The National Service Scheme has released the postings of some 9,018 nurses for the 2019/2020 service year. To this end, all nurses who have registered for National Service are requested to log onto the NSS website www.nss.gov.gh to check their placement before proceeding to the various NSS registration centers to complete the registration process. A […]
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Arrest and prosecution of drug addicts is wrong, what they need is care, not prison-James Agalga
The Member of Parliament for Bulisa North Constituency in the Upper East Region James Agalga is angry that drug addicts who require rehabilitation and cure, are usually arrested and prosecuted. According to him, confining addicts of hard substances to prison rather than helping them out of their predicament only exacerbate their condition. Mr. Agalga who […]
Water shortage hits Koforidua Prisons, skin irritation and infections among inmates on the increase
Water shortage has hit the Koforidua Prison at Effiduase in the Eastern Region, leaving the inmates unable to bath and wash their clothes regularly. The situation has led to skin irritation and infections among the 800 inmates. The prison was originally built to accommodate 400 inmates. Due to the heat and the overcrowded nature of […]
Government cautions actors in SIM registration process, says they must follow relevant statutory provisions
The government has cautioned actors within the subscriber identification module (SIM) registration value chain to ensure compliance with the SIM registration and activation processes in line with the relevant statutory provisions. The Minister of Information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says government through the Ministry of Communications is concerned about a number of deficiencies with the existing […]
Tension and shock grips Kwabenya as Queen Mother prevents corpse from being buried
There is shock and some seeming tension at Kwabenya in Accra following the refusal of the Queen Mother of the area, Naa Korkoi Djugbatey II to allow the burial of the corpse of a member of the royal family. According to BestNewsGH.com sources, the funeral celebrations were in motion and were hitched when it was […]
Use Africa’s wealth to empower Africa’s youth – Akufo-Addo to colleague African leaders
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has urged leaders in Africa to use the enormous wealth the continent is endowed with to develop and empower their respective youth populations. With Africa possessing the largest generation of young people in history, President Akufo-Addo indicated that “I place great hope in their capacity to […]
Pay us our salary arrears by May or be prepared to feel our wrath-newly recruited teachers bare teeth at GES
The Association of newly recruited teachers has again threatened to take further action if the Ghana Education Service (GES) fails to pay their salary arrears by the May deadline. According to them, though several promises have been made by GES, it has not fulfilled any of them. The association is also giving the GES until […]
Racist Catholic Church statue: I am prepared to spend my own money to pull it down or craft a new one-Anti racist campaigner
An anti-racist campaigner, Zudana Azudaa has offered to use his own money to pull down the controversial racist statue erected by the Catholic Church at Tepa in the Ashanti Region. He is also willing to pay the one who designed the statue and built it, to mold a new one that will be acceptable to […]
Rastafarian community and Ras Mubarak join fight for legalisation of ganja-plans to fight in Supreme Court court
The Rastafarian Council of Ghana has served notice that it will head to the Supreme Court to seek an interpretation of the law that bans the use of marijuana, as part of measures to pile pressure on parliament to decriminalise the herb. The Council’s chairman, Khex Ponto, said the laws of the country have been […]
42 year old carpenter killed by hit-and-run driver at Tema-Accra tollbooth
A carpenter, Francis Monyi, a 42-year-old resident of Manet, Tema Community 18, was knocked down and killed by a hit-and-run driver around the Tema-Accra tollbooth on Thursday evening. Persons who rushed Monyi to the Tema General Hospital shortly after the accident, which subsequently led to his death, say the vehicle which knocked him down did […]
Embattled Asamoah Gyan yet to contact wife and children after DNA test
The Captain of the Black Stars, Asamoah Gyan is yet to contact his wife and children months after a DNA test confirmed he is indeed the biological father of his three children, GhanaWeb has learnt. Sources close to the family indicates that the footballer has still not reached out to his family but still wants […]
Informants of Suale murder identifies policemen who arrested and left suspect off the hook
The informants who tipped off the police leading to the arrest of the key suspect in the murder of Ahmed Suale, the lead undercover journalist for Tiger Eye PI have identified the policemen who arrested the suspect (name withheld) and left him off the hook. The informants identified the police patrol team members during an […]












