There is a public uproar on social media about the current state of the mortuary at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. With the solemnity that death exudes, one would expect that the temporal place where mortal remains are kept until burial reflects same. However, the scene at the Korle Bu …
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Court remands Police imposters at NPP’s Okaikoi South executive elections
icle WhatsApp Facebook Twitter Email This The imposters A court has remanded two accused persons John Essel Baah and Enock Kwame Bosompem, to reappear on 10th May, 2022 after they were arrested for showing up at the governing New Patriotic Party’s constituency executive elections at the Okaikoi South Constituency wearing …
Read More »Two car snatchers jailed 40 years
The Asamankese Circuit Court presided over by His Honour Abass Abubakari Adams has convicted two car snatchers to a total of 40 years imprisonment. The convicts are Desmond Okyere,20, a cobbler, and Delay Adu Frank,26, a driver. The facts of the case presented by the Prosecutor Inspector Samuel Owusu, are …
Read More »26,956 teachers promoted to various ranks
The Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has released the results of the promotion test to various grades in the service. In all 26, 954 candidates representing 67.5per cent of the 39,918 candidates were successful. The grades involved are deputy director, assistant director l, assistant director II. A statement …
Read More »PHOTOS: Fire guts dormitory at St. Paul Technical School, 60 students displaced
Fire at St. Paul Technical School (SPATS) in Akyem Kukurantumi in the Eastern Region has displaced over 60 students. The fire which occurred in the boys dormitory also burnt books, trunks ,mattresses ,monies and other educational materials of the students . No casualty was recorded because the fire outbreak occurred …
Read More »Boy, 14, commits suicide at Assin Fosu
A 14-year-old boy Kofi Senyo Mensah has allegedly committed suicide by hanging at Assin Fosu Abisewa in the Central Region. The incident happened on Thursday, April 28, 2022, around 11 PM when the Form 3 student of Roman Catholic School left his room to urinate only to be found hanging. …
Read More »Policeman allegedly commits suicide
A police constable allegedly committed suicide at his duty post, a telecommunication office, near the Obetsebi Circle, in Accra, on Wednesday. The deceased, identified as Abukari Salifu of the Operational Unit at the police headquarters, Accra, who was suspected to have shot himself with a service rifle, was found in …
Read More »VIDEO: KNUST student sits in Bibini River for about 6 hours for a school project
A young lady has been spotted sitting in the Bibini River in Kumasi. In a video sighted by Ghanaweb, the lady is said to have been seated on a chair in the middle of the river for about 6 hours as part of an artistic presentation of project work for …
Read More »KNUST ranked best university in quality education in Africa, 14th in the world
Management of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, KNUST, have congratulated its stakeholders on a recent feat the university has achieved. The latest Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Ranking adjudged KNUST as the best university in quality education (Sustainable Development Goal 4) in Africa and 14th globally. KNUST …
Read More »Over 12K registered nurse assistants recruited during 2020 polls still home
Over 12,000 Registered Nurse Assistant Clinicals (RNAC)and Registered Nurse Assistant Preventive (RNAP) are still home after ministry of Health opened portal for them to apply for recruitment a month before 2020 presidential and parliamentary election. According to the concerned RNAC/RNAPs group, after six months, none of its members has been …
Read More »Two fake Police officers arrested during NPP primaries – Police
The Ghana Police Service has arrested two men from the Okaikoi South Constituency during the governing New Patriotic Party’s Constituency executive elections. DCOP Kwesi Ofori, Director-General of Public Relations, in a statement issued on Thursday, April 28, 2022; explained that the suspects, John Essel Baah and Enoch Kwame Bosompem, were …
Read More »PHOTOS: Teacher allegedly ‘boils’ 9-yr-old girl hand for stealingGHC2
A basic school teacher, Helena Serwaa is in the grips of the police for allegedly dipping the hand of a 9-year-old girl in hot water for stealing her GH¢2. Both hands of the victim, Stephanie Nketiah Forkuo have been severely burnt by her guardian for the alleged petty theft. Stephanie …
Read More »Takoradi: Man clubs son’s head thinking he’s a wizard
A man in his late 30s has brutally assaulted his 8-year-old son at Essaman, a suburb of Sekondi /Takoradi in the Western Region. The father, Emmanuel Edusei, used a stick to hit the back of the son’s head. A neighbour, Helena Quinoo, reported the incident to Nhyraba Paa Kwesi Simpson, …
Read More »Hearing impaired woman paralysed after allegedly being raped
Ama was born with hearing impairment some 34-years-ago. She is the first born of four siblings raised by their single mother at Koforidua Asokore in the Eastern region. Their father divorced their mother 20 years ago and abandoned the children. The last born died 4 years ago at age 24 …
Read More »For women: Menstrual hygiene tips you need to follow
Maintaining proper menstrual hygiene during your periods is an absolute necessity. Wearing sanitary pads for long and not cleaning the vaginal properly can lead to irritation, rashes and other diseases. You must maintain proper intimate hygiene, especially during your periods. Poor physical hygiene during that time of the month can …
Read More »Free cocoa beverages for basic schools
Niche Confectionery Ghana Limited has sealed a deal with the Ministry of Education to supply enriched ready-to-drink cocoa beverages to basic school children across the country. The memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed last week, allowing Niche Confectionery Ghana to supply its ready-to-drink beverages to 1.8 million primary school children …
Read More »12,964 candidates failed 2021 promotion test
Some 12,964 out of the 39,918 candidates who were shortlisted for the December 2021 promotion test to various teaching grades within the Ghana Education Service (GES) were not successful. In a statement released by the GES, some 26,954 candidates representing 67.5 per cent were successful. The promotion test was written …
Read More »VIDEO: Edem holds private album listening with Akufo-Addo?
