The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced plans to recruit qualified teachers ahead of the 2019/2020 academic year. Candidates who wish to be recruited, according to a statement signed by the Head of Human Resource at the GES, Adjoa Van Vicker, should have completed and passed the final-year College of …

Breast Care International (BCI) in collaboration with Peace and Love Hospitals (PLH) has donated psycho-tropical medications to the mental health facilities in the  5 northern regions of Ghana through Basic Needs Ghana, a non-governmental organization (NGO). The medications, which were donated to BCI/PLS by Direct Relief in California, in the USA, …

Director of Human Resource at the Ministry of Health, Dr Akwasi Asabir has described nurses at the Nalerigu Nursing and Midwifery Training College as “ungrateful” health practitioners. His comment comes after videos and photos in which some students of the training college were seen chanting “JM we’re sorry”. The students …

The Takoradi District Police Commander, Supt. Emmanuel Amoah, had a shock of his life on Saturday when thieves broke into his office at the Takoradi Central Police. According to reports, the thieves managed to remove the louvre blades to enter his office and made away with his laptop and a …

A joint operation between the police and Pharmacy Council in the Northern Region has led to the arrest of an illegal tramadol dealer in the region. The suspect, Abdulai Issahaku, 40, believed to be a leader in the trade, was arrested at his shop, Harsh chemicals at Changli in Tamale. …

Eric Kojo Duah, the chief mastermind of the killing of two police officers at Gomoa Buduburam has told police investigators that one of the deceased persons caused the death of his mother. Though he refused to explain how it all happened, he admits he only fired one shot at one …

A middle-aged man popularly known as “Thunder” has been beaten to death by a well-known drug trafficker, Odoyewu, at Manso-Tontokrom in the Amansie South District of the Ashanti region, MyNewsGh.com reports. The deceased was alleged to have stolen some “cocaine” belonging to the suspect, residents say. The suspect is currently …

Heads of Senior High Schools in the country are pushing for the postponement of the reopening date for the 2019/2020 academic year due to delays in the disbursement of funds to the Schools. Management of Ghana Education Service has fixed September 6,2019 for the beginning of the 2019/2020 Academic year …

The office of the Takoradi District Police Commander, Supt. Emmanuel Amoah has been burgled. The robbers made away with his laptop, a flat-screen TV and an unspecified amount of money. The burglars removed the louvre blades of the window to the commander’s office to gain access. A local journalist Emmanuel …

The Kaneshie District Court has remanded seven suspects arrested in connection with the killing of two police officers, Joy News’ Joseph Ackah-Blay has reported. The seven, Eric Kojo Duah, Ibrahim Zakariah, Isaac Mensah, Obletey Commey Victor Yire and Fatawu Ahmed who appeared in court on Monday were charged with conspiracy to commit …

Suspected killer of two police officers at Gomoa Budumburam in the Central region is said to be a pastor’s son. Eric Kojo Duah, according to information available to Adomonline.com, is the first child of the founder of Strong Living Fire Church at Dansoman in Accra. The 33-year-old father and husband is said to …

Two self-styled pastors, George Andrews and Maxwell Peter, will be put before the Keta Circuit Court Monday, for allegedly kidnapping and raping an 18-year-old woman. Precious, not her real name, is battling scars from a four-month tortuous kidnapping and multiple rape experience at the hands of the two pastors. She was …

Residents at Kpone in the Kpone-Katamanso Municipal of the Tema Region have raised serious concerns about the way the Kpone Landfill poses serious threat to their lives at the moment.  Mr. Kofi Okrah a resident of the area in an interview complained of intermittent but overwhelming fire outbreaks on the …

Residents of Adiembra in the Western Region were thrown into a state of shock following the discovery of the dead body of 10 years old boy. The body of the deceased was found in a plantain farm adjacent western Naval officers Base in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis of the western region …

I met a couple recently for a session of marital counselling. They shared their individual experiences in being married for over a decade. They repeatedly circled back to one aspect, each sharing individually, albeit in different words “My marriage is not the way I would like it to be. I …

