Three more persons have succumbed to the yellow fever virus, bringing the total number of deathsin the Savanna Region to 32. This was disclosed by the Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Chrysantus Kubio on Thursday, 25 November 2021 at a press conference held in Damango, the …
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Prempeh College crowned winners of 2021 National Science and Maths Quiz
Prempeh College won their fifth National Science and Maths Quiz, NSMQ, title today, November 26, 2021. They beat Presbyterian Boys Senior High School (PRESEC, LEGON), and Keta Senior High School (KETASCO) in the 2021 edition of the keenly followed contest. At the end of the contest, Prempeh College got 53 …
Read More »VIDEO: PRESEC, Prempeh College and Keta Secondary battle it out in NSMQ finals
After a heated contest between over 100 senior high schools across the country, it’s all down to the final three -Presbyterian Boys Senior High School (PRESEC, LEGON), Prempeh College (Amanfour) and Keta Senior High School (KETASCO). The three are slugging it out in the grande finale to claim the bragging …
Read More »Greece donates AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines to Ghana
The Greece Government on Thursday donated 150,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 to Ghana. The donation was to compliment Ghana’s efforts in the fight against the pandemic and attain herd immunity. Mr Nikolaos Dendias, Greece Foreign Minister, who presented the vaccines, said until COVID-19 management resources were shared at the global …
Read More »Police in Walewale chase 7 robbers who attacked and killed MoMo vendor
The Walewale District Police Command is on a manhunt for seven suspected robbers who attacked some mobile money vendors and shops at Yama in the West Mamprusi Municipality of the North East Region. The attack happened on Wednesday. The police, in a press statement, said the suspects shot and killed …
Read More »Wa East: Soldiers grab 14 suspected illegal miners, burn equipment at Manwe
A dawn military operation at Manwe, a mining community in the Wa East District of the Upper West Region, has led to the arrest of 14 foreign nationals suspected to be engaged in illegal mining (galamsey). Mining equipment belonging to the foreign nationals and their places of residence were also …
Read More »Painter arrested for possessing 228 parcels of suspected indian hemp
The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested a suspect by the name of Haruna Iddirsu aged 36 years who is a painter and a gardener by profession for processing Narcotic Drugs without lawful authority. On 23th of November 2021, the Regional Police gathered that a drug transporting syndicate who had …
Read More »You’re ahead of Opoku Ware and Achimota Schools – Otumfuo lauds Gyaama Pensan SHTS
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has applauded Gyaama Pensan Senior High School for beating Opoku Ware School and Achimota School to win the National Renewal Energy Competition 2021. “The school leading all the others is a sign of greatness and therefore must be recognized on that level”. Otumfuo added …
Read More »19-year-old stabbed by mother and brother after she walked in on their amorous affair
A mother and son engaged in amorous relationship Family shared a single-room Akos was stabbed by her mother and brother while asleep A 19-year-old girl has narrated the circumstances under which her mother and her brother connived and stabbed her, in an attempt to get her killed because she walked …
Read More »N/R: One reportedly shot dead in Bimbilla
One person has allegedly been shot dead by armed military men who reportedly stormed Bimbilla in the Northern Region in search of weapons. The deceased believed to be in his late 30s after is said to have sustained gunshot wounds in his abdomen. Sources in Bimbilla say, a joint military, …
Read More »Police arrest suspect for brandishing weapon with threats on social media
The Police Intelligence Directorate, yesterday, Monday, November 22, 2021, arrested suspect, Nii Ponponsuo, after seeing a viral video in which the suspect was captured loading a pump-action gun with cartridges and making threatening utterances. The Police after reviewing the video conducted a special exercise that led to the suspect’s arrest …
Read More »2021 BECE School Selection: Beware of fraudsters – Free SHS Secretariat warns parents
The Free Senior High School Secretariat has cautioned parents to be wary of fraudsters who are claiming to have protocols in the 2021 school placement and are using to charge monies to get students placed. According to the Secretariat, some of the recalcitrant internet Cafe Operators has been falsely claiming to have access …
Read More »Meet the 2 adults aged 55 and 63 who sat for BECE 2021
MyNewsGh.com has confirmed the participation of two adults who sat for the just-ended Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the country. The two who are aged 55 and 63 respectively were sat for the exam in the Upper East and Ashanti Region respectively. 1. Akusiak Despite being a father who …
Read More »Police arrest 14-year-old, four others
Suspected robbers arrested on November 16, 2021 Gang of five, including a female and a juvenile, robbed commuters on highways in the Bono and Ashanti regions Suspected robbers highway identified by victims Police in the Ashanti Region have arrested five highway robbery suspects including a juvenile. The suspects, according to …
Read More »Ho murder: Victim and suspect were both workers of Kekeli Hotel
Residents of Ho-Fiave, a suburb of the Volta regional capital, Ho were thrown into a shocking state on Monday, following the discovery of the body of a lady only known as Lizzy, in a double-decker refrigerator in a rented room of the boyfriend, who is currently on the run. The …
