In 2021, the Ghana Education Service (GES) issued a sack letter to Michael Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie alias Teacher Kwadwo. While the GES attributed his dismissal to gross insubordination among other charges, several critics said the popular teacher who advocated for teaching professionals and students was booted out for his activism. …
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Nyaho Tamakloe to join demo against Akufo-Addo – Report
A founding member of the ruling New Patriotic Party, Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe is set to participate in a demonstration to drum home some concerns about various occurrences under the current government led by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. A newly birthed coalition, Arise Ghana, has set June 28 and June 29, 2022, …
Read More »Solving unemployment menace: TVET is Ghana’s surest bet – Contractor
The Chief Executive Officer of Kumasi based Constructions Firm, Fapem Constructions Limited Mr. Emmanuel Boakye Fapem has called on the government to focus more attention on technical and vocational education and training in order to provide the practical skills needed to reduce unemployment menace in Ghana. While lauding the government …
Read More »Fibroid: Eight tins wey fit make woman to get dis tumour for belle
One research don show say fibroid dey affect 3 to 10% of women between di age 25 and 50 years for Nigeria. Na sabi pipo do di research for Teaching Hospitals inside Calabar, Port Harcourt and Enugu southern Nigeria. ”Fibroid na di most common tumour wey dey grow inside women …
Read More »2024 polls: Ashanti will fall for NDC – Henry Osei Akoto
A National Organiser hopeful of of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Henry Osei Akoto has indicated that the Ashanti Region has realised the goodness in the pposition party as compared to the governing New Patriotic Party. According to him, he will work hard to make sure that the Ashanti …
Read More »Islamic SHS Demo: All 39 student-victims discharged from hospital
All students admitted to hospitals following Monday’s clash between protesting students of Islamic Senior High School and the Police in Kumasi have been discharged. 22 of them were treated and discharged on Monday while the remaining 17 students were equally discharged on Tuesday and have reunited with their colleagues on …
Read More »NDC mocked for attempting to claim credit for ongoing construction of new Tamale Airport
A number of social media users across popular platforms, Facebook and Twitter have ridiculed attempts by some NDC communicators and appointees to link former President Mahama to the ongoing construction of a new international airport in Tamale. The new ultramodern international airport, a project by the Akufo-Addo government which started …
Read More »Free SHS branded T-shirts estimated to cost GH¢38m being shared for students
Starrfm.com.gh has uncovered bulk printing of Free SHS branded T-shirts for distribution to about 1,274,412 students who are currently in schools across the country. The T-shirts are being procured by the Free Senior High School Secretariat at the office of the Presidency. The cost of procuring the shirts has not …
Read More »Afram Plains, Birim North record three suspected cases of Monkeypox
Afram Plains South and Birim North districts in the Eastern Region have recorded three suspected cases of Monkey Pox disease. Speaking on Nkawkaw-based Agoo FM, Richard Essien, the director of Health at Afram Plains South District explained that two suspected cases were identified in the district during a community outreach …
Read More »35 staff of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital infected by COVID-19
Some 35 staff of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital have reportedly contracted the COVID-19 virus. According to sources at the hospital, 70 percent of the 35 infected staff got the virus from within the hospital while 30 percent of the infections came from outside the health facility, asaaseradio.com reports. A …
Read More »VIDEO: Snakes invade St Paul’s SHS, 2 students bitten
Students of St Paul’s Senior High School ( SHS) at Kwawu Asakraka in the Kwawu South Municipality of the Eastern Region are currently on the edge as snakes and bedbugs take over the school. Speaking to Adom News‘ Akwasi Dwamena, the students stressed that they are suffering because the school doesn’t …
Read More »Names of all the 50 NPP members who have picked up forms for executive positions
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has announced that it would go for its annual national delegates conference to elect national executives for the party from Friday, July 15, to Sunday, July 17, 2022. This followed the approval of the party’s National Council at its meeting on May 12, 2022. A document released …
Read More »VIDEO: Gunshots at Kumasi Islamic SHS as police allegedly fire live bullets, students unconscious
Scores of students of the Islamic Senior High School in Kumasi have reportedly been rushed to the hospital following an incident with police. According to a 3news report sighted by GhanaWeb, some students of the school early on Monday morning blocked the Abrepo Junction-Barekese road to protest the absence of …
Read More »NSS announces postings of 10,975 nurses, midwives
The National Service Secretariat has announced the postings of some 10,975 nurses and midwives to undertake their mandatory national service for the year, 2022/2023. The NSS in a statement issued on June 9, 2022 disclosed the newly-trained nurses and midwives have been posted to various health facilities in the country …
Read More »Ashesi University first-class graduate reportedly lands job with Goldman Sachs
A Ghanaian lady identified as Davidal Kobi has graduated from the Ashesi University with first-class honours after being on the list of the Dean throughout her study period. Davidal did not just graduate with first-class honours but according to edwardasare.com, she has landed a job with investment bank, Goldman Sachs …
Read More »Three men, two women: Kennedy Agyapong’s potential partners for Election 2024
Kennedy Agyapong’s declaration of his intentions to battle favourites, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and Alan Kyerematen is one that elicited some shocking reactions as the Assin Central MP has always given indications of not just bowing out of parliament but bowing of politics. His decision to contest has thrown the otherwise …
Read More »Gov’t owes Korle-Bu GHC5m in COVID treatment – Mgt.
