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Heavy police presence at GIJ as students besiege campus [Video+Photos]

Personnel from the Ghana Police Service have trooped to the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) to maintain calm after students besieged the campus. This comes...

30 children in school bus involved in accident [Photos]

A school bus that was transporting 30 children to school was involved in an accident at Agona Swedru in the Central Region Tuesday morning. There were no...

US presents security equipment to Ghana Airports Company

The United States (US) has presented one body scanner and nine explosives and narcotics trace detectors to the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) to...

Why I won’t cut my dreadlocks – Rejected Achimota student [Video]

One of the students at the centre of a controversy over dreadlocks in second-cycle institutions, Tyron Marghuy, has vowed not to sacrifice...

Ho killing: Suspect has dated my daughter since they were in JHS – Mother

The mother of a 25-year-old lady, allegedly murdered by her boyfriend in Ho in the Volta Region, has disclosed that the two started dating...

Achimota School allowed Boakye Gyan to practice ancestral worship – Kwaku Azar alledges

Law professor, Stephen Kwaku Asare, is shocked at the decision taken by management of Achimota School not to admit two first-year students in dreadlocks. According...

Help rebuild our public finances – Akufo-Addo to Organised Labour

President Nana Akufo-Addo has appealed to the leadership and membership of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) and Organised Labour to assist Government in the...

Over 2,000 students refused admission to Atebubu College of Education

The Atebubu College of Education has offered 500 students admission to study various undergraduate programmes in the 2020-2021 academic year. This was out of some...

Speaker slams Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has chastised Majority Leader and Member of Parliament (MP) for Suame, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, for challenging a directive he gave...

Rastafarian student receives psychological treatment

Father of Rastafarian student, Ras Asward Nkrabea, says his son, Oheneba Kwaku Nkrabea, has been scarred and traumatised after being denied admission to study...

Lawyer’s stern warning to Achimota School over dreadlocks students

Lawyer of the Rastafarian Council, Ras Tetteh Wayo, has issued a stern warning to authorities of the Achimota School as he announces plans of...

Juaboso: Armed robbers hijack road, rob passengers twice in a day

Some notorious armed robbers at Juoboso-Asawinso have been declared wanted after hijacking a major road to execute their robbery. The district's Police Commander, Supt Samuel...

Four-year-old boy abducted from school at Nkawkaw, Police appeal for help from public

Police at Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region are on a manhunt for a woman who allegedly abducted a four-year-old boy, identified as Muhammad Mansir,...

Herbalist remanded for impregnating 14-year-old girl

A 27-year-old herbalist, who defiled and impregnated a 14-year-old girl, prepared concoction for her to drink, and abort the pregnancy, has been remanded into...

GIJ students to ‘occupy campus’ over this…

Students of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) are angry over a directive management of the school gave students who paid their fees late. The...

No flooding this year – Dredge Masters assures

Dredge Masters, a dredging company, has allayed the fears of the Public and assured them of no flooding in the Accra metropolis. The Managing Director...

Living Bitters capsules safe for public consumption – FDA

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has affirmed the authenticity of the herbal medicinal product from Capital 02 Limited, Living Bitters capsules. In a press...

Moment pastor sacked Rastaman from his church [Watch]

A pastor of a yet-to-be-identified church in Ghana has sparked a debate on social media after one of his services went viral. The said pastor...

Allotey Jacobs ‘attacks’ Ama Benyiwa-Doe

Former Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Allotey Jacobs, has posed a thought-provoking question to a leading member of the party,...

Rainstorm to hit Accra, other regions tonight – Meteo warns

The middle to southern belt of Ghana is expected to experience a rainstorm tonight, March 23, according to the Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMA). In a...

Fisheries Minister visits TOR [Photos]

The Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Mrs Hawa Koomson, has commended Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) for its role in the uninterrupted supply of premix...

Agbogbloshie meters are ‘normal’ – ECG

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has rejected claims by Agbogbloshie coldstore operators that the Company, through newly installed meters, is crippling their businesses. The...

Police hospital to close down for fumigation

The Police Hospital has announced a two-day closure of some medical units to the public for a fumigation exercise. This will be between Friday, March...

7-member Parliamentary committee to probe collapse of UT Bank, uniBank

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has directed the formation of a seven-member committee to probe the collapse of UT Bank and uniBank. Two majority...

Achimota SHS PTA speaks on dreadlocks brouhaha

The executives of the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) of Achimota Senior High School (SHS) have officially reacted to the brouhaha over some Rastafarian students...

GNAT states position on Rastafarian students saga [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · GNAT states position on Rastafarian students saga The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has said every school has laws and therefore should...

New twist to story of dreadlocks student denied admission at Achimota School

Lawyer for the Rastafari Council, George Tetteh Wayo, says the Council is trying other alternatives to get admission in another institution for one of...

Pupil killed in robbery attack, two others sustain gunshot wounds

A pupil of the Hariya Junior High School has died after he was shot by suspected robbers at Zebilla in the Bawku West District...

Akufo-Addo’s all-important message to NADMO on earthquakes

President Nana Akufo-Addo has tasked the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) to begin an intense education on earthquakes starting with Senior High Schools. This, according...

Why Rastafarians wear dreadlocks [Read]

President of the Western Regional branch of the Rastafarian Council, Kwame Kwapong, has educated Ghanaians on why Rastafarians wear dreadlocks. Speaking in an interview with...

GES makes u-turn on Achimota School dreadlocks saga

Lawyer of the Rastafarian Council says the Ghana Education Service (GES) has backtracked on its initial directive asking the Achimota Senior High School to...

No bail for businessman accused of killing his wife

The Madina District Court has refused an application to grant bail to Prince Charles Dedjoe, a businessman accused of beating his wife, Lilian Dedjoe...

Gary Nimako’s all-important message to NPP flagbearer hopefuls

A member of the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) legal team, Gary Nimako, has sent an important message to persons jostling for flagbearership position in...

Rastafarian students brouhaha: Lawyer sends strong message to stakeholders

Private legal practitioner, Gary Nimako Marfo, has called for calm and restraint amid the ongoing Rastafarian students' admission saga at Achimota School. Mr Nimako has...

3 burnt, two rescued in Spintex Road accident

Three occupants of a Mercedes Benz saloon car got burnt beyond recognition whilst two others were rescued when it rammed into a stationary truck...

Bees on rampage in Tema; motorists stranded

Bees have invaded and taken over Valco roundabout in Tema causing heavy vehicular traffic. According to reports, the bees are attacking anyone on sight causing...

Man in ‘tears’ as revenge dating ends in pregnancy

A Kumasi-based entrepreneur, Kwesi Emmanuel, has been left devastated after his revenge dating ended in pregnancy. Emmanuel narrated on Nhyira FM's Obra how he had...

Lovely moment as MP pounds fufu for constituent [Photos]

National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa constituency, Alhaji Alhassan Kobina Ghansah, has warmed the hearts of constituents. Alhaji Ghansah, in a...

I don’t want to see my disrespectful son – Asuma Banda

Business mogul, Alhaji Asuma Banda, has denied his son, Fadel Asuma Banda, access to him, describing him as disrespectful. The former Member of the Council...

Achimota SHS dreadlocks saga: NAGRAT bares teeth at GES

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) is incensed at a directive by the Ghana Education Service (GES) to the management of Achimota Senior...