An inter-hall fight ensued between the residents of the Commonwealth and John Mensah Sarbah halls of the University of Ghana last night. Narrating the incident to myjoyonline.com, an eyewitness who pleaded anonymity said residents of Sarbah Hall celebrated ‘Sarbahfest’ on Friday. As part of the festivities, the residents of the …
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VIDEO: Car set ablaze on University of Ghana campus
Following the battle between the Vandals and Vikings last night, a vehicle at the Mensah Sarbah Hall parking lot caught fire. Sarbah Hall residents are referred to as Vikings, whereas Commonwealth Hall residents are known as Vandals. However, according to a tweet from Univers TV, the cause of the altercation …
Read More »Justin Koduah summons Wontumi over deviant conduct
General Secretary for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Justin Koduah Frimpong has summoned Ashanti Regional Chairman of the party, Bernard Antwi Boasiako for openly endorsing the candidature of one of the party’s Presidential hopefuls. The Chairman was warned to desist from openly endorsing any candidate for the good of the …
Read More »VIDEO: Violent scenes at UG as angry feuding factions clash
GhanaWeb has received multiple reports on a violent clash that occurred between two feuding clashes at the campus of the University of Ghana. While it is unclear what exactly started the violent clashes, videos in the position of GhanaWeb show the two factions, on either sides of a street in the evening, pelting …
Read More »WASSCE candidates asked to pay transport fees for exams papers
The headmistress of Benso Senior High Technical School, Helen Ama Bogobley has been accused of ordering 207 WASSCE candidates to pay GHC200 cedis each as transportation fees to convey exam papers. Reports gathered indicate that parents and the Education Directorate are not aware of the decision for students to pay …
Read More »NPP calls Wontumi to order for openly endorsing Bawumia
The ruling New Patriotic Party says it has reprimanded its Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako alias Wontumi for openly endorsing Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia for the party’s flagbearership position. According to the party, the actions of Wontumi go contrary to the party’s code of conduct which bars the endorsement of parliamentary and presidential hopefuls …
Read More »Kwabena Agyapong joins NPP flagbearership race
Former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwabena Agyei Agyapong has declared his intention to contest the party’s upcoming presidential primaries. According to him, his decision to lead the party ahead of the 2024 general elections is out of his commitment to humanity and political ideals of the …
Read More »Why make Ghana Card the only means of identification? – Afari Gyan asks
A former Chairman of the EC, Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, has stated that, the use of the Ghana Card as the only identification for voter registration is against electoral inclusivity, fairness and justice. According to him, many Ghanaians are finding it difficult to get their Ghana Cards therefore the use of …
Read More »Alan, Bawumia, Ken: The new dynamics of NPP’s top 3-man flagbearer race
The New Patriotic Party has set for itself an unprecedented target in the history of Ghana’s Fourth Republic. The party is seeking to break an 8-year power rotation jinx between itself and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). The NDC, on the other hand, is very confident of snatching power …
Read More »VIDEO: Akufo-Addo is useless, a dent on Ghana’s finances’ – Former Presidential Staffer
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been described as the most useless president under the 4th republic and a dent on Ghana’s finances. That is the verdict of National Democratic Congress (NDC) stalwart P.V Jantuah Dadson Boateng. The former appointee in the erstwhile John Dramani Mahama’s admiration wonders the president continues to fail Ghanaians …
Read More »100,000 Girls targeted for this year’s Girls-in-ICT (SHS)Training in Cyber Security and Data Privacy
The Deputy Minister, Hon Ama Pomaa Boateng has opened the training of this year’s Girls in ICT for SHS on Cyber Security and Data Privacy targeted at a 100,000 girls across seven regions. The beneficiary regions are Northern, Bono East, Bono Ahafo, Volta and Oti. The Deputy Minister for …
Read More »Former NPP National Chairman, Harona Esseku dies aged 88
A former National Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party, Harona Esseku, has died at the age of 88. The NPP stalwart died on Wednesday, August 3, 2022. Mr. Esseku was a Minister of Transport and Communications in the Second Republic. A brief statement from his family said, “burial and …
Read More »Six terrible habits that are ruining your sex life
Everyone wants to have a good sex life and it is their right to feel that way. Having a terrible sex life sucks and talking about it sometimes can make the experience even more unbearable. More often than not, this problem is the consequence of mostly preventable sexual health problems—and …
Read More »EC declares “No Ghana Card, No Voting” policy
The Electoral Commission (EC) has declared a “No Ghana Card, No Vote” policy. That was communicated by The Deputy Chairman of the Electoral Commission (EC) in charge of Corporate Services, Dr Bossman Asare. According to him, without the Ghana Card, an individual will not be allowed to register to vote in …
Read More »‘Looking at the facts, we don’t see rape’ – Lawyer of KNUST ‘gang-rape’ students
The Asokore Mampong Magistrate Court on Wednesday, August 3, 2022, remanded six students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, KNUST, for allegedly gang-raping a first-year student. All six were in court for the first hearing of their case with the judge agreeing to a request by the …
Read More »Watch how Headmaster, administrator busted for promoting exams malpractices
