The Central Gonja branch of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has said until the security of health workers is guaranteed, no health worker must be posted to the Boachipe CHPS in the Savanna region. The group’s comment follows a shooting incident that occurred at the Boachipe CHPS …
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NAGRAT strike looms over deletion of names of teachers from payroll
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) will soon go on strike unless names of teachers deleted from the government’s payroll unfairly are restored. This has been hinted by NAGRAT President Angel Carbonou. Speaking to journalists in Accra on Thursday, February 17, 2022, the NAGRAT leader described the reasons given …
Read More »Snakebites among the real issues facing teachers in rural areas — GES
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has acknowledged the challenges that teachers go through in Afram Plains and in all other parts of the country. These challenges include snakebites especially in rural areas and also accommodation issues. To that end, the GES said measures have been put in place to deal …
Read More »Snakebites kill teachers in Afram Plains
Two teachers in Afram Plains in the Eastern Region of Ghana, have died as a result of their inability to receive medical care in that part of the country after they suffered snakebites. The Basic Education Coordinator for the Afram Plains North District, Taihdu Mohammed, while speaking in an interview …
Read More »62-year-old man shoots himself to death
A 62-year-old farmer, Selinty Gehele, has allegedly shot himself at Nkyensekrom near Nyinahin in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region. The incident occurred around 2 pm on Wednesday, February 16, 2022. The son of the deceased, Harrison Adam, told Class News’ Elisha Adarkwah that his father shot himself …
Read More »Husband shoots his 21-year-old wife for denying him sex
A 31-year-old farmer has been hospitalised with gunshot wounds following a failed suicide attempt after he shot his wife for denying him sex. According to reports, Charles Soglo who hails from Adansi Nyakumase in the Ashanti Region attempted suicide after shooting his wife Doris Amoah 21 to death. Takyi Adansi …
Read More »Street light thief sentenced to three years imprisonment
The Ashaiman Circuit Court has sentenced Emmanuel Arthur, a 19-year-old, unemployed to three years imprisonment in hard labour for dishonestly appropriating six pieces of streetlight bulbs and other electrical accessories valued at GH₵79, 021.00. The Court presided over by Mr Richard Delali sentenced the accused after he pleaded guilty to …
Read More »I have no evidence – Investigator in Ofosu Ampofo case tells court
Chief Inspector Bernard Berko, the investigator in the case in which the National Chairman of the NDC, Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo and Anthony Kweku Boahen are standing trial over a leaked audiotape has said he has no evidence that the two accused persons hatched a plan before the said meeting. He also …
Read More »Sad: Boafri D/A basic school pupils forced to learn on bare floor
Pupils of Boafri D/A Basic School in the Krachi Nchumuru District in the Oti Region are compelled to sit on the bare floor to learn due to lack of furniture. The situation, according to parents and school management, is affecting teaching and learning activities in the school. Adom News’ visit …
Read More »Man, 62, shoots himself in the month
A 62-year-old farmer, Selinty Gehele has allegedly shot himself at Nkyensekrom near Nyinahin in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti region. The incident occurred around 2 pm Wednesday, February 16, 2022. The son of the victim, Harrison Adam told Class News’ Elisha Adarkwah, that his father shot himself with …
Read More »Tamale: Police officer in Lamashegu shooting remanded
The Tamale Circuit Court has remanded General Corporal, Samson Kweku Darfour, into police custody after he was charged with unlawful discharge of a weapon and causing harm when he shot the driver of Toyota Camry at the Lamashegu Chief’s palace. The Court has adjourned the case to the 24th of …
Read More »Farmer attempts suicide after shooting wife over sex
A 31-year-old farmer has been nabbed by the Adansi Nyakumase police for attempting to kill his wife, 21-year-old Doris Amoah. Charles Soglo’s defence is that his wife, with whom he shares the same bed, has for some time refused to have sexual intercourse with him. He confessed that on the …
Read More »2021 BECE candidates to verify school choices via SMS
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has said a bulk SMS will be sent to parents of prospective Senior High School (SHS) students to verify and confirm their schools of choice from Wednesday, 16 to Tuesday, 22 February 2022. “Parents, teachers, candidates are to be informed, that a bulk SMS of …
Read More »Fulani armed robbers kill cattle owner at Fakawa near Ejura
Armed Fulani men have shot dead a 40-year-old cattle owner, Bello Osman at Fakawa, near Ejura in the Ashanti Region. According to the Police, after receiving a distress call on 14/02/22 at 2000 hours, to the effect that, there was on going robbery at Fakawa near Ejura, they proceeded to …
Read More »Two KTU staff dismissed; 8 others suspended for embezzling over 600k
The governing council of the Koforidua Technical University (KTU) has dismissed two staff of the University for engaging in financial malfeasance. The council, as part of its disciplinary action, also reprimanded and suspended eight (8) others for their involvement in the crime. Three of the staff were, however, exonerated. The …
Read More »We’re studying the court order to advise accordingly – UTAG lawyers