Read More »Ho: Police on manhunt for man who allegedly killed girlfriend, dumped body in a freezer
Police in the Volta region are on a manhunt for a man, only known as Frank who is strongly suspected to have murdered his girlfriend and deposited the body in a refrigerator in his rented room. The suspect, who happens to be a tenant in a house at Ho-Fiave, a …
Read More »3 uses turmeric powder for your skin
Treatment for acne Clears dark circles Lightens scars and marks People around the world have likened turmeric to be the best root vegetable with its acne healing properties effective in ways the mind cannot comprehend. The rhizome that looks bright, yellow-orange is made available by drying the small pieces of …
Read More »E/R: IGP enrols teenagers stripped naked at Akuapem-Adawso in new schools
The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr George Akuffo Dampare has enrolled two teenagers who were stipped naked and paraded on the streets of Akuapem-Adawso in the Eastern Region in new schools. The teenagers underwent two weeks intensive medical treatment at the Police Hospital, Accra prior to being enrolled in …
Read More »The “Serwaa Broni & Sons budget”, Off the Sisaala Roads
The “Serwaa Broni & Sons budget”, Off the Sisaala Roads, The Need for Floating Bridge’s & Sky trains & The Need to File An Urgent Question In Parliament. I have been an ardent advocate for social justice and equality since I can even remember. Since my days as the first …
Read More »Massive jubilations as 2021 BECE ends smoothly in Ashanti region
The 2021 Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE) ended smoothly across all centres in the Ashanti region with wild jubilation by candidates for completing Junior High School (JHS) education. The examinations, which commenced on Monday, November 15, 2021 and ended on Friday, November 19, 2021, with a total of 111, 432, …
Read More »Weija: Four suspected armed robbers arrested; One Pistol retrieved
The Police during a special intelligence-led operation, have arrested four robbery suspects who broke into the residence of their victims at Ajasco Red Top, Kokrobite, and made away with their personal effects on Thursday, November 18, 2021. The suspects, Benjamin Otoo alias Dada Joe, Tony Mensah Yedu alias Big Joe, …
Read More »5 AK-47s, 100 rounds of ammunition missing from armoury of Tamale Police – Auditor General
Five AK-47 rifles and 100 rounds of ammunition have gone missing from the armoury of the Tamale Police Station; this is according to the Auditor General’s report. The rifles and the ammunition had been issued to officers as part of Operation Calm Life. These arms and ammunition issued out to …
Read More »US-based Ghanaian heart surgeon who saved rapper 50 Cent jailed seven years
TWI NEWS A Ghanaian has been jailed seven years Moses deGraft-Johnson is a heart surgeon who saved rapper 50 Cent He moved from Ghana to the US with his family in the 80s Moses deGraft-Johnson, a Ghanaian native who came to America as a child and rose to prominence in …
Read More »D/A basic school building now a death trap, give us a new one – Chief
The Omankrado of Gomoa Appiah Krom Debiso in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region, Odikro Nana Kumi has raised concerns over the deplorable nature of the D/A Basic school building in the community. The traditional ruler says the building is now a death trap and a threat to …
Read More »499 failed law students thank Akufo-Addo, Dame
The 499 law students are to enrol at GSL This was after a letter from AG They met the leadership of GLC The 499 law students have expressed their sincere gratitude to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo -Addo, and the Attorney-General (AG), Godfred Yeboah Dame for listening to their plights …
Read More »5 arrested for stealing railway tracks
Five persons have been arrested by the police for allegedly stealing railway tracks running into millions of Ghana Cedis, at Daanyansah and Kwesiho in the Eastern region. The suspects aged between 25 and 30, are Kwame Sammy, Akwasi Ofori, Abduali Issaka, Kwabena Tawiah, and David Kofi Adofo. The Ghanaian Times …
Read More »UK-based Ghanaian woman jailed 14yrs after scarring boyfriend for life in acid attack
A jealous woman doused her sleeping boyfriend with acid and then attacked him a second time while he was lying wounded after mistakenly believing he was having an affair. Esther Afrifa, 28, who has been jailed for 14 years, bought a litre of sulphuric acid from the Internet and left …
Read More »Gun-wielding robbers attack BECE candidates, make away with GH¢3,758
Robbery was staged around 2:00 am on Tuesday Teacher and student sustained injuries Robbers bolted with GH¢3,758 and six mobile phones Two gun-wielding men are reported to have attacked some students sitting for the ongoing Basic Certificate Examination at Sefwi Nsawura in the Akontombra District of the Western North Region. …
Read More »Four suspected kidnappers arrested at Mion
Police in the Northern Region have arrested four suspected kidnappers at Kpilijini, a village in the Mion District after a team laid ambush on Wednesday to effect the arrest. The police have described the arrest as a big break considering the number of kidnap cases that have occurred in the …
Read More »Weija land guard butchers wheelchair man
A land guard identified only as T.T at Weija Old Town in the Greater Accra Region on Monday, 15 November 2021, threw caution to the wind and butchered a disabled man in a wheelchair with a machete over some disagreements. Narrating his ordeal to the media after being treated …
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