The National Organiser of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Sammi Awuku has motivated and inspired girls in Zongo Communities, admonishing them to rise above the stereotypes and strive for success. According to the Board Chairman of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), they must never relent in their quest to achieve success no matter how […]
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Court Orders Judicial Inquiry into death of Nigerian Billionaire in Accra
The Kaneshie District Court 2 in Accra has ordered a judicial inquiry into the controversial death of Nigerian billionaire and philanthropist, High Chief Olu Benson Lulu-Briggs of Abonema, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The court on September 6, 2019 granted an ex-parte motion application by Chief Dumo Lulu-Briggs, the eldest son of the late High Chief […]
Rawlings mad at GTV anchor for calling Robert Mugabe a ‘rebel leader’
Former president Jerry John Rawlings says he’s shocked at the national television broadcaster, GTV, for describing Robert Mugabe as a rebel leader. Mr Rawlings in a social media post Thursday night said a GTV news anchor on Wednesday, September 11, tagged the late former Zimbabwean president as a rebel leader. It is unclear who the […]
UDS students up against management over ‘killer’ facility fees
Students of the Navrongo campus of the University for Development Studies (UDS) are up in arms against management of the school. The angry students accuse the management of inflating the cost of academic facility user fees and have threatened to embark on a demonstration if steps are not taken to effect a downward review. They argue […]
Kojo Twum Boafo returns ‘looted’ cash to EOCO
The former Executive Secretary of the Free Zones Board, Kojo Twum Boafo, has reportedly returned a sum of $6,000 and €6,500 imprest to the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO). Mr. Twum Boafo is under investigation by the anti-graft body and sources say the return of the funds which was part of a travel imprest […]
E/R: 6 nursing students sacked, 20 others repeated for poor academic performance
At least six nursing students of the Koforidua Nursing and Midwifery Training College have been sacked. The students were dismissed as a result of poor academic performances, while about 20 others were also repeated. Star News reports that the affected students are mostly students pursuing Registered Midwifery Course. The sacked students are reported to have […]
Blame evil spirits for inability of Presidents in Ghana to govern effectively – Duncan-Williams
Presiding Archbishop and General Overseer of the Action Chapel International ministry, Nicholas Duncan-Williams has revealed that Ghana’s Presidents are not able to implement many good plans and policies to the benefit of citizens because there are evil spirits that overpower them and prevent them from doing so. Speaking to Paul Adom-Otchere on the Good Evening […]
Make the law work like a HOT Stove – COP Kofi Boakye charges at Bar Conference
Lawyer cum Security capo, Commissioner of Police (COP) Nathan Kofi Boakye has observed that the nexus between the Rule of Law and maintaining sound security in Ghana is to allow the Law to burn fairly and equally as a hot stove. It burns in the same measure and is respecter of no person. ‘’I use […]
Free SHS placement frustrations: Disgruntled parents, students besiege secretariat
Some disgruntled parents, guardians and students yesterday besieged the Free Senior High School (SHS) Secretariat Black Star Square in Accra to express their frustrations. While some were there over the non-placement of their wards in their preferred schools, others placed in day schools far away are requesting for changes. Some parents, guardians and students expressed […]
Saudi Arabia deports 22 Ghanaians
Officials in Saudi Arabia have deported a total of 22 Ghanaians from that country after detaining them for four months BestNewsGH.com can confirm. The deportees, aged between 21 and 38 have been working in that country as house-helps with falsified documents over a period of time. Immigration officials at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) in […]
National Service Personnel at Golden Star Resources donate Solar Backup Generator to Brakwaline Clinic
Health workers at the Brakwaline Clinic, a community near Bogoso in the Prestea Huni- Valley Municipality of the Western Region, have heaved a sigh of relief after the installation of a Solar Backup Generator at the facility. The one-kilowatt solar power will light up the health facility and help in effective health care delivery for […]
Murdered Gomoa Chief: daughter recounts last moments of father
The daughter of the murdered Gyasehene for Gomoa Akranmang in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region has spoken. The 14-year-old daughter says her father asked her and her siblings to lock themselves up in the room when the thugs, numbering over 20, stormed the house and started vandalizing their property “My mum was […]












