The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says it has confirmed three cases of COVID-19 in schools since their resumption a week ago. Dr. Kumah Aboagye, the GHS Director General, revealed this at a Ministry of Information press briefing on Ghana’s COVID-19 case updates on Monday, January 25, 2021. He said two …

The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA), an agency of the Ministry of  Education mandated to develop Curriculum and to ensure its effective implementation, has collaborated with the Ghana National Council of Private Schools (GNACOPS) to train selected Master Trainers to enable them effectively train teachers in all private …

Basic schools managed by some universities in have been closed down indefinitely–as their senior staff’s strike begins to bite hard. The Universities of Ghana and Cape Coast, have in a letter informed stakeholders including parents of the development. “It is very unfortunate to inform you of a postponement of in …

Documents have been filed on behalf of President Akufo-Addo indicating his objection to a request by the NDC’s John Dramani Mahama to the Supreme Court to put the election petition hearing on hold. Mr. Mahama through his lawyers is demanding that hearings are halted until the Supreme Court deals with …

A former National Democratic Congress (NDC) Deputy Communication Officer for the Damongo Constituency of the Savannah Region has said some Constituency Executives of the party who only know how to sit at drinking spots in Damongo to issue drunken letters purporting to have suspended him and several others from the party should …

Election in countries across the world has always been a cause of prediction, for a lot of people. Young and old, black and white. However, no matter how well the campaign goes, only one party will emerge as the winner. In the history of Ghana, there has never been any …

The Electoral Commission (EC) says Mr John Dramani Mahama’s election petition is grounded on extreme speculations and ought to be dismissed by the Supreme Court. In its preliminary objection raised through its Counsel, Mr Justine Amenuvor, the EC held that the petition did not merit a trial as same constituted “a total …

Andrew Amoako Asiamah, independent MP for Fomena and Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, took the Speaker seat for the first time on Friday, January 22, during a plenary session of the house. He took the seat at a time lawmakers were paying tribute to former President Jerry John Rawlings. Speaker Bagbin announced …

The Electoral Commission says the petition filed by 2020 NDC Presidential Candidate John Dramani Mahama is based on “extreme speculations” and an actual waste of the court’s time. The Commission explains these speculations thrive on the existence of two wrong assumptions. This is the decision by Mr. Mahama to hold …

The National Democratic Congress in the Damongo Constituency has sacked three of its former constituency and branch executives from the party. The three-Amadu Sualisu Bistarco; a former Branch Youth Organizer at Langbonto polling station, Fusheini Alhassan; a former Constituency Youth Organizer and Yussif Alhassan; a former branch executive were expelled …

A decision by the University of Ghana chapter of the Teachers and Educational Workers Union (UG-TEWU) to continue to lay down their tools until the government heeds their demand for better conditions of service has left the Accra City campus of the university in an unpleasant state. Students who returned …

Eric Adjei, Bono Regional Deputy Communications Officer for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) of the opposition, called a leading member of his party a “political Judas.” Former NDC Deputy General Secretary Koku Anyidoho cannot be permitted to keep speaking against the party with no sort of penalty to prevent anyone else from exhibiting the …

New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwart, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has flayed former president John Mahama for employing “delay tactics” in the 2020 election petition hearing. Mahama has, through his legal team, filed for stay of proceedings of the Election Petition at the Supreme Court. The NDC flagbearer in the 2020 polls wants the …

The Bono East Regional Youth Wing of the opposition National Democratic Congress has petitioned the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, to expel the First Deputy Speaker and Member of Parliament for Bekwai, Joseph Osei-Owusu, from the lawmaking house. The call by the opposition party membership comes at the back of a …

News coming in from Koforidua suggest that an emergency meeting held on Tuesday, 19th January 2021 under the auspices of the Eastern Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Kiston Kissi, at the residency of the Regional Coordinating Council on the modalities for the selection of MDCEs did not go …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Thursday, January 21, 2020, released a full list of his Regional Ministers pending vetting and approval from parliament’s vetting committee. Conspicuously missing from the list of 16 Regional Minister Designates was the former Central Regional Minister Kwamena Duncan who is considered a darling boy of the …

Some former ministers of state will not be part of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s new administration. This was confirmed by the list of minister-nominees released by the presidency on Thursday, January 21. After the president was sworn into office for his second term, he decided to reduce the number …

The Petitioner in the election 2020 petition, John Mahama has argued that denying him the opportunity to serve interrogatories on the Electoral Commission (EC) will damage his election petition case at the Supreme Court. Mahama’s concern is contained in his fresh application seeking to halt the election petition until the …

News information reaching the front desk of Mynewsghana has revealed that two students have contracted the deadly coronavirus days after the reopening of schools by the government of Ghana. As per the report gotten by Mynewsghana, the two victims of the virus are said to be students of the  Wa Xavier Minor …

Some Parents have queued up in some public schools in Accra to seek admissions for their wards due to government directives on school reopening to start a new academic year amidst COVID-19. The Ghana News Agency (GNA) team on Thursday visited some public schools in Accra and saw parents with their …

The Coalition of Concerned Nurses and Midwives (CCNM) has called for a probe into the professional background of nurses involved in the baby harvesters exposé The group said although they cannot vouch for the ‘nurses’ named in the exposé they are sceptical about the true identities of these ‘nurses’. Their …

Susan Clinic, a private health centre, owned by Dr. Hope Mensah Quashie, who is said to be involved in “baby harvesting/human trafficking”, has been “shut down”. The facility, located at Mataheko-Lartehbiokorshie, looked deserted with no human activity when the Ghana News Agency (GNA), visited on Thursday at about 1000 hours. …

Former President John Dramai Mahama and his lawyers have filed an application for stay of proceedings at the Supreme Court of Ghana. This happened on the day the apex court directed them to file their witness statements and other processes ahead of hearing on January 26. A seven-member panel of …

The Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana, (SSA-UoG) has declared a nationwide industrial action. They announced the withdrawal of their services with immediate effect on Thursday, January 21. According to the First Vice Chairman of the Senior Staff Association, this has become necessary following the non-payment of their tier-two …

This year’s private Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for private candidates will begin on Monday, 12 to Friday, 16 April, 2021. This was announced by the West African Examination Council (WAEC). Candidates who wish to take part in the examination will therefore have to register via its portal. “Registration for …

Some students of Islamic Girls Senior High School in the Eastern Region have lost their personal belongings to a fire outbreak last night. Fire gutted a section of the dormitory room converted into storeroom for the students to keep items including chop boxes,trunks, uniforms and provisions. The fire consumed mattresses, …

A founding member of the ruling New Patriotic Party and Presidential Advisor Dr. Amoako Tuffuor has died, Starr News has learnt. He reportedly died at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra Thursday. Dr. Tuffuor is the initiator and former National Coordinator of the Ghana School Feeding Programme under the Kufuor …

The Petitioner in the 2020 Election Petition, John Dramani Mahama, is expected to file witness statements and the accompanying affidavits on his petition at the Supreme Court registry today, Thursday, January 21, 2021. The Supreme court on Wednesday ordered the petitioner to do so by 12 noon on January 21, …

Deputy Bono Regional Communications Officer for the National Democratic Congress(NDC) Eric Adjei has petitioned the party’s National Executive Committee for the expulsion of Mr. Koku Anyidoho from the NDC on grounds of misconduct. According to the petitioner, Koku’s conduct is contrary to the express provisions of the Constitution of the …

The COVID-19 pandemic has so far had three lessons for all member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations (UN) agency itself, WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said here on Monday. Addressing the 148th session of the WHO Executive Board, Tedros said that first of all “all of …