The young boy eating fufu as an ‘Our-Day meal’ in a viral photo has been found after a well-meaning Ghanaian promised to sponsor his education. During the period in which Oswald’s our day letter drew a lot of attention nationwide, a trending photo of a young boy having fufu as …
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Free tertiary education coming – President Akufo-Addo hints
• President Akufo-Addo has touted the success of the Free SHS policy • He says the policy has granted more people access to education • He said that government is considering making tertiary education free President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has dropped hints of a replication of the Free Senior High School …
Read More »HOT VIDEO: Suspected thief was made to drink chilled beer and desilt gutters in Sekondi-Takoradi
In a typical Ghanaian society, when suspected thieves are grabbed, they are either handed over to the police or in extreme and illegal cases mobbed by the people who accost them. Whiles the former is encouraged by law enforcement agencies and Ghanaian society at large, the latter is seen to …
Read More »Police arrest 21-year-old for allegedly beheading a herdsman
The Sege Police Command has arrested one Osmanu Quaye, a 21-year-old, for allegedly killing and beheading an 18-year-old herdsman at Amuyaokorpe, a suburb of Sege in the Greater Accra Region. In an interview with the Ghana News Agency, DSP George Aboagye, the Sege District Police Commander, said the chief of …
Read More »Eight-week-old baby stabbed to death
A baby boy who was stabbed to death in a horrific knife attack in Belfast has been pictured for the first time – as police arrested a woman on suspicion of murder. Liam O’Keefe, who was just eight weeks old, was found dead at a house in the Ardoyne area …
Read More »Police kill suspected armed robber in gun battle
The Tema Regional police command has called on the general public to furnish the police with information on suspected criminals they know of. The call comes as a result of the increasing criminal activities in the country. The police have assured informants of their utmost and total confidentiality. On Wednesday, …
Read More »Alleged phone thief chops off 4 fingers of owner
A man has lost both his phone and his four fingers to a suspected thief in the Berekum West District of the Bono Region. The victim, identified as Iddrisu Razak’s fingers were chopped off allegedly by a friend he had a confrontation with over phone theft. The man, explaining the …
Read More »PHOTOS: Meet Atta Gad, JHS 1 student who makes airplane from empty cans
Atta Gad, a Junior High School (JHS) student of Dr. Saunders JHS school in Kintampo North Municipality of the Bono East Region has made an airplane that is able to move. Atta Gad whose dream is to fly an airplane has started showing his creativity by making an airplane from …
Read More »One killed, another injured in gun attack at Bawku
Some gunmen stormed a busy area near the O.A bus terminal in Sabongari, a suburb of Bawku, and shot indiscriminately injuring two people. Sources say, a parcel of land estimated to accommodate two “container stalls” has been in contention between two families in Sagabo and Sabongari. Multiple accounts point to …
Read More »Canada based Nigerian sentenced to eight years by US for fraud
US court don sentence Olumide Bankole Morakinyo, one Nigerian wey dey stay for Canada to eight years in prison for Defrauding Texas Employees Retirement System. Di court wey dey di Western District of Texas also say Morakinyo go repay back $975,863 to multiple victims for conspiracy to commit money laundering. …
Read More »CCTV captures armed robbers attacking mobile money vendor
The North East Region Police command has arrested two suspected robbers at Nasia in the Walewale Municipality for stealing from a Mobile Money Vendor. This was after a CCTV Camera installed in the mobile money vendor’s shop captured the entire drama during the robbery. The arrested suspects are Fuseini Yakubu, …
Read More »PHOTOS: ‘One teacher, One laptop’ distribution begins
The Government has secured laptops to be distributed to teachers under the one-teacher-one-laptop policy. A letter signed by the Deputy Director-General of the Ghana Education Service, Anthony Boateng urged all regional directors to liaise with heads of Senior High Schools in their regions to provide them with a validated list …
Read More »Males and females share same ward at Mpasaaso health center
Residents of Mpasaaso Number 1, a farming community in the Ahafo Ano South West District of the Ashanti Region have bitterly lamented over how males and females within the community share the same ward at its main health facility. According to the worried residents, male and female patients who are …
Read More »University of Ghana appoints ne vice chancellor
The University of Ghana Council has appointed Prof Nana Aba Appiah Amfo has been appointed to act as the Vice-Chancellor of the University. Prof Nana Aba Appiah Amfo’s acting tenure will begin on August 1, 2021. She is expected to act as the Vice-Chancellor until the time that the University …
Read More »LIVESTREAMED: Akufo-Addo delivers 26th Coronavirus address
•President Akufo-Addo is presenting his 26th update on measures to combat Coronavirus in the country • The address comes at a time Ghana has passed the 100,000 caseload with deaths passing the 800 mark. • Experts have warned that a next wave could overwhelm the health systems President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is …
Read More »We’re not guilty – Western Togolanders