Sources confirm that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is the first to have had an opportunity to listen to Edem’s yet-to-be-released album. Although efforts to confirm the said rumour have proven futile, the renowned Ghanaian rapper cum singer, has been throwing in hints here and there on social media. Subsequently, in the early …
Read More »Bawku: Nurses, midwives abandon post; health system shut down since January – GHS
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has disclosed that the health system in the Bawku Municipality is close to shutting down with several health workers abandoning posts in the midst of the prolonged conflict. According to the GHS, the delivery of routine health services has been affected in diverse ways following …
Read More »Police officer shoots himself to death while on duty in Accra
The Police have announced they investigating a case of a Police officer shooting himself to death while on duty in Accra Wednesday. The circumstances surrounding the death which occurred today are unknown. The Police in a statement said they are keeping the identity of the officer hidden until his family …
Read More »Mason, wife convicted for beating man’s girlfriend
The Asante-Bekwai circuit court in the Ashanti Region has convicted a man and his wife for assaulting the man’s girlfriend. Oko Agyeman, a mason, and his wife Christiana Annan, a trader, were convicted on their own plea after they admitted to beating the complainant, Helena Opoku. Ghana News Agency reported. …
Read More »Boy buried alive by fetish priestess exhumed at Abura Asebu
The body of a five-year-old boy, who was reported to have been buried alive by a fetish priestess at Abura Asebu, in the Kwamankese District of the Central Region, has been exhumed. The exhumation team comprised the District Environmental Office led by the District Head, Emmanuel Afutu Commey, and Dr. …
Read More »Car dealer killed by gunmen at Tema
A car dealer identified by police as Felix Tetteh Batcha has been shot and killed by unidentified assailants at Bampo Hotel at Tema. According to police preliminary investigations, the incident occurred on Monday, April 25, 2022, at about 2 PM. The deceased, who operates his business at Tema Community 9, …
Read More »Post us or we picket MoH: Jobless nurses threaten
The Concerned Registered Nurse Assistant Clinical (RNAC) and Registered Nurse Assistant Preventive (RNAP) 2019 group, has threatened to picket the premises of the Ministry of Health (MoH) if it fails to release the postings of its members. The group is giving the ministry a week’s ultimatum to release the data …
Read More »Physically challenged boy dumped on the street at night at Mankessim
A 15-year-old physically challenged boy named Kofi has been dumped on the street in Mankessim in the Central Region after the Saltpond Government hospital staff allegedly threw him out. Information gathered indicates that a private car dumped the boy with his wheelchair at the Mankessim lorry station and drove away …
Read More »Fuel station manager jailed 120 months for stealing GH¢398,000
Ernest Boakye, a 30-year-old fuel station manager of the Kwahu-Tafo branch of Infin Ghana Limited has been jailed for 120 months in hard labour by the Mpraeso Circuit Court for stealing GH¢398,545 belonging to his employer. He pleaded not guilty to stealing, was slapped with the sentence after the court, …
Read More »Two Nigerians, one Ghanaian arrested in India for creating fake hospital website to scam prospective kidney donors
Two Nigerians and a Ghanaian have been arrested by the Bengaluru police for allegedly creating fake websites mimicking that of various city hospitals and luring prospective kidney donors for transplants with fake advertisements offering up to Rs 4 crore (about N217 million). Indian Express reports that the suspects who are …
Read More »Priestess and another person arrested for the death of a two-year old girl
The mother of a two-year-old girl who allegedly connived with a 72-year-old traditional Priestess to bury her two-year old baby girl at Abura Gyabankrom, is in the grips of the Central Regional Police Command. Mary Essuman 36 and Esi Janet, the Priestess, are assisting the police on its investigations. Deputy …
Read More »Two busted for Zakoli fulani killings
Two persons, a man and a woman, have been picked up by the Northern Regional Police Command to assist in their investigations over fulani killings in Zakoli in the Northern Region. Northern Regional Crime Officer, Supt. Bernard Baba Ananga, who confirmed the arrest in an interview with the media said …
Read More »Stop using treated mosquito nets to cover refuse – GHS warns refuse collectors
The Ghana Health Service has warned refuse collectors against using treated mosquito nets distributed to fight malaria to cover refuse being carted on tricycles. It is common in many communities in Ghana’s capital city, Accra to see riders of tricycles used as refuse carting vehicles using treated mosquito nets to …
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