The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has described government’s flagship Free Senior High School, SHS, policy as one of the boldest by the government. According to him, the policy had expanded access to SHS education in particular stressing that its objectives fit into the effort of an educational foundation the …
Read More »One person killed, others injured in renewed Yong Chieftaincy clash
One person has died with three others, sustaining various degrees of injuries in a renewed chieftaincy clash at Yong Dakpema Yile, a farming community in the Tamale Metropolis of the Northern Region. The Ghana News Agency gathered that four houses belonging to the combatants were set ablaze. Mohammed Chimsi, one …
Read More »Two Nigerians, one Ghanaian arrested in India for creating fake hospital website to scam prospective kidney donors
Two Nigerians and a Ghanaian have been arrested by the Bengaluru police for allegedly creating fake websites mimicking that of various city hospitals and luring prospective kidney donors for transplants with fake advertisements offering up to Rs 4 crore (about N217 million). Indian Express reports that the suspects who are …
Read More »Don’t compare ‘Kwaku the Traveller’ to my ‘One Corner’ – Patapaa
Ghanaian musician Justice Amoah popularly known as Patapaa Amisty says it is a mismatch for music lovers to compare Black Sherif’s “Kwaku the Traveller” to his debut hit single “One Corner. According to Pataapa, no Ghanaian song has made waves around the world more than “One Corner,” which remains Ghana’s biggest worldwide hit. …
Read More »One killed as NDC Savannah Regional Secretary escapes armed robbery attack
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Savannah Regional Secretary, Salisu Be-Awurbe has escaped an armed robbery attack along the Damongo-Sawla- Fulfulso stretch of road enroute Tamale. The incident which occurred about 3km to Fulfulso-Damongo Junction near Janikura had one of the armed robbers gunned down with the help of a team …
Read More »One dead, four others injured after bus crashed a cow at Gomoa Potsin
One person has died while four others have sustained severe injuries after the commercial bus they were traveling on crashed a cow at Gomoa Potsin on the Kasoa – Winneba Highway in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region. The accident happened at Mustapha Plus junction near Potsin Junction …
Read More »VIDEO: One dead, four injured in Tempane rainstorm
One person has died and four others injured after parts of the Tempane district in the Northern region experienced rainstorm on Tuesday April 12. The rain affected health facilities and school buildings. TV3’s Northern Regional Correspondent Christopher Amoako reported that hundreds of people were displaced by the storm. Source: 3news.com
Read More »One-month-old baby abandoned in a porch at Akatsi
The police at Akatsi in the Volta Region have received a month-old baby girl who was abandoned in the porch of a building near the Mighty Destiny Glorified Ministry Church at Akatsi Tatorme. The baby was found at about 0530 hours Monday in the building believed to be a shop …
Read More »Hit and run Land cruiser driver kills a one-year-old baby, two others
An unidentified driver of a Land cruiser has killed a one-year-old baby and two others at Akyem Asiakwa in the Eastern Region. According to Accra 100.5FM‘s Eastern Regional correspondence, Kofi Mitchel, the unidentified driver of the said Land cruiser drove through a crowd that was returning from a wedding reception …
Read More »Tempane: One dead, 12 houses destroyed after rainstorm
One person has been confirmed dead, while 12 houses have been destroyed in the Tempane District of the Upper East Region after a strong rainstorm. The late Simon Abunkurigo, a middle-aged man, from the Bulpiesi community, was hit and killed by a shea tree uprooted by the storm after he …
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