyani highway making away with GHS600,000. The driver of …
Read More »Man assaults wife with axe for denying him sex
A man in Northern Ghana is facing court after he allegedly assaulted his wife with an axe when she denied him sex. Victus Kuudiyiri, 35, a security man had lived with the victim in Wa, the capital of the Upper West region, about 695km from the capital, Accra. The suspect …
Read More »Panic at Ghana Manganese as community officer dies of coronavirus
There is growing fear among workers of Tarkwa-Nsuta-based company, Ghana Manganese after a principal community officer died of COVID-19. The Deputy Health Director in charge of clinical services in the Western Region, Dr Atsu Dordor who confirmed the news said sample of the deceased was taken last week but she died …
Read More »W/R: 14 new COVID-19 cases confirmed; regional tally now 52
The Western region has recorded 14 new cases of COVID-19 raising the regional figure from 38 to 52 as of Sunday. The regional tally stood at 38 as of the last update on Saturday evening. The Sekondi Takoradi Metropolis leads with 16 positive cases while Tarkwa comes second with 15 …
Read More »Afrancho: Armed robbers flee and abandon booty of GHS195K, weapons
About four suspected armed robbers who were sharing their booty in an uncompleted factory fled and left cash scattered and other weapons used in their operation, MyNewsGh.com reports MyNewsGh.com gathered that the robbers converged at an uncompleted gari factory at Afrancho- Mankranso near Akomadan in the Offinso North District of the Ashanti region …
Read More »Two shot by land guards at Gomoa Tuansah
Two people have sustained gunshot wounds after a group suspected to be land guards attacked them in their home Sunday. The two men according to reports were shot in the eye and head respectively over a protracted land dispute. This incident occurred at Gomoa Tuansah near Fetteh Kakraba in the …
Read More »Armed robbers rob bullion van of GH¢600,000 in Techiman
Armed robbers numbering about four on Friday evening attacked a bullion van belonging to the Absa Bank at gunpoint at Mmaampehia near Techiman in the Bono East Region and stole over GH¢600,000 contained in the van. Reports say the robbers who were wielding guns attacked the van and its occupants …
Read More »COVID-19: No facemask, no entry at KATH – Management
Management of the Konfo Anokye Teaching Hospital(KATH) reminds the general public that the facility is a mandatory facemask wearing zone. According to KATH management, any member of the public who wishes to access the hospital must, therefore, wear a facemask. This is in line with the directives outlined by the …
Read More »912 newly recruited teachers cleared for biometric registration to receive salaries
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has released identity cards for some 912 newly recruited teachers to enable them go through the new entrant biometric registration to be able to receive their salaries. Each of the 912 teachers who were part of those trained in 2018 and employed last year are …
Read More »Coronavirus: Stick to precautionary measures – Dr. Wiafe Addai tells mothers
The Chairperson of Ghana Cancer Board, Dr. Mrs. Beatrice Wiafe Addai, has charged mothers in Ghana to stick to the precautionary measures being undertaken to combat the coronavirus pandemic. She said it is mothers’ responsibility to ensure healthy welfare and up-bringing of children in the society, and this can only be achieved if the …
Read More »Man, 63, In Police Grip For Swindling Forex Bureau
A 63-year-old man who allegedly swindled a forex bureau operator and attempted to defraud the company for the second time in three months has been arrested by the Airport Police. The suspect, identified as Nkot Nkot, a Camerounian, is said to have visited the forex bureau with an accomplice who …
Read More »Ghanaians react to increasing coronavirus cases, deaths
Mixed reactions greeted Ghana Health Service’s latest announcement of an increase in Ghana’s coronavirus infections and deaths on social media. The Ghana Health Service (GHS) on May 9, 2020, announced that Ghana’s confirmed cases of the coronavirus have increased from 4,012 to 4,263, an increase of 251 new cases with …
Read More »Police On Manhunt For Suspect Over Shooting At NDC Office
The Northern Regional Police Command has launched a manhunt for one Jalil who is believed to be the leader of “Aluta Boys” a vigilante group affiliated to the National Democratic Congress(NDC) in the Northern region in connection with the shooting at the party’s office. The Northern Regional Crime Officer, Supt. Otuo Acheampong …
Read More »Policeman 2 others shot, loaded AK47 seized in GHS638k Absa bullion van robbery [PHOTO]
Lance Corporal Yussif Abubakar, a Policeman stationed at Tanoso District Headquarters in the Bono East Region has been shot by armed robbers while on escorting an Absa Bank bullion van. Driver of the vehicle Frank Agyemang age 44 years and Sampson Kofi Sarfo age 45 years on special duty were …
Read More »Coronavirus: 553 out of 1,300 workers test positive after outbreak in industrial facility
A recent report by the Ghana Health Service on Ghana’s COVID-19case count says 553 out of 1,300 workers of an undisclosed industrial facility have tested positive for the Coronavirus. According to the report, the cases account for 50% of the 921 new cases recorded between May 4 and May 8, 2020, bringing …
Read More »Vehicle tracker aids arrest of man declared wanted for murder, three others in Kumasi
A man on police wanted list was on Thursday arrested after a vehicle he allegedly stole from a woman in Kumasi, was tracked and intercepted at Offinso in the Ashanti Region. Nana Kofi Owusu, 29, was arrested after a woman (name withheld), who works at the Center for Scientific and …
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