The wife of Asantehene, Lady Julia Osei Tutu, who is also Patroness of Otumfuo Osei Tutu Foundation, has paid the hospital bills of 26 patients at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi. The gesture, about GHC30,000, formed part of activities to mark International Day of Families. Otumfuo Osei Tutu …
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Butcher stabs colleague to death over earpiece
A 23-year-old butcher, Baba Ibrahim, is in the grips of the Kanashie police for allegedly murdering his colleague over an earpiece. According to a report by the Ghanaian Times Newspaper, the suspect is said to have stabbed his 23-year-old colleague, Alhassan Zakari, with a broken bottle when a scuffle ensued …
Read More »SHS student jailed for stealing goats
A final year student of the Adobewora Community Senior High School at Nyinahini in the Ashanti Region, 19-year-old, Muftaw Fuseini has been jailed for five years for stealing goats. According to a teacher of the school, Bawa Simon Laari, Fuseini who is also a tricycle rider was only hired by …
Read More »Tolon SHS shut down following fire
Authorities at Tolon Senior High School have temporarily closed down the school following a fire outbreak earlier Thursday, May 19. The fire razed down the entire girls’ dormitory block. According to the headmaster of the school, Amadu Issifu, the decision to close down the school is to allow them put …
Read More »DOWNLOAD MP3: Perfect Chick Remix
He goes by the name JAKEY JAKE and he’s a new school Rap beast in West Africa (Sierra Leone) after dropping another another boom 💥 that is making air all over Africa and we still remember his diss track against Lyrical Joe. And this one is about tell his fans …
Read More »SAD VIDEO: 22-year-old woman dragged on the floor by a driver over GH¢80 MoMo
A Yango driver believed to be in his 30s is in the grips of the police after he was arrested for dragging a passenger in front of her house after the two got into a disagreement over a change of GH¢80. The victim, Sheila Taasha Osei-Boahene, a 22-year-old nursing …
Read More »Nkoranza youth attack Police station; free suspects in custody
Some irate youth in Nkoranza in the Bono East region have attacked the Police station in the area freeing at least three suspects in custody. The youth who are protesting the death of 28-year-old trader, Alber Akwasi Donkor reportedly attacked some officers before setting the inmates free, Starr News has …
Read More »Boyfriend slashes girlfriend, 56, with machete for denying him sex
A 56-year-old woman, Akua Baduwa, has allegedly been slashed with machete multiple times by her boyfriend, Bob, aged 45, for refusing him sex. The woman is currently receiving treatment at the Abura Dunkwa government hospital in the Central Region after the incident which happened at Abakrampa on Sunday May 15, …
Read More »Court remands boyfriend of murdered Cape Coast Tech. University student
The Cape Coast District Court B in the Central Region has remanded the boyfriend of the Level 300 Cape Coast Technical University student who was murdered over the weekend into Police custody. The court presided over by Her Worship Mrs. Bernice Ackom on Monday asked the suspect to reappear on …
Read More »VIDEO&PHOTOS: Suspected assailant beaten to death by man and his two wives
An unidentified assailant has been beaten to death by a man and his two wives at Sekyere Afram Plains in the Ashanti Region. The deceased is said to have attacked a house where a man married to two wives lived and shot the husband. As narrated by the District Chief …
Read More »Premature babies prone to health conditions — Optometrist
Dr. Alfred Gardemor, Principal Optometrist and Head of the Optometric Center at the Nsawam Government Hospital has stated that premature babies have a higher risk of developing eye problems. He stressed when a baby is born prematurely, a lot of development has not taken place, which makes it prone to …
Read More »Damongo SHS student arrested for stealing tricycle
final year student of Damongo Senior High School (SHS) is in the grips of the district police for allegedly stealing a tricycle. Seidu Yussif was nabbed by Tuna Police at a police barrier check point in the Savannah region on his way to Wa in the Upper West Region. Upon …
Read More »Desilting gutters, three balls of banku: Watch how these Ga residents ‘punished’ a Nigerian thief
Some residents of a Ga community in Accra have been receiving huge praises online for their choice of punishment for a young Nigerian man who was caught stealing a phone. In two separate videos shared by Sammy Holy Ghost on Facebook, it shows the Nigerian, who gave his name as …
Read More »It’s time to review free SHS – Palmer-Buckle
Most Reverend Charles Palmer-Buckle has added his voice to calls for government to take immediate steps to review the free senior high school policy through stakeholder engagement. According to the Archbishop for Cape Coast, the free SHS policy has come to offer relief to parents, but it is important for …
Read More »UGBS denied me admission despite having aggregate 9 – Education Minister recounts
Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, Minister for Education and MP for Bosomtwe, has disclosed that he failed to secure admission to Ghana’s premier university despite excelling in his A level exams. He said, having made aggregate nine, he was hopeful of gaining admission to the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS) …
Read More »Arm, leg of 14-year-old amputated after teacher poured acid on him
