A policeman on guard duties at the home of former Minister of Energy, Boakye Agyarko is reported to have shot and injured one person on Sunday. Lance Corporal Peter Hammond Arkosah of National Protection Unit was detailed at Hon. Boakye Agyarko’s residence at Ashongman Estate on Sunday, February 9, 2020 …
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National Science and Maths Quiz in danger
The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) says it will be difficult for schools to organise their students for this year’s National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) at the regional and national levels as a result of inadequate funds. “We, therefore, wish to inform management that until adequate …
Read More »Suspect escapes from Police Hospital
An accused person who jumped bail and was re-arrested has managed to escape once again from the Police Hospital in Accra. Daily Guide learnt that the suspect, Clement Adjei Nkrumah, was being investigated over a reported case of defrauding by false pretences in the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis but jumped bail in …
Read More »Govt to provide free Wi-Fi to high schools – Bawumia
Vice President of Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has disclosed that the government intends to provide free Wi-Fi to senior high schools and public universities soon. He said plans are far advanced for the first piloting of this policy, this year. Vice President Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia who was speaking at the …
Read More »Farmer gets 20 years for impregnating physically challenged minor
A 35-year-old Farmer who defiled and impregnated a 15-year-old physically disabled girl has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by the Tepa Circuit Court in the Ahafo Ano South District. The victim who is the stepdaughter of the convict physical disability worsened and paralysed a month after she gave birth …
Read More »Man accused of defilement tests negative of HIV but victim tests positive
A 40-year old cleaner is in the grips of the law following an accusation that he has defiled a 12-year-old girl at North Legon, a suburb in Accra. John Kupa Azika charged with defilement, pleaded not guilty when he appeared before an Accra Circuit Court and was granted bail in …
Read More »NAGRAT bares teeth over special classes for promotional exams
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) is not happy with regional and district directors of education and has asked them to desist from issuing official cover letters to organisations and institutions organising special classes for teachers due to write their promotional examinations. It also called on the management of …
Read More »Notorious criminal on wanted list arrested
The Upper East Regional Police Command has arrested a man described as a notorious criminal who has been on the wanted list of the Police. A statement by the Upper East Regional Police Command has said. The statement says, the suspect, Pius Ayomah Anundiabil was arrested on Saturday, February 8 …
Read More »Ejisuman Senior High expels 7 students from boarding house over viral video
Ejisuman Senior High School has expelled seven students from its boarding facility after they were deemed to have engaged in activities that tarnished the school’s image. The six are all final year students. They are accused of using a mobile phone – which is prohibited in basic and high schools …
Read More »SAD: Tears flow as hardworking Ghanaian Nurse Gang-raped to death near Kumasi [Photos]
Ruth Ama Eshun, a Ghanaian nurse has reportedly been gang-raped and killed by unknown assailants. Reports has sighted by social media indicate that Ruth Eshun, was murdered at a town called Ayuom in the Bosomtwe District which is near the Ashanti regional capital of Kumasi. Ruth Eshun was a community …
Read More »Soldier jailed 20 years for incest
A serving soldier who defiled his nine-year-old daughter until she attained the age of 15 has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in hard labour by an Accra Circuit Court. Sergeant Eric Asare-Mante is said to have taken advantage of the victim any time he shaved her pubic hair and …
Read More »One person arrested in connection with murder of nurse at Sewua
One person has reportedly been arrested in connection with the suspected murder of a nurse by unknown assailants at Sewua in the Bosomtwe District of the Ashanti Region. A phone found at the scene of the crime was traced to the unidentified suspect. Ruth Arhin, 37, a mother of three …
Read More »Farmer kills wife and shoots himself at Pieso
A 26-year-old faRmer, Mensah Kpogo Gamali, has shot and killed his wife at Pieso near Aboso in the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality. He also allegedly shot himself after he succeeded in killing his 21-year-old wife, Comfort Ativor. Superintendent of Police Thomas Osei Ababio, Tarkwa District Police Commander who confirmed the incident …
Read More »WAEC accepts oral response in examination
Mr Alex Amankwah in charge of Specific Learning Disorders at the Ghana Education Service has revealed that the West African Examination Council (WAEC) accepts oral responses from students unable to write due to disability. He said provisions have been made to accommodate students with special educational needs in examinations to …
Read More »WAEC accepts oral response in examination
Mr Alex Amankwah in charge of Specific Learning Disorders at the Ghana Education Service has revealed that the West African Examination Council (WAEC) accepts oral responses from students unable to write due to disability. He said provisions have been made to accommodate students with special educational needs in examinations to …
