The pupils, according to the headteacher, are compelled to use wood slaps as tables and either lie on their bellies or sit on the bare floor to write. Eggu R/C Primary School is a six-unit classroom block which has a 297-students population. Mr. Malik Seidu, headteacher of the school says …

Ghana has recorded 27 new cases of COVID-19, the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has said. The country’s active cases are now 692, this, according to the Service has brought the country’s total confirmed cases to 131,246 as of December 1, 2021. The Service has also indicated that there were no …

Mason robs man while sleeping Court jails 38-year-old man with hard labour Mason found guilty of robbery A 32-year-old mason, William Agyekum alias Ninja, has been sentenced to 18 years imprisonment with hard labour for robbery. The Asamankese Circuit presided over by Mr Abass Abubakari Adams, found him guilty and …

446,352 wrote 2021 WASSCE WAEC cancels results of some students WAEC creates a shortcode for candidates to check results The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has disclosed that a total of 1,339 subject results and 174 entire results of some students who sat for the 2021 West African Senior School …

some major hospitals in Ghana struggling with lack of beds KATH refused to admit a baby due to lack of space Hospital begins investigation that led to the death of seven-month-old baby A seven-month-old baby has died after being rejected by the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in the Ashanti Region …

Anan was awarded $40,000 She donated the scholarship to the less privileged in her class She receives a Kia Niro vehicle from Steve Harvey Verda Annan, a Ghanaian student at Harvard University who generously donated her $40,000 scholarship from her High School to the less privileged in her class, has …

This was after the accused person pleaded not guilty to the charge of defilement when he was arraigned on Tuesday, December 7, 2021. In addition to the bail sum, Mugis, 51, is to produce three sureties and the sureties the court said must be justified with titled deeds. The court …

A 30-year-old mother of two kids has been burnt to death at Nkawkaw Kurofofrom in the Eastern Region. It has emerged that the suspect, Foster Onwona, who happens to be the boyfriend of the deceased, allegedly set the room they were living in with the daughter ablaze. The 9-year-old child …

A Seventy-Two (72) year-old landlord has been arrested by Bremang Police Command after shooting his tenant’s children over rent allowance at Bremang UGC in the Suame Municipality of the Ashanti Region. The victims who are 4 and 7 years old respectively are currently receiving treatment at the Komfo Anokye Teaching …

The former Director of Finance of the Ghana COCOBOD has told the Accra High Court that, the CODAPEC and HI-TECH unit under COCOBOD made up of scientists from the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG) approved and indicated which fertilizers were to be bought by COCOBOD. According to the witness, …

A 20-year-old sprayer, who subjected a student to several slaps after robbing her of her iPhone 6 mobile phone, has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by an Adentan Circuit Court. Ibrahim Ahmed is said to have attacked the complainant with a pair of scissors. Ahmed pleaded guilty to robbery. …

A 37-year-old ex-police officer has been arrested by police at Ejisu for allegedly attempting to shoot his tenant over rent arrears. Prince Nyarko was said to have fired two gunshots on Saturday, December 5, 2021, to ostensibly cause harm to his tenant after a scuffle between the two over unpaid …

Two young men narrowly escaped being lynched for stealing at Awutu Bereku in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central Region. The incident happened Monday, December 6, morning around 9:30 am after a group of Youth in the area grabbed the suspects Sampson Quaye and the other commonly known …

A military man on anti-galamsey operations is in the grips of the Wassa Akropong District police for allegedly raping an 18-year-old lady at Yaw Gyimakrom near Hemang in the Western Region Police confirmed to MyNewsGh.com that the victim (Name withheld) and the boyfriend Bismarck Antwi were returning home from a …

President Nana Akufo-Addo has said Ghana has taken the lead among African countries to ensure that coronavirus vaccines are produced locally. Mr Akufo-Addo said African countries could no longer rely on other countries around the globe for vaccines to inoculate the people.. His comments came on the back of a …

