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A 23-year-old old barber Kwame Amponsah has been jailed 114 years by the Mpraeso Circuit Court for allegedly sodomizing 12 Schoolboys at Atawase, a suburb of Nkawkaw in the Kwahu West Municipal Assembly. Speaking to Agoo News, the head of Kwahu West Social Welfare department Victor Fayi, said on the …

The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has rejected claims that food prices are escalating on the Ghanaian market. He said the statistics being compiled by the ministry on food prices do not support such claims. Speaking at a media engagement in Accra over the weekend, he …

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has said he was shocked to hear the “we will deal with you” comment from Legal Practitioner and Council of State member, Sam Okudzeto regarding a move by two opposition lawmakers to initiate a private members’ bill intended to amend the Legal Profession Act, 1960, …

The Headteacher of St. Charles Lwanga Junior High School at Saboba in the Northern Region, Emmanuel Changer, has been remanded into prison custody over his alleged role in the drowning incident that left nine students dead. The headteacher is alleged to have sent some thirty one students to work on …

Fire has gutted the storeroom of Osino Senior High School in Fanteakwa South District in the Eastern Region. Although the fire was extinguished at the early stages preventing it from spreading to the entire school facility, it caused damage to some logistics used for home economics practicals. Additionally, some items …

A total number of 571, 894 candidates will sit for this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE) from today, Monday, November 15, 2021, to Friday, November 19, 2021, at 2,158 centres nationwide. A total of 531,707 and 517,332 candidates sat for the examination in 2020 and 2019, respectively. A statement …

Senior Lecturer at the Department of Economics, University of Ghana, Dr. Priscilla Twumasi Baffuor has said that government’s over expenditure in 2020 amid the Covid-19 pandemic has taken a toll on the economy. Speaking on Newsfile, on Saturday, she explained that there was much-unplanned expenditure including freebies like free electricity …

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The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) says it is poised to tackle illegal payments demanded by service providers from clients while accessing healthcare at the various facilities. Dr Ernest Kwarko, the board chair of the NHIA says the Authority will soon introduce an electronic payment system to curb such practices …

Head Coach of South Africa, Hugo Broos has hit out at World’s football governing body FIFA for approving the Cape Coast Stadium as home venue for Ghana in 2022 World Cup Qualifiers.     According to the Belgian trainer, the over three hours of travel by road from Ghana’s capital …