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2024 BECE: 3 teachers arrested in Bekwai, 2 invigilators arrested in Bono Region

Three teachers in Bekwai and 2 invigilators in the Bono Region have been arrested for attempting to aid student’s answer some questions during the...

NSMQ2024: OLA Girls fail to qualify to nationals; lose slot to Kpedze SHS

OLA Girls Senior High School, Ho have failed to qualify for the national stage of National Science and Math Quiz for the first time. OLA,...

BECE candidates encouraged to enter exams hall with confidence

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nkwanta South parliamentary candidate, Hajia Sherifa Sekyere Tijani has encouraged candidates writing the 2024 Basic Education Certificate Exams (BECE)...

Government must ‘hasten slowly’ with free SHS bill – GNAPS 

The Ghana National Association of Private Schools (GNAPS) has raised significant concerns over the government's plan to introduce a Free Senior High School (SHS)...

Firefighters douses fire in 9-bedroom house at Assin Fosu

Personnel from the Assin Fosu fire station in the Central region on Sunday saved a ten-bedroom house compound from destruction. The raging fire is said...

GHS to launch door-to-door screening for Non-Communicable Diseases in Ashanti Region

The Ghana Health Services in the Ashanti region is set to launch a door-to-door screening and awareness campaign to combat Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), which...

595 cases backlog: CJ justifies additional Justices – A-G, GBA in support

The Supreme Court concluded only 344 out of the 939 pending cases in the 2022/2023 legal year, leading to a backlog of 595 cases...

2024 BECE hits rocky start in some Ayawaso East centres

The first day of the 2024 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) encountered a delayed start in the Ayawaso East Municipality in Accra, leaving candidates...

Unemployed man before court for stealing building materials

An unemployed man, Dacosta Otinibi, has been brought before a Dodowa District Court for allegedly stealing wheelbarrows, bags of cement and iron rods valued...

Bole serial killing: We need more Police personnel to boost security – Assemblyman

The Assemblyman for Mempeasem, a suburb of Bole in the Bole District of the Savannah region Abu Hassan, says there is a need for...

North Tongu BECE candidates barred from wearing shoes and belts to exam hall [Photos]

Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates in the North Tongu District of the Volta Region have been instructed not to wear shoes or belts...

Current BECE format likely to change – WAEC

The head of the Public Affairs Unit of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), John Kapi, has announced that the current format of the...

Axim youth demonstrate over locked-up stadium project

Youth in Axim, located in the Nzema-East Municipality of the Western Region, have issued a two-week ultimatum to the President to open the newly...

Apostolic Church honours Atiwa East MP for her hard work

The Awurensua branch of the Apostolic Church-Ghana has honoured the Member of Parliament (MP) for Atiwa East in the Eastern region, Abena Osei Asare...

Atiwa East MP supports 1,614 BECE candidates with examination materials

The Member of Parliament for Atiwa East constituency,Abena Osei Asare has distributed mathematical sets and Pens to all 1,614 BECE candidates in her constituency. The...

Body of 30-year-old-man who drowned in River Akora found

The body of a 30-year-old man, Joe has been found after drowning in River Akora at Gomoa Ekwamkrom in the Gomoa Central District of...

Kpandai community returns to normalcy after Konkomba-Fulani ethnic clash

Calm has been restored in the Kpandai community in the Northern region following a violent clash between members of the Konkomba ethnic group and...

The judiciary must be free from political interference – Ansa-Asare

A former Director of the Ghana School of Law, Kwaku Ansa-Asare has said there is a need for Ghana's judiciary to regain public trust...

Prof Kobby Mensah salutes journalists [Listen] 

A political scientist at the University of Ghana has lauded journalists for the display of showmanship at the engagement with National Democratic Congress (NDC)...

Bole Serial killings: I have asked my people to report to me, not the police – MP

The Member of Parliament for Bole-Bamboi, Yusif Sulemana has advised his constituents to come to him with first hand information on the killings being...