The Police on Friday, December 3, 2021 arrested six suspects for their involvement in an illegal AK 47 transaction. The first suspect, Alhassan Jamah, was arrested near Osino by the National Operations Directorate Highway patrol during a stop and search operation. An AK 47 rifle with 12 rounds of ammunition …

Two young men, believed to be in their late twenties, narrowly escaped lynching for stealing at Awutu Bereku, a district in the Central Region. The two suspects, identified as Sampson Quaye and another simply known as Rasta, were caught red-handed stealing electric cables and other materials from an uncompleted building. …

Buying a car is a big decision especially for first time buyers because of the huge financial input it requires to get even a moderately priced vehicle in Ghana. Therefore, such a decision should be taken with the best awareness of what to look out for in order to get …

The Police in Accra at dawn today Sunday, December 5, 2021, have arrested two men, Samuel Agyei and Sumaila Mahama, on suspicion of involvement in a robbery. The two suspects were arrested following a distress call received by the Police patrol team that some unknown men had invaded a neighbourhood …

Some updated good news coming in is that the three contestants of the Keta Senior High Technical School who won bronze for their school in the just-ended National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) will all get the chance to travel to Dubai. This is coming after the girl of the …

Some eleven suspected chains saw operators who are illegally cutting down trees in the Akyem-Oda Forest in the Birim Central Municipality of the Eastern Region are currently in the grips of the Police. The suspects are; Yaw Toku, 60; Kwaku Fosu, 21; Kofi Yeboah, 36; Ibrahim Alex Adamu; Kofi Baffour, …

A security guard and a 70-year-old man were attacked with yet to be determined objects in the early hours of today, Sunday, December 5, at Chorkor. A statement issued by the Police on Sunday said a good Samaritan together with the Police rushed them to the Police Hospital for medical …

Keta SHS finishes third in 2021 NSMQ Fransisca Lamini celebrated for being first girl to make final in 8 years Fransica Lamini rejects Dubai trip Former Deputy Communications Minister, Victoria Hammah, has described as a betrayal, a decision by Francisca Lamini, the female member of the Keta Senior High School’s …

Residents of Ahwiaa Anyinam, a suburb of the Kwabre East Municipality of the Ashanti region were thrown into a state of shock and mourning after a 41-year-old pastor shot his brother-in-law and one other woman who had come for a counseling. A visit to the house by GhanaWeb’s Nana Peprah …

The first cases of the new Omicron variant of coronavirus have now been detected in the United Kingdom (UK). It was highlighted by scientists in South Africa as a potentially worrying new strain. What tests are used to detect Omicron? Swabs from polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, which are sent …

A Circuit Court at Mankessim in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region has given clearance to the Police, Court Registrar, Narcotics Control Commission and Officials of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) directives to burnt a large quantity of Cannabis known in the local parlance as “Wee”. The Registrar of the …

The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested Emmanuel Owusu, a 27-year- old vehicle mechanic for allegedly snatching an unregistered Toyota Tacoma vehicle from its owner at North Legon in Accra. The Accra Regional Police Commander, DCOP Iddi Seidu, who briefed the media on the arrest, said the vehicle was being …

The chiefs and people of Akoi Allah electoral area in the Ashanti Region are looking for a 19-year-old man called Aziz, who was allegedly caught having sex with a sheep in the bush. The young man, on Wednesday, 1 December 2021, had his cover blown by the farmer whose sheep …

A 19-year old former student of the Three Town Senior High School, Gilbert Akakpo has been sentenced to 4-year imprisonment with hard labour by the Aflao Circuit Court for causing harm to an ICT tutor of the same school, John Kwashie Akey. On Wednesday, August 11, 2021, the convict, Gilbert …

A 13-year-old boy is currently in the grips of police, for allegedly stabbing his friend to death with scissors at Antoa Krobo in the Kwabre East District of the Ashanti Region. The juvenile was taken to Antoa Police Station by unit committee members at Krobo on Thursday, December 2, 2021, …