Okyenhene Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin ll has promised the people of Akyem Abuakwa in the Eastern Region 10 new basic schools to help improve education in that part of Ghana. The Paramount Chief of the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Area made this known in Asamankese during his tour to interact with …

The Education Minister, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh has clarified the government’s stance on the conversion of some all-male halls of residence at public universities. Dr. Opoku Prempeh explained that a recent letter from the Education Ministry on the conversion of halls at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology …

Drama unfolded in the Aayalolo metro bus when a suspected robber got ‘arrested’ by the vehicle’s automated door. The bus travelling from Adum to Aputuogya in Kumasi made a stopover at the High School Junction, where the suspected robber and two other accomplices joined the bus. The bus conductor soon …

As parts of its efforts in the fight against cancer in Ghana, Peace and Love Hospitals (PLH) in collaboration with Royal Marsden Cancer Charity, UK, has organized a one week cancer care training for the nurses at the Peace and Love Hospital (PLH) at Oduom, Kumasi. The programme dubbed “Foundation …

A ‘mad man’ has gruesomely murdered a 59-year-old property owner at Tunga near Dansoman in the Ablekuma West of the Greater Accra Region, MyNewsGh.com has confirmed. A nephew of the deceased Abu Osman Mohammed who confirmed the incident to MyNewsGh.com, revealed that the mad man after murdering his uncle, chopped …

Some aggrieved parents of a government school at Iron City, a suburb of Kasoa in the Central region have locked up the headmistress over extortion. The parents, who stormed the Iron City M/A basic school with their own padlocks, claimed the headmistress has been charging them exorbitant fees before admitting …

The Chief Executive of the Ghana Mental Authority, Dr. Akwasi Osei, has called on Ghanaians to come together and help reduce the number of suicides being witnessed across the country. Suicides happen in all countries and regions, whether rich or poor. However, most occur in low and middle-income countries, which …

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has joined sister teacher group, National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) in its industrial action against what they describe as unfavourable working conditions. NAGRAT declared a nationwide strike over the newly introduced Human Resource Management Information System (HRMIS) acquired by the Public Services …

All pupils entering kindergarten and primary one in the 2019/2020 academic year will undergo a mandatory medical screening during admission. The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is conducting the exercise in collaboration with the Education Service and other partners. The screening which will begin Tuesday, is aimed at “the early detection of …

The management of Koforidua Nursing and Midwifery Training College has dismissed at least six students and about 20 others repeated over poor academic performances. The affected students are mostly students pursuing Registered Midwifery Course. The dismissed students are said to have performed below the borderline of 1.5 Cumulative GPA whilst …

The Gyaasehene of Gomoa Akraman in the Gomoa East District of the Central region has reportedly been killed in his house by some unidentified men. He was known as Yaw Egyir but popular as ‘Osebo’ and in his 40’s. Information gathered by Adom News’ Kofi Adjei suggested that the group …

A police officer attached to the Asesewa District Police Command has been arrested for failing to account for his rifle and ammunition for an operation. The Public Relations Officer of the Eastern Regional Police Command, DSP Ebenezer Tetteh confirmed the incident to Starr News when contacted. He said further investigations are ongoing, …

When the level of corruption in a nation becomes gargantuan and leadership is exhibiting irresponsibility, a foreigner will tell you to shut up and ask of aid to rather deal with your personal corruption and that of your appointees. In medical care, diagnosis will determine what drug the Doctor will …

A chief at Gomoa Akranmang in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region has been murdered. Nana Egyiri, popularly known in the community as ‘Osibo’, was until his death, the Gyaasehene (Kingmaker) of Gomoa Ankranmang. Adom News’ correspondent, Kofi Adjei who visited the scene where the chief’s body has …

There was pandemonium at Komfuor Nkwanta near Obuasi in the Adansi Akrofrom District when a 16-year old girl, had her wrist chopped off following a misunderstanding over a pair of bathroom slippers, also known as ‘Chale Wate’ by her ‘lover’. The victim, Josephine Amoabeng, who is currently battling for life …