Eight of the remaining 26 persons who have been charged in the Western Togoland Restoration Front case have pleaded not guilty to eleven charges. The accused persons, John Gbedemah, Godwin Awudza, Gabriel Godfred Govina, Benjamin Gbadago, Excel Liberty Aheto Kuegbesika, Divine Nyadzinyor and Richard Doglo Ametepe are part of the …
Read More »Parliament petitioned to investigate takeover of Achimota Preparatory School
The authorities of the Achimota Preparatory School (APS) in Accra on Thursday petitioned Parliament to investigate what they described as unlawful take-over of the school by the Ghana Education Service (GES) and the Ministry of Education. The petition was tabled before the House on behalf of the board, management and …
Read More »Armed men attack Sissala West MP
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Sissala West in the Upper West Region, Mohammed Adama Sukparu has allegedly been attacked by unknown armed men in his constituency. The incident happened between Jefisi and Bulu at about 7:50 pm when the MP was returning from a funeral he attended at Jefisi. …
Read More »Court convicts 7 persons for impersonation in 2020 WASSCE
• Some 7 persons have been convicted for impersonation • They were caught writing exams for people in the 2020 WASSCE exams • They are each supposed to pay fines while the students involved in it have been banned from writing the exams for the next three years Seven persons …
Read More »51-year-old arrested for raping 5-year-old girl
• An old man is in police grips for having sexual intercourse with a minor • The Savelugu Police has confirmed the rape case to the media • Savelugu District Divisional Commander urged parents to be on the lookout for their children One Abugri Stone has been arrested by the …
Read More »Suspects in police grips identified as Mamfe Akuapem shop robbers
Two out of three persons remanded into police custody by a Ho District Magistrate Court 1 for the unlawful possession of firearms have been identified as persons who broke into an electrical appliance shop at Mamfe Akuapem in the Eastern region on the night of Sunday, July 4, 2021. The …
Read More »Mason jailed for robbery
The Nkawie Circuit Court has sentenced a 24-year-old mason to 10 years imprisonment for robbing a woman at Bokankye in the Atwima-Nwabiagya North District. Sampson Yeboah pleaded guilty to the charge and was convicted on his own plea. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Mr Sylvanus Dalmeida told the court presided …
Read More »PHOTOS: Staff at Tamale Teaching Hospital allegedly milking the facility
PBaba (not his real name), a patient at the Tamale Teaching hospital has accused two staff of the X-ray department of pulling a fast one on the hospital by receiving payments from patients instead of allowing them to do so at the official designated paying points dotted across the facility. …
Read More »Gov’t Moves To ShutDown QNet Over Investment Fraud
The Attorney General has filed documents in court to close down three private companies allegedly operating what is akin to a Ponzi scheme. The companies have been posing as recruitment agencies, mainly in the middle, northern belts of the country and some parts of Greater Accra, and collecting huge sums …
Read More »The Shambles Bedeviling Free SHS Will Not Be Solved By ‘Pasco’ For Candidates
Mr Mathias Tulasi, the Chief Executive Officer of Literacy Ambassadors Ghana (LAG), a non governmental literacy organisation, has lamented over the huge amount spent on printing new sets of ‘Pasco’ for SHS candidates and that the shambles bedeviling Free SHS will not be solved by ‘pasco’ for candidates. Mr …
Read More »PHOTOS: 378 suspects arrested ahead of Eid-ul-Adha festivity
The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested 378 suspects in a recent operation in different parts of the region. The operation forms part of efforts to rid the metropolis of criminal activities and create an enabling environment for an incident-free Eidul Adha celebration on Tuesday. The one-week operation, which begun …
Read More »105-year-old lady allegedly raped by 40-year-old man
A middle-aged man has been arrested for forcefully having sexual intercourse with an old lady in her room at Sege in the West Ada District of the Greater Accra Region. 40-year-old David Addo, a welder, was on July 10, 2021, allegedly caught raping 105-year-old Lomokie Tanihu. Agnes Zotorvi, the caregiver …
Read More »Glo Ghana manager arrested for defiling 14-year-old girl
The Eastern Regional Manager of Glo Ghana has been arrested for allegedly defiling a 14-year-old Junior High School student in Koforidua. The accused, Awoseni Akinyemi, 30, a Nigerian, allegedly defiled the JHS2 student three times in his house at Abrewa-Nkwata, a suburb of Koforidua, and gave her contraceptive each time …
Read More »Two jailed 11 years for selling man to undercover police officer
Two persons who lured a 20-year old Beninois to Ghana to be sold for $160,000 to a police decoy have been sentenced to a total jail term of 11-years, by an Accra Circuit Court. Ibrahim Keita, a 33-year old unemployed, would serve six years, while his accomplice, Baba Issah, a …
Read More »Ntim Fordjour throws in ‘hard paper evidence’ to counter Apaak’s ‘past questions’ allegations
• Deputy Minister for Education, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour has responded to some allegations regarding the purchase of past exam questions • He was reacting to suggestions made by Dr. Clement Apaak, MP for Builsa • He also provided documents to back his claims Deputy Education Minister, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour has responded …
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