The Management of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra says the government is owing the facility a whopping GHC5 million in COVID-19 expenditure. Speaking to GHOne News, the Chief Executive Officer of the facility, Dr. Opoku-Ware Ampomah stated that a lot of factors are affecting the operation of the hospital including …
Read More »22 Assembly Members In Bosome Freho want DCE Dismissed
About twenty – two (22) Assembly Members in Bosome Freho constituencies of the Ashanti Region are calling for the removal of the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Bosome Freho, Hon. Yaw Danso to avert any disaster and confusion in the constituency. According to them, tension is already boiling in the …
Read More »Its deleterious, so be measured in your expectations — Otumfuo tells UTAG
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has implored the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) to be measured in their expectations as they continue to engage the government on their conditions of service. The university lecturers in January this year embarked on strike over what they described as worsening condition …
Read More »Parents helpless as child suffering Respiratory Papillomatosis struggles to survive
Master Odonkor Abednego, 14, pupil of Nsuta Dahomey D/A Basic School, a village in Fanteakwa South District in Eastern Region of Ghana has been diagnosed of Respiratory Papillomatosis by the Ear ,Nose and Throat (ENT) unit of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in 2015. However, treatment of his condition has …
Read More »PHOTOS: Pupils of Amanin M/A Primary School escape collapse of school building
Parts of Amanin M/A Primary School in the Offinso municipality in the Ashanti Region have collapsed after a heavy downpour on Friday. A teacher of the school stated that due to the poor condition of the building, the pupils were asked to leave as soon as the weather became cloudy. …
Read More »Akufo-Addo sold his father’s properties and borrowed to fund campaign – Imoro Ayana alleges
A former Vice-Chairperson of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Rhodaline Imoro Ayarna, has urged Ghanaians to stop blaming Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for the country’s hardships and mismanagement of the country’s resources. In an interview on XYZ TV’s ‘Women on the Frontline’ show monitored by GhanaWeb, Imoro Ayarna noted that …
Read More »Great foreplay is no match to sex – Doctor
Founder of Sabash Herbal Centre, Dr Kwaku Sarbah, has asserted that, no matter how much foreplay one has with a lady, it will never match the pleasure of sexual intercourse. According to him, it’s important for men to also have sex even after extreme foreplay to conclude love making process. …
Read More »From luxurious private jets to #DropThatChamber: How Okudzeto Ablakwa has kept Akufo-Addo in check
Members of Parliament usually have a defined role as specified by the 1992 constitution of Ghana: the legislative function consists of passing bills and scrutinizing statutory instruments and deciding whether to annul them or allow them to take effect by the effluxion of time. While this is clearly inscribed in …
Read More »VIDEO: Free SHS Matron Caught Stealing Foodstuff
A matron with Ofoase Senior High Technical School (OSHTS) in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti Region has been arrested by the police. According to the report, the matron was apprehended diverting foodstuffs meant for OSHTS for her personal use. Narrating the incident to Kingdom FM, the Principal Witness …
Read More »How unpopular Dr. Amoako Baah polled only 18 votes in NPP Chairmanship race
A former Political Science Lecturer at the University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dr. Richard Amoako Baah, failed miserably in an attempt to be elected National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party. It would be recalled that at the last New Patriotic Party (NPP) National Delegates Conference in Koforidua in …
Read More »Ghanaians are lucky to have Akufo-Addo in this ‘difficult’ time – Osafo-Maafo
Senior Presidential Advisor at the seat of government, Jubilee House, Yaw Osafo-Maafo believes Ghanaians have good cause to rejoice in having President Nana Akufo-Addo in charge of Ghana at a time he says the world is facing unprecedented difficulties. The former Minister of Finance believes Akufo-Addo’s leadership over the last couple of …
Read More »Assin South: Students, residents rush for 3-month-old expired drinks
Some residents of Assin Aworoso, Kasim, Aduanom, Awuro camp, and Nyamebekyere, all in the Assin South District of the Central Region are scrambling for 2,000 cartons of expired energy drinks which were improperly disposed of. A former Assembly member for the area, Mr. Benjamin Amoaning who spoke in an interview …
Read More »Report ‘criminal’ students to police for prosecution – GES tells schools
Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has urged “school authorities to report any criminal acts of students to the Ghana Police Service (GPS) for investigations and subsequent prosecution.” The directive comes after the GES said that some final-year students [JHS 3 and SHS 3] refuse to attend school and classes when …
Read More »NSS releases 2022/2023 nurses’ postings
The National Service Scheme (NSS) has announced the release of national service postings for over 10,975 nurses for the 2022/2023 service year. All prospective personnel are to begin registration by June 9, 2022, and complete it at their respective regional offices by June 30, 2022. The Secretariat has, in a statement, directed …
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