The United States of America has lifted visa restrictions imposed on Ghana in February 2019. According to the US, the decision to lift the restrictions imposed on Ghana follows the establishment of a mutually agreed process for the identification, validating and issuance of travel documentation to Ghanaian citizens under final …
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Komenda junction accident death toll now 35; NRSA to control operations of commercial drivers
The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) says it is taking appropriate steps to exert some control on the operations of commercial (passenger and freight) road transport organisations so as to help fight road accidents effectively. Confirming that the death toll in last Tuesday’s road accident on the Cape Coast – …
Read More »Okada rider loses both arms after a horrific accident
A commercial motorcycle rider locally known as ‘okada rider’ in the Shai Osudoku District is fighting for life having lost both arms in a horrific motorbike accident. The victim suffered fractured arms hence both reportedly amputated. “He is still struggling with his life but both hands cut off. Okada riders …
Read More »GES Apologises For Treating SHS Teachers Poorly
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has apologised to senior high school teachers for treating them poorly on Monday at the start of a four-day training programme. More than 200 teachers from the Greater Accra, Oti and Volta Regions who were invited on short notice to attend the training were left …
Read More »Ahmed Hussein-Suale’s murder: Artistic impression of assailants released
Today marks exactly one year after the killing of journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale who used to work with Anas Aremeyaw Anas’s Tiger Eye PI. Ahmed was shot dead by unknown assailants who were riding on a motorbike whilst the journalist was in a moving car in his neighbourhood six-months after the …
Read More »GPL: Aduana shocked, Kotoko beaten, Hearts drew
League leaders, Aduana Stars were shocked by Eleven Wonders at Techiman this afternoon in a mid-week Ghana Premier League Match Day 4. Eleven Wonders got the only goal of the match on the stroke of half time via a penalty by Kwadwo Asamoah. This victory is the first of the …
Read More »Thousands continue to flee Eritrea – HRW
Thousands of Eritreans, including many children, continue to flee Eritrea because of human rights abuses and the nation’s indefinite national service, a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report says. Legally, conscription begins at the age of 18, but many children are also caught during round-ups, especially in urban areas, and sent …
Read More »VIDEO: Fire guts Accra Academy, dormitories burnt, over 100 students stranded
A late night fire has consumed two halls at Accra Academy, displacing more than 100 students. The fire started around 7:00 p.m. at Alema and Halm Addo halls, at a time the students were attending prep in their classrooms, one of the school’s private security officials who blocked access to …
Read More »We don’t trust EC to be neutral- Asiedu Nketia
General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, in an interview monitored by MyNewsGh.com has revealed his party doesn’t trust officials of the Electoral Commission (EC) to conduct a free and fair election. Mr. Asiedu Nketia’s comment follows calls on political parties to protect the integrity of the EC …
Read More »Radio Tongu director arrested for promoting separatists agenda
Mr Bestway Zottor, the Director of Radio Tongu in the Volta Region, was on Wednesday arrested for his alleged role in promoting the agenda of the Homeland Study Group Foundation, a secessionist group in the Region. Radio Tongu is a community radio station based at Sogakope in the South Tongu …
Read More »Former Beige Bank boss files for bail
Lawyers for Michael Nyinaku, a former Managing Director of Beige Bank, who is being held for stealing and money laundering, have filed a motion for bail at an Accra Circuit Court. The lawyers led by Mr Thaddeus Sory proceeded to the Circuit Court to have their bail application heard after …
Read More »Reversing sachet water truck kills toddler
A-One year, four months old girl has been killed by a reversing sachet water truck with registration number GS 1429-16 in Bediako, a community in the Kpone-Katamanso Municipality of the Greater Accra Region. Confirming the incident to the Ghana News Agency, Mrs. Vida Graham, mother, said the little girl who …
Read More »Politicians ‘hunting’ for blood in election year for power – Rev. Owusu Bempah