Lawyers for the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) have said they are studying a court order that granted the National Labour Commission (NLC) an application against the strike, to advise their client accordingly on the next line of action. The Labour Division of the Accra High Court has granted …
Read More »Court orders UTAG to call off strike
The Accra High Court Labour Court 1, has ordered the University Teachers Association to call off its ongoing strike which has entered its 5th week. The court’s ruling follows a suit filed by the National Labour Commission asking for the enforcement of an earlier order it issued calling on UTAG …
Read More »Mobile money vendor shot by armed robber at Assin Nyankomase
A 27-year-old Mobile money vendor at Assin Nyankomase in the Central Region, Akwesi Baah has been hospitalized after armed robbers attacked and shot him. Information gathered indicates that he was attacked on his way home after he had closed from work on Monday, February 14, around 8:30 PM. The victim …
Read More »Boy arrested for trying to kill mother for money rituals
The quest to become rich overnight has been the main aim of some youth in the world especially after they have seen their age mate succeed and they feel they are being left behind. A young man is currently in the custody of the Police after he was caught in …
Read More »Encourage students to pursue STEM-based courses -Dr Adutwum
The Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has urged Headmasters of Senior High, Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) schools to encourage students to take a keen interest in the study of STEM-based courses. This, he said could be done by engaging the services of various institutions in the …
Read More »Lack of incubators: Two infants mortality recorded at Agroyesum Hospital in 2022
The lack of incubators at the Saint Martin’s Catholic Hospital at Agroyesum in the Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region has resulted in the death two news born babies in the first month of 2022 The two premature babies according doctors, died at the facility because they could not …
Read More »‘You’re old enough to be my father – Schoolgirl leaks WhatsApp chat of headmaster proposing to her
A headmaster of an undisclosed school somewhere in Ghana has been exposed by a female student for making advances towards her via WhatsApp. The schoolgirl, whose name is given as Serwaa, leaked the private chat between her and the headmaster revealing how the shameless old man was bent on cheating …
Read More »State Experimental School collapsing; kids exposed to danger
An old building housing children of the State Experimental Basic School in the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi, is in danger of collapse as three of its pillars have started falling apart. The primary school building, built in the 1950s, has seen no major renovation, and parts of the pillars have …
Read More »Man in court for concealing ‘wee’ in ceiling, fridge
Samuel Quarcoo, aka “God is Good” who was found in possession of 16 and a half compressed slabs of cannabis at Avenor, Accra, has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court. The cannabis was not only found hidden in the ceiling of his bathroom but some were retrieved from his tabletop …
Read More »Teacher arrested for allegedly flogging 19-month-old child to death
A school teacher has been arrested in Nigeria for allegedly flogging a 19-month-old pupil to death, police says. The teacher at a nursery and primary school in Asaba, Delta State, was alleged to have left several marks on the toddler’s body after flogging him last Monday. The suspect, who is …
Read More »#Fixthecountry convener charged with treason felony; remanded
The Ashaiman District Court has remanded #Fixthecountry convener Oliver Barker-Vormarwor into custody after he was charged with treason felony Monday morning. His plea was not taken. The court said it does not have the jurisdiction to grant bail to the accused due to the nature of the offence. Her Honour …
Read More »VIDEO: Police seize Bawjiase SHS bus as NPP, NDC supporters trade blows at handing-over ceremony
A GETFund bus donated to the Bawjiase Senior High School (SHS) has been seized by the District Police Command. This comes after some supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) engaged in fisticuffs during a handing-over ceremony on Saturday. Information gathered by Adom News‘ Kofi …
Read More »Weed, knives retrieved as police arrest 50 suspected criminals
An intelligence-led operation by the Ghana Police Service has led to the arrest of over 50 suspected criminals said to be hiding in a forest in the Northern regional capital, Tamale. According to the Northern Regional Police Crime Officer, Superintendent Bernard Baba Ananga, the Aboabo Forest in Tamale over time …
Read More »Horror: 13-year-old girl raped, killed at Bibiani
The Bibian Police have commenced investigation to unravel the assailants behind the alleged raping ane killing of a 13-year-old girl at Bibiani-Estate in the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipality of the Western North Region. Information gathered by DGN Online indicates that the primary 3 pupil, Jennivy Yeboah Lamin was reported missing …
Read More »KNUST students leaving campus as UTAG strike bites
Alot of students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) are leaving the campus in frustration, as members of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) continue with their strike. This comes in the wake of stalled negotiations between the striking teachers and the government to resolve …
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