Western Cape police are investigating a case of murder after a 16-year-old boy was stabbed and killed near Clifton Beach on Saturday night – two months after an 18-year-old UCT student was stabbed there. “According to information, last night at about 22:45, members of law enforcement saw the victim with …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on Ghanaians not to give the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) mandate in the 2020 general elections to come and cancel the free SHS policy. Nana Akufo-Addo said the NDC wants to cancel the policy under the disguise of reviewing but reiterated …

A 44-year-old man, Kabiru Oke and his son, Farouq, 19, have been arrested by the police in Lagos for alleged serial rape and impregnating a teenager The incident happened at their 1, Olatikupo Street, Egbeda residence for about four months while the 13-year-old victim lived with her aunt, the man’s …

A record overcrowding at the Accident and Emergency Centre (A&E) of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra Saturday forced authorities to keep patients requiring emergency healthcare in ambulances for hours. Patients who arrived in ambulances from across the country with different trauma cases could not get beds at the A&E …

The Public Health Unit of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) in the Upper East Region has engaged its counterparts from Togo and Burkina Faso in a cross-border meeting to share information on diseases of epidemic potential among the three countries. Dr Josephat Nyuzaghl, the Upper East Regional Deputy Director in …

South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma has failed in his legal attempt to get a decision on whether or not he should face trial for corruption taken to the Supreme Court. Last month, the High Court in Pietermaritzburg ruled that he should go on trial on charges relating to an …

A nine-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide at her guardian’s home located in Ankpa quarters extension in Makurdi metropolis of Benue State. It was gathered that the incident happened in the early hours of Wednesday and that the body was found in the bathroom. The state’s Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO) …

Close to 7,000 caterers who cocked under the Ghana School Feeding Programme for the third term of the 2018/19 academic year have been paid, Gender, Children and Social Protection Minister, Mrs. Cynthia Morrison has confirmed. “So everyone is expected to receive payment today, [Thursday November 28] as has been confirmed …

A law has been passed in Sudan dissolving the party of ousted former president Omar al-Bashir. Mr Bashir seized power in a 1989 coup and ruled for almost three decades, until he was overthrown by a protest movement in April. The country’s transitional authorities also repealed a public order law …

Percy Sackey is a teacher at the Obo Presby School in the Kwahu Hills. He uses music and dance to teach and motivate his pupils at the school. Joy News’ Justice Baidoo visited the school to learn more about the teacher’s unconventional methods of teaching. He says encouraging his students …

The Students’ Representative Council of University of Education Winneba, Kumasi and Mampong Campuses whose core mandate is to promote the general welfare and interest of students, coordinating the social, cultural, intellectual and recreational activities of the students in the University have appealed to the government of the day to give …

The Ghana AIDS Commission has announced a surge in the number of persons who are contracting HIV infections in Ghana. In a statement released to the Community through the churches, mosques and the media, ahead of World AIDS Day slated for December 1, 2019, the commission said 19,931 new HIV …

Zimbabwe is on the brink of man-made starvation, a UN official has warned. More than 60% of the country’s 14 million people are considered food-insecure, according to the findings. Hyperinflation, poverty, natural disasters and economic sanctions were among the identified causes. Women and children were “bearing the brunt of the …

A suspected fake soldier identified as one Madukwe obinna has been nabbed in Enugu by the security operatives of the Nigerian Army Enugu. He was nabbed by the operatives on 26/11/19 at opi axis of the state and later handed over to the Enugu state police command for discreet investigations …

Robert Cudjoe, the immediate past Public Relations Officer for the Ministry of Health, has thrown a jab at Ghanaian unemployed nurses and midwives, labelling them as ungrateful beings. Responding to calls made by the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association, urging government to recruit 40,000 nurses and midwives within the …

Old students of Dwamena Akenten Senior High School at Offinso in the Offinso South district of the Ashanti region has averted what could have been a sanitation crisis in the school with the building an ultra modern 20-seater toilet facility. The facility, which was at the cost of GHC70, 000, …

About 400 unemployed graduate teachers have appealed to the government and the Education Ministry to have them immediately posted. According to them, despite graduating from the various Colleges of Education, they are yet to be posted to the various senior high schools in the country. President of the coalition of …

The Lagos State Police arraigned 34-year-old Chineye Nwankwo before an Ikeja Magistrate Court on Monday, November 25, for allegedly selling her one-day-old baby for N300,000 (GHC4,609). The baby’s mother was arraigned alongside the buyer identified as 49-year-old Happiness Bini, who was charged with unlawful adoption of a baby. Nwankwo and …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has procured four hundred thousand (400,000) sets of questions and answer booklets from the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) for distribution to the first batch of beneficiaries of the Free Senior High School policy preparing to write their final examination April next year. The exams …

Human rights investigators have accused one of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s largest private companies of serious abuses. Human Rights Watch (HRW) says the palm oil producer, Feronia, has contaminated drinking water sources, exposed some workers to pesticides and underpaid its staff. The company, which has received investment from …

The world has seen a few true geniuses over the course of time. Some of the most well-known brains are, of course, Isaac newton, Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. Could a third emerge from today’s young generation of thinkers? Clearly, a good memory is important for children to learn and …

The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE), in its aspirations to transform into an efficient, world class platform for investments and raising capital, has signed and exchanged a Memorandum of Understanding with the Singapore Cooperation Enterprise (SCE). SCE, an agency of the Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Foreign …

November 24th 2019 Celebrated Highlife musician Jamson who became Physically challenged after getting his first massive hit song 20 years ago said he hasn’t stopped doing music. Speaking to some selected Bloggers at the just ended media after attending the just-ended 2019 3 G awards in the United States of …

At least 29 people have died in landslides caused by severe weather in West Pokot county, Kenya. The landslides, affecting the villages of Nyarkulian and Parua, were reportedly caused by heavy rains. Officials say the villages have been cut off by flooded roads and at least one bridge was reportedly …

A Nigerian woman identified as Linda, has landed in trouble in Lagos after she passionately pleaded with her husband, Okey, to allow her to sleep with his friend in order to get pregnant after over 8 years of marriage without a child. According to reports, the incident happened at Agodo …

Ghana and its Western African counterpart, Benin, have signed bilateral air services agreement. The signing ceremony took place on Thursday, November 21, 2019, in Cotonou, the capital of Benin, according to an official communication from the Aviation Ministry to DGN Online. Deputy Minister of Aviation, Yaw Afful, signed the agreement …

The Gonjaland youth association UK/Ireland branch has donated 40 dual desks to some two schools in the Central Gonja district of the Savannah Region. The two schools, Jiramope D/A Primary and Galenzigu D/A Primary Schools are the two schools that have benefitted from the association. Speaking to Bole based Nkilgi …

The Board and Management of Student Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) has taken a decision to release the full list of defaulters of the Government of Ghana Student Loan Trust Fund scheme before going to court to retrieve the money, MyNewsGh.com has learnt. The list which captures defaulters as far back …

The University of Education, Winneba(UEW), now has a Pro Vice-Chancellor to assist the current Vice-Chancellor Prof. Anthony Afful-Broni. This follows an election held in the four campuses of the University namely Winneba, Ajumako, Kumasi and Mampong. At the end of the process, Prof. Andy Ofori-Birikorang who is the Dean of …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has recruited 14,500 new teachers for basic schools across the country. The teachers, from the 46 colleges of education, completed their studies in 2018 and did the one-year mandatory national service. The Director-General of the GES, Prof. Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, who made this known in an …