Five persons have been critically injured after GMC private car with the registration number GR 8670-15 collided with a Toyota Hiace with registration number GX 6981-21 carrying food from Accra to Ajumako Mando SHS. The accident occurred at Gomoa Okyereko on the Kasoa Cape-Coast Highway in the Central Region. Reports …
Read More »Free SHS graduate given scholarship by Akufo-Addo excels in first year at UK varsity
A brilliant but needy Free Senior High School, SHS, graduate who was given a scholarship by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has continued his streak of academic excellence in uni. Thomas Amoani scored 8As in his West African Senior High School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, a record at his alma mater, …
Read More »IMF Bailout: Free SHS, NABCO, National Cathedral & other policies to be cancelled
Key projects and policies could be affected by the government of Ghana’s eventual decision to go to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a bailout. Based on the terms and conditions that usually come with an IMF bailout where the government is told to cut down on expenditure and focus …
Read More »Aggrey Memorial SHS headmistress confirms rape of student by security man
Headmistress of Aggrey Memorial Senior High School in Cape Coast, Mrs. Kate Wilberforce Annan, has confirmed the news that a female student of the school was raped by a security man at post on Friday June 17, 2022 on the school campus. GhanaWeb picked up information about the said sexual …
Read More »Islamic SHS chaos: Four more Police officers interdicted
Some four more Police Officers have been interdicted over the chaos that occurred at the Islamic Senior High School. The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Dr George Akuffo Dampare interdicted the officers for derogatory comments they made about Muslims during the chaos that occurred at the school. The four officers who …
Read More »Probe GHC38m Free SHS T-shirts deal – Educationist to Parliament
An Educationist, Samuel Zigah, has called for an independent investigation into the 38 million Ghana cedis printed Free Senior High School (FSHS) T-Shirts to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the initiative. Speaking to Starr News, the Educationist further demanded that the culprits in the printing scandal must be brought to book. “In the …
Read More »Islamic SHS shooting: Train your officers in crowd control — Ken Agyapong to IGP
Chairman of the Defense and Interior Committee of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong, has asked the Inspector General of Police to take immediate steps to train his officers in crowd control. This, in his view, will enable the officers determine when to, or not to use excessive force to control crowd. The …
Read More »Apaak questions gov’t over ‘unconscionable’ Ghc38m free SHS T-shirts
The Member of Parliament for Builsa South and deputy ranking member for the education committee Dr Clement Apaak is demanding answers from the Minister for Education Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum over the procurement of free SHS branded T-shirts for students. The T-Shirts were distributed to students ahead of the celebration …
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 »Watch CCTV footage of Kumasi Islamic SHS demo before police swoop
On Monday, June 13, 2022, an operation by the Kumasi Regional Police Command to disperse a group of demonstrating students led to over 30 of the students being admitted to a hospital. The students of Kumasi Islamic Senior High School had blocked portions of the Abrepo Road passing through the …
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