DR Kwesi Jonah, a lecturer at the Political Science Department of the University of Ghana, says government is unaware of the numerous challenges inherent in its pledge to build 50 senior high school projects yearly starting from 2013. According to him, government gave the promise without arranging for lands on which the projects were to […]

Baby Nathan Phillips is believed to be the only person in the UK with two forms of dwarfism. His parents, Nathan and Laura, both have different types of dwarfism and the baby inherited both A mother who was told to have an abortion because her baby’s chance of survival was so low has given birth […]

Energy drinks can lead to mental health problems and drug and alcohol abuse in teenagers, researchers have warned. Their findings have been published just a day after it emerged a teenager’s heart stopped three times after downing 10 Jagerbombs mixed with Red Bull. Jayde Dinsdale, 18, was drinking the Jagermeister spirit and energy drink shooter, […]

Oscar Pistorius’ ex-girlfriend told his trial he once fired his gun from his car sunroof after becoming angry with police. An emotional day in court then climaxed with testimony from a security guard shocked to find Mr Pistorius carrying a dying Reeva Steenkamp. The athlete had earlier told him “everything is fine” when he rang […]

Kennedy Nyarko Osei, MP for Akim Swedru The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Akim Swedru in the Eastern Region, Kennedy Nyarko Osei, has criticized the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) for giving ‘sweet’ promises during electioneering campaigns and turning its back on the people when it gains political power. He said the […]

SOAKED! President John Mahama lighting the pepertual flame. A heavy downpour yesterday marred the beauty of Ghana’s 57th independence anniversary celebration at the Independence Square in Accra. The rain, which started around 9:00 am, just after a cultural display following a Christian and a Muslim prayer session, disrupted the whole programme, leaving President John Dramani […]

(CNN) — Modern-day peeping Toms in Massachusetts, the sorts who get their thrills snapping “upskirt” photos on crowded subways, now have their behavior criminalized. Gov. Deval Patrick signed a bill Friday, according to his office, making photographing or recording video under a person’s clothing — think down a blouse or up a skirt — a […]

Warmer temperatures are causing malaria to spread to higher altitudes, a study suggests. Researchers have found that people living in the highlands of Africa and South America are at an increased risk of catching the mosquito-borne disease during hotter years. They believe that temperature rises in the future could result in millions of additional cases […]

The Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, has slammed Mr. Ben Dotse Malor for a recent comment he is reported to have made on a sister radio station. According to Kwesi Pratt, the Director of Communications at the Presidency had asked Ghanaians to charter a helicopter to inspect areas devastated by local […]

Kwadwo Afari Gyan The Chairman of the Electoral Commission has been summoned to Parliament to explain why the District level election cannot be organised. The election is scheduled for October this year but Kwadwo Afari Gyan who early on appeared before Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee to defend the Commission’s finances, hinted the District level elections […]

Workers of privately owned TV Station, TV3, are up in arms against management and board of the station, accusing them of failing to pay their End of Service Benefit. Some of the protesting workers told Myjoyonline.com they had been negotiating for over two years for their ESB and just when it was time for payment […]

SOAKED! President John Mahama lighting the pepertual flame. A heavy downpour yesterday marred the beauty of Ghana’s 57th independence anniversary celebration at the Independence Square in Accra. The rain, which started around 9:00 am, just after a cultural display following a Christian and a Muslim prayer session, disrupted the whole programme, leaving President John Dramani […]

FREE SHS! A large crowd of NPP supporters welcome Nana Akuffo Addo The Nima residence of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the 2012 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) was yesterday thronged by hundreds of party sympathizers who defied the heavy downpour to welcome him home after six months holidaying in London. The general […]

SEVEN lives were lost and six other persons sustained severe bodily injuries yesterday – the day Ghana celebrated the 57th milestone, her independence. This was when two cargo trucks collided between the Bereku Forest and Dadieso on the main Kumasi-Accra road. Eyewitnesses said the accident occurred when one of the trucks veered off its lane […]

 Swedruhene Nana Kobina Asiedu Botwe II leading Nananom on the street Drama unfolded at Agona Swedru in the Agona West Municipality of the Central Region on Wednesday when the Chiefs and the Elders and people of the town, led by Swedruhene Nana Kobina Asiedu Botwe II, staged a massive demonstration against the Municipal Chief Executive […]

TWO OFFICERS of the Makola branch of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) in Accra are in police custody assisting the Tema Regional Police Command to investigate a case bordering on impersonation. The two, Justice Okai, 32-year-old Fire Service Station Officer and Solomon Afful, 28-year-old Fireman, are said to have presented themselves as Procurement Manager […]

Twooooboi, yee, twooboi, yee, twooooboi, yee, freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom, and the voices receded, the noises died down, the echoes became very distant. It was time to work. We began with the deportation of our colonial masters, who had exploited us for their own benefits, back to their own country. Kwesi Broni became an enemy. […]