The left arm of a sixteen-year-old first year Junior High School (JHS) student, Josephine Amoabeng has been severed following a brawl with a young man on a farm at Komfour-Nkwanta in the Adansi Akrofuom District of the Ashanti region, MyNewsGh.com reports. Father of the girl, Kwadwo Sakyi who narrated the …

A first year student of the University for Development Studies (UDS) has been killed by a musketeer of the chief of Bomaa in the Tano North Municipality of the Ahafo region, Otempatadwanso Opoku Agyemang MyNewsGh.com reports. The twenty-one year-old student, whose name has been given as Raymond Kesse was escorting …

Agona Nkum in the Agona West Municipality in the Central Region was thrown into shock last Friday night when a jealous husband allegedly killed a 39-year-old farmer for allegedly trying to woo his wife. It was the violent end of a confrontation at a drinking spot where Kwame Egyir, 39, …

Some male students of the University Hall popularly known as Katanga at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science Technology (KNUST) have raised concerns over the admission of female students into the hall. The University started admitting female students into two male halls, namely University Hall (Katanga) and Unity Hall (Conti) after …

Microwave oven users who are fond of peeping into it while the machine is in use expose themselves to contracting eye diseases such as cataract. This is because microwaves have a heating effect and produce radiation which could harm the eyes or any delicate organ when it gets closer to …

A scrap collector in Accra has been sentenced by the Dodowa District Court for stealing a motorcycle assigned to the Malejor Police Station for night patrols. The Court presided over by Gloria Naa Botor Laryea sentenced Mohammed Kwame, a resident of Agbobloshie, on his own plea of guilty to 18 …

The prime suspect who is said to have killed two police officers in Gomoa Buduburam near Kaso has been arrested. Eric Kojo Duah, who has been declared wanted by the police was on his way to the Volta region en route Akosombo in the Eastern region when he was nabbed. …

When the one village one dam projects started, Mahama and his troops ridiculed them, labelled them as dug-outs. In fact, they said they were unfit for purpose. The hypnotic effects of the ongoing projects have coerced Mahama to change his narrative. The dams he claimed were not suitable for the …

The mortal remains of Lance Corporal Mohammed Awal, one of the Kasoa Motor, Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) policemen, killed while on duty on Wednesday August 28, 2019 at Kasoa Budumburam, have been laid to rest amidst wailing by family members at Abuakwa in Kwadaso Municipality in the Ashanti region. …

A popular phone dealer at Adum in Kumasi, who is believed to be in his 30s, has died mysteriously. The deceased, popularly known as Figo, was not seen for two days. He was later found dead in his room. According to reports, there were blood stains in his nose and …

Lance Corporal Mohammed Awal, one of the Kasoa Motor, Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) policemen, killed while on duty on Wednesday at Kasoa Budumburam, is said to be buried Friday, August 30, 2019 at Abuakwa in the Ashanti region. In a statement signed by Sergeant Daniel K. Ahadzie of the …

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has announced that the results of 19 BECE candidates have been cancelled for using mobile phones in the examination hall. Also, the subject results of 173 candidates have been cancelled for sending foreign materials into the examination hall. “2,497 subject results have been withheld pending …

The vector control unit of Zoomlion Ghana limited and the Ministry of Health have concluded its nationwide mosquito control training exercise in all regions to equip its operatives across the country on modern ways of undertaking effective larval source management.  The last session which was organized in Koforidua, the eastern …

Security analyst Adib Sani has called for stiffer punishment for persons who kill police officers on duty. Sani who was speaking to Starr News in the wake of the gruesome murder of two police officers by suspected armed robbers at Aplaku, a suburb of Kasoa in the Central Region said …

The Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has debunked reports that it is importing new school uniforms for students in the Junior High School (JHS). Casandra Twum Ampofo, PRO of the Service reacting to reports from the Textile Workers, said such claims are baseless and have no merit whatsoever. …