I am an orphan; no one will visit me in prison – Convicted sex offender pleads

A plea for mitigation by a convict of sexual assault has rather aggravated his case as the judge handed him a severe punishment for...

Ntim Fordjour sends best wishes to BECE candidates

Deputy Education Minister, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, has conveyed a heartfelt message to all candidates gearing up for this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination...

37-year-old taxi driver shot dead by suspected armed robbers

A 37-year-old taxi driver, Amos Adusei has been fatally shot by suspected armed robbers on the Kwaman-Boaman road in the Afigya Kwabre North district...

Ghana Plastic Manufacturers’ Association suspends planned demo

The Ghana Plastic Manufacturers Association has suspended its planned demo which was scheduled for Wednesday, July 10. The march was to protest the imposition of...

OSP has been more proactive in preventing corruption – Edem Senanu

An anti-corruption campaigner and Co-Chair of Citizen’s Movement Against Corruption (Cmac), Edem Senanu, has singled out the Office of the Special Prosecutor for praise...

2024 BECE: 4 nursing mothers, 3 pregnant candidates write at Kechiebi center

Over 1,901 candidates are expected to sit for this year's Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in Nkwanta South, of the Oti Region. Among these candidates...

Bole Serial killings: Severed head of the latest victim found – MP reveals

The Member of Parliament for Bole-Bamboi, Yusif Sulemana, says the head of the decapitated body in the latest suspected ritual murder incident at Bole...

2024 BECE: Two pregnant candidates, 1 nursing mother write in Bekwai Municipality

Two pregnant girls, one nursing mother and four absentees have been recorded at three centres in the 2024 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in...

Caretaker shot dead in Savannah region

Unknown assailants have shot and killed the caretaker of Lukula, Mahama Korana in the North Gonja District of the Savannah Region. The deceased was appointed...

Suspected ritualists desecrate over 20 graves at Sehwi Asawinso cemetery [Photos]

Suspected ritualists have reportedly desecrated over 20 graves at the Sehwi Asawinso cemetery in the Sehwi Wiawso Municipality of the Western North region. The suspects...

2024 BECE: WAEC sends important message to invigilators

The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) has cautioned invigilators against any form of intimidation and harassment in the 2024 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). In...

My late wife secretly battled lung cancer for years – Maurice Ampaw

Private legal practitioner, Maurice Ampaw, has made a heart-wrenching revelation about his late wife's health issues. According to him, that his late wife, Evelyn Ampaw,...

Timing, procedure for proposal to appoint new Supreme Court justices bad – Martin Kpebu

Martin Kpebu, a private legal practitioner, has described as “bad” the timing and processes for the proposal to appoint new justices to the Supreme...

569,095 candidates begin 2024 BECE today

A total of 569,095 candidates are expected to take the weeklong 2024 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) which starts today, July 8. The candidates are...

Achimota School’s negligence caused death of student – High Court

Seven years and six months after his death, the family of 15-year-old Kervin Kofi Moses has now realised justice, following the High Court’s declaration...

AG backs CJ’s request for more Supreme Court Justices in his advice to Akufo-Addo

The Attorney-General (AG), Godfred Yeboah Dame, has affirmed the constitutionality of the proposal to increase the number of justices on the Supreme Court from...

Akosombo Dam: VRA announces potential spillage of excess water

The Volta River Authority (VRA) has announced a planned spillage of excess water from the Akosombo dam. Although the Authority is yet to announce a...

Two people in Volta Region infected with HIV daily

Two people are infected with HIV in the Volta Region every day, the Programme Manager of the National AIDS Control Programme (NACP), Dr. Stephen...

GJA extends submission deadline for 28th Media Awards entries

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has extended the deadline for the submission of entries for the 28th GJA Media Awards to Sunday, July 14,...

2024 BECE: Five things candidates must not do  

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has strictly prohibited the use of cell phones and other communication devices at examination centres by candidates, invigilators,...