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English lecturer dismissed over alleged s3xual assault

The Governing Council of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, has dismissed a lecturer at the Department of English Language in the Faculty of Art, who...

National Science & Maths Quiz mistress named among ‘The Many Faces Of Physics’

Prof Elsie Effah Kaufmann, a Ghanaian academic and biomedical engineer, has been named as one of ‘The many faces of physics’ by IOP Publishing,...

Man abducts girl, 14, allegedly defiles her for five days

A 30-year-old carpenter at Okorase near Koforidua in the Eastern Region has been arrested by the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit of the...

Eastern Regional ECG warns customers overuse of illegal meters

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in the Eastern Region has cautioned residents in the region to be wary of unscrupulous people making frantic...

Integrated Recycling and Composting Plants will end heaps of refuse in towns, cities – Sanitation Minister

The Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources (MSWR), Cecilia Abena Dapaah, has underscored that the completion of the Integrated Recycling and Composting Plants (IRECOPs)...

Engage Now Africa’s all important message on Int’l literacy day

A non-governmental organization (NGO), Engage Now Africa, has called for more human-centred intervention programmes as the world continues to battle the coronavirus pandemic.The group...

Kwaku Bonsam speaks on blood money

Popular Ghanaian traditional priest, Kwaku Bonsam, has said he would have bailed Ghana out of indebtedness if there was anything like blood money.He stated...

Good news for Ghanaians as YEA holds maiden job fair

The Youth Employment Agency (YEA) is set to hold a maiden job and career fair that will provide a platform for numerous job opportunities.The...

Rice Millers Association calls for reversal of benchmark value reduction policy

Rice Millers Association of Ghana (RMAG) is calling for a reversal of the benchmark value reduction policy.This policy, they explained, enables Customs to...

Withdraw Anti-LGBTI bill – Amnesty International to Ghana

Amnesty International has urged the Ghanaian Parliament and government to immediately withdraw the proposed Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values...

Stop TB Partnership advocates for TB prevention to be made political priority

Stop TB Partnership is advocating for the prevention of Tuberculosis to be made a political priority in Ghana.According to the group, the curable disease...

Police send strong warning to residents who assault suspected thieves

District Police Commander for Kpandai Distric, DSP Richard Odartey, has issued a stern warning to residents who assault suspected thieves after they arrest...

YEA tackles unemployment with Work Abroad initiative

JoyNews/AdomNews · YEA Work Abroad programmeThe Youth Employment Agency (YEA) is set to roll out a ‘Work Abroad’ initiative to tackle youth employment in...

Tears as IGP visits family of 9-year-old killed during Awutu Bereku festival [Video]

Family members and residents at Awutu Bereku were thrown into a state of mourning after the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo...

Ghanaian man weds gay lover [Photos]

Another Ghanaian man has reportedly married his gay partner which has gone viral on social mediaIn photos that have been widely circulated, a Ghanaian...

Premier Health Insurance wins Outstanding Health Insurance Company at MIGA 2021

Premier Health Insurance Company has been crowned the outstanding private health insurance company 2021 at the 8th prestigious Made in Ghana Awards (MIGA) ceremony...

Akufo-Addo applauds Western North Minister over ‘1 Child 1 Desk’ initiative

President Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo has endorsed the Western North Regional Minister, Richard Ebbah Obeng's '1 school child, 1 study desk' initiative to provide...

Sefwi chief appeals to Akufo-Addo

The chiefs and elders in Bia West District of the Western North Region have appealed to the government for the construction of a Circuit...

1 Teacher 1 Laptop: Teacher groups petition CHRAJ over ‘inflated cost’

Two groups of teachers calling themselves Innovative Teachers and All Teachers Alliance Ghana have dragged the Education Ministry before the Commission on Human Rights...

Headmaster allegedly flogs SHS final year student over cardigan [Photos]

Mary Amoako, a final year student of Jachie Pramso Senior High School (SHS) in the Ashanti Region, has reportedly been flogged by the headmaster.Reports...

