Mary Quansah, a 45-year-old woman, is on the verge of death due to very complicated ailments that have led to unusual bulging of her stomach to make her look like nine months pregnant. The distraught woman, who is in constant pain, was admitted at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital November …

Thirty-four students of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) were on Saturday, 29 February 2020 arrested on the campus of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). The suspects were rounded up at the university, during the climax of a hall week celebration by students of the Unity …

A team of medical and psychiatric officers have been deployed to Gasita Primary School to assist pupils who are said to be attacked by some mysterious creature. In an interview, the Southern District Education Officer; Safety, Health and Environment, Ms Esaleone Kgopana said this was after they received reports indicating …

The Ghana Health Service has detected a strain of Poliovirus (Polimylitis ) in Koforidua, the Eastern Regional Capital. The polio virus was found recently in the polluted Nsukwao river which flows through both New Juaben North and South Municipality. The virus was detected through routine surveillance by a team of …

The US has reported its first death from the new coronavirus, in the north-west state of Washington. Officials said the patient was a man in his 50s with underlying health conditions. President Donald Trump said more cases were “likely” but that the US was prepared for any circumstance. Officials said …

The US and the Taliban have signed an “agreement for bringing peace” to Afghanistan after more than 18 years of conflict. The US and Nato allies have agreed to withdraw all troops within 14 months if the militants uphold the deal. President Trump said the US was “working to finally …

Some Ghanaians in London on Thursday, 27 February 2020 staged a demonstration against the Akufo-Addo-led government at the St James Square when the President was making his way to the Chatham House home of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, London, for a speaking engagement. The protestors shouted and projected …

The brewer behind Corona beer has warned of the steepest decline in quarterly profit for at least a decade after the coronavirus outbreak cost it $170 million (£132 million) in lost profit. Anheuser-Busch InBev​ is the world’s biggest brewing giant and is also behind the Budweiser and Stella Artois brands. …

North Korea has brutally executed a coronavirus patient for going out in public, reports claim. Kim Jong-un’s dictatorship is dealing with the virus with an iron fist after the man was put to his death for dodging quarantine to go to a public bath. The patient was arrested by officers …

A cursory look at the discouraging educational support received in Bonsaho among other socio-economic deprivations provides a textbook demonstration of cases in similar areas across the country left unattended. The school is found in the Twifo Atti-Morkwa District in the Central Region. On a visit to the town after a frustrating journey through …

Pope Francis has come down with a “slight indisposition,” forcing him to cancel a planned Mass in Rome, just a day after he expressed his solidarity with coronavirus sufferers around the world — and as the disease continues to spread across Italy. The illness has forced the 82-year-old pontiff to …

A 42-year-old Florida woman, Sarah Boone, has been arrested on second-degree murder charges following her boyfriend’s death after being zipped in a suitcase for hours. Upon being arrested, she told detectives she was playing a game of hide-and-seek with her partner Jorge Torrez Jr. on Monday February 24 while drinking alcohol. Boone said they agreed …

A 25-year-old US woman has gained some prominence on the internet as she lives her life as a fulltime baby, wearing a diaper, playing with toys and sleeping in a crib. The woman identified as Paigey Miller belongs to a fetish community – adult baby diaper lovers – known as …

Snakes and other reptiles have invaded Agona Kwanyako Health Centre following deep cracks, developed in the structure giving open access to the reptiles. The cracks could also be found in the roofing, which leaked, when it rained and an imminent collapse of the facility, which had become a death trap …

An 8-year-old boy’s mother and stepfather have been jailed for forcing their son to kneel for as much as 9 hours non-stop on buckwheat crops until it grew on his skin while starving him for four days, prosecutors have revealed.   His step-dad 35-year-old Sergey Kazakov and his mum 27-year-old Alina …

A 17-day-old baby has recovered from the novel coronavirus after being born to a confirmed patient in Wuhan. The newborn is the youngest patient to have recovered from the virus in China so far, reported state media. She left the hospital on Friday after making a full recovery on her own without the help …

We know how devoted Donald Trump’s American supporters can be, but they have nothing on the US President’s Indian “devotee”. Bussa Krishna literally worships Trump as a god, praying to a life-size statue of him every day, and making offerings of vermilion, turmeric and flowers to an altar that he …

St.Fidelis Senior High Technical School in the Afram Plains South District of the Eastern region is facing serious infrastructural and logistical Challenges which is affecting the delivery of quality education to students. The infrastructural Challenges has compelled school authorities to convert a kitchen to dormitory, merged classes, whilst students study …

The World Health Organization has said the world should do more to prepare for a possible coronavirus pandemic. The WHO said it was too early to call the outbreak a pandemic but countries should be “in a phase of preparedness”. A pandemic is when an infectious disease spreads easily from …

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has threatened to embark on a strike if the government fails to implement the signed conditions of service. In a memo signed by the President of GMA, Dr Frank Ankobea and General Secretary Dr Justice Yankson, the association noted that the government had failed to …

Religious leaders have been implored to use their influence to educate and empower women with breast cancer cases to utilize all sources of support available to them, both medical and religious, by directing members to seek medical treatment in hospitals first. By so doing the church will save countless lives …

Yefriman Senior high school which has been renamed after the chief of Yefriman due to his tremendous contribution towards development of the school, now known as Osei Bonsu Senior High  School.   This week witnessed colorful atmosphere of students campaigning all over the school. What makes  this unique among all …

The Central Regional Police Command says it is collaborating with the management of the University of Cape Coast to identify and arrest students who were involved in a violent clash on campus that led to the destruction of properties. “The Central Regional Police is collaborating with the Police to identify …

A child was born with extra legs and Hands making it 8 limbs and the father and mother were poor labourers who didn’t earn much from their job and couldn’t afford the surgery for their daughter so they could remove the extra hands and legs she was born with. She …

The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) has debunked assertions that the duration for Junior High School education has been extended to four years, whereas Senior High School education has been reduced to two years. In an interview, the Executive Secretary of NaCCA Dr. Prince Armah explained that the …

All basic schools in the Sunyani Municipality would be closed from Thursday February 27, to Friday February 28, the Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed. This implies that pupils and students in both public and private basic schools in the Municipality will not go to school. According to the GES, …

For the second time in five weeks, the Wa Islamic Senior High School’s (SHS) girls dormitory has been gutted by fire. The female students had their test and exercise books, mattresses, food and beds destroyed by the fire. The dormitory burnt by the fire was a temporary dormitory given to the …

A man has beaten his wife mercilessly after a DNA test proved that he’s not the biological father of three kids he thought were his. According to the person who shared the story on social media, the man who was based in Canada returned to Nigeria with the hope of …

Police in Indianapolis is investigating the murder of a woman who was killed after she allegedly walked in on a male friend having sex with another man and then threatened to expose them in a Facebook Live video. The shooting occurred just after 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday near the intersection of …

Larry Tesler, an icon of early computing, has died at the age of 74. Mr Tesler started working in Silicon Valley in the early 1960s, at a time when computers were inaccessible to the vast majority of people. It was thanks to his innovations – which included the “cut”, “copy” …