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 …
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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 …
Read More »Thieves break into church, steal all musical instruments
A church at Manso-Datono in the Amansie South District of the Ashanti Region for the second time this year, have suffered the wrath of some criminals. Members of the community on Monday, May 9, 2022, woke up to news that the chapel of Christ Redeemer Church has been ransacked by …
Read More »Maternity Unit of 37 Military Hospital closed down for a week to make way for fumigation
All persons needing services of the Maternity Unit of the 37 Military Hospital between Wednesday May 11, 2022, and Wednesday, May 18, 2022, would have to look elsewhere or wait until the announced dates have been exhausted. This is because the management of the Hospital has announced that it is …
Read More »SHS students flogged for refusing to attend church service
Some students of Annor Adjaye Senior Secondary School (SHS) in the Jomoro Municipality of the Western Region were last Sunday, 8 May 2022, flogged by their teachers for refusing to attend church services. The students, made up of Christians and Muslims, had a rude shock of their lives when a …
Read More »64yr-old man arrested for allegedly threatening Supreme Court judge
A 64-year-old retired quantity surveyor with the State Housing Corporation, Livingston Bosso, was last Friday, May 6, 2022, arrested for allegedly threatening a Justice of the Supreme Court. About 4 plain-clothed men who were accompanied by a uniformed police officer on Friday picked Mr Bosso in a black Toyota Land …
Read More »Food crisis hits Free SHS as gov’t owes food suppliers over GHC500m
President Nana Akufo-Addo’s flagship programme, the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) policy, is faced with a major challenge of feeding the beneficiaries, especially those in boarding schools as food suppliers get ready to withdraw services over a GHC500milion debt owed them. The New Publisher gathered that though the situation …
Read More »UDS Senior staff declare strike May 12 over administrative rules
The strike according to the association follows the refusal of management of the university to implement recommendations of the GTEC The Senior Staff Association of the University for Development Studies (UDS) has issued a notice ofan intended indefinite strike against the managers of the university from Thursday, 12 May 2022. …
Read More »Jealous man pours acid on lover
A 34-year-old tricycle rider, Bright Boso, has been sentenced by the High Court in Accra to 10 years in prison for pouring acid on his girlfriend on suspicion of infidelity at Ashongman Estate at Dome Kwabena Constituency in the Greater Accra Region. Narrating her ordeal on Angel FM’s Anopa Bofo …
Read More »Soldier allegedly beats suspected thief to pulp at Kasoa
A military officer who has been identified as Solomon Ntow has allegedly led a mob action against a civilian Michael Obassi, a foreign national who was suspected to be a thief. Even though some opinion leaders of the Millennium City community (Kasoa) where the incident took place suggested that the …
Read More »Suspected plantain thief stoned to death at Mankessim
A suspected plantain thief, Caleb has been stoned to death at Mankessim in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region. He was found tied to a palm tree with a bunch of plantain beside him. Beside him were also stones, blocks, and sticks which were suspected to have been used …
Read More »FixTheSickMortuaries: Ensure sanitary standards, improve working conditions – Korle-Bu told
The Health Sector Environmental Health Practitioners Association–Ghana (HeSEHPAG) has expressed disappointment with conditions at the Korle-Bu Mortuary in Accra. According to the Association, its National Executive Committee (NEC) was despondent when members watch the exposé on the deteriorating state of the facility coupled with bad working conditions for workers on GHOneTV. …
Read More »Trader remanded for defrauding immigration officer over GH¢400,000
A 28-year-old trader, Dorcas Twene Amankwa, has been remanded by the Circuit Court in Accra for allegedly defrauding an Immigration Officer to the sum of GH¢400,000. The accused person pleaded not guilty to the charge of defrauding by false pretense contrary to section 131(1) of the Criminal Offences Act, (Act …
Read More »Two women arrested, fined for burying baby without permit
The Abura Dunkwa District Magistrate court in the Central Region has fined two women a total sum of GHC612.00 for burying a two-year-old baby girl without permission. The two women; Esi Janet, a traditional priestess was fined GHC 600 and Mary Essuman, mother of the baby, was fined GHC 12. …
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