49-year-old man killed in accident on Akatsi-Wute road

Courage Ahianyevi Agbeko, a 49-year-old man, of Mafi Kpoviadzi in the Central Tongu District, died on the spot after the motorbike he was riding...

NLA embarks on registration of unlicensed lotto operators

The National Lottery Association (NLA) is set to commence the 2021 registration of unlicensed lotto operators and other related entities.The registration, which will start...

Ashaiman MUSEC commends residents on fight against crime

The Chairman of the Ashaiman Municipal Security Council (MUSEC) has commended residents on their support to fight crime in the area.According to the...

Mentally deranged man inflicts knife wounds on 2 persons at Gomoa Lome

A 26-year-old mentally deranged man went berserk last Monday morning and inflicted knife wounds on his niece and a 60-year-old woman at Gomoa Lome...

Tema: Dead body found floating under bridge

A man, whose identity is not immediately known, has been found dead and floating under a bridge at Tema Community 5.The body, believed to...

Kaaka’s murder: AG prepares committal proceedings against three people standing trial

The Attorney General’s office is preparing for committal proceedings against three people standing trial in the murder of social activist, Ibrahim Mohammed, in Ejura.The...

Jealous man bathes lover with acid for allegedly cheating on him

A 25-year-old lady, Grace Amezando, has had one of her ears totally burnt and her face disfigured after her displeased boyfriend she cohabited within...

Ministry sets records straight on one-teacher-one-laptop brouhaha [Audio]

Teacher Unions in the country practically negotiated everything following the government’s one-teacher-one-laptop policy.The spokesperson at the Ministry of Education, Kwasi Kwarteng, revealed this on...

Parents of Oppong Memorial SHS student stabbed to death make passionate appeal

Parents of a final year student of Oppong Memorial Senior High School (SHS) at Kokofu want police to swiftly bring the killers of their...

Motor rider shot after running into robbery operation

A 45-year-old motor rider, Quarshie Agbagba, has sustained gunshot wounds in his leg during a robbery operation.The incident reportedly occurred on Monday night....

Nine arrested for alleged human trafficking at Adeiso

Police at Adeiso in the Upper West Akim District of the Eastern Region have arrested nine persons for alleged human trafficking.The District Police...

Three covid-19 patients assault doctor in Accra

Three covid-19 patients have reportedly assaulted a medical doctor at one of the isolation centres in Accra.According to police, the three; Jubreal Abinbola, aged...

Defence Ministry reacts to ‘medical equipment rot’ at Afari Military Hospital

The Ministry of Defence is refuting claims contractors working on the Afari Military Hospital in the Ashanti Region left medical equipment at the mercy...

New details emerge about missing mother-of-three

The Ghana Police Service says it has commenced investigations into circumstances leading to the disappearance of one Rhodaline Amoah-Darko.Madam Darko who is a mother-of-three...

GNAT members to strike on this date

Members of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) have served notice to embark on an industrial action if the government does not meet...

School Feeding Programme for pupils to commence tomorrow

The Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) for the third term is set to run effectively Tuesday, September 7 as pupils resume after weeks of...

Akufo-Addo to tour Oti and Volta Regions from September 9

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo would begin a two-day working visit to the Oti and Volta Regions beginning Thursday, September 9, 2021.Mr Seidu Musah,...

COVID-19: 3 men in quarantine fined for assaulting doctor

Three patients have been fined for attacking a medical doctor at a Covid-19 isolation centre at M-Plaza Hotel in Accra.The doctor was attacked after...

Security man recounts strange things he has witnessed in a popular cemetery in Kumasi [Video]

A security man in one of the popular public cemeteries in Kumasi, Mr Yeboah, has recounted strange things he has witnessed after he took...

Final year SHS student stabbed to death over Iphone

The Police at Bekwai in the Ashanti Region have launched investigations into circumstances leading to the stabbing to death of a final year student...