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A report by the Consultative Committee to Combat Drug Menace in Schools has established that about 54.1% of boys in Junior High and Senior High Schools use cannabis. According to a survey which was carried out by the Committee, 59.9% of boys tend to use cigarettes more in schools. The …

As students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) prepares for their mid-semester examination, news of a student’s broken heart has overshadowed the exam phobia. The viral video of a yet-to-be-identified student who was recorded weeping uncontrollably in his bed over a heartbreak has become the talk …

The Information Minister-designate, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says some government officials will publicly receive doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to boost confidence in the mass vaccination exercise. “Some members of the executive will as part of the demystifying process and the public education publicly take their COVID-19 shots,” he disclosed at …

The information available to MyNewsGh.com indicates that a rider and a pillion rider have died after their motor crushed into a van. The accident is said to have occurred in front of the Bolgatanga Municipal Education office on the Bolgatanga-Navrongo road.   Narrating the incident to the press, the driver …

  As part of the celebration of the “YEAR OF THE NURSE AND MIDWIFE”, the Ministry of Health in partnership with  Ebenage Herbal, and the RENEF Foundation gave out free customized chocolates to nurses and midwives at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH).   They were also given immune booster …

The Minister-designate for Trade and Industry, Mr Alan Kyerematen says the successful implementation of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) would help build a strong foundation for an “Africa beyond Aid”. He said the removal of tariffs under AfCFTA would boost intra-African trade, stimulate investment and innovation, foster structural …

The United Nations in its 2020 Development Index report has ranked Ghana 15th in Africa and 138th globally with an index of 0.611. The ranking was based on three thematic areas-life expectancy, education and per capita income. Norway was ranked first globally while Mauritius was ranked first in Africa with …

At least three more persons have died of COVID-19 taking Ghana’s death toll to 568, health officials announced on Thursday. The country’s active cases now stand at 7,773 after 418 new coronavirus cases were confirmed at the laboratories. As at 15 February 2021, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) reports that the country’s total confirmed …

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Samson Lardy Anyenini has described Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum (NPP- Bosomtwe MP), the education minister-nominee, as a generational thinker, following the latter’s performance before the Appointments Committee of Parliament. According to Lardy Anyenini, Dr Adutwum has a background in education and whilst a deputy minister, there were calls from some sections of the …