An investigation by the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana)’s Corruption Watch has uncovered the nefarious academic activities rife in two senior high schools in the Bono Region of Ghana. According to the report made available to GhanaWeb, it was discovered at the two schools: All For Christ Senior High/Technical School …
Read More »Replace Justin Kodua with an Ashanti – NPP youth group appeals to president
A group known as the NPP Youth for Ashanti Interest has made a passionate appeal to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to ensure that in replacing the Chief Executive Office of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), he does not give the position to a non-Ashanti. According to a statement issued by …
Read More »LIVESTREAMED: NDC addresses press on economic hardship
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is holding a briefing today at the party’s headquarters. This brief addressed by National Communications Officer, Sammy Gyamfi speaks on the current economic hardship in the country under the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia led govenment including the cedi depreciation among others. Source: www.ghanaweb.com
Read More »LIVESTREAMING: Corruption Watch Ghana exposes corruption in WAEC examinations
Corruption Watch Ghana conducted a series of investigations into corruption allegations during West African Examinations Council (WAEC) examinations in various senior and junior high schools in Ghana. This investigation exposed the scheming ways of headteachers, teachers and invigilators during West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) as well as Basic …
Read More »Cancerous substance found in some Brukina drinks – Noguchi research reveals
Some harmful levels of aflatoxins [a family of toxins produced by fungi called Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus] that can cause cancer have been found in samples of ‘Brukina’ and the millet and dairy milk used to prepare it. This was revealed through a research conducted by Noguchi Memorial Institute …
Read More »Bolgatanga Technical Institute closed down after final-year students riot
The Upper East Regional Minister, Stephen Yakubu has asked students of the Bolgatanga Technical Institute to leave the school premises before 4pm today, 2 August 2022, following the rioting of some final-year students. The students destroyed school and staff properties after some of them were arrested on Monday, 1 August …
Read More »Zipline announces the appointment of Mawuli Atiemo as new General Manager
The world’s leader in instant delivery services, Zipline, has announced the appointment of Mr. Mawuli Atiemo as the new General Manager of its Ghana operations. His appointment takes effect from July 2022. Mawuli is joining Zipline from AstraZeneca where he was the Ghana Country Lead and having had over 15 …
Read More »NDC is right about GH¢22m new currency notes, IMF ‘affirmed it’ – Amoako Baah claims
A former Political Science lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dr. Richard Amoako Baah, has stated that the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is right about a claim of new currency notes printed by the Central Bank. Cassiel Ato-Forson, the Ranking Member on the Finance Committee of …
Read More »‘‘Breaking the 8’ will be the last great political feat of my career’ – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has disclosed what he says will be ‘the last feat of his political career;’ – handing over to another New Patriotic Party, NPP, president come 2025. The president has therefore appealed to the rank and file of the NPP, to play their roles in ensuring …
Read More »Only a government ready to lose power can effectively fight galamsey – Ken Agyapong
Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong, has submitted that political commitment remained the missing link in the fight against illegal small-scale mining, known as galamsey. He contends that any government that commits to fighting the scourge must be ready to lose the next election. Asked during an interview on …
Read More »Bono East: Five arrested over chaos at NDC regional office; one on admission
Police in Techiman have arrested five people for their alleged involvement in an attack at the NDC regional office in the Bono East region. The suspects, according to a statement by the Police, are Kojo Agyei alias Kojo Cocaine, Illiasu Sulemana aka Oboot, Andrew Kemire, Fatau Abdallah and Alhaji Nuhu. …
Read More »2022 WASSCE begins today
This year’s West African Senior High School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) will start from today, August 1, 2022, to Tuesday, September 27, 2022. Information from the West African Examinations Council’s (WAEC) website showed that the candidates would begin with project work subjects like basketry, ceramics and graphic design on Monday, August …
Read More »NDC’s Peter Boamah Otokunor receives PhD in Agric Economics and Policy
Peter Boamah Otokunor, the deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress, NDC, has officially earned the tile of ‘Doctor.’ This was after he graduated from the University of Ghana with a doctorate degree in Agric Economics and Policy. He was one of graduands who were conferred with their titles …
Read More »Presidential staffer goes wild over Alan Kyerematen picture on re-edited NPP flier
Presidential staffer, Charles Nii Teiko Tagoe was least impressed by the re-edit of the official flier for the thanksgiving service of the New Patriotic Party’s 30th-anniversary celebrations. The official flier of the event had the National Executive Committee as well as President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on it. …
Read More »For men: 4 foods that could harm your penis
Your private organ is a very delicate organ of the body. Any negative impact on it can make you infertile. Many males may have concerns about the size or appearance of their penis from time to time. Penis health encompasses the performance of your penis (for example, your ability to …
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