The Leader and Founder of Glorious Word Chapel International, Rev. Isaac Owusu Bempah says more gruesome deaths await Ghanaians, as the country goes to the polls, come December 7. According to him, politicians wanting to win power and those who want to hang on to power are scheming for human …
Read More »13 cars, 1 motorbike in freak accident at Adenta
Some 13 vehicles and a motorbike have been involved in a chain accident around SDA on the Madina-Adenta road. Although there are unconfirmed reports of the number of injuries and casualties, a video sighted by GhanaWeb showed that about five of the cars were in very damaged state. Halfway through …
Read More »Trump impeachment: House sends historic case to Senate
he US House of Representatives has passed a resolution to submit articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate for a trial. The resolution passed largely along party lines by 228 votes to 193. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi signed copies of the articles alongside the team of Democratic …
Read More »Students evacuated as Accra Academy dormitories go up in flames
Parts of the Accra Academy located at Bubiashie in Accra is reportedly in flames. It is unclear what might have caused the fire in the school. Photos and videos are rife on social media with some claiming that dormitories in two halls of residence in the school, namely Alema and …
Read More »Five things to know about new Black Stars head coach C.K Akonnor
Former Black Stars midfielder, Charles Kwablan Akonnor, has been appointed the new head coach of the senior national team. He replaced Kwesi Appiah whose contract expired in December 2019. To the ardent followers of Ghanaian and German football, Akonnor is not a new name. However, he remains an unknown prospect …
Read More »NIA dismisses 10 registration officials
The National Identification Authority (NIA) has dismissed 10 registration officials with immediate effect for misconduct after it concluded administrative investigations into their actions. Seven of them were initially interdicted on January 9, this year, following reports of administrative breaches of the rules and regulations governing the conduct of the ongoing …
Read More »Barcelona seek second loan move for Kevin-Prince Boateng after Suarez injury
Barcelona are considering a move back for Fiorentina forward Kevin-Prince Boateng following a long-term injury to Luiz Suarez. Spanish newspaper Marca is reporting that the 32-year-old has emerged on the roaster of the Catalan giants. They are considering a second loan spell as a replacement for the injured Uruguayan. Suarez …
Read More »SAD VIDEO: Referee runs for his life as students chase him at GUSA Games
It appears some university students have taken cues from the violence that occurred at the Baba Yara Stadium on Sunday if a video circulating on social media is anything to go by. A video which is in circulation on various social media platforms has some disgruntled students chasing after a …
Read More »Chinese supervisor assaults worker at site
A Chinese Supervisor at Zhongmei Engineering Group Limited, the construction company constructing the Pokuase Interchange has allegedly assaulted one of the Ghanaian workers at the site. In an interview with the GNA, the Secretary General of the General Construction, Manufacturing and Quarry Workers Union (GCMQWU), Mrs Comfort Agambaa, said she …
Read More »I should have spoken better as CID boss – Maame Tiwaa Addo-Danquah
The former Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, says the manner in which she relayed information to the public as CID boss is one of the things she wished she had done better. Speaking on the sidelines of a forum …
Read More »Women who have more sex reduce risk of early menopause – Scientist
Women who have sex at least once a month have a lower risk of entering menopause early than women with less active sex lives, scientists have found in research which they say points to a form of biological energy trade-off. A study of data from almost 3,000 women in the …
Read More »Kan Daapaah’s video: Chantelle is Nana Aba’s close friend, NPP loyal ladies founder – ‘Sister’ alleges
A woman claiming to be sister to National Security Minister, Albert Kan Dapaah, has raised allegations that the slay queen responsible for leaking her brother’s video is a close friend to GHOne presenter, Nana Aba Anamoah. The woman who has vowed to seriously deal with Chantelle Kujawu for making her …
Read More »Unemployed nurses and midwives to demonstrate against government on Jan 28
Graduate nurses and midwives who are yet to be employed by the Ministry of Health after the completion of their education have threatened to organise a street protest against the government on January 28, 2020 in Tamale. According to them, the government’s failure to employ them with the excuse of …
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