The students of the Savelugu Senior High School (SHS) in the Northern Region on Sunday, February 20, protested the quality of meals offered them by the authorities. The riot began after they accused school authorities of feeding them with expired milk and tin fish. The students also said the meals …
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Nima riot kingpin; Bombom arrested
The leader of the other rival gang involved in the riots that occurred at Nima a few weeks ago, Ali Awudu alias Bombom has been arrested. Bombom was arrested at Aflao in the Volta region, through an intelligence-led operation. He had been on the run since the incident occurred. The …
Read More »We’re not recruiting headteachers for STEM schools – Education Ministry
The Ministry of Education has debunked claims by the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) that it has embarked on a recruitment drive for head teachers to fill STEM schools across the country. According to the Ministry, the allegation is misrepresented fact and has created a wrong impression about interference …
Read More »Bar operator slashes customer over change
A 65-year-old Akwasi Appau at Assin Ninkyiso, a suburb of Assin North District of the Central Region, is battling for his life after a drinking spot operator allegedly inflicted cutlass wounds on him. He is said to have had a misunderstanding with the operator Wofa Yaw, popularly known as ‘Kofie …
Read More »Education Ministry not recruiting headteachers for STEM schools – Ntim Fordjour
Deputy Education Minister, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, has refuted assertions by the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) that the Ministry of Education, has advertised for recruitment of Headmasters for STEM Schools. In a statement expressing disappointment with the union, the Deputy Minister urged NAGRAT to verify its information on the …
Read More »A/R: woman, 60, found dead with head decapitated, other parts of the body missing
A woman believed to be in her late 60s has been found dead with head decapitated , other parts of the body missing at Taabre in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District of the Ashanti Region. The name of the deceased is not immediately known as residents failed to identify her. …
Read More »Vehicle carrying 88 parcels of narcotics ‘branded MTN’ impounded, two arrested
Koforidua District Police command in Eastern Region has impounded a Toyota Camry and retrieved eighty-eight (88) compressed and parceled substance believed to be Marijuana. Two suspects Solomon Agomadzi ,27, and Bernard Favor ,28, who were aboard the vehicle have been arrested. Sources indicate that on February 18,2022 at about 1:00am …
Read More »KG pupil in critical condition after pillar collapsed on him at Cape Coast
A KG Pupil of Cape Coast Anglican Basic School (Phillip Quaicoo school) has been injured and hospitalized after a school building pillar collapsed on him during the school’s break time. The child was reportedly playing when the incident happened on Thursday February 17, 2022. With the help of the Teachers, …
Read More »Gunmen kill chief volunteer at Ejura
Gunmen have shot and killed a community chief volunteer on the Kyenkyenkura stretch at Ejura in the Ashanti Region. Dabilnam Paknamwa was shot in the thigh bone which eventually ruptured the main blood vessel supplying blood to the lower part of the body. He was suspected to have died from …
Read More »Akropong cell breakers recaptured at Kasoa
Police at the Abuakwa Division in the Ashanti Region have re-arrested the two inmates who escaped from the Akropong police cells last week, sources have told dailymailgh.com. The incident was reported on Tuesday, February 8, when an on-duty officer [name withheld], who was on a routine visit to the facility …
Read More »Hit and run mechanic arrested at Kpando
A 23-year-old mechanic has been arrested by police at Kpando in the Volta Region in relation to a hit and run incident that led to the death of a four-year-old. According to a Daily Guide report, the suspect on Friday, February 11, 2022, allegedly knocked down the deceased with a …
Read More »Boachipe CHPS Compound shut down following shooting of health office
The Boachipe CHPS Compound has been shut down following an attack by a resident of the community Friday morning. The resident is alleged to have gone to the facility with a gun to shoot a staff of the facility. Information gathered by 3news.com indicates the man went ahead to fire …
Read More »Ejura: Suspected robbers kill 46-year-old father of ten children
Some suspected armed robbers have shot dead a 46-year-old man who’s a father of ten children at Kyekyekura a farming community in the Ejura-Sekyedumase Municipality of the Ashanti Region The victim, Kwaku Gruma widely known as Coach, chairman and the leader of a Watchdog committee in the community according to …
Read More »70-year-old man commits suicide
A 70-year-old man has reportedly committed suicide by jumping into a community well at Kukurantumi in the Abuakwa Municipality of the Eastern Region. The incident according to a classfmonline.com report occurred on the night of Thursday, February 17, 2022. The deceased identified as Kojo Owusu said to be a pensioner …
Read More »Central Gonja nurses, midwives say ‘no security, no posting to Boachipe CHPS’
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 …
Read More »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 …
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