A young mother has committed suicide at Ajoa, a community in the Ahanta West Municipality of the Western Region. Before committing suicide, she hanged her son. It is currently unknown what caused her to take her life and that of her son but eyewitnesses who interacted with the host of Connect FM’s Omanbapa morning show, Nhyiraba Paa Kwesi Simpson,...
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has announced plans by government to distribute free electronic tablets to all Senior High School (SHS) students across the country. Dr. Bawumia says the move forms part of government’s digitization agenda.The Vice President was speaking at this year’s New Year School at the University of Ghana, Legon. The tablet,...
The Minority in Parliament says the ongoing debt exchange programme will not augur well for the banks in the country. Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, the opposition NDC members’ spokesperson on Finance said a minimum of five commercial banks will collapse over the exercise if care is not taken. According to him, a chunk of the...
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr. George Akuffo Dampare is heading for Kumasi following the fire incident that has taken the life of a police officer and his family to commiserate with the bereaved family. The IGP is going to the region after a fire gutted the residence of a police officer and burnt him, his...
An officer with the Anti-Robbery Unit of the Ashanti Regional Police Command has been killed after fire gutted his residence at Apromase in the Ashanti Region. Sergeant Owusu Asante Baafi, together with his wife, Yaa Achiaa, and their three-month old baby were burnt to death in the disaster said to have occurred Sunday night. It is unclear...
The Metropolitan Archbishop of the Anglican Church for the province of West Africa, Rev. Dr Cyril Kobina Ben-Smith has urged President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to complete the National Cathedral before he leaves office. He said the President’s resolve to complete the controversial project shows his commitment to God. Speaking at the Second Presidential New...
Classes came to a halt when teachers of Ekumfi Akra Methodist Basic school in the Central Region heard the news that a 35-year-old assistant headmaster of the school is battling for his life after he was shot in a bush near a teachers’ bungalow. A yet-to-be-identified assailant fired live bullets on Shadrach Frimpong while he was attending...
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has admonished one of the students sacked for insulting President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to use the dismissal as “a major turning point in her life to bring the desired change in her behaviour and attitude towards life.” The GES on Wednesday announced the sacking of the 8 students of the Chiana Senior...
Renowned economist Kwame Pianim says it was wrong on the part of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to appoint Ken Ofori-Atta to the Ministry of Trade and Industry. The Finance Minister was appointed caretaker Minister of Trade and Industry after Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, the sector minister for the past six years, tendered in his resignation on Thursday, January 5...
The Youth Education and Awareness society in Collaboration with Abubakar Siddiq Central mosque in Abeka Zango held its 6th annual camping programme for secondary and tertiary student in Ghana. This event was held on Tuesday, 27th of December 2022 to Monday, 2nd January 2023 at At-rahman complex at Breman kuntunase in the central region of...