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Audio: I wish free SHS succeeds – Former Education Minister

Former Minister of Education, Professor Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang is praying for the sustainability of the free Senior High School (SHS) policy rolled out...

Joy News’ Manasseh Azure Awuni escapes unhurt in car crash

Joy News’ Investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni was Wednesday evening involved in an accident at the GIMPA road, between GIMPA and the University of Ghana boundary...

Photos: Danger looms as huge rock is waiting to fall on commuters

Residents of Akwamufie and its environs in the Eastern region are appealing to Ghana Highway Authority to help get rid of a huge rock...

Audio: Free SHS: School heads demanding PTA dues bad- Minister

The Eastern Regional Minister, Eric Daffour has condemned decision by some school heads to demand PTA dues from parents of fresh students going through...

Rawlings storms Flagstaff House

The evening after launching the Free Senior High School programme, President Akufo-Addo received a surprise visit from some young female Ghanaian students who had...

PHOTO: Pupils Mob Samira

Second Lady Samira Bawumia was given a rousing welcome to Ashaiman when she visited some schools to encourage fresh pupils on their first day...

Audio: Free SHS: Private SHS urged to review fees

Private Senior High Schools has been urged to review their fees to enable government include them in the free SHS policy. According to deputy Information...

Legalise marijuana – Ghana Standards Authority boss

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ghana Standards Authority (GSA), Prof. Alex Badioo, has called for the legalization of marijuana. The CEO made the call when...

Free SHS: Headmistress accused of charging fees denies allegation

The Headmistress of the University Practice Senior High School (UPSS) in Cape Coast, Central Region, has debunked claims by some parents that the school...

Government releases GHC10,000,000.00 to settle School Feeding debt

Madam Otiko Afisa Djaba, the Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP), has disclosed that government has released an amount of GHC10,000,000.00 towards...

Why swapping school for travel is a good thing

I’ve just returned from an epic road trip. Think barefoot sailing capers in the Whitsundays, family four-wheel driving adventures on Fraser Island and serene sunset...

Guinness World Records 2018: Long fingernails, long eyelashes and big, big hair

When it comes to long fingernails, Ayanna Williams has nailed the world record. Williams, of Houston, Texas, has fingernails with a combined total length of...

Ex-convict calls for improved living conditions for prisoners

A 43-year-old Ex-convict, Nana Kwabena Koduah was popularly known as Sofo Chelsea, is appealing to the government to consider increasing the feeding fee of...

Fetish Priest shoots 6

A NORMAL misunderstanding between two drivers on a road suddenly turned bloody after one of them, who is a fetish priest, fired series of...

Teacher arrested for ‘fingering’ seven year-old girl

A 27-year old teacher, who is accused of inserting his finger into the vagina of a seven-year old girl after sucking her breast, has...

PHOTO: JHS Graduate on hunger strike over SHS snub

A Junior High School graduate in the Eastern region has embarked on a hunger strike over her failure to secure admission into Senior High...

Boy, 10, dies over alleged medical negligence at Tema General Hospital

A 10-year-old boy has died after he suffered some complications following a 75 milligram of Naklofen drug administered to him at the Tema General...

Probe into Korle Bu ‘stray bullet’ incident poor – Lab scientists

The Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists (GAMLs) has bemoaned the lack of urgency and progress in police investigations into the shooting of a...

Indian girl allegedly has “cotton tears” oozing from her eyes every day

An 11-year-old from the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh has allegedly been popping out 35 to 40 small white pebbles of what looks like...

Nana Addo picks Sammy Awuku as YEA Board Chairman

The President in consultation with the Council of State has appointed a nine- member Board of Directors for the Youth Employment Agency. The Board is...

Murrow alumnus challenges prison and hospital conditions through film

“Be confident and touch on issues which others are afraid to.” Seth Kwame Boateng couldn’t shake Secretary of State John Kerry’s advice to his...

Hot Audio+Photos: Woman burns grandson’s hand for stealing fish

A 51-year-old woman, Ama Adobea has severely burnt the hand of her 10-year-old Grandson at Assin-Bisidruasi for stealing fish from a pot of soup. The...

Tamale: Two arrested for robbery

The Northern Regional Police force has arrested two suspected highway robbers, Sadiq Abdulai and Sadat Mohammed for robbing travelers on Tamale Yendi road between...

Audio: Korle Bu Hospital boost security after shooting incident

There is heavy security at the Korle- Bu Teaching Hospital following the shooting of a laboratory technician by an unknown person Monday. Surgeons at the...

Hot video: Former DCE want Zoomlion contract cancelled

Former Municipal Chief Executive for Amenfi Central, Kwakye Ackah is calling on government cancel contracts awarded to some companies under the Jospong Group. According to...

Exploring Kenya’s Mara through the eyes of a hotelier

Kenya boasts of diverse destinations that remain major attractions for tourists from across the world. From the classic wildlife safaris to the sandy beaches...

Veep launches training programme for NCA NSS personnel

A two-month intensive training programme has been launched for one hundred and seventy (170) National Service Personnel attached to the National Communications Authority (NCA)...

AFAG welcomes Free Senior High School

AFAG wishes to congratulate the NPP government for the implementation of the free Senior High School campaign pledge. This is a great day in...

Report: Closing the health gap for Africa within a generation is achievable

Closing the health gap for Africa within a generation is achievable if opportunities afforded by a rapidly growing workforce are seized and if health...

New GIS recruitment fake – Head of Public Affairs

Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has stated categorically that it has not received clearance from government to undertake any recruitment exercise of fresh personnel for...

Audio: Parents asked to report extortion by school heads

Parents of first year students of some Senior High Schools (SHSs) have been asked to  report any head of institution who extort monies from...

School heads in Volta region sabotaging free SHS

Volta Regional Minister, Archibald Yao Letsa is alleging some school heads in the region are sabotaging the free Senior High School (SHS) policy. According to...

PHOTO: Church robbed of over GH¢100,000.00 worth equipment

Some suspected armed robbers on Sunday broke into the premises of Living Grace Ministries International at Berlin-Top, a suburb of Fiapre in the Sunyani...

Chief chases out land-guards

Chief of Kokrobite in the Greater Accra Region, Nii Ofei III, has declared war on land-guards who have been terrorising residents and destroying properties...

Man inflicts machete wounds on fiancee over GHc400

A Niger citizen based at Danso in Adeiso of the Eastern region has allegedly butchered her fiancée after accusing her of stealing his GHc400. Nyankonton...

Dog runs for mayor of Canadian town

A dog in Canada is seeking to take a bite out of local government by running for mayor of a Newfoundland city. Dog trainer Glenn...

Teacher in court for allegedly ‘fingering’ seven year old girl

A 27-year old teacher, who is accused of inserting his finger into the vagina of a seven-year old girl after sucking her breast, has...

Mason remanded for defiling victim in uncompleted building

A 55-year old mason has appeared before a Circuit Court in Accra for allegedly defiling a seven-year old girl at an uncompleted building at...