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NPP secretary ‘caged’ for insulting party executive

A polling station secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party in the Nsuta-Kwamang-Beposo Constituency has been remanded into prison custody for an offensive conduct.Samuel...

Hot Audio: Student with dreadlocks denied SHS admission

A parent seeking a Free Senior High School admission for his ward at Accra Girls Senior High School has been denied because she had...

HOT AUDIO: Official Free SHS song composed by Minister of State, Prof Kwesi Yankah

The Minister of State in charge of Tertiary Education, Prof. Kwesi Yankah, has said he wrote the title song for government’s education policy –...

Scrap MPs Common Funds for free SHS

Government has been urged to scrap the Members of Parliament Common Fund and invest the monies in the free Senior High School policy.Mr. Daniel...

JB ‘killers’: Magistrate loses patience over delay in ruling

The magistrate presiding over the case involving the two men accused of the murder of a former Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa North,...

GNAT blasts GES for sacking school heads

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has described as harsh decision by the Ghana Education Service (GES) to sack two school heads over...

Farmer Gets 23 Years For Sodomy

The Odumase-Krobo Circuit Court has sentenced a 43-year-old farmer at Kordunya, a suburb of Odumase-Krobo, to 23 years imprisonment with hard labour for sodomising...

Foreign students won’t enjoy Free SHS – GES

Only Ghanaian students will have the opportunity to enjoy the government’s Free SHS policy.The Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Education Service (GES) Rev...

Rigworld donates GHC50,000 to Axim Govt Hospital

Rigworld Training Centre has donated GHC50,000 cedis towards the renovation of the surgical ward of Axim Government Hospital in the Western Region.Human Resource Manager...

Photos: HIV positive man defiles his 11-year-old daughter

A 37-year-old HIV positive man from Uganda was arrested for allegedly defiling his 11-year-old twin daughter.Salongo Christopher Kityo, a fisherman operating at Gerenge landing...

Renewed National ID scheme kicks off today

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will today, September, 15, 2017 kick off the renewed National Identification System promised by the governing New Patriotic Party(NPP).President...

Where did we go wrong? Ghana’s Tourism Sector records worst performance in 1st half of 2017

Tourism, often referred to as Ghana’s 4th highest foreign exchange earner and an industry with so much potential in our continuous development has recently...

PHOTO: Pastor orders church members to kiss his feet to receive blessings

Each time you hear something bizarre coming from the church, it is mostly from an African church.From pastors claiming to have taken a selfie...

Man weeps in court over ten-year defilement jail term

Thomas Tetteh, a thirty-four-year-old electrician, on Thursday wept uncontrollably after an Accra Circuit Court sentenced him to 10 years imprisonment in hard labour for...

KATH hard hit by absence of 150 doctors

Authorities of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) are reeling under pressure over delayed replacement of 150 medical officers for horsemanship.The absence of the...

Front pages: Friday, September 15, 2017

Full list of SHS heads sanctioned for charging unapproved fees

The Ghana Education Service has finally released the list of heads of Senior High Schools who have been sanctioned for charging unapproved fees contrary...

Woman used government funds to buy her dog a tuxedo

Kristi Lyn Goss may be guilty of fraud, but not of crimes against fashion.The 44-year-old Goss was previously employed as an administrative assistant to...

Free SHS: 2 headteachers sacked; 9 interdicted over extortion

Two headmasters have been sacked after charging unapproved fees following government roll out of free Senior  High School policy.Headmaster of  Pentecost and Assistant headmaster of...

PHOTO: Chinese re-arrested for engaging in galamsey

Five Chinese who were granted bail by the Bekwai Circuit Court in the Ashanti Region for engaging in illegal mining have been re-arrested for...

Hot video+photo: Teenage girl arrested with two human heads

A young Nigerian girl has been arrested by the police for allegedly possessing human heads.The suspect, Chidinma Ihuoma from Mbirichi, Igbo state was  apprehended...

Parents Urged To Be Responsible In Their Wards Education

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has visited some selected schools in Accra to observe “My First Day at School” with a call on parents...

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...