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Mother of late KNUST SHS student speaks

Mother of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Senior High School student, has broken her silence after her son's demise. Richard...

Another Togolese arrested for attempting to take part in voters’ registration exercise

A Togolese, believed to be in his 30s, is in the grips of Kpone police for attempting to take part in the ongoing voters'...

Former GPHA boss duped of GH¢1.4m

A 37-year-old man has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly collecting over GH¢1.4 million cedis from a retired civil engineer. He duped the...

2 injured as Breman Asikuma SHS students clash with police [Photos]

Two students of the Breman Asikuma Senior High School (SHS) have been injured following a clash with the Police. Reports indicate the clash ensued...

We can thrive in tough times – Elevation Conference 2020 connects virtually

The third edition of the Elevation Conference has been held virtually under the theme 'Thriving in Tough Times'. The conference, a Christian-based event, aimed...

Coronavirus: 32 health workers at Tamale Teaching Hospital test postive

Thirty-two health workers at the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) have contracted the coronavirus disease.  The Director of Medical Affairs of the TTH, Dr Abass Adam...

Accra is 85% clean – Sanitation Minister

Minister for Sanitation, Madam Cecilia Abena Dapaah, has said the promise to make Accra the cleanest city in Accra is still on cause. She said...

Late KNUST SHS student had ulcer – Former teacher claims

It has emerged that the late final year student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Senior High School (SHS) had...

Sacked final year Adiembra SHS students back on campus to write exams

After a stakeholder meeting to decide the fate of 16 sacked students of the Adiembra Senior High School (SHS) in the Western Region, the...

Covid-19: Ghana’s Chief Justice goes into self isolation

The Chief Justice, Kwasi Anin Yeboah, has gone into a mandatory 14–day self isolation on the advise of his doctors. A statement dated July 7, 2020...

NAGRAT ‘fights’ GES over interdiction of KNUST SHS headmistress

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has described as unfair the interdiction of the headmistress of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology...

Covid-19 ‘scares’ Supreme Court, causes apex court to shut down

Ghana's apex court - the Supreme Court - has suspended cases billed to be heard this week over fears of possible contraction of the...

KNUST SHS Headmistress to ‘step aside’ over death of student

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed the Headmistress of KNUST Senior High School (SHS), Felicia Asamoah Dankwaa, to step aside following the death...

Teachers in hearty chat while KNUST SHS student dies [Watch)

A video online reveals the moment a student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Senior High School (SHS) struggled to...

Education Minister Napo discharged from UGMC

Minister of Education, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh has been discharged from the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) where he was being treated for...

Check out photos of Prof. Jane Opoku -Agyemang in her early days as a teacher

Beautiful pictures of newly appointed running mate to former President John Dramani Mahama, Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, have popped up. In the photos, the...

Current fare increments by drivers illegal – GPRTU

Vice President for the Ghana Private Roads and Transport Union (GPRTU), Robert Sarbah, has said any increments being implemented by drivers were illegal. According to...

Video of Kafui Dey’s brother recorded just days before his death pops up

A touching video of media personality, Kafui Dey's brother, Edward Sena Dey, recorded on his sick bed just days before his death has gone...

Just in: Court of Appeal judge Justice Gyaesayor is dead

 News just in suggests that Court of Appeal judge, Justice Paul K. Gyaesayor has died. According to Joy News sources, he passed on Wednesday. The...

Full Speech: Sixth edition of NDC’s weekly press briefing

SIXTH (6TH) EDITION OF THE NDC’S WEEKLY PRESS BRIEFING, ADDRESSED BY THE NATIONAL COMMUNICATION OFFICER, COMRADE SAMMY GYAMFI, ON H.E. JOHN DRAMANI MAHAMA’S APPOINTMENT...

Father jailed for chopping off two-year-old daughter’s leg

The Agona Swedru Circuit Court has sentenced a 37-year-old man residing at Kojo Armah, near Agona Swedru in the Central Region, to seven years’...

Family holds Sir John’s one-week

Family of former Ghana Forestry Commission boss, Sir John, has scheduled his one-week celebration for today, Wednesday, July 8, 2020. The former New Patriotic Party...

Kroll and Associates contract did not require parliamentary approval – Attorney General

The Attorney General’s Office says the contract handed international firm Kroll and Associates did not require parliamentary approval. This is contained in a statement of...

Covid-19: Finance Ministry shuts down

The Ministry of Finance has shut down its offices to allow ongoing mass testing of all staff working on site. To this effect, a memo...

This is the average number of Covid-19 cases Ghana records everyday

Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, has said that Ghana on an average basis records over 400 cases of Covid-19 a...

Dr Duffuor’s powerful words to Prof. Opoku- Agyemang (Read)

Former Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Kwabena Duffuor, has blessed Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang following her appointment as the running mate for...

Dead bodies, skeletons uncovered in ‘juju’ man’s house after raid

A shocking video online has captured moments security personnel uncovered dead bodies and skeletons during a raid in a 'Juju' man's house. Though the location...

Man hospitalised after being shot twice by unidentified person [photos]

A man, believed to be in his sixties, Kodjo Awutor, is confined to a hospital bed after unidentified persons shot him at Yeji in...

Joe Osei-Owusu’s Bekwai contender goes independent

A disqualified New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary aspirant in the just-ended primary of the Bekwai constituency of the Ashanti region says he ready is...

Coronavirus: 150 doctors test positive

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) is appealing to Ghanaians to demonstrate a high sense of responsiveness in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. According to...

NPP USA branch supports Covid-19 fight with GH¢100,000

The New Patriotic Party (NPP), United States of America (USA) branch, has donated One hundred thousand Cedis (GH¢100,000) to support the fight against the spread...

Ursula Owusu-Ekuful reacts to selection of NDC’s vice presidential candidate

Ghana's Communications Minister and Member of Parliament for the Ablekuma West Constituency, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, who is a renowned gender advocate, has said that...

Woman commits suicide over failed lotto numbers

A middle-aged woman, Maame Tina, based in the Ashanti region, has committed suicide after her hopes in making more money out of a lotto...

Coronavirus fatality rate alarming in Zongo communities

Fatality rate of coronavirus in Zongo communities in Ghana is alarming, a renowned Islamic scholar has announced. Sheikh Anas Toffek Ibrahim told journalists at the...

Dwaso Nsem: You don’t need to be an economist to run the economy – Tetteh-Chai

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has responded to some assertions that Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang has no background in economics and as such will...

Dwaso Nsem: Panel members face-off over Prof Jane Opoku-Agyemang’s appointment

Theophilus Tetteh-Chai, the Greater Accra Regional Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and Mrs Joyce Zempare, the Deputy Communications Director of the New...

Thank you for choosing our unblemished daughter – Mahama lauded

The Komenda Traditional Council has lauded flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama on his choice of running mate. The Council, in...

COCOBOD to close offices after workers test positive for COVID-19

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has announced the closure of its Accra offices for a fumigation exercise from Wednesday, July 8 to Friday, July...

Couple remanded for drilling nail into 10-year-old maid’s head [Photos]

A Magistrate court in Nigeria yesterday remanded a couple, Jude Ozougwu, and his wife, Ifeoma Ozougwu in prison for allegedly brutalising their 10-year-old maid,...

Police investigate suspected arson case which claimed three lives [photos]

The Ashaiman Divisional Police Command has taken over a suspected arson case in which three children were burnt beyond recognition at Katamanso No. 2...