The Forestry Commission, through its surveillance task force, has arrested 55 illegal miners in the Atewa Forest Reserve over the last six months. Madam Joyce Ofori Kwafo, Head, Corporate Affairs and Media Relations, Forestry Commission, in an interview with the Ghana News Agency, said a total of 15 different operations …

The Member of Parliament for Nyieso constituency in the Ashanti Region, Dr Stephen Amoah has donated 1100 dual desks and 20 computers to the Education Directorate to be distributed among schools in the area. The donation, according to him, forms part of his efforts towards promoting quality education in the …

The head pastor of Muzama International Church, Gomoa Amoanda branch in the Central Region, Pastor Isaac Arthur has been arrested naked by the Youth of Gomoa Buduatta for attempting to sodomize a 25-year old man. Information gathered by EIB Network Central Regional Correspondent, Yaw Boagyan indicates that the pastor first …

A 26-year-old man has been nabbed by the North East Regional Police Command for allegedly kidnapping a five-year-old girl at Walewale. The victim, who had gone to school, is said to have gone missing two weeks ago when she did not return home from school. The North East Regional Police …

Officers at the Elmina District Police Command of the Ghana Police Service are on the heels of a spiritualist by name Kweku Bar for directing a family to bury their 2-year-old son alive. The boy is said to be suffering autism and was sent to the spiritualist for healing at …

Three young men in Akatsi have been sentenced to a total of 60 years imprisonment by the Sogakope Court last Friday. The three, Godsway Sedofia, 19, Seraphim Torgbor, and Destiny Adzakpo, both 18, were sentenced for conspiring and robbing an ‘okada’ operator of his motorbike at gunpoint Each of them …

The Students Representative Council of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ SRC) is considering re-joining the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) after exiting the mother student body last year. GIJ exited NUGS last year because it felt the association was not playing its role with regard to issues at …

Komenda Police Command has arrested a couple and a 70-year-old grandfather for burying their two years old autistic child alive at Dutch Komenda in the Komenda Edina Eguafo Abrem Municipality of the Central Region. Owing to the medical condition of the child, a spiritualist convinced the couple, Abas Sualihu, 37 …

The Garden City University College at Kenyase in the Kwabre East in the Ashanti region has inducted 1,996 fresh students for the 2021/22 academic year into the university. The students, including foreign nationals, are to pursue diplomas, degrees and masters programmes in nursing, business and communication. The matriculation ceremony was held …

The Education Ministry has announced that the Free Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) initiative introduced by the Government will start this academic year. According to the Free Senior High School (FSHS) Coordinator, the Ministry, Mr William Darkwah, all qualified candidates who chose to pursue TVET at any government-approved …

A two-year-old boy with autism was buried alive by his grandfather last Friday. The incident that ensued at Dutch Komenda in the Central Region has shocked the community. Due to the boy’s condition, his 70-year-old grandfather considered him a spirit child and buried him at the shores of the coastal …

Life skills has always been part of Ghana’s educational curricula for basic schools particularly. Over time, basic schools have allocated periods for students to learn basic vocational and life skills that will help them in their various homes and life in general. It appears this was inculcated in children even …

The parents and grandfather of a two-year-old are in the grips of the Elmina Police for allegedly burying the boy alive. As reported by Myjoyonline, the 2-year-old who is said to be autistic was buried alive at the shores of the Dutch Komenda sea in an incident that has left …

A 32-year old nursing mother, Irene Osei Acheampong has been declared wanted by the Koforidua-Effiduase Police in the New Jauaben North Municipality of the Eastern Region for allegedly abandoning her weeks-old baby boy for inability to settle the medical bills after delivery. The suspect, a resident at Asokore-Dabi Asem, reportedly …

A Professor at the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), John Mawutor, has said public universities in Ghana have several ways to generate revenue in order to manage their own affairs. He said this on the Key Points on TV3 Saturday March 26 in relation to the decision by the …