Read More »Nigerian kills Nigerian over cyber fraud business
The police at ACP Estates in Accra have arrested a 19-year-old Nigerian for allegedly killing his compatriot. The suspect, who was identified as Godwin Iboro, was arrested for beating Shadrack Marcel, 26, to death. Police preliminary investigation shows that Iboro engaged in a fight with Marcel because Marcel reportedly refused …
Read More »22-year-old former Nsawam SHS student commits suicide
A 22-year-old man Andrews Osafo has taken his own life at Nsawam in the Eastern Region. The graduate of the Nsawam Senior High School hanged himself on a ceiling fan on Thursday. Mother of the deceased, Vida Osae narrated to Kasapa News Bonohene Baffuor Awuah that she left her son …
Read More »Soldier jailed 20 years for incest
A serving soldier who had bouts of sex with his nine-year-old daughter until she attained the age of 15 has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in hard labour by an Accra Circuit Court. Sergeant Eric Asare-Mante is said to have taken advantage of the victim any time he shaved …
Read More »UG Medical centre to operate next year after gov’t agrees to ownership formula
The impasse between the management of the University of Ghana and government over the ownership of the UG Medical Centre has been settled. Per an agreement between the two parties, government will take 60 percent shares of the facility with the University reserving 40. The disagreement over who takes control …
Read More »Techiman fake lawyer remanded in police custody
The Techiman Circuit Court has remanded the 34-year-old self-acclaimed lawyer, Iddriss Yahaya, into police custody to reappear on Thursday, February 13, 2020. State Prosecutor, Detective Inspector Phamous kwaku Agbasa, presenting fact of the case to court said there had been many complaints against the suspect since his arrest last Tuesday. …
Read More »Ridge Hospital dedicates 9 doctors, 26 nurses to coronavirus fight
The Greater Accra Regional Hospital – Ridge has put in place a comprehensive system to handle coronavirus cases should there be any in the country. Medical Director, Dr Emmanuel Srofenyo who took journalists on a tour of some of the wards designated for such cases said the hospital is ready to …
Read More »Man stabbed to death by suspected robbers in Kumasi [photos]
An unidentified man, believed to be in his late 30s, was stabbed to death Thursday dawn by suspected armed robbers at Tarkwa-Maakro in Kumasi. Residents were awakened by shouts for help from a male adult who turned out to be the victim. He was found lifeless with stab wounds and …
Read More »Thieves raid police MTTD Commander’s office in Tema
Suspected thieves have allegedly broken into the office of the Commander of the Tema Regional Police Motor Traffic and Transport Department, (MTTD), and made away with some items. The theft, which happened on Thursday, February 6, 2020, saw the intruders stealing two TV sets, one laptop, one GoTV decoder and …
Read More »A total of 9 suspected cases of coronavirus reported in Ghana – Health Service
The Ghana Health Service has said Ghana has recorded a total of nine suspected cases of the deadly coronavirus infection, but they have all tested negative. These nine cases include the two recent ones reported at the Korle bu Teaching Hospital on Wednesday. The two – a Chinese and an Argentine …
Read More »Coronavirus: Tests on two suspected cases negative – Noguchi
A virologist at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), Dr. Kofi Bonney has confirmed that tests on two suspected cases of coronavirus have proved negative. He explained that blood samples of the two suspects – A Chinese national and an Argentine – were been taken to the Noguchi for …
Read More »‘Malicious panic’ hits Korle Bu as doctors flee over suspected coronavirus case
The head of the Public Health Department at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has revealed that a lack of a well-resourced holding bay at the hospital caused pandemonium among doctors on Wednesday. Dr Philip Amoo said there was a situation in which two suspected cases of coronavirus were reported at the facility …
Read More »Buipe SHS closed for one week following fire outbreak
About 290 students of the Buipe Senior High School (SHS) in the Central Gonja District of the Savannah Region have been asked to go home and report back to school in a week’s time. This follows a fire outbreak that occurred in the school last Monday that destroyed their dormitory …
Read More »Getfund Directed To Address Shortage Of Dormitories, Classrooms In SHSs
Government has directed the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) to undertake educational infrastructure projects in all public senior high schools (SHSs) for successful implementation and sustenance of the Free SHS Policy. Madam Gifty Twum-Ampofo, the Deputy Minister of Education in-charge of Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET), who announced this …
Read More »GES Revises Promotion Process
Two teacher unions and some teachers have hailed the decision of the Ghana Education Service (GES) to revise its promotion process. The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), the Coalition of Concerned Teachers, Ghana (CCT-G) and some teachers have expressed their satisfaction with the decision to switch from interviewing teachers …
Read More »Suspected fake lawyer nabbed by Techiman Police
A 34-year-old man has been arrested on the orders of the presiding judge of the Techiman Circuit court, Justice Alexander Graham, during Court proceedings Wednesday, February 5, 2020. The suspected fake lawyer named Iddrisu Yahaya was in court to represent some four accused persons standing trial in a robbery and kidnapping …
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