A-14-year-old boy has lost an arm and a leg to amputation after a teacher at the Nalerigu Senior High School, Ibrahim Salifu allegedly poured acid on him for a supposed act of theft. According to the father of the victim, Gideon Wunduwa, his boy had gone out in search of …
Read More »School Feeding Caterers call for increment in feeding grants
The National School Feeding Caterers Association is demanding an increment in the school feeding grants following the skyrocketing prices of food items. According to the caterers, food prices have increased multiple times, but the government still pays 97 pesewas per plate, making it extremely difficult for them to continue cooking …
Read More »Fuel pump attendant shot by armed robbers, one suspect arrested
A female fuel pump attendant has been shot by armed robbers during an attack on Glory Oil Fuel Filling station at Akyem Abenase in Akyemansa District in the Eastern region. Faustina Ampomaa, 23, who was shot in the face was rushed to the Eastern Regional Hospital in Koforidua for treatment. …
Read More »Six land guards arrested at Nyanyano
The Central East Regional Police Command has arrested six land guards at Nyanyano Kakraba in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region. The group was said to be supervising the reconstruction of a building demolished a month ago. The Police Command and the Gomoa East Assembly on 29 March …
Read More »Snake enters Foso Training College dormitory, bites the ‘balls’ of young man
A snake entered the dormitory of Assin Fosu Training college to bite the scrotum of a young man in his sleep. According to the reports by Adom News, a huge and poisonous snake invaded the boys Dormitory to bite the scrotum, ‘balls’ of a young boy roughly and at least …
Read More »Snake bites testicles of level 300 student
A snake has reportedly given a level 300 student at the Assin Fosu College of Education (FOSCO) in the Central region a painful fright when it sunk its teeth into his “genital area”. The young man said he quickly stood on his feet after feeling a pinch in his testicles …
Read More »Fetish Priest shoots himself, wife and 9-year-old child at Abowinum
A 39-year-old fetish Priest, Kwesi Tando, has shot himself, his wife Abena Ketsewa, and his nine year old child, Richmond Tando, over marital issues at Enyan Abowinum in the Central Region. The sad incident happened Wednesday May 11, 2022 in the evening around 10 PM. According to residents, the Fetish …
Read More »Chief, 76, hangs himself at Assin Brofoyedru
A 76-year-old Chief and Pastor of the Apostolic Resurrection Society Church at Assin Brofoyedru in the Central Region has hanged himself in a bush. The deceased is said to have left for farm on Tuesday but did not return home. Upon a search, he was found hanging on a tree …
Read More »Having sex everyday is abnormal – Therapist
A Global Health Scientist and a Sexual Health Specialist, Dr. Richard Eghan has stated that having sex every day is a myth. According to him, having sex every day is not medically acceptable. “This way too much. So a study was done I think in America which actually came with …
Read More »Bawku: 5 arrested over killing of four persons in renewed gunfight
Five persons have been arrested by the Bawku divisional police command in the Upper East Region in connection with renewed ethnic conflict that have claimed the lives of four persons. Even though the police are yet to unravel the cause of the disturbances, sporadic gunshots ensued among ethnic groups in …
Read More »Bunkpurugu health centres not shutting down over lack of medical supplies – DCE
The District Chief Executive of Bunkpurugu-Nakpanduri in the North East Region, Joseph Louknaan, has debunked claims that health centres in Bunkpurugu risk being shut down due to the unavailability of drugs and other medical supplies. This comes on the back of some reports indicating that the district health centres lacked …
Read More »40-year-old mechanic butchered, stabbed to death at Aboaso
A clash between two feuding youth from Aboaso and Hemang in the Kwabre East Municipality of the Ashanti region has led to the death of a 40-year-old mechanic, Akwasi Owusu. The two feuding factions were said to have crashed during a ceremony at a guest house in Sarfo, a suburb …
Read More »Asamoah Gyan supports cancer patient on admission at Korle-Bu for 2 years
The family of Efua Danu has thanked Ghana’s veteran football international, Asamoah Gyan for supporting their daughter, Martha Tawiah Korkor who had been on admission at the Korle-Bu Teaching for the past two years. Miss Korkor was on admission at the premier teaching hospital in the Greater Accra Region for …
Read More »Three allegedly shot dead in renewed clashes at Bawku
Three persons have been reportedly shot dead in what appears to be renewed clashes between some Kusasis and Mamprusis in the Old Kariama Market area of Nyatinga in the Bawku municipality last night. This comes barely days after the West Africa Centre for Counter-Terrorism and Extremism 2022 report pointed to …
Read More »Govt will soon not have the resources to finance Free SHS – NAGRAT
President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) Angel Carbonou has said the government is reaching a point where it might be unable to finance its flagship Free SHS initiative. According to him, the teachers association warned the implementation of the programme will have financing challenges but the government …
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