One Sherif Akudaago, 35, in the early hours of Saturday allegedly murdered his six-year-old son at Garu in the Garu District of the Upper East Region. The unemployed man reportedly cut the throat of Hanan Akudaago, who was a primary one pupil at the Covenant Academy Primary School at Garu, …

One Sherif Akudaago, 35, in the early hours of Saturday allegedly murdered his six-year-old son at Garu in the Garu District of the Upper East Region. The unemployed man reportedly cut the throat of Hanan Akudaago, who was a primary one pupil at the Covenant Academy Primary School at Garu, …

The Operation Vanguard contingent in the Eastern Region has arrested 31 foreign illegal miners in the Kwahu West Municipality. This follows reports that about 1,000 foreign nationals had connived with cocoa farmers and landowners in the area to mine illegally. The officer in charge of the Operation Vanguard team in …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on Ghanaians not to give the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) mandate in the 2020 general elections to come and cancel the free SHS policy. Nana Akufo-Addo said the NDC wants to cancel the policy under the disguise of reviewing but reiterated …

A record overcrowding at the Accident and Emergency Centre (A&E) of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra Saturday forced authorities to keep patients requiring emergency healthcare in ambulances for hours. Patients who arrived in ambulances from across the country with different trauma cases could not get beds at the A&E …

The Public Health Unit of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) in the Upper East Region has engaged its counterparts from Togo and Burkina Faso in a cross-border meeting to share information on diseases of epidemic potential among the three countries. Dr Josephat Nyuzaghl, the Upper East Regional Deputy Director in …

The adage ‘never judge a book by its cover’ came to play when a young man hired a group of men at Sowutuom, in Accra to rob his former boss thinking they were armed robbers. The group members who were angry the man considered them robbers held him by both …

The Police Administration has confirmed that it has arrested, detained and interdicted a Police Chief Inspector for allegedly raping the wife of a suspect in custody. The inspector [name withheld] is alleged to have raped the woman at the Manso Datano Police Station in the Amansie South District of the …

Close to 7,000 caterers who cocked under the Ghana School Feeding Programme for the third term of the 2018/19 academic year have been paid, Gender, Children and Social Protection Minister, Mrs. Cynthia Morrison has confirmed. “So everyone is expected to receive payment today, [Thursday November 28] as has been confirmed …

Percy Sackey is a teacher at the Obo Presby School in the Kwahu Hills. He uses music and dance to teach and motivate his pupils at the school. Joy News’ Justice Baidoo visited the school to learn more about the teacher’s unconventional methods of teaching. He says encouraging his students …

The leader of pro-government Elephant Youth Association, Stephen Amoh alias Osono, has been arrested by the police for unlawful assembly in breach of the public order act. This was after he led the group to picket the private residence of the deputy chief of staff Francis Asenso-Boakye on Wednesday, 27 …

A suspected thief has been stoned to death by residents of Dichemso Plaza Hotel in Kumasi, after they accused him and two other’s of snatching a lady’s mobile phone. The suspect believed to be in his thirties was reportedly apprehended by some angry vigilante group who witness the scene around …

The Students’ Representative Council of University of Education Winneba, Kumasi and Mampong Campuses whose core mandate is to promote the general welfare and interest of students, coordinating the social, cultural, intellectual and recreational activities of the students in the University have appealed to the government of the day to give …

The Ghana AIDS Commission has announced a surge in the number of persons who are contracting HIV infections in Ghana. In a statement released to the Community through the churches, mosques and the media, ahead of World AIDS Day slated for December 1, 2019, the commission said 19,931 new HIV …

A lady who only gave her name as Gladys has narrated how a policeman raped her as a precondition to helping her bail out her husband. Gladys who hails from the Northern part of Ghana said she travelled to Nkwanta in the Oti Region upon hearing that her husband was …

A lady, who tortured her two-year-old stepson with electric water-heater, has been arrested and charged for causing harm. Abena Tawiah who claims to be 17 years, a resident of Afari in the Atwima Nwabiagya District of the Ashanti Region, allegedly plugged an electric water-heater until it reached a boiling point …

Robert Cudjoe, the immediate past Public Relations Officer for the Ministry of Health, has thrown a jab at Ghanaian unemployed nurses and midwives, labelling them as ungrateful beings. Responding to calls made by the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association, urging government to recruit 40,000 nurses and midwives within the …

A 40-year-old man is fighting for his life after being stabbed in the scrotum over an alleged land dispute. The victim, Sampson Bortey, was said to have been attacked by some land guards on a disputed land at Gomoa Mafam near Buduburam in the Gomoa East District of the Central …

Old students of Dwamena Akenten Senior High School at Offinso in the Offinso South district of the Ashanti region has averted what could have been a sanitation crisis in the school with the building an ultra modern 20-seater toilet facility. The facility, which was at the cost of GHC70, 000, …

About 400 unemployed graduate teachers have appealed to the government and the Education Ministry to have them immediately posted. According to them, despite graduating from the various Colleges of Education, they are yet to be posted to the various senior high schools in the country. President of the coalition of …

A 23-year-old man has been arrested after being accused of throwing faeces at five people on three different occasions. He allegedly threw liquefied faeces which he held in a bucket at passersby in three different locations between Friday afternoon and Monday night in Toronto. The accused, Samuel Opoku was arrested in the …

A seven-member panel of the Supreme Court presided over by Justice Jones Dotse has dismissed a writ filed by leader of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP), Akua Donkor against President Nana Akufo-Addo and his Vice Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. The apex court after dismissing the case also slapped on Madam Akua …

Five members of the Anointed Place Chapel, a church founded by Francis Antwi, popularly known as Rev. Obofuor, have been arrested after they attacked officials of the Tema West Municipal Assembly on Monday. The Head of the Local Government Service, Nana Ato Arthur in a Citi News interview said the …

An NDC communications officer has been arrested alongside 19 others over the burning of an NPP officer at Salaga. The arrest was done in dawn swoop by a joint Police and military team on Tuesday. The suspects are currently at the Tamale regional police command. Reports suggest the NDC communicator …

A man, identified as Kwadwo Oppong Owuo, has reportedly committed suicide after allegedly shooting his wife, Yaa Sophia who is in a critical condition at Berekum- Biadan, a district in the Bono region. Though the reason for Mr Owuo’s action is still unknown, the wife’s father suspects their marital issues …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has procured four hundred thousand (400,000) sets of questions and answer booklets from the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) for distribution to the first batch of beneficiaries of the Free Senior High School policy preparing to write their final examination April next year. The exams …

The world has seen a few true geniuses over the course of time. Some of the most well-known brains are, of course, Isaac newton, Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. Could a third emerge from today’s young generation of thinkers? Clearly, a good memory is important for children to learn and …

The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE), in its aspirations to transform into an efficient, world class platform for investments and raising capital, has signed and exchanged a Memorandum of Understanding with the Singapore Cooperation Enterprise (SCE). SCE, an agency of the Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Foreign …

November 24th 2019 Celebrated Highlife musician Jamson who became Physically challenged after getting his first massive hit song 20 years ago said he hasn’t stopped doing music. Speaking to some selected Bloggers at the just ended media after attending the just-ended 2019 3 G awards in the United States of …

Three persons including a soldier have been arrested for posing as personnel of Operation Vanguard — a task force enforcing the ban on illegal mining in Ghana. They were arrested at Sekyere in the Atiwa West District of the Eastern Region on Thursday, November 21, 2019. The soldier has been …