The Northern Regional Police Command has arrested 11 suspected prostitutes in Tamale, the region’s capital. The Regional Crime Officer, Supt. Otuo Acheampong, speaking to Adom News said the operation that led to the arrest of these ladies was carried out in the Tamale central business district on Friday, September 6, …

There is a looming cholera outbreak in parts of the Country as contractors have, en bloc, abandoned ongoing construction of automated modern toilet facility projects under a Public Private Partnership between Ghana First Company and the Government of Ghana. Over 200 existing public toilet facilities in communities across the country …

Comfort Nutsugah, a 51-year old trader, has taken advantage of government’s Free Senior High School Policy to further her education. Ms. Nutsugah, a mother of six, who sells used clothing after school hours, is a first-year General Arts Student of the Keta Senior High Technical School in the Volta Region. She is …

A driver has been shot dead in a deadly highway robbery attack in the Fanteakwa North District of the Eastern Region. Some victims who suffered minor gunshot injuries were rushed to a health center at Dedeso for treatment. Starr News has gathered the six-member gang mounted barricade on Abooso to …

A woman has been arrested by the Police at Nkurakan in the Eastern Region for defecating at a Police Station. Sheila Kwaow, popularly known as Mother, was arrested on the dawn of Friday, September 6, 2019 after a police officer laid surveillance. The 30-year-old hairdresser notorious for the practice has …

Five Ghanaian nationals who were arrested during the xenophobic attacks in Pretoria and the Central Business District of South Africa, Johannesburg will appear in court on Monday, 9th September 2019. The High Commissioner of Ghana to South Africa, His Excellency George Ayisi-Boateng disclosed this in an interview with Kwaku Anane …

Government has succumbed to pressure from various bodies in protest against the conversion of the University Hall otherwise known as Katanga Hall of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) into a mixed hall. The decision by the Governing Council of the University last year was met with …

A taxi driver has allegedly been shot dead within the Sekondi/Takoradi metropolis of the Western Region. He was allegedly shot three times in the chest at Sofokrom by some unknown assailants believed to be armed robbers. His body was then dumped at Dunkwa, near Beposo in the Shama District. A …

The government has urged the authorities of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to maintain University (Katanga) Hall as an all-male hall of residence. Education Minister Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh said while the running of the university is the sole preserve of the university’s council, it is …

The Headmaster of Donkokrom Senior High School, John Mensah Dzokoto, has been sacked by the Ministry of Education through the Ghana Education Service. The Headmaster was transferred from Klo Agogo Senior High School in the Yilo Krobo Municipality to Donkokrom in the Afram Plains North District of the Eastern Region …

There’s anger from former residents of Unity Hall (Conti) at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) after a government letter “prevailing” on the authorities of the University to reverse University Hall back to an exclusive male residence conspicuously left them out. Former residents of the hall took …

The Volta Regional Police Command has arrested a carpenter, Fofo Amedo Kwame, at Adaklu Sagbele for allegedly murdering an eight-year-old girl at Nyive, in the Ho Municipality. The carpenter after his arrest led the police to pick a 12-year-old boy, he claimed was his accomplice. Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP), …

A man in his late 30s has been arrested at Adaklu in the Volta region for the alleged murder of an 8-year-old girl, Shine Agyima in the Ho Central Municipality of the Volta region. According to the residents in Nyive where the girl was murdered, the suspect confessed to the …

The Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis and the Effia Kwesiminstim Municipality have been hit with an outbreak of the Africa Swine Fever. The fever is suspected to have affected the government allocated pigs under the Rearing for Food and Jobs programme. This was captured in a letter addressed to the Minister of Agriculture …

Details are emerging about how a policewoman was gruesomely killed by six men who also stole her rifle in Tamale in the Northern Region recently. When the six men were brought to the Tamale Magistrate Court, the prosecutor, Inspector Victor Kwafo, revealed that the policewoman (Sergeant Agatha Nana Nabin) was …