A 26-year-old welder, Ibrahim Achulo Jacob, has been arrested for robbing a worker of the Ghana Highway Authority at Damongo in the West Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region. The incident reportedly occurred on March 7, 2022, at about 5:00am. The victim at the time woke up and realised his …

The Odumase District Police Command of the Ghana Police Service in the Eastern Region on Friday arrested 17 suspected criminals at different ghettos in various suburbs of the District. The swoop was undertaken at Odumase and Atua by the security agency during the day as part of efforts to clamp …

Thieves have reportedly broken into a local branch of the Apostolic Church and have made away with some musical instruments belonging to the church. The thieves according to a report by Daily Guide sighted by GhanaWeb, broke into the auditorium of Asenma Akuapem Apostolic Church and stole an amplifier, mixer …

A Mobile Money vendor in Sawla, Abdul Razak, has been shot by unknown gun men in the late hours of Saturday March 26. The suspects allegedly bolted with huge sums of money belonging to the victim. According to some eye witnesses, the alleged robbers used a motorbike to execute their …

Prof. Ivan Addae Mensah, a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, has added his voice to those calling on the government of Ghana to review its flagship free SHS policy. According to him, since the introduction of the policy by the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo led government, it has only produced …

The Ministry of Education (MoE) has announced that the 2021/2022 Computerized School Selection and Placement System (CSsPs) into Senior High Schools (SHS)/Senior High Technical Schools (SHTS) and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Institutes will be released on Saturday, March 26, 2022. This is contained in a press release …

A 36-year-old pastor will spend the next eight years in prison away from his pregnant wife after he was found guilty of defiling a 15-year-old junior high school student of the Nuaso Presby Junior School 1. Nii Kwartei on Wednesday, 23rd March, 2022 lured the victim into a guest house …

The Ministry of Education has announced that the 2021/2022 Computerized School Selection and  Placement Systems (CSSPS) for students into Senior High Schools (SHS) will be publicized today, Saturday, March 26. According to the Ministry, 367, 811 candidates out of the 555,353 who qualified for the placement have been placed automatically …

A 32-year-old man has been beaten to a pulp for stealing over twenty goats at Anokyi, a suburb of Mankessim in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region. The suspect is said to have been caught stealing around 1:00 am Thursday, March 24, 2022 after residents while sleeping heard numerous …

A 48-year-old carpenter, Sampson Dei, has been sentenced to 20-years imprisonment for defiling a 12-year-old girl with a special condition at Peki-Blengo in the Volta Region. According to the prosecutor of the case, Inspector Henry Doku, Sampson Dei was caught committing the crime on Sunday, March 20, 2022 by the …

Ten people have been remanded into police custody by the Tarkwa Circuit court in connection with the clash that happened between two small-scale mining gangs on Wednesday evening. The incident that happened around the Bonsa toll booth near Tarkwa left one person known as Alhassan dead while four others were …

The Wa Magistrate Court, presided over by Maxwell Maxbrain Titiriku, has remanded, for the second time, 61-year-old suspected gunman, into police custody. Alhaji Yunusah Abdul Rahman on March 17, 2022, allegedly shot indiscriminately killing two, injuring three and destroying windscreens of an articulator truck on a busy street over a …

A young man identified only as Mark and believed to be a thief, was gunned down last night, Thursday, March 24, 2022, at Bole in the Savannah Region for attempting to steal a motorbike. The deceased suspect, according to reports, attempted stealing the motorbike with some friends, who escaped arrest. …

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, is rallying support for Ghana’s Senior National Football team, the Black Stars as they meet their arch-rivals the Nigerian Super Eagles in the World Cup qualifying play-off at Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. He also assured the Black Stars of the nation’s maximum support …

President Akufo-Addo has described as distressing the refusal of some doctors to accept postings to rural and underserved communities. Addressing a Public Lecture to commemorate the 60th Anniversary Celebrations of the University of Ghana Medical School, the President urged student doctors to follow the footsteps of their forebears by accepting …